首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s poli
Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s poli
admin
2010-07-06
50
问题
Hawaii’s native minority is demanding a greater degree of sovereignty over its own affairs. But much of the archipelago’s political establishment, which includes the White Americans who dominated until the Second World War and people of Japanese, Chinese and Filipino origins, is opposed to the idea.
The islands were annexed by the US in 1898 and since then Hawaii’s native peoples have fared worse than any of its other ethnic groups. They make up over 60 per cent of the state’s homeless, suffer higher levels of unemployment and their life span is five years less than average Hawaiians. They are the only major Hawaiian native group without any degree of autonomy.
But a sovereignty advisory committee set up by Hawaii’s first native governor, John Waihee, has given the natives’ cause a major boost by recommending that the Hawaiian natives decide by themselves whether to re-establish a sovereign Hawaiian nation.
However, the Hawaiian natives are not united in their demands. Some just want greater autonomy within the state—as enjoyed by many American Indian natives over matters such as education. This is a position supported by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA), a state agency set up in 1978 to represent the natives’ interests and which has now become the moderate face of the native sovereignty movement. More ambitious is the Ka Lahui group, which declared itself a new nation in 1987 and wants full, official independence from the US.
But if Hawaiian natives are given greater autonomy, it is far from clear how many people this will apply to. The state authorities only count as native those people with more than 50 per cent Hawaiian blood.
Native demands are not just based on political grievances, though. They also want their claim on 660,000 hectares of Hawaiian crown land to be accepted. It is on this issue that native groups are facing most opposition from the state authorities. In 1933, the state government paid the OHA US $136 million in back rent on the crown land and many officials say that by accepting this payment the agency has given up its claims to legally own the land. The OHA has vigorously disputed this.
Which of the following statements is true of the Hawaiian natives?
选项
A、Sixty percent of them are homeless or unemployed.
B、Their Life span is 5 years shorter than average Americans.
C、Their life is worse than that of other ethnic groups in Hawaii.
D、They are the only native group without sovereignty.
答案
C
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/ZkDd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语四级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语四级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
ThespeakerthinksthattobeateacherismoredifficultthantobethepresidentoftheNEA.
ThespeakerthinksthattobeateacherismoredifficultthantobethepresidentoftheNEA.
Artwasherfavoritesubjectatschool,butshedidadegreeingeography.
Artwasherfavoritesubjectatschool,butshedidadegreeingeography.
Artwasherfavoritesubjectatschool,butshedidadegreeingeography.
Whatdidthespeakertalkaboutlasttime?
Thechancesarethatyoumadeupyourmindaboutsmokingalongtimeagoanddecideditwasnotforyou.Thechancesareeq
WhatdidMr.Smithdecidetodowhentheyreturnedhome?
WhenIdecidedtoquitmyfulltimeemploymentitneveroccurredtomethatImightbecomeapartofanewinternationaltrend.
随机试题
静脉注射某药,X0=40mg,若初始血药浓度为20μg/ml,其表观分布容积V为:
救治大面积Ⅲ度烧伤的有效方法是
护士在监护一急性心肌梗死患者时发现,该患者经漂浮导管测量的肺毛细血管楔压(PCWP)为20mmHg,提示该患者可能发生了
职业道德产生的直接原因是()。
ETF份额除可以在二级市场交易外,它的申购、赎回必须用现金。( )
一段画面尺寸为352像素×288像素,24位色彩,播放速度为25帧/秒,共10分钟的无声视频,如果没有经过压缩,则存储容量大约为()。
有甲、乙两瓶质量相同的氯化钠溶液,甲溶液浓度为60%,乙溶液浓度为40%。现将甲溶液倒掉1/3,乙溶液倒掉一半,然后混合在一起,此时得到的溶液浓度约为:
在中等教育中,职业教育是以就业为主要目标,以从事某种职业或生产劳动所需要的——为主要教学内容的教育。
关于承揽合同,下列说法不正确的是()
在期货市场上,粮食可以在收获前就“出售”。如果预测歉收,粮价就上升,如果预测丰收,粮价就下跌。目前粮食作物正面临严重干旱,今晨气象学家预测,一场足以解除旱情的大面积降雨将在傍晚开始。因此,近期期货市场上的粮价会大幅度下跌。以下哪项如果为真,最能削弱上述论证
最新回复
(
0
)