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History, Theory, and Evolution MCQ

Ethnic maintenance is typically measured by ________.

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Correct Answer: Facility in the mother language

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No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was Passed in response to concerns over U.S. students’ performance relative to that of students in other countries and the persistent achievement gap between stu­dents of different races.

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Correct Answer: True

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In the Human Relations approach, the focus of education is on developing positive relationships between different cultures.

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Correct Answer: True

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Multicultural education is only for students of color in the inner cities.

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Correct Answer: False

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America is likened to a “fish bowl” where individual members conform to the values of the majority.

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Correct Answer: False

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Prior to the Civil Rights era, culture was viewed as relevant and critically important.

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Correct Answer: False

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The Census 2010 racial and ethnic categories reflect an ever-evolving society where people do not clearly fit into a box.

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Correct Answer: True

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Who is considered to be the father of multicultural education?

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Correct Answer: James A. Banks

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To be a culturally proficient educator, one must be skilled in how many instructional strategies?

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Correct Answer: Approximately 15 to 30 instructional strategies

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According to the National Center for Children in Poverty, how many children go to bed hungry every night?

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Correct Answer: 1 out of 8

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What legislation created goals for closing the achievement gap?

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Correct Answer: No Child Left Behind Act of 2001

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From what perspective has our curriculum traditionally been written?

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Correct Answer: European, middle-class males

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To strive to be strong multicultural educators, good pedagogy in today’s schools must include the desire and ability to deal with issues of ______.

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Correct Answer: Equity and social justice

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From whose perspective do teachers and students enter the classroom and participate in the teaching and learning experience?

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Correct Answer: Their own cultural background

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Multicultural education attempts to close the achievement gap by providing ______.

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Correct Answer: A culturally responsive education

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A common misconception about multicultural education is that multicultural educators are ______.

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Correct Answer: Unpatriotic

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Multicultural education is about both ______.

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Correct Answer: Content and process

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 Federal legislation banning _________ practices that interfered with the voting rights of people of color.

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Correct Answer: Discriminatory

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Straight-edge is a __________ that pledges to a lifestyle of no alcohol, no drugs, and no sex without love.

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Correct Answer: Youth subculture

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Social justice is righting the wrongs of _______ or achieving a state in which members enjoy equality and fairness.

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Correct Answer: Society

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Sexism is belief that one sex is inferior; prejudice and/or discrimination based on :

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Correct Answer: Gender

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Individual members retain their unique cultures while assuming common customs and habits is known as:

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Correct Answer: Salad bowl

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Racism is belief and practice that one race is superior to another and that those races deemed inferior are deficient in :

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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The maintenance of distinct cultural identities is known as:

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Correct Answer: Persistence of ethnicity

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Pedagogy is an art of :

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Correct Answer: Teaching

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The use of authority or power in an abusive or unfair manner is known as:

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Correct Answer: Oppression

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Theory in which people have a variety of types of intelligence and that individuals possess more than one kind of intelligence.

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Correct Answer: Multiple intelligences

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A small group of people within a larger organization or grouping of people, such as a school is called:

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Correct Answer: Microcultures

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A ________for a society reflecting an outdated theory that as immigrants come to this country, they give up their ethnicity to blend or “melt” into an amorphous “American culture.”

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Correct Answer: Metaphor

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______ was a major civil rights case where schools had failed to adequately teach limited-English students.

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Correct Answer: Lau v. Nichols

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An irrational fear of LGBT people is called:

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Correct Answer: Homophobia

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High-stakes testing means refers to a curriculum with an inordinately strong focus on obtaining high test scores on standardized tests versus a focus on:

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Correct Answer: All of these

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In Graphic organizer the visual charts and tools used to represent and organize a student’s knowledge or ideas.

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Correct Answer: True

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A youth subculture that entails a lifestyle with dark themes, clothing, makeup, music, and art is known as:

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Correct Answer: Goth

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According to American Psychological Association, _________ gender identity refers to “one’s sense of oneself as male, female, or transgender”

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Correct Answer: 2006

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Eurocentric is curriculum that focuses primarily on the history and perspectives of peoples of :

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Correct Answer: European descent

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A modern term to describe the condition of individuals who lag behind most others in ____________ is called Developmental disabilities.

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Correct Answer: Both

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Focuses on what students cannot do versus what they can do is called:

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Correct Answer: Deficit model of education

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The ability to think, act, and feel in ways that are respectful of diversity is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Cultural competence

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Kindergarten is not a set of clear college- and career-ready standards for through 12th grade in English language arts/ literacy and mathematics.

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Correct Answer: False

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Classism is a belief that poor economic groups are superior to those with more wealth.

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Correct Answer: False

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Which landmark federal legislation that banned racial segregation?

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Correct Answer: Civil Rights Act of 1964

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Brown v. Board of Education is a landmark civil rights case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in _____ determined that racially segregated schools are unconstitutional.

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Correct Answer: 1954

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These discrepancies between the performances of Caucasian students and students of color, and between boys and girls is:

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Correct Answer: Achievement gap

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