Immigration quiz

More questions about Immigration

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1. 1 Easy

   What is the legal process of an immigrant becoming a citizen?

   Answer: naturalization

   Why: US applicants answer up to 20 questions drawn from a bank of 128, need 12 right, and finish by swearing a public Oath of Allegiance.

2. 2 Medium

   What West German program recruited foreign workers after WWII?

   Answer: Gastarbeiter

   Why: West Germany signed its first recruitment deal with Italy in December 1955; the Anwerbestopp hiring ban came in November 1973, amid the oil crisis.

3. 3 Hard

   Which theory suggests immigrants adapt to economic social tiers?

   Answer: Segmented assimilation

   Why: Portes and Zhou named it in 1993: three routes, up into the middle class, down into the underclass, or success while keeping home culture.

4. 4 Easy

   Which San Francisco Bay island served as the primary immigration station for Asian arrivals?

   Answer: Angel Island

   Why: Known as the Ellis Island of the West, Angel Island often detained arriving Asian immigrants for weeks or months during intense interrogations.

5. 5 Medium

   What occurs when highly trained immigrants take jobs below their training?

   Answer: deskilling

   Why: Researchers also call it brain waste: about 2 million college educated immigrants in the US were underemployed in 2019.

6. 6 Hard

   What sociological term describes the push and pull migration model?

   Answer: Lee's Theory

   Why: Everett Lee published it in the journal Demography in 1966, adding intervening obstacles like distance, cost and border laws to push and pull.