Chapter 1

Question 1

Mestizo mezcla mestizaje

Answer 1

Terms used to designate people of mixed Spanish and Indian blood culture

Question 2

La causa

Answer 2

Los Angeles community is advocating for unity social justice and action

Question 3

The mission

Answer 3

What the college expects from their students a professor who answers all questions and has an open door policy. Community involvement academic discipline and must promote chicanismo

Question 4

El movimiento

Answer 4

It was a civil rights human rights cultural rights struggle to promote social and cultural change

Question 5

Eurocentric

Answer 5

Being European is better than being apart from any other country

Question 6

Skin color consciousness

Answer 6

Having to do with light and dark skin this may include African-American or Latino

Question 7

Hispano or Hispana

Answer 7

This term is referring to people who speak Spanish. not to people who were born in Spain. Spanish speaking peoples

Question 8

Assimilation

Answer 8

The process whereby a member of an ethnic racial minority group acquires behaviors lifestyles values and language of the dominant ethnic racial majority group. Thus, latinos become Americanized in the assimilation process.

Question 9

La raza

Answer 9

The race, the people. It refers to the Latinos in the Americas it is considered a term of endearment for the people and culture

Question 10

Mi gente

Answer 10

My people. It is the source of cultural identity and pride

Question 11

How many Mexican American/Latinos are there in the United States.

Answer 11

55 million

Question 12

What percentage to do Mexican American/Latinos make of the growing population in the United States?

Answer 12

17%

Question 13

Pocho

Answer 13

And Americanized Mexican

Question 14

Academic discipline

Answer 14

Comprehending the subject and analyzing. And American foundation requires you to be disciplined in that field whether it be law health or maintenance

Question 15

American culture

Answer 15

It is a combination of many different historical and cultural influences. It includes customs, traditions, rituals, and celebrations. Holidays and celebrations are major in American culture. ( MLK Jr day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas)

Question 16

American pop culture

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Meaning change change change! Culture changes constantly and is seen as normal. People seek out the new everything. Whether it be music, fashion, cars, technology. The US is a society of consumers

Question 17

American capitalism

Answer 17

Is the economic system that promotes the production of products and the consumer way of life.

Question 18

Traditional culture

Answer 18

They have traditional values, beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors. Traditional means old-fashioned or old-school traditional culture gets passed down from generation to generation

Question 19

Spanish

Answer 19

It is referring to someone from Spain. Relatives from their homeland. Imported and impose the Spanish language and culture in the Americas with the Spanish conquest

Question 20

Mexican-American

Answer 20

And American of Mexican dissent. Typically parents, grandparents or other relatives going to Mexico. They are also a citizen of the United States. Cultural identity is important like pride, dignity, honor, and respect

Question 21

Mexican

Answer 21

A person born in Mexico

Question 22

Chicano

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The term was popularized with the Chicano movement of the 1960s to the 1970s. Mexican Americans who started a social movement. The movement was a struggle for civil rights human rights social justice and equality

Question 23

Latino

Answer 23

term referring to people in the US with the background from Latino America or el caribe. Multi ethnic, multi racial, multicultural

Question 24

Mecha

Answer 24

Movimiento estudantil

A Chicano chicana student organization of activist promoting social justice and educational equality and opportunity

Question 25

Aztlan

Answer 25

According to legend the ancestral homeland of the azteca/mexica. The Chicano movement declared the location to be the southwestern United States.

Question 26

Chicano movement

Answer 26

Also known as el movimiento. Began in the 1960s with the goal of achieving social justice equality civil rights human rights and empowerment

Question 27

Indigenous

Answer 27

The first original settlers who inhabit a geographic region

Question 28

Socialization

Answer 28

The activity of mixing socially with others. The process of learning to behave in a way that is acceptable in society

Question 29

NACCS

Answer 29

National Association of Chicano Chicana studies