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Which of the following is a challenge Humanitarian Organizations face when taking care of refugees?

A
Training healthcare workers to take care of refugees.
B
Ensuring refugees have enough food, water, and shelter.
C
Developing and distributing vaccines for refugees.
D
Ensuring humanitarian organizations receive financial donations.
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In recent years, the largest numbers of asylees to the United States have come from all of the following countries, except __________.

A
China
B
Russia
C
Haiti
D
Colombia
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Which of the following statements about remittances sent by migrant workers is true?

A
Remittances are monetary payments sent from the worker’s home country to the host country.
B
Remittances provide income to the home country.
C
Remittances are illegal in the United States.
D
Remittances provide capital resources for workers’ families living in the host country.
45

In the last decade, the largest numbers of refugees to the United States have come from all of the following countries, except __________.

A
Laos
B
Burma
C
Somalia
D
Iran
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Which of the following statements about remittances is false?

A
Remittances are monies sent from a worker's host country to his or her home country.
B
Remittances create purchasing power in the home country.
C
Remittances are often important to developing economies.
D
Remittances are funds transferred from a worker's home country to his or her host country.
47

Over half of the refugees seeking entrance to the United States in 2007 came from __________.

A
Africa and Asia
B
Oceania and North America
C
Africa and North America
D
Oceania and Asia
48

Which of the following statements best characterizes the United States’ overall population shift from 2000 to 2004?

A
The Northeast and the South gained population, while the Midwest and the West lost population.
B
The Northeast and the West gained population, while the Midwest and the South lost population.
C
The South and the West gained population, while the Northeast and the Midwest lost population.
D
The West and the Midwest gained population, while the Northeast and the South lost population.
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The primary regions of origin of refugees applying to come to the US in 2007 were __________.

A
Africa and Asia
B
Africa and the Middle East
C
Asia and the Middle East
D
Africa and Eastern Europe
50

Aid agencies estimated that approximately four million residents of __________ required food aid in 2009.

A
Ethiopia
B
Greece
C
Cuba
D
Somalia
51

All of the following are examples of forced migration due to government-imposed expulsion, except __________.

A
British prisoners being shipped to Australia
B
millions of Africans being relocated to the Americas as a result of the transatlantic slave trade
C
Jews in Nazi Germany being relocated
D
Irish moving to America during the Potato Famine
52

Which of the following statements about migrant farm workers in the United States is false?

A
75% of migrant farm workers in the US were born in Mexico.
B
7th grade is the average highest grade completed by migrant farm workers in the US.
C
53% of migrant farm workers in the US are not legally authorized to work.
D
81% of migrant farm workers in the United States speak Chinese as their primary language.
53

Each year, field workers travel from the southwestern United States to eastern Washington to harvest apples. This movement is an example of __________.

A
permanent migration
B
periodic movement
C
transhumance
D
commuting
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Which of the following best defines the term migrant worker?

A
a person who migrates among different jobs throughout the year
B
a person who sends earnings from a job back to another country
C
a person who works in a country in which he or she does not hold citizenship
D
a person who works on a temporary basis during harvest season
55

Which is not a challenge host countries face when taking care of refugees?

A
language
B
healthcare
C
climate
D
education
56

Which of the following statements best characterizes the change in trends for refugees seeking entry to the US from 1999 to 2009?

A
The numbers of refugees from southern Europe decreased, while the numbers from Africa increased.
B
The numbers of refugees from Asia decreased, while the numbers from southern Europe increased.
C
The numbers of refugees from southern Europe and Africa both increased.
D
The numbers of refugees from southern Europe and Africa both decreased, while the numbers from Asia increased.
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Which of the following statements about the migration of workers to other countries is false?

A
Skilled workers often leave small countries for larger industrialized countries.
B
Unskilled workers often support the economies of their host and home countries through remittances.
C
Remittances represent capital flow from the home country to the host country.
D
Recent migrations tend to flow from South America to North America and from the Middle East to Western Europe.
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Which of the following is the best example of an intervening opportunity that influenced migration?

A
Many African American citizens were heading to Chicago after the Civil War, but settled in border cities just north of the Deep South.
B
Americans from the South and the East migrated to California in search of gold in the late 1800s.
C
Some US citizens migrated to Canada to avoid the draft during the Vietnam War.
D
Many oil workers migrated from Texas to Wyoming when oil was discovered near Evanston.

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