Please read the passage in Chapter 1(Page 4 -11) and answer the following questions. 1.What are the 2 things to remember when you talk about American culture? 2. Who came before the British and other northern Europeans? 3. Who shaped the mainstream values and traditions of the US? 4. What characterizes the immigrants arriving in the late 1800s and early 1900s? 5. What characterize the immigration pattern from 1900 to 2000? 6. What is the quota system? 7. What are the characteristics of immigration in the 21 st century? 8. Look at the map on P7. Which states have the highest diversity index? 9. What is cultural pluralism and political correctness?