IMMIGRATION

1. What is migration?

A) Migration is a bad headache.B) Migration is when people travel to a place for leisure purposes.C) Migration is when people don't like to travel.D) Migration is the movement of people from one place to another.

•D) Migration is the movement of people from one place to another.

2. What do you call it when someone is leaving a country to find work/live elsewhere?

A)InflammationB)EmigrationC)ImmigrationD)Internal migration

•B)Emigration

3. Moving away from an area to be closer to friends and family is a:

a)Social factorb)Economic factorc) Political factord)Environmental factor

A) SOCIAL FACTOR

4. Moving to a new location to find employment is an:

a) Social factorb) Economic factorc) Political factord) Environmental factor

B) ECONOMIC FACTOR

5. What is a pull factor? A) A factor in their own country, such as unemployment, that persuades someone away from where they are currently living.B) A factor in their own country, such as high quality of life, that persuades someone away from where they are currently living.C) A factor in another country, such as quality of life, that encourages someone to move away from where they are currently living.D) A factor in another country, such as high unemployment, which encourages someone to move away from where they are currently livingE) When people are forced out of their homes and have to set up home in a new country or new location.

C) A factor in another country, such as quality of life, that encourages someone to move away from where they are currently living.

6. What do we call a person who has been forced to leave their home, perhaps by war or a natural disaster (such as drought), and move away without having another home to go to? A) ImmigrantB) RefugeeC) MigrantD) Traveller

B) Refugee

7. Most immigrants come to the United States from where?

A) The Middle EastB) AfricaC) AsiaD) Latin AmericaE) The Middle East and AfricaF) Asia and Latin AmericaG) All of the above

F) Asia and Latin America

Most immigrants come to the United States from Asia and Latin America. From 1900 to 2000, the proportion of immigrants from Asia and Latin America increased from less then 1.5 percent to 26 percent and 52 percent, respectively.

8. What percentage of the world's immigrants come to the United States?

A) More than 35 percentB) 22 percentC) 15 percentD) Less than one percent

D) Less than one percent

Of the 175 million migrants in the world, the U.S. admitted 1,063,732 documented immigrants in 2002. Undocumented immigration adds approximately 350,000 people per year by INS estimates.

9. What is the most common reason people from other countries come to the

U.S. to live?

A) To join a close family memberB) For employmentC) To escape persecution (as a refugee) D) All of the above

A) To join a close family member

Most legal immigrants (about 75 percent) come to the U.S. to join close family members, although employment and escaping persecution are two of the other main reasons people come to the U.S.

10. Most immigrants come into the United States illegally.

A)TRUE

B)FALSE

B) FALSE

Of the approximately 1.4 million immigrants who entered the U.S. in 2002, only about 25 percent came illegally. Although these figures do not account for some homeless immigrants and undocumented migrant workers who return to their native countries when their seasonal work is over, the proportion of illegal immigrants to legal immigrants is still quite small.

11. Recent immigrants tend to speak a language other than English in the home.

A) TRUE

B) FALSE

A) TRUE

About 83 percent of the immigrants who live in the U.S. do not speak English at home.

12. Which of the following personalities was born in the United States?A) Madeleine Albright, B) Andrew GroveC) Jennifer LopezD) Gene Simmons,E) Patrick Ewing

C) Jennifer Lopez, actress, musician

With parents hailing from the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, J. Lo was born in the Bronx, New York. All of the others are first-generation immigrants to the United States:

Jennifer Lopez

• In the Bronx• Actress/Musician

Madeleine Albright

• Czechoslovakia• Former U.S. Secretary of State

Andrew Grove

• Hungary • Founder of Intel Corporation

Gene Simmons

• Israel • Rock musician (KISS)

Patrick Ewing

• Jamaica• NBA player – New YorkNicks

CHINA• Never refuse food they

offer you. It is a real insult. If you can not disguise, just eat a little and spread the rest of the dish.

USA• Do not greet someone

with kisses and hugs, unless that person is already familiar with this Brazilian habit. Normally the U.S. people reaches out the hand to greet people.

JAPAN

• The soup is taken directly into bowl, no spoon is required.

CANADA• Canadians do not

like to be compared with Americans.

FRANCE

• Never use a toothpick in public.

SPAIN• Do not be surprised if

the stores are closed after lunch, Spanish people tend to take a nap (“ciesta”) for a few hours.

THAILAND

• It is very impolite to talk with someone with your hands in pockets.