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20 questions
01
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1 point

A researcher finds that a migrant community adapts a celebration in its destination city while relatives in the place of origin also change how they observe it. Which interpretation best fits cultural transformation?

  1. A

    It occurs only when destination practices replace origin practices.

  2. B

    It can involve adapting or combining practices in both places.

  3. C

    It eliminates differences between groups over time.

  4. D

    It affects only migrants’ identities, not institutions or meanings.

02
True or false
1 point

A person can become settled in a new place while also maintaining relationships and activities across national borders.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

03
Fill in the blank
1 point

When a research question concerns connections across places, multi-sited research can follow people, relationships, or circulating objects and ideas across .

04
Written response
1 point

What term describes the web of relationships, institutions, and practices that connects people in different locations, including migrants and non-migrants?

05
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1 point

A researcher wants to understand how local policies and labor markets affect a migrant community’s ability to maintain cross-border ties. Which comparison best fits that aim?

  1. A

    Compare two generations of one family in a single neighborhood to measure language use.

  2. B

    Compare schools and workplaces in one city without examining migration-related connections.

  3. C

    Compare the same migrant group in two destination cities to examine how local policies and labor markets shape opportunities to maintain ties.

  4. D

    Compare two unrelated communities without stating a shared research question.

06
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1 point

A study aims to describe a community’s cross-border connections and understand what those connections mean to participants. Which approaches can address both aims? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Map a community’s connections and interview participants about what those connections mean.

  2. B

    Observe how a community organization connects local and overseas members, and interview participants about the significance of those connections.

  3. C

    Use only a census count to infer what relationships mean to participants.

  4. D

    Observe one meeting and treat it as a complete map of all cross-border relationships.

07
True or false
1 point

To avoid methodological nationalism, researchers should assume that national borders have no meaningful effect on mobility or belonging.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

08
Fill in the blank
1 point

When comparing migrant communities, researchers should treat each community as internally and consider differences such as generation, class, gender, and legal status.

09
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1 point

A researcher asks how changes in migration rules shaped people’s available options in a particular period. Which evidence is especially suited to that question?

  1. A

    Use administrative records, archives, and policy analysis to examine how rules and historical conditions shape options.

  2. B

    Use interviews alone to measure how frequently resources move through a network.

  3. C

    Use ethnographic observation only to reconstruct changes in immigration rules over time.

  4. D

    Use network mapping to determine how past policies were written.

10
Written response
1 point

What phrase describes taking part in cross-border practices, even when those practices are not central to a person’s identity?

11
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1 point

A researcher is choosing dimensions for a comparative study of migration. Which of these can serve as a basis for comparison described in the material? Select all that apply.

  1. A

    Different origin groups settling in the same city.

  2. B

    The same migrant group living in two destination cities.

  3. C

    Changes in a community’s practices across generations.

  4. D

    How schools or religious organizations shape participation and belonging.

12
Open ended
1 point

A researcher plans to interview people whose migration status is insecure. Describe key ethical responsibilities in designing and carrying out this study, and explain why they matter for participants.

13
Choose one
1 point

Travel is not possible for a study of a community with relationships across borders. Which conclusion about the research design is best supported?

  1. A

    A one-location study cannot ask meaningful questions about cross-border relationships.

  2. B

    A one-location study can examine cross-border ties while stating whose perspectives it captures and what it cannot observe.

  3. C

    A one-location study automatically represents every person connected to the community.

  4. D

    A one-location study should treat national borders as irrelevant to its findings.

14
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1 point

A person regularly sends money to relatives across a national border but says that this activity is not central to their identity. Which concept best describes the person's cross-border participation?

  1. A

    Ways of belonging

  2. B

    Ways of being

  3. C

    Methodological nationalism

  4. D

    Cultural replacement

15
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1 point

Which description best fits a transnational social field?

  1. A

    A network made up only of migrants who live abroad

  2. B

    A destination country's institutions considered separately from other places

  3. C

    Relationships, institutions, and practices connecting people in different locations

  4. D

    A group whose members share the same national identity

16
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1 point

Which description best captures what cultural transformation can include?

  1. A

    Changes only in the customs people perform, with no changes in meanings or identities.

  2. B

    Changes in meanings, practices, identities, and institutions as people interact.

  3. C

    The disappearance of institutions whenever people move across borders.

  4. D

    A process limited to changes in the laws that regulate migration.

17
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1 point

When selecting cases for a comparative migration study, what should researchers explain to make the comparison informative?

  1. A

    Choose cases only because they are easy to access, without explaining their relevance.

  2. B

    Assume findings from one case apply equally to every migrant group.

  3. C

    Explain what the selected cases represent and how comparing them can clarify a broader question.

  4. D

    Select cases from different countries so that national borders do not affect the analysis.

18
True or false
1 point

True or false: Migration automatically makes every migrant equally involved in cross-border relationships and activities.

  1. A

    True

  2. B

    False

19
Written response
1 point

What term describes relationships and activities that link people across national borders?

20
Written response
1 point

What is the name of the assumption that society and culture naturally stop at national borders?