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1) Mariachi music originated in the Mexican region of _______________.

2) TRUE OR FALSE: Most Arab Americans are Muslim.

❍ True ❍ False

4) What country is the source of the second- largest group of Spanish- speaking immigrants in the city?

a. El Salvadorb. Guatemalac. Puerto Ricod. Nicaragua

5) How many Armenians live in Los Angeles County?

a. 75,000b. 100,000c. 200,000d. 1 million

6) Which is the largest Asian group in the city?a. Taiwaneseb. Thaic. Chinesed. Filipino

7) Who was living on Los Angeles soil before the city was founded in 1781?

a. The Mayab. The Siouxc. The Tongvad. The Aztecs

8) What is Saigu?

a. A Korean word that refers to the 1992 riots, translating as “4-29”b. South Ameri- cans for Integration and Greater Union, L.A.’s leading Brazil- ian advocacy group c. A Thai sauce used in noodle dishes to impart umamid. The Salvadoran singer born in Los Angeles and adored throughout Central America

9) When did the Los Angeles City Coun- cil make it illegal for places like the vaunted California Club downtown to discriminate against minority admissions?

a. 1973b. 1987c. 1965d. Never

10) Abbot Kinney developed the Oakwood area, on Pico between 14th and 24th streets, in the early 1900s to house:

a. Mexican farmworkersb. African American servants c. Chinese shipbuildersd. Whites, who made it a whites-only enclave

11) What led to the greatest spike in the city’s African American population?

a. Gold Rush-related jobs in the mid-1800s b. The downtown build- ing boom in the 1920sc. Railroad jobs in the early 1900sd. Shipbuilding and other war-industry jobs in the 1940s

Take the Cultural Competency Quiz

Think you know your way aroundmulticultural L.A.? Keep guessing

Name: ____________________________________ Age: ____

Occupation: _____________ No. of years in L.A. _______

Race/Ethnicity: _____________________________________

T H E R E S U LT S

1. People

of Spanish or

Latin American descent

2. Activist Mexican

Americans

3.Only

people of Latin American

descent

3) Match the term with the defi nition: a. Chicano b. Latino c. Hispanic

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

PETER HOEY

TEST NO. 7899 / 7563 / 9954

YOUR SCORE

30

25-29

20-24

15-19

14 OR LESS

YOUR STATUS

Cultural commodore

Multicultivore

Probationary Angeleno

Salt Lake City transplant

Icelandic ambassador

The answers are on page 170. After you tally your score, it’s time to rank yourself.

Race in L.A.

13) Which L.A. land- mark served as a temporary detention center for Japanese Americans who were being relocated to the Manzanar intern- ment camp during World War II?

a. Pan Pacifi c Centerb. Santa Anita Parkc. Los Angeles Coliseumd. Hollywood Bowl

14) A pool game played by Koreans is noteworthy because:

a. The pool tables hang from ropesb. The pool tables have no pockets or holesc. The pool tables are on the fl oord. It’s played underwater

15) By 1934, one-third of all Japanese immi- grants on the West- side were employed as ______________.

17) Approximately how many languages are spoken in the Greater Los Angeles area?

a. 70b. 130c. 100d. 120

18) Where is the popular sriracha hot sauce manufactured?

a. Hanoi b. Mexico City c. Rosemeadd. Phuket

19) In the 1930s, residents of Los Angeles’s original Chinatown were evicted from their homes, which were then razed in order to make room for the construction of _________________.

20) The fi rst Latino mayor of Los Ange- les was elected in:

a) 1866 b) 1853c) 2005 d) 1906

21) Eso Won Bookstore in Leimert Park specializes in books by and about:

a. African Americansb. Asian immigrantsc. Latinosd. Native Americans

22) Proposition ______ banned the use of racial preferences in California college admissions.

24) What is Tet? a. The number seven in Koreanb. The tyrant who caused a mass exodus from Hondurasc. The Vietnamese new yeard. A popular fruit sold in Guatemalan markets

26) The decade in L.A. that saw the larg- est increase of im- migrants from Gua- temala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua was_____.

27) What led to that sudden infl ux?a. The search for better jobsb. A massive drought in Central America c. Political terror and oppression at homed. L.A.’s movie industry

28) Central Americans settled in what part of the city?

a. Pico-Unionb. MacArthur Parkc. Koreatownd. All of the above

29) What language is spoken by Iranians?

a. Iranian b. Tagalogc. Farsi d. Persian

30) 1 out of ______ people living in L.A. was born outside the United States.

a. ActressReese

Witherspoon

b. SingerVicente

Fernández

c. SirPaul

McCartney

d. Actress Jennifer Aniston

12) Among these recipients of a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, who drew the largest crowd?

25) The ancestors of most Arab Americans in L.A. County come from which of the following countries?

a. Egypt b. Lebanon c. Iraq d. Iran

23) Which of the following ingredients is not traditionally found in kimchi?

a. Onions b. Cabbage c. Rice d. Sugar

16) Match the neighborhood with its designated ethnic enclave:

a. Thai Townb. Historic Filipinotownc. Cambodia Townd. Little Persia

1. East Hollywood2. Long Beach3. Westwood4. Echo Park

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