According to your text, which country accepts more immigrants as permanent residents each year than all other countries combined?
a. Australia
b. England
c. U.S.A.
d. Japan
e. Germany
Question -2-According to the Department of Energy, what percentage of energy in the U.S. comes from nuclear power, hydroelectric dams, and miscellaneous renewable resources such as rain, sunlight, and wind?
a. 1 percent
b. 13 percent
c. 55 percent
d. 20 percent
e. 31 percent
Question -3-According to the Department of Energy, what percentage of energy in the U.S. comes from fossil fuels?
a. 100 percent
b. 68 percent
c. 55 percent
d. 87 percent
e. 95 percent
Question -4-What controversial 2002 federal initiative by President George W. Bush required mandatory testing of students to meet basic competencies?
a. the New Deal
b. the Great Society
c. the No Child Left Behind Act
d. the Federal Education Act
e. the creation of the U.S. Department of Education
Question -5-Nationally, what percentage of public education is funded by the federal government?
a. less than 1 percent
b. approximately 7 percent
c. 15 percent
d. about 50 percent
e. about 75 percent
Question -6-What impact did the U.S. Supreme Court ruling in
Brown v. Board of Education (1954) have on the relationship between the federal and state governments in education?
a. The Court infused the federal government into education by contending that national education problems demand national solutions.
b. The Court required that the federal government would be the primary funding source for education.
c. The ruling mandated creation of the U.S. Department of Education.
d. Since the case highlighted that the federal government was ineffective in enforcing desegregation, the role was passed to state governments.
e. The Court required that the two levels of government must cooperate equally in providing educational services.
Question -7-Education has traditionally been whose responsibility in the U.S.?
a. Until the second half of the twentieth century, most education was church-centered.
b. City and county governments are primarily responsible for education policy and funding.
c. The federal government determines educational policy but leaves total funding to the state governments.
d. Historically education has been a state and local government responsibility, minimizing the federal role.
e. The federal government has always assumed primary oversight of public education.
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