Final Exam Review Sheet

History 3

FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE: Monday, December 11, 11:50-1:50

Your Final Exam will consist of three parts:

Part I - One essay question chosen by the instructor from the choices below. (150 points)
Part II - One question chosen out of a hat on the day of the test from the choices below. (125 points)
Part III - Five (5) terms from the list below will be written on the chalkboard. You will write on 3. (25 points each)

The total point value of this test is 350 points (35% of your grade).

My Ground Rules:

	You must bring a blue book.
	No one may leave the room once the test begins except to hand in a completed exam (so go to the bathroom BEFORE the test.
	Those who arrive late will be allowed to take the test in the remaining time left provided that no one has handed in an exam.

PART I - ESSAYS

One of the following questions will be chosen by your instructor. Answer it in as much detail as you can. Points will be awarded based on coherence, specificity, and the quality of the argument made.

1.	Compare and contrast an immigrant from China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, OR India (you choose) arriving in 1906 to one arriving in 2006. How different are there backgrounds (region, wealth, education, skills) likely to be? What opportunities (or lack of) are your immigrants likely to face in both 1906 and 2006. (How to answer this question: I want you to use "typical" characteristics in describing these two immigrants. For instance, certainly some immigrants from China at the turn of the century came from the cities, but was the typical immigrant in 1906 urban? Certainly some immigrants today come over to America very wealthy, but does the typical immigrant?)

2.	Some have argued that the Model Minority Thesis is a positive sign that the position of Asian Americans in the U.S. has risen considerably from the type of discrimination they once faced to a minority that non-Asian minorities should emulate. Others argue that the Thesis is nothing more than a myth that has serious consequences both to Asian Americans and other minority groups. Critically evaluate both sides of the debate and offer your own view.

PART II - ESSAYS

One of the following questions will be chosen by your instructor. Answer it in as much detail as you can (you are expected to provide specific examples from the readings indicated). Points will be awarded based on coherence, specificity, and the quality of the argument made.

1.	Choose 6 separate examples from 6 separate chapters in American Eyes and analyze how each one fits into the book’s overarching theme of home and identity.

2.	What are the challenges (social, cultural, familial) faced by Asian Americans who decide to enter inter-racial relationship? Do you think that the negative stereotypes of Asian Americans that are promoted in the media (particularly stereotypes of Asian American men) help explain the out-marriage patterns among some Asian American women (in other words, are they marrying "up"?) In order to answer this question, you must draw on the Joann Faung Jean Lee readings and the film Slaying the Dragon (which is on reserve in the library if you need to view it again).

PART III - TERMS

You will write a detailed 1-2 paragraph essay for each of 3 terms in which you address the following questions: who, what, where, when, and SIGNIFICANCE (why it is important). Points will be awarded on the basis of coherence and specificity.

WWII as a Racial War	Immigration Act of 1965	Asian American Political Alliance
Japanese American Citizen's League	New, New Immigrants	Vincent Chin
Executive Order 9066	post-1965 Korean immigrants	Monterey Park
Manzanar	Vietnamese immigrants	Loving vs. Virginia (1967)
United Nations Human Rights Charter	Animal Appetites	Race and the Census
Cold War	Asian Panethnicity	Los Angeles Riots (1992)
War Brides	Asian American Movement	Sa-I-Gu
U.S. "Confession Program"	"Yellow Power"	Asian American Studies