In Marx's view, religion is _____ because it impedes social change by encouraging the oppressed to ...

In Marx's view, religion is _____ because it impedes social change by encouraging the oppressed to accept their place in society.
 
  a. a wake-up call
  b. like bread and circuses
  c. the opiate of the masses
  d. a sacred cow

Question 2

According to Weber, the Calvinist belief in _____ led members to assume that economic success was an indicator of God's favor, because surely He would favor the elect in this lifetime as well as the next.
 
  a. capitalism their cultural values were different
  b. predestination they were denied the opportunities to earn a family wage
  c. evangelism divorce was more prevalent among these families.
  d. proselytizing women in these families were more likely to have children out of wedlock

Question 3

Which thinker demonstrated that Calvinism was instrumental in the development of capitalism?
 
  a. Max Weber
  b. Karl Marx
  c. Emile Durkheim
  d. Pat Robertson

Question 4

Who set the standards for the Common Core, which have been adopted by 43 states and the District of Columbia?
 
  a. State education departments
  b. Parents, teachers, school administrators, and experts across the country
  c. The United States Congress
  d. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare

Question 5

What is a state-driven initiative to develop international benchmarks for all states so that all students are prepared to be competitive in a globalized market?
 
  a. The Common Core State Standards Initiative
  b. Higher Education Opportunity Act
  c. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
  d. No Child Left Behind Act

Question 6

Under NCLB, each state was permitted to set its own proficiency benchmarks to be determined by standardized tests. According to the 2007 report The Proficiency Illusion, improvements in the passing rates on states can be largely explained by
 
  a. improved teaching at schools in danger of failing.
  b. setting a lower bar on the 8th grade test.
  c. true growth in student learning.
  d. declines in the difficulty of those tests.

Question 7

California officials predicted that by 2014, all 6,063 public schools serving _____ would be declared in need of restructuring under No Child Left Behind.
 
  a. the Central Valley
  b. the southern part of the state
  c. poor students
  d. chronic failures