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Q: What is the significance of the suffrage movement? How was it received by the society and what was its outcome?

Q: Contrast the perspectives of functionalists and conflict theorists on development of gender roles.

Q: Explain how the five properties of a subordinate or minority group apply to women. Discuss the similarities between the status of African Americans and that of women.

Q: Which of the following statements is true of the role of Latinas in society in the past? a. Latinas have headed their families until the arrival of European missionaries. b. The Catholic Church has relegated women to supportive roles while reserving for men the leadership positions. c. The distinctive experiences of Latinas have overshadowed their role in the Hispanic or feminist movements. d. Latinas have been active in decision making in all aspects that affect their daily lives.

Q: Which of the following Native American tribes usually were matriarchal and traced descent through the mother? a. Southern tribes b. Western tribes c. Midwestern tribes d. Northeastern tribes

Q: In the United States, ________ are an historical exception to the patriarchal tradition. a. African Americans b. Latin Americans c. Asian Americans d. Native Americans

Q: Madison is a Black feminist. Which of the following most accurately represents her views on feminism? a. Black Nationalism distracts women from full participation in the African American struggle. b. Gender roles have contributed to overall social stability and had arisen because marital partners needed a division of labor. c. It is solely Whites and White-dominated media that portray Black women in a negative light. d. Accepting the gender-role divisions of the dominant society places women in a subservient position.

Q: Cumulative impact of oppression because of race, gender, and class as well as sexual orientation, religion, disability status, and age is termed as ________. a. institutional segregation b. pluralism c. matrix of domination d. color-blind racism

Q: In the United States, one of the barriers to electoral office for women until 1990s was ________. a. working as campaign workers b. their inactivity in politics c. carrying petitions d. attracting campaign funds

Q: In the United States, the League of Women Voters, founded in 1920, performs which of the following functions? a. It campaigns for female candidates. b. It educates the electorate of both sexes. c. It chooses the candidate women should vote for. d. It selects a member as a candidate for the elections.

Q: At the end of 2009, which of the following states in the United States has had a woman governor? a. Washington b. North Dakota c. California d. New York

Q: In 1976, Congress passed the Hyde Amendment which affected poor people the most because it ________. a. stopped federal aid to universities and colleges for the underprivileged students b. prevented the use of federal funds for child support to single working mothers c. banned the use of Medicaid and other federal funds for abortions d. limited the number of state aided charities and shelters

Q: Which of the following arguments aligns with the ideologies of people who call themselves "pro-life?" a. Human life only begins when the fetus can stay alive outside the womb. b. Abortion in the third trimester is moral, legal, and socially acceptable. c. Whether or not to terminate a pregnancy is entirely a woman's decision. d. The fetus is a human, not merely a potential life.

Q: In the context of legal abortions in the United States, which of the following is accurate? a. A woman has the right to abortion anytime during her pregnancy. b. All abortions in the third trimester except in extreme medical cases are prohibited. c. All abortions are prohibited. d. The states shall decide the legality of every request to an abortion.

Q: According to the U.S. Supreme Court, which of the following encompass a woman's decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy? a. the Fourteenth Amendment b. the Twentieth Amendment c. the Second Amendment d. the Nineteenth Amendment

Q: Sarah divides her time between her career and her family. She has the same qualifications and total work experience as her male peers but has had a two-year gap in her work experience. If she is receiving a salary less than her peers, she is most likely being subject to ________. a. sexual harassment b. the mommy tax c. the glass escalator d. reverse discrimination

Q: The term second shift refers to ________. a. the late night shift of a 24-hour service facility b. the second job of people working two or more jobs c. the work outside the home followed by childcare and housework d. child care centers that offer after school care facility to single working moms

Q: Kate is of the opinion that mothers are much more involved than fathers in the invisible mental labor associated with taking care of a baby. Which of the following statements will most likely strengthen her argument? a. Fathers do a better job as homemakers and caregivers for children than mothers. b. Mothers feel guilty later if they become too consumed with the demands of their jobs that they fail to think about their babies. c. A majority of mothers and fathers feel that the ideal situation for young children is to have a mother who works full time. d. A majority of working mothers report that it is not very difficult to balance the responsibilities of their job and their family.

Q: Which of the following aligns with the Title IX provisions imposed on schools? a. Schools must segregate classes and extracurricular activities based on gender. b. Schools must inquire whether an applicant is married, pregnant, or a parent at the time of admissions. c. Schools must end sexist hiring and promotion practices among faculty members. d. Schools must ensure women have equal opportunities and all-men's athletic teams should be banned.

