Question

Moishe was named by his grandparents, who had arrived in the United States a decade before he was born and still spoke only Yiddish. When Moishe started kindergarten, he wanted to be like the other children in his class, so he asked his friends and teachers to call him Mark instead of Moishe. What is this an example of? A. Assimilation B. Unionization C. Cronyism D. Maturation

Answer 1

This is an example of A. Assimilation. In this case Moishe is taking on a common name of the local community/culture in which his family has migrated into. By choosing a common name he will "blend in" with the other children. To assimilate, means to replicate or copy.

Unionization, cronyism and maturation are not appropriate to this situation.