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November 5, 2023 Ethnic Studies – Asian American Experience Professor Paul Baulik-Mausia Quiz #2 – US Imperialism in the Pacific Correct answers are in bold Question 1 1 / 1 pts Mark the correct statement according to the assigned materials: Colonization of the Pacific involved the extraction of natural resources. European diseases drastically weakened Pacific Island societies and depopulated entire areas. All are correct. Colonization partly requires the subjugation of indigenous populations. Question 2 1 / 1 pts Mark the correct statement according to the From Village to City .... readings: Many migrant Samoans resent the overlapping burdens of surviving in a new or host country and at the same time supporting family and church obligations back home. All are correct. Many Samoans would rather migrate and work at low wage jobs than stay in the islands and farm their land. Like many other Pacific Island nations, subsistence farming and other local production has been replaced by importing foreign goods increasing the need for cash. Question 3 1 / 1 pts Mark the incorrect statement, according to the assigned materials: Remittances many times supports the national economy and often used to pay back international loans. Institutions like universities and churches do not benefit or profit off of migrant Pacific Islanders. There are numerous national and private industries that profit off the multitudes of migrant workers. Remittances help support the basic needs of family members "back home".

Question 4 1 / 1 pts Mark the correct statement according to the assigned materials: All are correct. Many Pacific Islander nations are forced to emigrate their populations as remittances keep local economies afloat. Pacific Islander migrants in industrialized nations are welcomed for economic reasons, but are usually marginalized socially and politically. Industrialized nations strategically maintain the underdevelopment of Pacific Islander nations in order to access and control resources and labor. Question 5 1 / 1 pts Mark the correct statement according to the assigned materials: All are correct. There are no Pacific Islander communities in the US. Historic Pacific Islander migration patterns corresponds to the low wage labor and service industry needs of industrialized nations. Pacific Islander have ultimate "freedom" to decide where and when they migrate to industrialized nations.

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