Q: Congressional amendments to various acts designed to eliminate sexist practices from almost all school systems are collectively called ________. a. Reading First b. Title IX c. Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment d. Equal Education Opportunity Act

Q: Which of the following has been observed among teachers in contemporary American schools? a. Teachers are impartial and treat boys and girls the same. b. Male teachers are more likely to pay attention to girls. c. Teachers offer boys more academic assistance. d. Female teachers are more likely to pay attention to girls.

Q: Sophia is a feminist and addresses issues concerning single mothers, displaced homemakers, and feminization of poverty. Which of the following is she most likely to hold responsible for the problems of poor women? a. matriarchal societies b. persistence of classroom sexism c. male dominance of the political system d. lack of gender-sensitive jobs

Q: Stay-at-home mothers entering the work force, following a divorce or death of spouse, and who are not able to find full-time employment are referred to as ________. a. displaced homemakers b. second shifters c. mommy tax payers d. single mothers

Q: The burden of supporting a family is especially difficult for single mothers because of ________. a. lack of market-relevant jobs b. low educational attainment c. residence in economically deteriorating areas d. inadequate child support

Q: According to the conflict theorists, which of the following is a cause for the higher rates of poverty among women? a. lack of market-relevant job skills b. low educational attainment c. sex discrimination d. residence in economically deteriorating areas

Q: According to U.S. law, the public display of photographs of nude and partly nude women at a workplace constitutes ________. a. sexism b. sexual harassment c. women's suffrage d. the self-fulfilling prophecy

Q: Feminization of poverty refers to the trend in the United States since World War II in which ________. a. median earnings of full-time female workers is more than male workers b. women account for a growing proportion of people living in poverty c. a growing proportion of women in better-paying nontraditional professions are leaving behind poverty d. the narrowing of the female"male wage gap is due to men's wages leveling off

Q: An unofficial career path that firms use for women who want to divide their attention between work and family is known as ________. a. a mommy track b. a familial profile c. a homemaker's path d. the glass escalator

Q: Nancy works in the advertising department of her company. Even though her ad campaigns are the most successful in the firm, she has never been offered a managerial position. A number of younger, lesser talented men have, however, been promoted to managerial positions over her 30-year tenure. This is an example of ________. a. reverse discrimination b. the glass ceiling c. the mommy track d. sexual harassment

Q: Hannah and Steven both work as receptionists at a large hospital and receive the same salary for their work. This is an example of ________. a. gender roles b. pay equity c. redlining d. resegregation

Q: ________ refers to the same wages for different types of work that are judged to be comparable by such measures as employee knowledge, skills, effort, responsibility, and working conditions. a. Occupational integration b. Pay equity c. Occupational assimilation d. Equal opportunity

Q: Which of the following is an effort to eliminate institutional discrimination and addresses cases of sex discrimination? a. the Employment Act of 1946 b. the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 c. the Civil Rights Act of 1964 d. the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act of 1978

Q: Specify the factors that give rise to the conclusion that the Jewish family today no longer is the main transmission agent of Jewish values, identity, and continuity.

Q: Explain how Reform Judaism has altered Orthodox rituals.

Q: Discuss the traditional practices of Orthodox Judaism, and explain why an Orthodox Jewish life can be demanding.

Q: What is the significance of Israel in the lives of Jewish Americans?

Q: Compare the largest migration of Jews to the United States with the great European migration. How was the influx of Jews affected by the immigration acts of the 1920s and Nazism in Europe?

Q: Describe the political beliefs and activity of Jewish Americans.

Q: Examine two theories that provide explanations for the negative stereotypes associated with Jews.

Q: The concept of peoplehood is used to describe ________. a. the commandments of Jewish behavior b. a shared feeling of Jews as a group c. the status of living in two distinct cultures simultaneously d. an offshoot of the Conservative movement

Q: Which of the following statements is true of the Jewish language(s)? a. The use of Hebrew texts in Jewish day schools has decreased. b. A measure of Jewishness is the ability to speak Yiddish. c. Jews across the world are united by the single spoken language, Yiddish. d. Fluency in Yiddish has been associated with the Orthodox.

