Deck 9: Mexicans and Central Americans

Question 1

Which of the following is the specific term used for a person of Mexican descent, born in America, as well as those who immigrated from Mexico and became U.S.citizens?​

A) Bracero​
B) ​Chicano
C) ​Hispanic
D) ​Unauthorized migrant
E) ​Tejano

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Aguas naturales is a drink made from fresh fruit, water, and sugar.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Which culture was least influential in the history of Mexico and Central America?​

A) Aztec​
B) ​Olmec
C) ​Mayan
D) ​Toltec
E) ​Incan

Answer 3

E

Question 4

What is the proper term used to describe people originally from Mexico?​

A) Latino​
B) ​Mexican
C) ​Hispanic
D) ​Spanish
E) ​Mestizos

Question 5

In the last 35 years many other cultural groups have legally immigrated to the U.S.in greater numbers than Mexicans have.

Question 6

What is the term used to describe Mexicans of mixed Indian and Spanish ancestry?​

A) Hispanics​
B) ​Chicanos
C) ​Braceros
D) ​Mestizos
E) ​Latinos

Question 7

Over 80% of Mexicans are mestizos, of mixed Indian and Spanish ancestry.

Question 8

Both the Roman Catholic and the Lutheran churches have large numbers of adherents in Mexico.

Question 9

Reflecting the Indian worldview, sharing food with a guest is not considered important in the rural Mexican home, and rejecting offered food or drink is perceived as polite.

Question 10

Corn kernels are not pre-treated in any way before being ground up for masa harina.

Question 11

In Mexico, an illness is almost always perceived as being due to what?​

A) outside forces​
B) ​psychological angst
C) ​punishment from God
D) ​bad health
E) ​lack of cleanliness

Question 12

Curanderos are traditional healers who are believed to work with supernatural causes of illness.

Question 13

Urban areas where large concentrations of Mexicans live together are called barrios.

Question 14

In the U.S., after immigration, one difference in family structure that is seen between the traditional Mexican family and the Mexican American family is that​

A) fewer women work in the U.S.
B) ​men are not the head of household in an intact family.
C) ​children are no longer a major priority.
D) ​more women work outside of the home.
E) ​families are even larger.

Question 15

The Yucatan peninsula is geographically isolated from the rest of Mexico and has its own regional cuisine.

Question 16

An ailment thought to be due to excessive emotion, such as smoldering anger or shame, is called​

A) exvoto.
B) ​yerbero.
C) ​milagros.
D) ​susto.
E) ​nervios.

Question 17

What does the concept of la raza, first promoted in the 1960s as a pride and solidarity movement, mean?​

A) "We are one."​
B) ​"pride for the Mexicans"
C) ​"the people"
D) ​"manhood"
E) ​"tough guy"

Question 18

Hispanics represent what percentage of the total U.S.population?​

A) 10%​
B) ​13%
C) ​17%
D) ​25%
E) ​33%

Question 19

In Mexico, health care is traditionally sought from a hierarchy of healers.If a cure is not found for an illness, which of the following may be consulted for outside help next?​

A) señoras​
B) ​sobador
C) ​abuelas
D) ​curandero
E) ​chemist

Question 20

After immigration, it becomes more typical for Mexican Americans to drink low- or non-fat milk and eat aged cheeses.

Question 21

Emotions are sometimes thought to be the cause of some illnesses.Which of the following is not considered to be an ailment with a primarily emotional cause?​

A) susto​
B) ​espanto
C) ​bilis
D) ​envidia
E) ​empacho

Question 22

Which U.S.border region has a chile pepper that was developed specifically for that region and dominates the seasoning?​

A) New Mexico​
B) ​California
C) ​Texas
D) ​Sonora
E) ​Tijuana

Question 23

What is the flat bread of Mexico called?​

A) fry bread​
B) ​tortillas
C) ​sopas
D) ​griddle cakes
E) ​wheat bread

Question 24

What was the most popular beverage during the time of the Aztecs?​

A) black tea​
B) ​goat's milk
C) ​mescal
D) ​chocolatl
E) ​horchata

Question 25

Which of the following is a hot condition, which may be relieved by cold foods?​

A) colic​
B) ​empacho
C) ​pneumonia
D) ​pregnancy
E) ​vertigo

Question 26

Approximately how many varieties of chile peppers are found in the tropical region of Mexico?​

A) 50​
B) ​90
C) ​200
D) ​25
E) ​15

Question 27

What is an example of an Americanized Mexican food created by Tex-Mex cuisine?​

A) nachos​
B) ​taco
C) ​enchilada
D) ​shredded beef
E) ​tamales

Question 28

What is mal de ojo, the condition with supernatural origins that children are especially vulnerable to?​

A) evil eye​
B) ​fallen fontanel
C) ​bad air or wind
D) ​excitability
E) ​digestive ailment

Question 29

What are festivities at Christmas called?​

A) posadas​
B) ​bunuelos
C) ​capirotada
D) ​Dias de los Santos
E) ​piñatas

Question 30

What type of sauce sometimes includes unsweetened chocolate?​

A) mole sauce​
B) ​enchilada sauce
C) ​achiote sauce
D) ​atole sauce
E) ​chipotle sauce

Question 31

Who supervises the use of home remedies in the home?​

A) the doctor​
B) ​the botanica
C) ​the mother or grandmother
D) ​the father or grandfather
E) ​the faith healer

Question 32

Which of the following is an example of the popular one-dish meals, similar to a stew, that are frequently eaten in Mexico?​

A) empanada​
B) ​tamale
C) ​flautas
D) ​caldos
E) ​quesadillas

Question 33

What is masa harina?​

A) corn flour​
B) ​lime-treated corn kernels
C) ​a stone slab
D) ​a casserole dish
E) ​a corn and rice dish

Question 34

The origins of Mexican cuisine is least likely to stem from the​

A) Aztec.
B) ​French.
C) ​Viennese.
D) ​Malays.
E) ​Spanish.

