Migrant Worker Quiz

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a. Migrant – a person that migrates or travels. The term also can be redefined when use in the text “Migrant Workers,” which means a person who moves place to place in order to get work, especially in the agricultural realm. I originally believed this term to be a discriminatory term for Mexicans, and not an actual term to describe farm workers.
b. Pinteada- a term Victor uses for working for one dollar for each bucket.
c. Pesticide- Another term I once believed meant something different. I was aware that the fields were covered with chemicals to aid in growth and destruction of weeds, but I did not know that a thick layer of film would cover these plants.

1) Which one of these actions demonstrate a manifest function?
a) Zulema debating if she would rather attend school or work in the fields
b)
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A migrant worker getting a much better paying job would help his/her family.
2) Once Zulema arrived in Florida, which behavior would she display?
a) Culture Lag
b) Culture Shock
c) Resocialization
d) Sleep deprivation Correct Answer/C/pg.84: resocialization, learning new norms, values, attitudes, or behaviors to certain situations. She would immediately have to adapt to her new school life.
3) A person who discriminates Latinos simply because their culture is different from their own displays what?
a) Colonialism
b) Ethnocentrism
c) Pacifism
d) Material Culture Correct Answer/ B/pg.36: ethnocentrism is known as a tendency to use our own way of thinking to judge others. This person is judging someone based on your own ideas.

4) Which one of these would display a latent

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