Question 1

A disproportionate percentage of students who drop out of high school are:

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A)   middle-class white students
B)   working-class white students
C)   wealthy minority students
D)   poor and minority students

Question 2

Which of the following terms is the ideal of being able to shift cultural frames of reference and change behavior in different cultures?

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A)   cultural relativism
B)   cultural pluralism
C)   biculturalism
D)   pluralistic integration

Question 3

What are some strategies teachers can employ to resolve conflicts related to cultural contact? Give at least three examples of specific strategies.

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Question 4

All ethnic minority groups experience lower levels of higher education except:

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A)   African Americans
B)   Asian Americans
C)   Native Americans
D)   Latino Americans

Question 5

Cultural relativism holds the idea that:

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A)   society should have consensus about core civic and cultural values
B)   people experience their own cultures as central to reality
C)   actions can be judged only in relation to the culture where they occur
D)   all behaviors and actions are acceptable in different cultural contexts

Question 6

Which of the following is an example of how institutional racism manifests in schools?

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A)   overabundance of ELD classrooms
B)   bilingual classrooms
C)   failure to hire minority teachers
D)   overt racism

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a marker for belonging to a microculture?

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A)   religious affiliation
B)   language usage
C)   national origin
D)   ethnic background B

Question 8

Which of the following is an external element of culture?

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A)   language
B)   values
C)   customs
D)   family structure

Question 9

The Bracero Program arranged for Mexican citizens to work on U.S. farms and railroads due to the labor shortage caused by:

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A)   The Revolutionary War
B)   The Vietnam War
C)   World War I
D)   World War II D

Question 10

Macroculture can be described as:

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A)   cultural beliefs and behaviors that most people follow
B)   gender, race, religion, and ethnicity
C)   cultural patterns that dominate a society
D)   verbal and nonverbal cultural styles C

Question 11

Describe the process of the three stages of acculturation.

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Question 12

Which of the following terms best describes the process of adapting to a second culture?

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A)   biculturalism
B)   assimilation
C)   acculturation
D)   accommodation

Question 13

How can a teacher investigate oneself as a cultural being? Give at least three examples of activities or behaviors.

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Question 14

Which of the following is the best way to describe how culture is taught?

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A)   by a process of deep conditioning absorbed from birth and explicitly teachings
B)   through oral traditions that are passed down from generation to generation
C)   from implicit teachings taught by elders in a particular culture
D)   with TV, the internet, radio, magazines, and other forms of popular media

Question 15

How does tracking contribute to the achievement gap between minority students and white students?

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A)   Minority students are more likely to be placed in general education classes in high school, rather than college prep classes.
B)   Minority students have more access to resources for Limited English Proficiency students; proficiency remains low.
C)   White students have more access to resources for low-income students; proficiency in
D)   content-based learning remains low.
E)   White students are more likely to be placed in general education classes in high school, rather than college prep classes.

Question 16

Which of the following terms describes the idea that society should be composed of a monoculture with all diversity assimilated?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural pluralism
B)   pluralist preservation
C)   pluralistic integration
D)   melting pot model

Question 17

Which group of people has largely determined mainstream culture in the U.S.?

Accepted Answer

A)   new immigrants
B)   European Americans
C)   public educators
D)   politicians

Question 18

Which of the following terms describes the idea that a society can contain a variety of cultures?

Accepted Answer

A)   cultural pluralism
B)   pluralist preservation
C)   pluralistic integration
D)   melting pot model

Question 19

Which of the following socioeconomic factor disproportionately affects English learners?

Accepted Answer

A)   gender issues
B)   cultural issues
C)   demographic changes
D)   poverty

Question 20

Which of the following is an internal element of culture?

Accepted Answer

A)   language
B)   customs
C)   government
D)   literature

Exam 9: Culture and Cultural Diversity and Their Relationship to Academic Achievement

A disproportionate percentage of students who drop out of high school are:

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Which of the following terms is the ideal of being able to shift cultural frames of reference and change behavior in different cultures?

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What are some strategies teachers can employ to resolve conflicts related to cultural contact? Give at least three examples of specific strategies.

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All ethnic minority groups experience lower levels of higher education except:

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Cultural relativism holds the idea that:

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Which of the following is an example of how institutional racism manifests in schools?

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Which of the following is an example of a marker for belonging to a microculture?

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Which of the following is an external element of culture?

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The Bracero Program arranged for Mexican citizens to work on U.S. farms and railroads due to the labor shortage caused by:

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Macroculture can be described as:

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Describe the process of the three stages of acculturation.

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Which of the following terms best describes the process of adapting to a second culture?

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How can a teacher investigate oneself as a cultural being? Give at least three examples of activities or behaviors.

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Which of the following is the best way to describe how culture is taught?

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How does tracking contribute to the achievement gap between minority students and white students?

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Which of the following terms describes the idea that society should be composed of a monoculture with all diversity assimilated?

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Which group of people has largely determined mainstream culture in the U.S.?

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Which of the following terms describes the idea that a society can contain a variety of cultures?

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Which of the following socioeconomic factor disproportionately affects English learners?

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Which of the following is an internal element of culture?

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