Ross Wiener of the Education Trust stated that:
a. We must spend more money on middle-school teachers' salaries.
b. The teaching of math is less important than the teaching of English.
c. We must focus on improving teaching quality.
d. Out-of-field teaching is not a big problem.
___________________ endorsed the Death with Dignity Act, which states that terminally ill patients may seek physician-assisted suicide.
a. Ohio
b. Michigan
c. California
d. Oregon
Alcohol was used by human beings starting from:
a. the stone age
b. the agricultural revolution
c. the Bronze age
d. Roman times
According to Marx and other conflict theorists, in a capitalist cycle where does most of the wealth end up?
a. with the workers
b. with the wealthy
c. equally among all.
d. none of the above
Students who finish algebra in high school:
a. often become accountants
b. are responding to the No Child Left Behind law
c. are more likely to drop out
d. are more likely to get bachelors' degrees
______________________ is when terminally ill persons receive prescriptions for self-administered legal medications from their physician.
a. Passive euthanasia
b. Hospice
c. The death device
d. Physician-assisted suicide
W.E.B. Du Bois suggests that other than blacks, _______________ are subject to double consciousness.
a. whites
b. women
c. men
d. Germans
Free-market capitalism is based on
a. government deciding what goods and services are produced
b. competition among producers
c. price elasticity of demand
d. convergence theory
One of the most important factors leading to successful math education is:
a. qualified teachers
b. the ethnicity of the student
c. the availability of calculus courses
d. the amount of money spent on teachers' pay
Which of the following nations allows some form of euthanasia although the terms are ambiguous and problematic?
a. the Netherlands
b. Italy
c. Greece
d. Mexico