AAPI Heritage Month Trivia

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American women to do what?

• Invent a medicine

• Drive a racecar

• Fly to space

• Win a Nobel Peace Prize

In the 1700s, which Asian/Pacific Islander group was the first to settle in the U.S?

• Chinese

• Loatians

• Filipinos

• Hawaiians

Gerald Tsai was the first Asian American to become what?

• Fortune 500 CEO

• Congressman

• Astronaut

• Cabinet member

Cesar Chavez joined this person to demand farm workers' rights.

His name may not be as well-known a name as Chavez, but his role among Filipino-American workers was as critical in the 1965-70 Delano grape strike. Who was he?

• Larry Itliong

• Julio Hernandez

• Jose M. Leonidas

• Philip Vera Cruz

A record 22 million Asian Americans trace their roots to more than BLANK countries in East and Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent.

• more than 10 countries

• more than 20 countries

• more than 50 countries

• more than 75 countries

Asian Americans are projected to be the nation’s ______ immigrant group by the 2050.

• smallest

• 2nd largest

• largest

• average size

In early California, thousands of _____ immigrants were employed by the railroads to do the toughest work; circa 1890.

• Chinese

• Japanese

• Korean

• Cambodian

She made history in 2020 as one of the first Korean American women to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.

• Patsy Mink

• Young Kim

• Bee Nguyen

• Stephanie Chang

The first woman of color and the first Asian-American woman elected to the House of Representatives, she served 12 terms in Congress and said she felt a responsibility not just to her constituents but also to women across the country.

• Patsy Mink

• Tammy Duckworth

• Mazie Hirono

• Pat Saiki

The Tape v. Hurley case happened in ______. California's Supreme Court ruled that the state entitles "all children" access to public education. The case centered on Mamie Tape (8 yrs old) an American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants whose family sued the San Francisco Board of Education for denying her admission because of her race.

• 1755

• 1830

• 1885

• 1900