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What is a census?
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What is an immigrant?
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What is an ethnic group?
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What is diversity?
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Why has the United States been called a "nation of nations?"
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Who were the first immigrants to come to North America?
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From where did the majority of immigrants who settled the thirteen colonies
come?
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The Constitution was written in 1787. When was the first census taken?
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What were the three largest ethnic groups identified in the first census?
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What was the major difference between the immigrants that came to the United
States between 1790 and 1890 and those who came between 1890 and 1920?
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What is the major characteristic of the majority of immigrants who have come to
the U.S. since 1945?
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Why has the United States limited the number of immigrants admitted permanently
in any year?
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How has the United States benefited from cultural diversity?
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What is the "melting pot" theory of immigration?
- What is the "salad bowl" theory of immigration?
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How many different types of ancestry groups are listed?
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What are the 10 largest European ancestry groups?
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We live in the Midwest region. Which European ancestry groups have 40 percent
or more living in the Midwest?
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What are the 3 largest Central & South American and Spanish ancestry groups?
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Which of the Central & South American and Spanish ancestry groups have the
greatest percentage of people in the Midwest?
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Which regions have the greatest percentage of people of Cuban and Jamaican
ancestry?
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What are the 3 largest Asian ancestry groups?
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Which region has the largest percentage of people of Asian ancestry?
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What is the number of people in the Afro-American ancestry group?
- Which regions have the largest and the smallest percentage of people of Afro-American ancestry?
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The Companion to The Little Book On Line
for Teachers and Tutors |
R: Cultural Diversity
Learning Outcome #2: Know that many different peoples with diverse backgrounds (cultural, racial, ethnic, linguistic), make up our nation today.
Directions, Part A: To understand Learning Outcome #2, some background information is necessary.
Carefully read and study
Section R
under Important Things to Remember and
Related Words
in The Little Book. Then, answer the questions below. Use the
glossary
to answer the first four
questions. Make sure you not only find the answers, but understand what they
mean! Ask if you need help or further explanation.
Answer Key
Directions, Part B: The chart below tells much about the ancestry of people in the United States in 1990. It shows cultural diversity, but does not show all our diversity. Not all the ethnic groups in this country are found on the chart.
The source for the chart is the U.S. Bureau of the Census. During the census, people were asked to identify their ancestry group or groups. Some people have one or only identify with one ethnic group. Most people in this country are of mixed ancestry. A person might have an ancestry of African American, American Indian, and Irish. That person would probably be counted in each of those three ancestry groups. Some people might not know much about their ancestry and just describe themselves as American. Therefore, the information on the chart is not perfect. However, it does give a good picture of cultural diversity in the U.S.
Look the organization of the chart over carefully. Then, answer the questions below. (To read the numbers correctly add three zeros. For example, the number 1,119 is really 1,119,000.)
| [As of April 1. Covers persons who reported single and multiple ancestry groups. Persons who reported a multiple ancestry group may be included in more than one category. Major classifications of ancestry groups do not represent strict geographic or cultural definitions. Based on a sample and subject to sampling variability; see text, section 1] |
| ANCESTRY GROUP |
Total
(1,000) |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,
BY REGION |
ANCESTRY GROUP |
Total
(1,000) |
PERCENT DISTRIBUTION,
BY REGION |
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North-
east |
Mid-
west |
South | West |
North-
east |
Mid-
west |
South | West | ||||
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European
: *
Austrian . . . . . British . . . . . . Croatian . . . . . Czech . . . . . . Danish . . . . . Dutch . . . . . . English . . . . European . . . Finnish . . . . French . . . . . German . . . . Greek . . . . . Hungarian . . Irish . . . . . . . Italian . . . . . . Lithuanian . . . Norwegian . . . Polish . . . . . . Portuguese . . . Russian . . . . . Scandinavian Scotch-Irish . Scottish . . . . Slovak . . . . . Swedish . . . . Swiss . . . . . . Ukranian . . . . Welsh . . . . . . Yugoslavian |
865 1,119 544 1,296 1,635 6,227 32,652 487 659 10,321 57,947 1,110 1,582 38,736 14,665 812 3,869 9,366 1,153 2,953 679 5,618 5,394 1,883 4,681 1,045 741 2,034 258 |
38 17 21 10 9 16 18 14 14 26 17 37 36 24 51 43 6 37 49 44 8 14 20 40 14 16 51 22 23 |
21 18 43 52 34 34 22 17 47 26 39 23 32 25 17 28 52 37 3 16 33 19 21 34 40 36 22 24 28 |
19 39 20 22 12 29 35 31 11 29 25 21 17 33 17 16 10 15 8 18 15 47 33 14 14 17 14 27 12 |
22 26 16 16 45 21 25 39 27 20 19 19 16 17 15 13 33 11 41 22 45 20 26 11 32 30 13 27 27 |
Central & South
America** and Spain : Cuban . . . . . . . . . Dominican . . . . . Hispanic . . . . . . . Mexican . . . . . . . Puerto Rican . . . Salvadoran . . . . Spanish . . . . . . . West Indian :* Jamaican . . . . . . Asia : Asian Indian . . . . Chinese . . . . . . . Filipino . . . . . . . . Japanese . . . . . . Korean . . . . . . . . Vietnamese . . . .
North America
:
Acadian/Cajun . .
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860 506 1,113 11,587 1,955 499 2,024 435 570 1,505 1,451 1,005 837 536
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18 86 13 1 66 13 16 59 32 25 10 9 22 9
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3 1 6 9 11 2 8 5 19 8 9 8 14 8
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69 10 31 33 15 23 30 31 26 12 13 11 20 28
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9 2 50 57 8 62 45 6 24 55 68 72 44 54
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*Non-Hispanic groups. **Hispanic groups.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population, Supplementary Reports, Detailed Ancestry Groups for States (1990 CP-S-1-2). |
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