a. 18-24 Months
2. The Obama administration had a goal of admitting how many refugees in fiscal 2017?
a. Admission 110,000 refugees
3. Over the past decade most of the refugees have come from what 2 countries?
a. Burma and Iraq
4. How many Muslim refugees entered the U.S. in 2016?
a. 39,000
5. Most of the refugees were resettled in what 3 states?
a. California, Texas and New York
6. Looking at the bar graph (shifting origins of refugees over time) list 3 observations that really surprise you.
a. In 2004 50% of overall admitted refugees were from Somalis, Cuba, and Laos
b. How many of Asian refugees the US allowed over the time period of 1975-2017
c. The decrease of European refugees the US allowed.
7. Looking at the bar graph (religious affiliation) list 2 things that surprised you.
a. How large the number of the religion is Christians.
b. The slow increase of Muslims allowed into the US.
8. Looking at the pie graphs (American generally don’t welcome refugees) why do you think Americans were more welcoming of Albanian refugees in 1999 compared to refugees in other years?
a. Because it is the start of a new generation, and the culture is changing things are more acceptable now.
9. How have refugees changed in South Dakota over the years? Most refugees today come from where?
a. Went from Afghanistan to Sudan to Somalia to Bhutan then to Burma back to Bhutan
b. Most came from Bhutan
10. Using the map above what are 3things you learned about other states and their main refugee settlements. (Ex. Ukrainian refugees and where they settled.)
a. That in 2017 Bhutan and Burma refugees are in nine different states
b. Dem. Rep. of Congo refugees are in most of the states (14)
c. Eritrea and where they are settled (Montana)
11. What is the ceiling for refugees decided by Donald Trump?
a. Trump ordered a ceiling of 50,000 total refugee
12. Tell me one thing looking at the line graphs that you have observed.
a. Number of refugees slowly decreased
13. How many people are now displaced from their homes in the world?
a. Nearly 1 in 100 people worldwide are now displaced from their homes
14. How many Syrian refugees are now displaced from their homes?
a. About 6 in 10 Syrians are now displaced from their homes
15. What 2 countries in Europe are receiving record number of refugees?
a. Norway and Switzerland
16. Do you believe the U.S., being a world power and first world country, has an obligation to help refugees and/or give them humanitarian aid?
a. Yes, because we are a big enough country we might as well help them out, they are coming from a country that has nothing.
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