Quiz 2: Ch. 6 - Chicanx Studies & Latinx Studies

  Answers will be shown after your last attempt

Score for this attempt: 20 out of 20

Submitted Feb 6 at 10:04pm

This attempt took 69 minutes.

 

Question 1

4 / 4 pts

In the East L.A. Blowouts, students walked out because:

  

bathrooms were often locked

 

  

students were frequently being punished for speaking Spanish

 

  

the educational inequality they faced in their schools and classrooms

 

  

not having enough teachers who shared a similar ethnic, racial, or socioeconomic background or came from the same neighborhoods as them, resulting in class content that did not reflect their communities

 

  

All of the above

 

Correct!

 

Question 2

4 / 4 pts

The term Chicanx (or Chicana/o/e) ______________________________________________.

  

A) is synonymous with Mexican American.

 

  

B) expresses a political consciousness missing from the term Mexican American.

 

  

C) is controversial among conservative Mexican Americans because of the political connotation.

 

  

D) Both B and C

 

 

Question 3

4 / 4 pts

In the United States, self-identified Afro-Latinxs make up nearly

  

10% of of the total Hispanic population

 

  

25% of the total Hispanic population

 

Correct!

  

40% of the total Hispanic population

 

  

60% of the total Hispanic population

 

 

Question 4

4 / 4 pts

The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 was a "mixed bag" for immigrant communities because

  

A) it offered amnesty to millions of undocumented Mexican migrants living in the U.S.

 

  

B) it promised more punitive policies and restrictions for immigration moving forward

 

  

C) it was the first of a series of structural changes to immigration policy

 

  

D) Both A and B

 

Correct!

 

Question 5

4 / 4 pts

Which of the following terms best matches this statement:  "Immigrant Mexican and Latinx people report better health and longer life expectancy compared to their acculturated Mexican origin and Latinx counterparts and European Americans of higher class statuses."

  

Assimilation

 

  

Institutional Health Care

 

  

Latino Health Paradox

 

Correct!

  

Mestizaje

 

Quiz Score: 20 out of 20