COUC 504 Quiz Week 6 Questions And Answers
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/. ArAb-AmericAn Heterogeneity - Answer-- region centered around the Persian Gulf
became known to English speakers as "the
middle east" or the "Near Orient"
- religious groups coexisting in the Middle East are Muslims, Christians, Jews, Bah'ai,
and Druze.
- Arabs are people who have ancestral ties to the Saudi Arabian peninsula and
historically have practiced Islam, can also tell through Arabic language
- Arab is ethnic or cultural category
- Arab American is used to mean any individual who defines himself or herself as part of
that ethnic group and has a heritage linked to the League of Arab States as described
next
- not all countries in Middle East are arabic
- many contemporary scholars define those originating from the Arab middle east (self-
defined as a country of origin belonging to the League of Arab States)
-League of Arab States was founded in 1945. The 22 member states are Algeria,
Bahrain, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,
Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen (Nassar-McMillan, Ajrouch, et al., 2014).
These are sometimes grouped into the Gulf states (i.e., Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman),
Greater Syria (including Iraq and Lebanon), and the area of North Africa referred to as
the Maghreb (i.e., Egypt, Libya, Morocco). some Arab speaking countries not part of
Arab league
- Arab Muslims make up about one fifth of the world's muslim population
- muslim and Arab are not synonymous
- majority christian arabs
/.Arab immigration - Answer-4 waves
1) The first group of immigrants came primarily from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and
Jordan at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Most of them
were Christians who wanted to escape the Islamic Ottoman Empire. mostly uneducated
laborers
2) second group of Arab immigrants arrived after World War II. These individuals were
fleeing their homelands that were wracked with political tensions. Among them were
Palestinians who were escaping civil war in 1948 as the British mandate in the area
expired and territories were seized by Israel, but the wave also included Syrians,
Jordanians, Egyptians, Iraqis, and, to a lesser extent, Yemenis and Lebanese. Some
have called this exodus the brain drain, because those who left were formally educated
Muslims with the means to escape undesirable situations.
, 3) hird wave of immigrants was also composed predominantly of formally educated
Muslims, but this group's motivation was a search for better lives as part of the
American Dream. Restrictions on immigration had been eased in the 1960s, making it
easier to take advantage of the opportunity. Many of the people arriving at this time
were Palestinians who wanted to escape the Israeli occupation
4) the Gulf War created a situation in which refugees had very few options left and were
compelled to flee. This group included, for example, Iraqis who worked with the United
States in its war efforts in the region and who faced harsh consequences for that
choice. Renewed conflict in the region has led more Iraqi refugees to the United States,
both directly and indirectly after stopovers in refugee camps
/.Collectivism - Answer-- Arab Americans should be understood as holding a collective
worldview
- Arab Americans are likely to continue seeing themselves as part of an extended family
and community structure. Decisions are made within this context, help is sought from
other members of the collective group, appropriate behavior is defined by the shared
beliefs of the community, and interdependence is valued as a sign of dedication and
loyalty to the group
- Arab Americans tend to be highly aware of both major and minor circumstances that
could bring either honor or shame to their family and the larger community
- idea of honor and shame tends to play a large role in the decisions, goals, and
behaviors made by many Arab Americans
- "We rise together, we fall together"
- "It is my brother and I against our cousin; but it is my cousin and I against a stranger".
Collective societies value trust, so outsiders must work to gain favor through sustained
demonstrations of knowledge, awareness, and skillful assistance. before trust is earned,
individualistic U.S. influences may be viewed with some suspicion.
- Arab social structure is patrilineal, with males being at the top of the hierarchy
- There is wide variation within the Arab and Arab-American communities as to how
gender roles and power are expressed, including how patriarchal beliefs and behaviors
are supported
- parenting styles may be even more authoritarian than
those of Arabs in their home countries, because U.S. cultural values may be viewed as
a threat to the structure of the Arab-American family and its value system, particularly in
the case of Muslims
- Extended family systems, through blood and marriage, are common within Arab
households
- family becomes the hallmark of Arab culture and the mode with which to pass on
cultural traditions and beliefs
- divorce highly frowned upon
- marri
/.kinship - Answer-This term includes "extended family that provide connection, security,
and identity for Arab men and women"
/.religion and faith - Answer-- the majority of Arabs in the Middle East are Muslim
Updated Study Solutions Rated A+
/. ArAb-AmericAn Heterogeneity - Answer-- region centered around the Persian Gulf
became known to English speakers as "the
middle east" or the "Near Orient"
- religious groups coexisting in the Middle East are Muslims, Christians, Jews, Bah'ai,
and Druze.
