Question 1

Which group is the most likely to drop out of high school?

Accepted Answer

A)  whites
B)  Asian Americans
C)  Latinos
D)  Native Americans D

Question 2

In what years were the percentages of black students in U.S.public schools roughly equal?

Accepted Answer

A)  1900 and 1970
B)  1970,1980,and 2000
C)  1960 and 1990
D)  1990 and 2010 B

Question 3

What was the primary objective of cultural reeducation of American Indians?

Accepted Answer

A)  educate them on the cultural practices of their ancestors
B)  expose them to a variety of social norms and values
C)  force them to assimilate into Anglo-American society and culture
D)  provide them space to explore their own needs and desires C

Question 4

The textbook authors find both Booker T.Washington's and W.E.B.Du Bois's platforms lacking what?

Accepted Answer

A)  the support of white masses
B)  means to organize for civil rights
C)  adequate policy recommendations
D)  motivation for African Americans to work harder

Question 5

Which of the following suggestions do the textbook authors provide as a potential way to encourage equity in secondary education?

Accepted Answer

A)  provide incentives for highly experienced teachers with the best qualifications to teach in disadvantaged schools
B)  provide more funding for Head Start and early intervention programs
C)  equalize education funding across all school districts
D)  increase the role of standardized testing in determining school funding

Question 6

In most U.S.public universities,the fact that Muslim students are required to attend classes during Ramadan is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  privileging of certain groups' history,culture,and needs over others'
B)  commitment to equity in higher education
C)  the separation of church and state
D)  growth of an oppositional culture

Question 7

Though often forced to attend boarding schools run by Christian missionaries and later the federal government,American Indian students regularly resisted this "indoctrination into whiteness." Which of the following,as described in Chapter 7,is an example of such resistance?

Accepted Answer

A)  performing important ceremonies in secret
B)  organizing a walk-out
C)  starting a letter writing campaign
D)  using physical violence

Question 8

Educational completion rates are important for telling us the degree of access different ethnic and racial groups will have in an economy that increasingly requires a college degree.What is one consideration to include when examining completion rates?

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Question 9

Explain the concept of a "model minority."

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Question 10

The textbook authors use the example that Latina/o teens are more likely than Anglo teens to "make fun of people who try to do well in school" to illustrate which concept?

Accepted Answer

A)  defiant disorder
B)  oppositional culture
C)  involuntary minority
D)  model minority

Question 11

Consider the figure below,"Effects of Stereotype Threat." What should we understand from this graph?

Accepted Answer

A)  When students are made to feel that their performance must counter stereotypes,they are less likely to perform to the best of their ability.
B)  When students are made to feel that their performance will be judged differently by racist teachers,they are less likely to do well.
C)  When students are made to feel that their performance must counter stereotypes,they are more likely to perform to the best of their ability.
D)  Minority students are more likely to do well on material that is culturally relevant to them.

Question 12

What is one way that social capital may be a "double-edged sword" with respect to its impact on high school performance?

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Question 13

In An American Dilemma,Gunnar Myrdal argued that segregation was furthered by which group's sense of status competition?

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish Americans
B)  poor whites
C)  African Americans
D)  American Indians

Question 14

Shamus Khan argues that highly privileged students at the nation's most elite private schools benefit most from:

Accepted Answer

A)  the best teachers
B)  material resources
C)  learning an attitude of cultural ease
D)  learning strong work habits by studying Greek and Latin

Question 15

Textbook writers describing the penning of the Declaration of Independence without acknowledging the influence of the governance of the Iroquois Nation is one example of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  racial domination
B)  segregated education
C)  multicultural curricula
D)  historic distortion

Question 16

In what way does whiteness impact the field of anthropology?

Accepted Answer

A)  Most anthropologists are white.
B)  Only white students are interested in the subject.
C)  Marginalized populations are treated as exotic objects of study.
D)  Ethnography has been used as a method of governance and social control.

Question 17

Scholar Chandra Mohanty challenges other scholars to "decolonize our disciplinary thoughts and pedagogical practices".Given the examples of how whiteness shapes literature,history,and anthropology,offer an example of how to "decolonize" knowledge.

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Question 18

Approximately ______ percent of first-year students enrolled in America's top universities are white students who failed to satisfy their universities' minimum requirements.

Accepted Answer

A)  5
B)  10
C)  15
D)  20

Question 19

In one research experiment,teachers were asked to examine the definitions students attached to words and to evaluate those students' verbal skills.Researchers did not vary the definitions but did vary the race of the students.What did the research find?

Accepted Answer

A)  Teachers' grades did not vary by race.
B)  Teachers gave lower grades to white students.
C)  Teachers gave lower grades to black students.
D)  Teachers gave lower grades to Asian students.

Question 20

Which of the following best describes the legal strategy of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People NAACP)campaign to end school segregation?

Accepted Answer

A)  challenged that segregated schools were in fact separate
B)  challenged that segregated schools were in fact not equal
C)  challenged that segregated schools caused employment discrimination for teachers
D)  challenged that integrated schools were discriminatory

Exam 7: Education