ASAM 101 TEST QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What is true regarding the Chinese Exclusion Act? - Answer- Chinese laborers were not
able to return to the U.S. after it passed.
Is ability status a fluid social identity category? - Answer- True
Is nationalism having pride in your country? - Answer- True
Can racial scripts be used to understand how the Chinese Exclusion Act impacted
Japanese American incarceration? - Answer- True
What event restarted Asian American activism? - Answer- The murder of Vincent Chin.
Does oppression operate as a system that maintains advantages and disadvantages
based on social group memberships? - Answer- True
Why did the U.S. government pass Japanese American incarceration? - Answer- The
government believed it was a matter of national security.
What was the main goal of the Page Act of 1875? - Answer- To restrict Asian women
from entering the U.S.
What historical event solidified racial divisions in colonial America? - Answer- Bacon's
Rebellion.
Is the model minority myth a positive for the Asian American community? - Answer-
False
What event is widely considered the start of ethnic studies? - Answer- TWLF at SFSU.
What term describes when you are seen as having a race? - Answer- Racialized
Is not hiring a person for a job due to race, gender, or ability status an example of
discrimination? - Answer- True
What best describes the relationship between empire, colonialism, and imperialism? -
Answer- Imperialism acts as the ideology behind empire building and colonialism.
ANSWERS
What is true regarding the Chinese Exclusion Act? - Answer- Chinese laborers were not
able to return to the U.S. after it passed.
Is ability status a fluid social identity category? - Answer- True
Is nationalism having pride in your country? - Answer- True
Can racial scripts be used to understand how the Chinese Exclusion Act impacted
Japanese American incarceration? - Answer- True
What event restarted Asian American activism? - Answer- The murder of Vincent Chin.
Does oppression operate as a system that maintains advantages and disadvantages
based on social group memberships? - Answer- True
Why did the U.S. government pass Japanese American incarceration? - Answer- The
government believed it was a matter of national security.
What was the main goal of the Page Act of 1875? - Answer- To restrict Asian women
from entering the U.S.
What historical event solidified racial divisions in colonial America? - Answer- Bacon's
Rebellion.
Is the model minority myth a positive for the Asian American community? - Answer-
False
What event is widely considered the start of ethnic studies? - Answer- TWLF at SFSU.
What term describes when you are seen as having a race? - Answer- Racialized
Is not hiring a person for a job due to race, gender, or ability status an example of
discrimination? - Answer- True
What best describes the relationship between empire, colonialism, and imperialism? -
Answer- Imperialism acts as the ideology behind empire building and colonialism.