- Arabs are people who have ancestral ties to the Saudi Arabian peninsula and
historically have practiced Islam, can also tell through Arabic language
- Arab is ethnic or cultural category
- Arab American is used to mean any individual who defines himself or herself as part of
that ethnic group and has a heritage linked to the League of Arab States as described
next
- not all countries in Middle East are arabic
- many contemporary scholars define those originating from the Arab middle east (self-
defined as a country of origin belonging to the League of Arab States)
-League of Arab States was founded in 1945. The 22 member states are Algeria,
Bahrain, the Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya,
Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria,
Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen (Nassar-McMillan, Ajrouch, et al., 2014).
These are sometimes grouped into the Gulf states (i.e., Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Oman),
Greater Syria (including Iraq and Lebanon), and the area of North Africa referred to as
the Maghreb (i.e., Egypt, Libya, Morocco). some Arab speaking countries not part of
Arab league
- Arab Muslims make up about one fifth of the world's muslim population
- muslim and Arab are not synonymous
- majority christian arabs
/.Arab immigration - Answer-4 waves
1) The first group of immigrants came primarily from Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, and
Jordan at the end of the 19th century and beginning of the 20th century. Most of them
were Christians who wanted to escape the Islamic Ottoman Empire. mostly uneducated
laborers
2) second group of Arab immigrants arrived after World War II. These individuals were
fleeing their homelands that were wracked with political tensions. Among them were
Palestinians who were escaping civil war in 1948 as the British mandate in the area
expired and territories were seized by Israel, but the wave also included Syrians,
Jordanians, Egyptians, Iraqis, and, to a lesser extent, Yemenis and Lebanese. Some
have called this exodus the brain drain, because those who left were formally educated
Muslims with the means to escape undesirable situations.
, 3) hird wave of immigrants was also composed predominantly of formally educated
Muslims, but this group's motivation was a search for better lives as part of the
American Dream. Restrictions on immigration had been eased in the 1960s, making it
easier to take advantage of the opportunity. Many of the people arriving at this time
were Palestinians who wanted to escape the Israeli occupation
4) the Gulf War created a situation in which refugees had very few options left and were
compelled to flee. This group included, for example, Iraqis who worked with the United
States in its war efforts in the region and who faced harsh consequences for that
choice. Renewed conflict in the region has led more Iraqi refugees to the United States,
both directly and indirectly after stopovers in refugee camps
/.Collectivism - Answer-- Arab Americans should be understood as holding a collective
worldview
- Arab Americans are likely to continue seeing themselves as part of an extended family
and community structure. Decisions are made within this context, help is sought from
other members of the collective group, appropriate behavior is defined by the shared
beliefs of the community, and interdependence is valued as a sign of dedication and
loyalty to the group
- Arab Americans tend to be highly aware of both major and minor circumstances that
could bring either honor or shame to their family and the larger community
- idea of honor and shame tends to play a large role in the decisions, goals, and
behaviors made by many Arab Americans
- "We rise together, we fall together"
- "It is my brother and I against our cousin; but it is my cousin and I against a stranger".
Collective societies value trust, so outsiders must work to gain favor through sustained
demonstrations of knowledge, awareness, and skillful assistance. before trust is earned,
individualistic U.S. influences may be viewed with some suspicion.
- Arab social structure is patrilineal, with males being at the top of the hierarchy
- There is wide variation within the Arab and Arab-American communities as to how
gender roles and power are expressed, including how patriarchal beliefs and behaviors
are supported
- parenting styles may be even more authoritarian than
those of Arabs in their home countries, because U.S. cultural values may be viewed as
a threat to the structure of the Arab-American family and its value system, particularly in
the case of Muslims
- Extended family systems, through blood and marriage, are common within Arab
households
- family becomes the hallmark of Arab culture and the mode with which to pass on
cultural traditions and beliefs
- divorce highly frowned upon
- marri
/.kinship - Answer-This term includes "extended family that provide connection, security,
and identity for Arab men and women"
/.religion and faith - Answer-- the majority of Arabs in the Middle East are Muslim
