Quiz 5

About what percentage of the workforce in the United States are legal immigrants? Less than 1% 1% 16% 66%

16%

If someone does not earn enough money to pay for the essentials of life he or she is said to be _____ poor. Absolutely Essentially Really working

Absolutely

Which of the following is not a manifest function of education? Cultural innovation Courtship Social placement Socialization

Courtship

Which country serves as an example of convergence? Singapore North Korea England Canada

Singapore

What term describes the separation of students based on merit? Cultural transmission Social control Sorting Hidden curriculum

Sorting

When did the first economies begin to develop? When all the hunter-gatherers died When money was invented When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals When the first cities were built

When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals

The 1972 case Mills v. Board of Education of the District of Columbia set a precedent for __________. access to education average spending on students desegregation of schools teacher salary

access to education

Functionalist theory sees education as serving the needs of _________. Families Society the individual all of the above

all of the above

Learning from classmates that most students buy lunch on Fridays is an example of ________. cultural transmission educational access formal education informal education

cultural transmission

Public schools must guarantee that ___________. all students graduate from high school all students receive an equal education per-student spending is equitable

per-student spending is equitable

Because she plans on achieving success in marketing, Tammie is taking courses on managing social media. This is an example of ________. cultural innovation social control social placement socialization

social placement

Allowing a student to move to the next grade regardless of whether or not they have met the requirements for that grade is called ____________. affirmative action social control q socialization

social promotion

Which of these is an example of a commodity? A restaurant meal Corn A college lecture A book, blog entry, or magazine article

Corn

Which is evidence that the United States workforce is largely a meritocracy? Job opportunities are increasing for highly skilled jobs. Job opportunities are decreasing for midlevel jobs. Highly skilled jobs pay better than low-skill jobs. Women tend to make less than men do for the same job.

Highly skilled jobs pay better than low-skill jobs.

Which theory of education focuses on the labels acquired through the educational process? Conflict theory Feminist theory Functionalist theory Symbolic interactionism

Symbolic interactionism

What do nations that are top-ranked in science and math have in common? They are all in Asia. They recruit top teachers. They spend more money per student. They use cutting-edge technology in classrooms.

They recruit top teachers.

One reason critics oppose globalization is that it: has positive impacts on world trade has negative impacts on the environment concentrates wealth in the poorest countries has negative impacts on political stability

has negative impacts on the environment

All of the following are characteristics of global cities, except: headquarter multinational corporations exercise significant international political influence host headquarters of international NGOs host influential philosophers

host influential philosophers

Plessy v. Ferguson set the precedent that _____________. racial segregation in schools was allowed separate schools for black and white students were unconstitutional students do not have a right to free speech in public schools students have a right to free speech in public schools

racial segregation in schools was allowed

Informal education _________________. describes when students teach their peers refers to the learning of cultural norms only takes place at home relies on a planned instructional process

refers to the learning of cultural norms

The type of socialism now carried on by Russia is a form of ______ socialism. centrally planned Market Utopian zero-sum

Market

Conflict theorists see IQ tests as being biased. Why? They are scored in a way that is subject to human error. They do not give children with learning disabilities a fair chance to demonstrate their true intelligence. They don't involve enough test items to cover multiple intelligences. They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture.

They reward affluent students with questions that assume knowledge associated with upper-class culture.

In which sector of an economy would someone working as a software developer be? Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary

Quaternary

What are the major factors that affect education systems throughout the world Resources and money Student interest Teacher interest Transportation

Resources and money

Ben lost his job when General Motors closed U.S. factories and opened factories in Mexico. Now, Ben is very anti-immigration and campaigns for large-scale deportation of Mexican nationals, even though, logically, their presence does not harm him and their absence will not restore his job. Ben might be experiencing _____________. Xenophobia global commodity chain Xenophilia global assembly line

Xenophobia

Rewarding students for meeting deadlines and respecting authority figures is an example of ________. a latent function a manifest function informal education transmission of moral education

transmission of moral education

Which theory of education focuses on the ways in which education maintains the status quo? Conflict theory Feminist theory Functionalist theory Symbolic interactionism

Conflict theory

What is the most important commodity in a postindustrial society? Electricity Money Information Computers

Information

Which of the following is not an aspect of globalization? Integrating governments through international trade Integrating cultures through international trade Integrating finance through international trade Integrating child care through international trade

Integrating child care through international trade

Who was the leading theorist on the development of socialism? Karl Marx Heidimarie Schwermer Émile Durkheim Adam Smith

Karl Marx

Which is an economic policy based on national policies of accumulating silver and gold by controlling markets with colonies and other countries through taxes and customs charges? Capitalism Communism Mercantilism Mutualism

Mercantilism

Which of the following is not a characteristic of multinational corporations? A large share of their capital is collected from a variety of nationalities. Their business is conducted without regard to national borders. They concentrate wealth in the hands of core nations. They are headquartered primarily in the United States.

They are headquartered primarily in the United States.

What term describes the assignment of students to specific education programs and classes on the basis of test scores, previous grades, or perceived ability? Hidden curriculum Labeling Self-fulfilling prophecy Tracking

Tracking

Conflict theorists see sorting as a way to ________. challenge gifted students perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status help students who need additional support teach respect for authority

perpetuate divisions of socioeconomic status

Among the reasons socialism never developed into a political movement in the United States was that trade unions _________. secured workers' rights guaranteed health care broke up monopolies diversified the workforce

secured workers' rights

Key predictors for student success include ____________. how many school-age siblings the student has socioeconomic status and family background the age of the student when she or he enters kindergarten how many students attend the school

socioeconomic status and family background