Q: Hannah and her family are contemporary American Jews and celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas with the same enthusiasm. They exemplify Jewish individuals accommodating themselves to two cultures and are representative of ________. a. marginality b. functionality c. absolute assimilation d. mixed status

Q: Which of the following statements is true of current American Jewish family lives? a. The intensity of family interaction has increased. b. Yiddishkait has become central to the lives of Jews. c. There is more socializing across generation lines. d. Financial success has taken precedence over child raising.

Q: As identified by the American Jewish Committee, which of the following is a problem endangering the identity of the Jewish family? a. Childlessness has become socially unacceptable. b. More Jews marry earlier than members of other groups. c. There is no presumption of the permanence of marriage. d. Matchmaking groups are not supportive of the single way of life.

Q: The term shadchan is another name for ________. a. an Israeli citizen b. a non-Jew c. a marriage broker d. a former rabbi

Q: Jewish law covering obligations and duties is termed as ________. a. Yiddishkait b. halakha c. shadchan d. kashrut

Q: The term Yiddishkait refers to ________. a. a Gentile who marries a Jew b. the support for Israel and its occupied territories c. the sense of Jewishness d. a Jew who has assimilated the characteristics of Gentiles

Q: Reconstructionism is an offshoot of ________ Judaism. a. Orthodox b. Conservative c. Reform d. Hasidic

Q: Jewish denominations are associated with class, nationality, and other social differences. Which of the following group members are the wealthiest and have the best formal education? a. Conservative Jews b. Reform Jews c. Orthodox Jews d. Reconstructionists

Q: ________ Jews are the least likely to object to Jewish-Gentile marriages. a. Conservative b. Orthodox c. Reform d. Hasidic

Q: Which of the following is true of Reform Judaism? a. Circumcision for males is mandatory. b. Women cannot be ordained as rabbis. c. Divorce granted by rabbinical court alone is acceptable for remarriage. d. Children of Jewish men and non-Jewish women are recognized as Jews.

Q: Lily identifies as a Hasidic Jew. Which of the following holds true for her? a. She must wear garments that mix linen and wool. b. She must adhere to kashrut. c. She must wear a yarmulke, even while sleeping. d. She must undertake a lifetime of study of the Torah.

Q: The detailed set of religious restrictions governing food preparation that Jews are expected to follow is called ________. a. yarmulke b. kashrut c. mitzvah d. shadchan

Q: Which of the following books of the Old Testament accurately represent the Torah? a. the books telling the history of the Israelites b. the first five books c. the poetic and "Wisdom" books d. the books of the biblical prophets

Q: Which of the following statements is true of the Judaic faith? a. The three major sects of Judaism embrace a philosophy based on the Torah. b. The Judaic faith is divided into five similar factions with distinct roots. c. The exact number of followers of the three major groups is recorded in the Talmud. d. The Orthodox faith and the Conservatives faith are at either end of the Judaic continuum.

Q: In the United States, which of the following has led to more conservative patterns of religion? a. small Orthodox families b. immigration of Reconstructionist Jews to the United States c. repulsion toward the moderation of Reform Jews d. conversion to orthodoxy by other Jews

Q: Which of the following statements is true of Jewish religious life? a. Jews who have not participated in Jewish religious life are not considered Jews. b. The presence of a religious tradition is an important tie among Jews. c. All American Jews are affiliated with a synagogue or temple. d. Jewish identity and participation in the Jewish religion are one and the same.

Q: If Daniel's political affiliation aligns with that of the majority of the Jewish voters, he will most likely support the ________ Party candidate in the present presidential elections. a. Republican b. Democratic c. Green d. Libertarian

Q: Members of the Jewish community expressing concern about Jewish education are disappointed with its highly secularized nature because ________. a. the Jewish sociocultural experience has been avoided altogether b. Jewish religious teaching has been overemphasized c. secular schooling is not contributing enough to Judaization d. the members themselves are not highly educated

Q: Which of the following statements is true of education among Jews? a. Graduate schools founded by Jews are nonsectarian. b. Few Jews receive formal Jewish education. c. Jews believe it is not appropriate to introduce Judaic studies at elementary schools. d. The Judaic religion is against education or formal schooling.

