Reading Quiz

Immigration

Let’s begin

Please put away your devices and pull out a sheet of paper.

Question 1 (2 pts.)

The Great Migration refers to the expansion of immigration into the United States took place from the 1960s to the present.

True or False?

Question 2 (3 pts.)

Sociologists often identify the “push factors” and “pull factors” that lead people to migrate from one place to another.

Name one pull factor leading people to migrate to the United States from abroad in recent decades? Be specific!

Question 3 (2 pts.)

In recent years (since around 2010), more of the newly arriving immigrants to the United States have come from Asia than from Latin America.

True or False?

Question 4 (3 pts.)

Identify one interesting thing about immigration (preferably about immigration policy or immigrant integration) that you learned from our reading for class today.