1. What is cultural relativism?

a. Relating to one’s own culture.

b. How a non-dominant culture relates to the dominant culture.

c. Understanding a culture by acquiring experiential knowledge.

d. Actions may only be judged in relation to the cultural setting in which they occur.

2. What is cultural universalism?

a. Imposing one culture’s standards across all cultural groups.

b. Cultural practices of different groups should be universally respected.

c. The belief that there is only one culture-human culture.

d. The belief that there are commonalities that bind all cultures.

3. Which of the following is an example of cultural congruence?

a. Designing a curriculum to match the cultural values of her students.

b. Using idioms correctly when speaking the language of a bilingual student.

c. Dressing appropriately in a foreign country.

d. Defining a non-dominant culture as having similar values as the dominant culture.

4. What is enculturation?

a. Acquiring the characteristics of one’s culture and generally becoming competent in its language.

b. Acquiring the characteristics of a different culture and generally becoming competent in its language.

c. Entering a stage in life where one feels connected to a culture through food, dance and music.

d. Identifying with and accepting the dominant culture as one’s own.

5. Which are components of culture?

a. Roles

b. Interpersonal relationship styles

c. Value given to work and play

d. Ideas about time and space

e. All of the above

6. What is socialization?

a. The general process of learning to function as a member of the society by learning social roles.

b. Acquiring the characteristics of one’s culture and generally becoming competent in its language.

c. Judging another’s actions according to how one was raised.

d. Learning universal values of right and wrong.

7. What are some examples of White privilege?

a. People assuming you are a competent teacher before getting to know your teaching.

b. People assuming you will not steal when you are in a store.

c. People assuming that you were admitted to college or graduate school because of your credentials and not based on your race, ethnicity, disability, or sexual orientation.

d. People assuming you are not poor, unintelligent, or less competent in any way based on your race.

e. All of the above.

8. When a person believes a negative message he or she hears about oneself it is a form of

a. individualized racism

b. internalized oppression

c. prejudice

9. The coexistince of two or more groups that approximate equal political, economic, and educational opportunity is one criteria of the theory of

a. Anglo-conformity

b. Melting pot

c. Cultural pluralism

10. Which of the following are true about racism?

I. Racism is prejudice plus the use of power.
II. Racism in hiring and school admission is essentially nonexistent.
III. The Civil Rights Movement ensured equality of opportunity for people of different races in the U.S..
IV. White people can also be victims of racism.

a. I. only

b. I, II, and IV

c. I, II, and III

d. III. and IV

11.Which ethnic group makes up the largest ethnic group of students in CA

a. European Americans

b. Hispanic

c. Asian

d. Native Americans

12. What is the national percentage of people of European origin (White), according to recent Census figures?

a. Approximately 45%

b. Approximately 55%

c. Approximately 65%

d. Approximately 75%

13. European Americans (Whites) comprise the largest ethnic group in CA?

a. True

b. False

14. Research indicates that programs that attend systematically to the development of students' social and emotional skills see

a. less focus on specific academic skills

b. improved relationships within the classroom

c. an increase in academic achievement

d. both (b) and (c)

15. What are some techniques for learning about diverse student cultures and experiences?

a. Observations

b. Home visits

c. Interviews

d. All of the above

16. The belief that lack of parental values is a cause of low achievement on the part of minority students is an example of

a. a racist belief

b. a stereotype

c. cultural congruence

d. both (a) and (b)

17. What are some sources for teachers to learn about diverse student cultures and experiences?

a. Students

b. Parents

c. Written and oral histories

d. a & b

e. All of the above

18. What is the national percentage of people of European origin (White), according to recent Census figures?

a. Approximately 30%

b. Approximately 40%

c. Approximately 50%

d.Approximately 60%

19. Which of the following are true about cooperative learning?

I. Most cooperative approaches involve small, heterogeneous teams, usually of four or five members,
II. Working together towards a group task in which each member is individually accountable for part of an outcome that cannot be completed unless the members work together;
III. Group members are positively interdependent.
IV. Native and non-native English speakers work together to become bilingual.

a. I only

b. I and III

c. I, II, and III

d. All of the above

20. Which instructional strategy if based on Social Contact Theory, a prominent theory of prejudice reduction?

a. Direct instruction

b. Cooperative learning

c. Instructional converstations

d. Peer tutoring