Q: The exile of Jews from Palestine several centuries before Christianity is called the ________. a. Diaspora b. Judaization c. sovereignty movement d. Zionism resolution

Q: Which of the following best expresses Zionism? a. the championing of racist and anti-Semitic ideologies b. the substitution of cultural traditions as the tie that binds Jews c. the twentieth-century movement to create a Jewish state in Palestine d. the Jewish attitude toward death and the afterlife

Q: Which of the following terms refers to the Jewish religious yearning to return to the biblical homeland? a. Diaspora b. Judaization c. Intifada d. Zionism

Q: Jewish Americans who expressed that they should ignore the struggle of other Jews in the Middle East did so because, according to them, ________. a. Jews were freer in the United States than have been in perhaps any other country b. major wars in the Middle East reminded the world of Israel's vulnerability c. Palestinian uprisings built strong pro-Israeli front among the Western powers d. Jewish Americans were immigrating to Israel

Q: In recent years, which of the following has reported an increasing number of anti-Semitic incidents in the United States? a. political conventions b. military bases c. college campuses d. church meetings

Q: Who among the following people is most likely to be a neo-Nazi? a. Miriam, who supports the creation of the state of Israel b. Warren, who opposes all forms of aggression c. Jane, who actively opposes fascism and fascists d. Graham, who supports racism and homophobia

Q: Which of the following terms refers to groups of young people who champion racist and anti-Semitic ideologies? a. redskins b. anarchists c. neo-colonialists d. skinheads

Q: Which of the following is the name of the forged document that claimed that Jews throughout the world planned to conquer all governments through the means of Communism? a. The Passion of the Christ b. Proclamation of Unlimited National Emergency c. Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion d. The Magna Charta

Q: A historian publishes a book claiming that the Nazis did not authorize the annihilation of European Jews and that reports of the number of Jews murdered during the Nazi regime are grossly exaggerated. This historian is a ________. a. Holocaust revisionist b. Zionist c. philosemite d. Holocaust critic

Q: Who among the following is most likely to minimize the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust? a. a Holocaust survivor b. a Holocaust revisionist c. a Zionist d. a Holocaust critic

Q: Holocaust revisionists are those people who ________. a. survived the Holocaust b. deny the legitimacy of the state of Israel c. claim that the Holocaust did not happen d. lobby worldwide to raise awareness of the Holocaust

Q: Following Kristallnacht, Jews ________. a. of Poland, Germany, and Austria alone were invited to immigrate to the United States by the government b. desiring to immigrate were turned back by government officials in the United States and elsewhere c. escaping aboard the liner St. Louis were massacred on arrival in Cuba d. organized systematic persecution and annihilation of European Gentiles

Q: Which of the following terms refers to the night in Berlin on November 9, 1938, when ninety Berlin Jews were murdered, hundreds of homes and synagogues were set on fire or ransacked, and thousands of Jewish store windows were broken? a. Yiddishkait b. Diaspora c. Appelplatz d. Kristallnacht

Q: In the mid-fourteenth century, Jews were less likely to die from the bubonic plague that wiped out a third of Europe's population. This was because ________. a. of Jewish social conditions and religious prohibitions. b. of Jewish connections with the devil who protected them from the plague. c. Jews had poisoned the wells of non-Jews, which made Gentiles more susceptible. d. Jewish communities exterminated Gentiles.

Q: Which of the following examples of ingroup virtues becoming outgroup vices was experienced by Jews in the United States? a. For Christians to observe Sabbath on Sunday is being orthodox; for Jews to observe Sabbath on Saturday is being reformist. b. For Gentiles to take interest in the repayment of loans is justifiable; for Jews to do the same is a punishable crime. c. For Christian men to marry Jewish women was acceptable; for Christian women to marry Jewish men was intolerable. d. For Gentiles to prefer Gentiles as friends is understandable; for Jews to choose other Jews as friends suggests clannishness.

Q: 22. Which of the following is suggested by the scapegoating theory? a. A person divides the global economic system between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor. b. A parent pushes his or her children to higher levels of achievement than their own. c. A person transfers the responsibility for failure to some vulnerable group. d. A person uses race-neutral principles to defend the racially unequal status quo.

Q: The ________ says that prejudiced people believe they are society's victims. a. world systems theory b. fringe-of-values theory c. scapegoating theory d. riff-raff theory

Q: The fringe-of-values theory has been used to explain the stereotypes created throughout history toward Jews and ________. a. governance b. money c. religion d. education

Q: Before the beginning of the Christian faith to the present time, anti-Semitism has followed the struggle of ________. a. Jews b. Gentiles c. East Asians d. Muslims

Q: Precise data are lacking for the number of people of Jewish background migrating recently to the United States. Which of the following is a reason behind this? a. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services do not identify an immigrant's religion. b. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services do not release information about immigrants' religions. c. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services receive false information from the immigrants about their religions. d. The number of recent Jewish immigrants has been low enough to be negligible.