Question 35

The dessert dulce de leche is made from what type of milk?​

A) goat's milk​
B) ​cow's milk
C) ​condensed milk
D) ​soy milk
E) ​coconut milk

Question 36

What condition that primarily affects adult women is caused by susto?​

A) envidia​
B) ​mal de ojo
C) ​nervios
D) ​bilis
E) ​brujo

Question 37

What is the late afternoon snack called in Mexico?​

A) desayuno​
B) ​almuerzo
C) ​merienda
D) ​comida
E) ​cena

Question 38

Which dish is a specialty of the northern and central plains region of Mexico?​

A) pozoles​
B) ​saltwater fish
C) ​mole sauce
D) ​black iguana
E) ​salbutes

Question 39

Which of the following is the Mexican word for "lunch"?​

A) desayuno​
B) ​cena
C) ​comida
D) ​merienda
E) ​siesta

Question 40

The sap of what plant is credited with being a reliable substitute for fresh water in the arid countryside of Mexico?​

A) ​nopales
B) ​yucca
C) ​maguey cactus
D) ​agave
E) ​pulque

Question 41

In Central America the majority religion across the countries is​

A) Evangelical Protestant.
B) ​Fundamentalist Protestant.
C) ​Roman Catholic.
D) ​Pentecostal.
E) ​Baptist.

Question 42

Mexican Americans have high dietary consumption compliance regarding recommendations for what food group?​

A) grains​
B) ​meats
C) ​dairy
D) ​fruits
E) ​seafood

Question 43

Alcohol intake was found to increase by approximately what percentage between Mexican Americans who were born in Mexico and first-generation Mexican Americans born in the U.S.?​

A) 47%​
B) ​10%
C) ​5%
D) ​30%
E) ​25%

Question 44

Development of what chronic condition is approximately 1.7 times as common in Hispanics as compared to whites?​

A) dyslipidemia​
B) ​metabolic syndrome
C) ​type 2 diabetes
D) ​osteoporosis
E) ​colon cancer

Question 45

Matching
a.Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
b.Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Onions

Question 46

Cornerstones of the daily diet in Central America are​

A) beans and rice.
B) ​beans and corn.
C) ​corn and rice.
D) ​rice and chiles.
E) ​fruit and corn.

Question 47

Approximately what percentage of Mexican women breastfeed their infants in the first week of life?​

A) 50%​
B) ​23%
C) ​95%
D) 80%
E) 70%​

Question 48

Matching
a.Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
b.Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Rice​

Question 49

Which of the following is a popular home remedy in Central America?​

A) herbal teas​
B) ​taking vitamin pills
C) ​rubbing with a hot coin
D) ​guisado
E) ​stone massage

Question 50

In Central America, beans are eaten daily.What type of beans are popular in Guatemala?​

A) kidney beans​
B) ​pinto beans
C) ​black beans
D) ​red beans
E) ​fava beans

Question 51

Matching
a.Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
b.Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Hogs

Question 52

What is the traditional Mexican cornmeal beverage called?​

A) licuado​
B) ​atole
C) ​chocolatl
D) ​lassi
E) ​horchata

Question 53

During acculturation, changes in the meal patterns of Mexican Americans are most likely to include​

A) changes in meal preparation techniques.
B) ​less snacking.
C) ​increases in fruit and vegetable intake.
D) ​less dietary fat.
E) ​increases in use of canned food.

Question 54

Matching
a.Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
b.Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Turkey

Question 55

Foods commonly eaten by the early Mayans included

A) ​corn.
B) ​seafood.
C) ​rice.
D) ​bread.
E) ​pork.

Question 56

Matching
a.Present in the Americas before the Spanish arrived
b.Brought to Mexico and Central America by the Spanish
Corn

Question 57

How does the birth rate among Hispanic women compare to that of white women?​

A) nearly twice that of white women​
B) ​nearly three times that of white women
C) ​half that of white women
D) ​about the same
E) ​two-thirds that of white women

Question 58

What is the communication style of Latinos?​

A) high-context and non-confrontational​
B) ​low-context and confrontational
C) ​low-context and non-confrontational
D) ​high-context and confrontational
E) ​non-confrontational and non-context based

Question 59

One unique Central American immigrant population in the U.S.consists of black Caribs from the eastern, coastal areas of Belize and Honduras.What term describes this population?​

A) Honduran​
B) ​Pan-Latino
C) ​Mayan
D) ​Garifuna
E) ​Mestizos

Question 60

What Mexico-U.S.border region is thought to be the home of the chimichangas?​

A) New Mexico​
B) ​California
C) ​Texas
D) ​Sonora
E) ​Tijuana

Question 61

Research has shown that health outcomes are not always better for Mexicans after immigrating to the U.S.What was the impact of acculturation on birth outcomes demonstrated in the research reviewed?

Question 62

Describe five of the foods that were brought to Mexico by the Spanish that are now typically eaten in Mexico.

Question 63

Briefly describe three aspects of the hot-cold system of diet and health in both Mexico and Central America.

Question 64

Attitudes towards traditional health care in Mexico are blended from what influences?

Question 65

Describe how the value of family and children might be used during nutrition counseling to encourage dietary changes when working with someone from Mexico.