United States Terms First Quiz

1. Define immigrant.

 

• An immigrant is a person who moves to a country other than the one where he or she was born.

• An immigrant is a person who lives in the country they were born in.

• An immigrant is a person who moves from place to place.

• An immigrant is a person who doesn't move to a country other than the one where he or she was born.

Match the following: Immigrants came in search of three freedoms.

• The right to worship as they wished

• Political Freedom

• The opportunity to make a good living

• Religious Freedom

• The right to have a say in government

• Economic Freedom

1. What is prejudice?

• Prejudice is one person or group's unfavorable opinion of another group.

• Prejudice is the unfair treatment of a person or group by another person or group.

• Prejudice is a type of government.

• Prejudice is a way to classify people into social groups.

1. What is discrimination?

• Discrimination is one person or group's unfavorable opinion of another group.

• Discrimination is the unfair treatment of a person or group by another person or group.

• Discrimination is when people hurt animals.

• Discrimination is when you classify people into social groups agaisnt their will.

1. Where did the first immigrants to the U.S. come from?

•   Asia

• Australia

• Europe

• South America

1. What two ethnic groups make up the largest number of today’s immigrants?

• Europeans and Asians

• Asians and South Americans

• Africans and Australians

• Latin American and Hispanic

1. What is a megalopolis?

• A city only

• A village only

• A city and its surrounding suburbs

• A village and surrounding small farms

1. How does the 1700s population distribution differ from today’s population distribution?

• Immigrants from the 1700s lived on farms as they settled across the country.

• Immigrants from the 1700s lived in major cities.

• Today, people only live on farms.

• Today, most people live in cities.  Less than ¼ live in rural areas.

1. The U.S. economic system is called capitalism.  Explain capitalism?

• Businesses are owned by individuals rather than the government.

• Businesses are owned by the government only.

• Businesses are owned by only rich people.

• Businesses are owned by poor citizens only.

1. Define free enterprise.

• Free enterprise is a right in the first amendment.

• Free enterprise is when the government owns all property and runs all business.

• Free enterprise is a car rental company.

• Free enterprise is the freedom to own property and run a business largely free of governmental control.