women and sport quiz

Who has had the greatest impact on women's sports during the 20th Century, both during and after her playing career is?

Billie Jean King

Title IX requires what to be equal for both genders at the college level?

Scholarship dollars spent on each gender that is proportional to participation rates

The following statement is false regarding women and sport

Women and men receive the same amount of media cover in sport

Before the passage of Title IX, out of every dollar spent on athletics?

Boys received 99 cents and girls 1 cent of each dollar

The following statement is true about sports before the passage of Title IX

90 percent of women's sport coaches were women

Over forty-five years after the passage of Title IX, equality for males and females in high school and intercollegiate athletics was achieved in 2016.

False, equality for males and females in sports has still not been achieved

The passage of Title IX resulted in a huge increase in sport participation by girls and women, but came with which unintended consequence?

a. A decrease in women coaching women's athletic teams b. The cutting of some men's minor sports

Women were historically discouraged from participation in sport because all of the following reasons

a. Competing in sports was not ladylike b. Girls and women were naturally disinterested in sport c. The belief that girls and women were not interested in being active d. Sport and physical activity was thought to be harmful to a women's reproductive system

The following statements are true regarding women and sport

a. Many women in high-level business executive positions report that they played sports b. The number of female coaches coaching women (women's teams) has decreased since the passage of Title IX c. Elite level female athletes are more likely than non-athletes to have a disordered eating problem

The following statements are false about sports before the passage of Title IX?

a. The number of boys and girls participating in sports were equal c. Most of the coaches for women's teams were men d. The sport facilities for girls were of the same quality as the facilities for boys

Research has shown which of the following to be true about teenage female athletes?

a. They are more likely to have a positive body image b. They are less likely to experience an unwanted pregnancy c. They are less likely to use illegal drugs

When it comes to African American women and sport, which one of the following statements is true?

a. They have lower participation numbers than Caucasian women at the high school and collegiate levels c. They have a dominate presence in Division I college basketball