Immigration Study Guide

Which term best describes people from other countries who enter the United States to start new lives? Select the best answer.

• consumers

• visitors

• immigrants

• jobseekers

All of the following are major push factors that cause people to leave their home countries except. Select the best answer.

• hunger.

• poverty.

• violent conflict.

• economic opportunity.

Which of the following is not a major pull factor drawing people to the United States?

• family

• schools

• freedom

• drought

Immigrants help to build the U.S. economy by

• pay taxes

• bring new traditions

• starting new businesses.

• all of the above

Which is the best definition of a brain drain?

• the loss of skilled workers who move to other countries

• the loss of war refugees who seek safety in other countries

• the loss of aging parents who join children in other countries

• the loss of good students who attend college in other countries

What are payments sent by immigrants to family members in their home country called?

• consumption

• economic activity

• migration streams

• remittances

What is one result of a college graduate immigrating from country X to country Y?

• the spread and mixing of cultures in country Y

• a brain drain in country Y

• a brain gain in country X

• the loss of cultural diffusion in country X

Which of the following holidays in the United States is NOT a result of the spreading of cultures?

• Cinco de Mayo

• St. Patrick's Day

• Chinese New Year

• Independence Day

How do emigrants' homelands sometimes benefit from brain drain?

• It loses skilled labor

• emigrants send remittances to their families

• they never return home

• All of the above

Sometimes, US citizens are concerned about new immigrants taking jobs. What is one reason U.S. citizens should not be concerned?

• there are tons of jobs available

• they are taking jobs that most people do not want

• they don't get paid as much

• they are not here very long