What does AAPI stand for

How many AAPI regions are there?

The Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community is the fastest growing racial group in the United States.

Asian-American Pacific Islander Heritage Month was established in 1978

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American women to do what?

Gerald Tsai was the first Asian American to become what?

Cesar Chavez joined this person to demand farm workers' rights.

His name may not be as well-known a name as Chavez, but his role among Filipino-American workers was as critical in the 1965-70 Delano grape strike. Who was he?

Asian Americans are projected to be the nation’s ______ immigrant group by the 2050.

In early California, thousands of _____ immigrants were employed by the railroads to do the toughest work; circa 1890.

She made history in 2020 as one of the first Korean American women to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

The first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman elected to the House of Representatives, she served 12 terms in Congress and said she felt a responsibility not just to her constituents but also to women across the country.

The Tape v. Hurley case happened in ______. California's Supreme Court ruled that the state entitles "all children" access to public education. The case centered on Mamie Tape (8 yrs old) an American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants whose family sued the San Francisco Board of Education for denying her admission because of her race.

The effort to officially recognize Asian American and Pacific Islander contributions to the United States began in the late 1970s, and took over ____ years to make it a permanent month-long celebration.

At 16, she would cement her place in women’s suffrage history, helping to lead a New York City march.

But while she fought for women’s voting rights, she herself would not be eligible to cast a ballot for decades after the 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. That’s because the Exclusion Act prohibited Chinese immigrants from obtaining any rights of American citizenship.

In 1994, Taiwanese American Jerry Yang co-founded the web portal ____ with David Filo, after ditching a doctoral program at Stanford University.

In 2005, Taiwanese American Steven Chen, along with Bangladeshi-German American Jawed Karim and Pennsylvania native Chad Hurley, founded the widely popular video-sharing platform _____.

Steven Yeun became the first Asian-American to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

With the release of this Disney movie, Domee Shi is the first woman to solo-direct a Pixar film in the studio’s 36-year history.

In 2010, Far East Movement becomes the first Asian-American music group to earn a No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for which song?

Bowen Yang became the first cast member of full Asian descent on Saturday Night Live in _______.

JoAnne S. Bass became the first Asian-American to hold the senior enlisted position in the U.S. Air Force in _________.

In 2020, he became the first Asian-American baseball manager to win the World Series.

This queen advocated for a free Hawaiʻi until her death in 1917 at the age of 79. She is also famous for saying:

“Never cease to act because you fear you may fail.”

This man is an actor, author, and activist. He was imprisoned as a child in Japanese American incarceration camps and wrote about it in his graphic memoir, They Called Us Enemy.

AAPI communities consist of approximately ____ ethnic groups speaking over 100 languages, with connections to Chinese, Indian, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, Korean, Hawaiian, and other Asian and Pacific Islander ancestries.

The greatest number of Asian Americans reside in this US state.

_______-in-ten Asians residing in the US ages 5 and older speak English proficiently.

In regards to religious belief, the majority of Asian Americans identify as being:

Among Asians who have immigrated to the US, ________ percent have become US citizens.

Due to high voter turnout in the Asian American community, they have quickly become one of the most sought after groups for politicians.

Naadam, one of the most important annual celebrations for Mongolian people, features the traditional “three manly sports” in order for competitors to test their strength and wit. Which sport is NOT one of the three sports.

Which golfer is the youngest to ever qualify for an LPGA event?

In 2014, Marcus Mariotta became the first Pacific Islander to win which award?

True/False: Kim Ng broke the glass ceiling, becoming the first woman, and the first east Asian-American to be named general manager of a major league baseball team, when the Miami Marlins hired her in October 2020?

Apollo Ohno is a two-time Olympic gold medalist for the United States in which sport?

Erik Spoelstra was the first Asian-American head coach in the history of the four major North American sports leagues and the first Asian-American head coach to win an NBA championship. Coach Spoelstra is the coach of which team?

When was the term "Asian American" coined?

When was the biggest wave of Hmong refugees to settle in the U.S.?

When were the people of Guam given U.S. citizenship?

Richard Aoki was one of the most prominent Asian Americans involved in the civil rights movement in the United States, actually helping to found the _____________.

Throughout the last 5 years of the 1970’s events surrounding the Vietnam war caused a surge of refugees from Vietnam and this other country.

In the US, the national month for the celebration of Asian American heritage is

Which of the following south Asian countries are islands