AAS 210 Midterm REAL EXAM 2025
GRADED A LATEST VERSION 400
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
{with practice exams}EXAM
ERABORATION
Who first discovered Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER The Polynesians
When did the Polynesians find Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER 400AD
How did the Polynesians find Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Sailing boats
watching the flight of birds
What did the Polynesians transplant to Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Sugar canes
Taro
Pineapple
Pigs
Dogs
Describe Hawaii before Cook arrived - CORRECT ANSWER Power from ppl
Chiefs nice to ppl
Respect to nature
C. How did the arrival of European and American missionaries and capitalists
change Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Suppression of native culture
made chiefs materialistic
wore clothes
Hawaiians way of life thought as savage
bayonet laws
Chinese Americans: First wave: When? - CORRECT ANSWER 1850's-1882
Characteristics of first wave Chinese emigrants: - CORRECT ANSWER Young male
Laborers
,Cantonese
Initially sojourners
Where from in China did the 1st wave Chinese American? - CORRECT ANSWER
Cantonese
3. Why did first wave Chinese Americans leave China? - CORRECT ANSWER Gold
Rush
Flood
Opium War: badly damaged China's economy
Why did British go to China in mid-19th century? - CORRECT ANSWER Trade
Christianity
Recruit Labor
Nuclear families quickly formed for 1st wave Chinese Americans? Why? - CORRECT
ANSWER No, Chinese Exclusion Act and Anti miscegenation
Consequences of intention to return to China: - CORRECT ANSWER Government
taxed Chinese to pay the cost of the Opium War
Attitudes of 1st wave Chinese toward assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER No try to
assimilate
quick adoption of Western clothing, ways, etc. for the 1st wave Chinese
Americans? - CORRECT ANSWER no, First wave Chinese didn't
What did the first wave Chinese Americans do with their earnings? - CORRECT
ANSWER The 1st wave Chinese sent earnings back to China
Consequences for first wave Chinese Americans sending earnings to China: -
CORRECT ANSWER They weren't putting money back into the economy
6. What types of work did the first wave Chinese Americans do? - CORRECT
ANSWER Unwanted jobs
Restaurants
Labor Intensive
,Railroads
Manufacturies on East Coast
a. Why did first wave Chinese Americans opened laundries? - CORRECT ANSWER
Easy to learn
No education required
Cheap start-up
Profitable
Language barrier not an issue
First wave Chinese Contributions to agriculture
(what did they add to US agriculture? - CORRECT ANSWER Planted rice, tea, sugar
cane (CA)
1) Role in rice production;
a. significance of rice production for Hawaiian economy
What was the 2nd most important production for the first wave Chinese
Americans - CORRECT ANSWER 2) Role in sugar production
Chinese started commercial sugar productions
Who grew Coconut trees and domestic animals? - CORRECT ANSWER Polynesian
How many years of work were at first ostensibly owed
by Chinese laborers to pay for their transportation
to the Western hemisphere? - CORRECT ANSWER 8 years, indentured servant
hood to Hawaii
many migrated to mainland US replaced by japanese
d. How many died before contracts expired/fulfilled? - CORRECT ANSWER Half of
them died before contracts were fulfilled
7. Were first wave Chinese Americans widely geographically dispersed? - CORRECT
ANSWER The Chinese were more dispersed than the Japanese because of the
railroad
What types of work did First Wave Chinese Americans do in Hawaii? - CORRECT
ANSWER Barbers
, Small Businesses
Did the first wave Chinese Americans stay on plantations? - CORRECT ANSWER
No,CA left as soon as they could
Sources of antagonism against first wave Chinese - CORRECT ANSWER - would
become Christians
- labor no compete with Chinese because of lower wages
Name two familiar names associated with building the transcontinental railroad for
First wave Chinese Americans - CORRECT ANSWER Stanford and Huntington
What types of discrimination did the 1st wave Chinese Americans experienced? -
CORRECT ANSWER Property damage
Minority laws, Chinese targeted laws
First Wave Chinese Americans Responses to discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER
Made own communities, unions, strikes, boycotts
Effects of moving into Chinatown for 1st Wave Chinese - CORRECT ANSWER Safe
haven
No language barriers
Show no assimilation
Less economic competition
Thought all were gay
Gambling and drugs
Why anti-miscegenation laws were enacted vs. Chinese - CORRECT ANSWER
Asian men were attractive to white women
Chinese government too weak to go against it
Name 3 Supreme Court rulings based on cases brought by Chinese - CORRECT
ANSWER U.S born citizens can't have citizenship be taken away
Chinese can't be set apart for taxation (racially neutral law enforcement)
Which law provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor
immigration. - CORRECT ANSWER 1882 Exclusion Act
GRADED A LATEST VERSION 400
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+
{with practice exams}EXAM
ERABORATION
Who first discovered Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER The Polynesians
When did the Polynesians find Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER 400AD
How did the Polynesians find Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Sailing boats
watching the flight of birds
What did the Polynesians transplant to Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Sugar canes
Taro
Pineapple
Pigs
Dogs
Describe Hawaii before Cook arrived - CORRECT ANSWER Power from ppl
Chiefs nice to ppl
Respect to nature
C. How did the arrival of European and American missionaries and capitalists
change Hawaii? - CORRECT ANSWER Suppression of native culture
made chiefs materialistic
wore clothes
Hawaiians way of life thought as savage
bayonet laws
Chinese Americans: First wave: When? - CORRECT ANSWER 1850's-1882
Characteristics of first wave Chinese emigrants: - CORRECT ANSWER Young male
Laborers
,Cantonese
Initially sojourners
Where from in China did the 1st wave Chinese American? - CORRECT ANSWER
Cantonese
3. Why did first wave Chinese Americans leave China? - CORRECT ANSWER Gold
Rush
Flood
Opium War: badly damaged China's economy
Why did British go to China in mid-19th century? - CORRECT ANSWER Trade
Christianity
Recruit Labor
Nuclear families quickly formed for 1st wave Chinese Americans? Why? - CORRECT
ANSWER No, Chinese Exclusion Act and Anti miscegenation
Consequences of intention to return to China: - CORRECT ANSWER Government
taxed Chinese to pay the cost of the Opium War
Attitudes of 1st wave Chinese toward assimilation - CORRECT ANSWER No try to
assimilate
quick adoption of Western clothing, ways, etc. for the 1st wave Chinese
Americans? - CORRECT ANSWER no, First wave Chinese didn't
What did the first wave Chinese Americans do with their earnings? - CORRECT
ANSWER The 1st wave Chinese sent earnings back to China
Consequences for first wave Chinese Americans sending earnings to China: -
CORRECT ANSWER They weren't putting money back into the economy
6. What types of work did the first wave Chinese Americans do? - CORRECT
ANSWER Unwanted jobs
Restaurants
Labor Intensive
,Railroads
Manufacturies on East Coast
a. Why did first wave Chinese Americans opened laundries? - CORRECT ANSWER
Easy to learn
No education required
Cheap start-up
Profitable
Language barrier not an issue
First wave Chinese Contributions to agriculture
(what did they add to US agriculture? - CORRECT ANSWER Planted rice, tea, sugar
cane (CA)
1) Role in rice production;
a. significance of rice production for Hawaiian economy
What was the 2nd most important production for the first wave Chinese
Americans - CORRECT ANSWER 2) Role in sugar production
Chinese started commercial sugar productions
Who grew Coconut trees and domestic animals? - CORRECT ANSWER Polynesian
How many years of work were at first ostensibly owed
by Chinese laborers to pay for their transportation
to the Western hemisphere? - CORRECT ANSWER 8 years, indentured servant
hood to Hawaii
many migrated to mainland US replaced by japanese
d. How many died before contracts expired/fulfilled? - CORRECT ANSWER Half of
them died before contracts were fulfilled
7. Were first wave Chinese Americans widely geographically dispersed? - CORRECT
ANSWER The Chinese were more dispersed than the Japanese because of the
railroad
What types of work did First Wave Chinese Americans do in Hawaii? - CORRECT
ANSWER Barbers
, Small Businesses
Did the first wave Chinese Americans stay on plantations? - CORRECT ANSWER
No,CA left as soon as they could
Sources of antagonism against first wave Chinese - CORRECT ANSWER - would
become Christians
- labor no compete with Chinese because of lower wages
Name two familiar names associated with building the transcontinental railroad for
First wave Chinese Americans - CORRECT ANSWER Stanford and Huntington
What types of discrimination did the 1st wave Chinese Americans experienced? -
CORRECT ANSWER Property damage
Minority laws, Chinese targeted laws
First Wave Chinese Americans Responses to discrimination - CORRECT ANSWER
Made own communities, unions, strikes, boycotts
Effects of moving into Chinatown for 1st Wave Chinese - CORRECT ANSWER Safe
haven
No language barriers
Show no assimilation
Less economic competition
Thought all were gay
Gambling and drugs
Why anti-miscegenation laws were enacted vs. Chinese - CORRECT ANSWER
Asian men were attractive to white women
Chinese government too weak to go against it
Name 3 Supreme Court rulings based on cases brought by Chinese - CORRECT
ANSWER U.S born citizens can't have citizenship be taken away
Chinese can't be set apart for taxation (racially neutral law enforcement)
Which law provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor
immigration. - CORRECT ANSWER 1882 Exclusion Act
