UNIT 5: ASIAN AMERICANS
STUDY GUIDE
ASIAN AMERICAN CULTURE
Asian American definition:
BUDDHISM
Nirvana:
What is it:
Myths of Asian Americans:
Origins of Asian Americans:
Countries:
Immigrant History:
Reasons for immigration:
How does one attain it:
Four Noble Truths:
Goal of meditation:
Why is life considered “suffering”:
ANGEL ISLAND
Where is it:
What happened on the island:
Picture brides:
CHINESE IMMIGRATION
Gold:
Where:
When:
Chinese immigrants:
When:
Reasons for immigrating:
How were they received by the Americans?
Chinatown:
Why is it significant?
Resentment:
Why:
Pacific Railway Acts:
What were they:
Karma:
What is it:
How does one break it:
VOCABULARY
Ancestry
Buddhism
Catholicism
Christian
Daoism
Dialect
Generation
Hinduism
Imprisonment
Internment
Muslim
Persecution
Refugee
Relocate
Reparations
Family or ancestral descent
Religion founded by Buddha, goal is to attain nirvana
Person who believes in Jesus Christ
Form of language spoken in a particular geographic area
Group of the same approx. age, having similar ideas
To confine in or as if in a prison
Pertaining to the religion, law, or civilization of Islam
Person who flees for refuge or safety to a foreign country
Compensation for loss suffered
The faith, system, and practice of the Catholic Church
Chinese religion that incorporates pantheism and sorcery
Religion of India that emphasizes freedom from the
material world
Confinement of enemy citizens in wartime
Mistreatment because of religion, race, or beliefs
To move or be moved to a new place
How were the Chinese treated:
Chinese Exclusion Act:
Restrictions:
How many years it lasted:
What effect did it have on families:
JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS
FBI Raids:
Why:
Who were targeted:
Executive Order 9066:
What:
Where did it apply?
How did the government “spin” the
relocation:
Mass Moving:
How long did they have before moving:
What they could take:
Life in the camps:
How long were the camps open:
In what ways did the camps evolve:
What was life like:
Reparations:
Which President:
How much $:
Why?: