Test Bank Answers Educational Inequality Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Educational Inequality

Test Bank

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1) In the opening story of Riverview High School, the researchers explain that it is not just a good school, but a _______, _______ school.

a. good, affordable

b. great, multicultural

c. good, diverse

d. competitive, affordable

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2) At Riverside High School, which students were far over-represented in the school’s “low” academic tracks?

a. Black and poor

b. Latino and poor

c. Black and Latino

d. Latino and International

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3) Before Brown v. Board of Education in 1954, children who were not White were prevented from attending White schools under the legal doctrine of:

a. segregation now, segregation forever.

b. separate but equal.

c. separate but equally funded.

d. separate but necessary.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4) States across the South offered free public schooling for all children by the end of the ________.

a. Civil War.

b. Great Emancipation.

c. era of slavery.

d. nineteenth century.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5) The United States, in an effort to force Native Americans to abandon their culture and assimilate into a Christian, White society, created Indian schools. Which type of school were Native American children NOT encouraged to attend?

a. Local public schools outside of reservations

b. Boarding schools outside of reservations

c. Boarding schools located on reservations

d. Day schools on reservations

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 06

6) Starting in 1819, there were federally subsidized mission schools, which focused on teaching Native American children about:

a. Cleanliness.

b. homemaking and vocations.

c. Christianity.

d. their heritage.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 07

7) At Indian Boarding Schools, Native American girls were taught ___________ and boys were required to _______________.

a. math, science, and spelling; do physical labor.

b. kitchen duties, sewing, and ironing; do farm labor, gardening, and carpentry.

c. to be good wives; marry them.

d. how to speak English; be servants.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 08

8) What percentage of schools in Texas were racially and ethnically segregated in the 1930s?

a. 70%

b. 80%

c. 90%

d. 100%

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 09

9) In late 1880s, a White school refused to let Mamie Tape, an 8-year-old Chinese American girl attend the school. Her parents filed a lawsuit. Instead of allowing her to attend the White school, the school board:

a. paid a settlement.

b. had a school built for Chinese children.

c. paid for her to attend a private school.

d. gave her books to study at home.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 10

10) What was the name of the 1924 case that involved Native American children and school desegregation in California?

a. Little Feather v. Bishop

b. Begay v. Blanding

c. Piper v. Big Pine

d. Deere v. Ferndale

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 11

11) Around the time of the landmark Supreme Court case, Brown v. Board of Education, what was the national average expenditure for Black students compared to White students?

a. less than a quarter (1/4)

b. less than a third (1/3)

c. less than half (1/2)

d. less than two-thirds (2/3)

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 12

12) Which of the following is an affirmative action case where a White plaintiff argued they were denied equal protection under the law?

a. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

b. Romney v. University of Utah

c. University of Minnesota v. Williams

d. Gilmore v. University of Wisconsin

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 13

13) Between 1971 and 1996, the gap in ________ test scores between Black and Whites shrank by almost one-half?

a. math

b. science

c. reading

d. writing

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 14

14) When looking at the whole population combined, it becomes apparent that Asian students are outperforming all other students in test scores, high school and college completion rates. These achievements led to the perception that Asians are a racial group that has succeeded in the U.S. This perception is called the:

a. model minority myth

b. smart Asian fallacy

c. tiger mom method

d. overachiever principle

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 15

15) The disparate educational outcomes of Whites, Asians, Blacks, Latinos and Native Americans is called:

a. The Legacy of Segregation.

b. The Racial Inequality Measure.

c. The Achievement Gap.

d. The Educational Inequality Obstacle.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 16

16) When looking at affirmative action programs in Brazil, the students most likely to gain admission to free public universities are:

a. students who live in the poorest areas of Brazil.

b. students whose parents did not attend college.

c. students who attend expensive, elite secondary schools.

d. students who have experienced racial discrimination.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 17

17) When it comes to measuring educational achievement, which of the following is NOT an important factor:

a. family income.

b. parental education.

c. socioeconomic status.

d. intelligence score.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 18

18) The thesis that Black children receive signals from both White and Black communities that lead them to reject schooling as a route to success is called:

a. self-fulfilling prophecy.

b. oppositional culture.

c. rebellion doctrine.

d. militant mythology.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 19

19) Relationships and networks that offer social and other benefits is called:

a. cultural capital.

b. human capital.

c. economic capital.

d. social capital.

Type: multiple choice question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 20

20) When a teacher or other authority figure interprets children’s behavior as if they were adults, it means that they _________ children:

a. maturify

b. adultify

c. growify

d. advancify

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1) In the opening story about Riverview High School, why do Black and Latino parents choose to send their children there?

Page reference: Introduction

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2) In what ways were Black children prevented access to education?

Page reference: The History of Educational Inequality

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3) Why did some Native American children attend boarding schools by choice?

Page reference: Indian Schools

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4) How did Pike and Annie Piper win the case that allowed their daughter, Alice, to attend the local White school?

Page reference: Segregation and Landmark Court Cases

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5) Why did Abigail Fisher, a White student, lose her case of discrimination based on race against The University of Texas?

Page reference: Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 06

6) Why is the model minority myth wrong?

Page reference: Educational Inequality Today

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 07

7) What did the State of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil announce in October 2003 in regard to affirmative action?

Page reference: Global View: Affirmative Action in Brazil

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 08

8) What is tracking?

Page reference: Tracking

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 09

9) What is the hidden curriculum?

Page reference: Hidden Curricula and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 10

10) What is the school-to-prison pipeline?

Page reference: Hidden Curricula and the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 01

1) In the opening story, what is the overall lesson about Riverview High School?

Page reference: Introduction

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 02

2) What were some of the hardships Native American children endured at the “Indian schools?”

Page reference: Indian Schools

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 03

3) What is the purpose of affirmative action programs?

Page reference: Affirmative Action in Higher Education

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 04

4) Fordham and Ogbu’s theory of oppositional culture and acting White received a lot of media attention because it reinforced stereotypes about Black students not taking school seriously. What is a shortcoming of their study and what have studies found since?

Page reference: Cultural Explanations: “Acting White” and Other Theories.

Type: essay/short answer question

Title: Chapter 08 Question 05

5) Describe the Asian American Achievement Paradox.

Page reference: The Asian American Achievement Paradox