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Women's Rights and Roles Answers

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With the Industrial Revolution came opportunities for women to

A
work outside the home in factories.
B
demand equal pay with men for their work.
C
choose work over getting married and having children.
D
achieve total financial independence.
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What do Marissa Mayer and Indra Nooyi have in common?

A
They were the first two women to hold US cabinet positions.
B
They are the most recent women to serve as prime ministers.
C
They are both heads of global businesses.
D
They are both now serving as foreign ministers of their countries.
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When people are attacked by their own government, or when they are denied equal access to education, whose job is it to protect them?

A
The UN provides military help to victims of human rights violations to redress grievances.
B
Each country is required to have an independent “watch dog” organization to intervene in violations when necessary.
C
International organizations like Amnesty International and the UN raise awareness, report, and try world leaders who are violators.
D
The people of each country must band together to resist attacks by their own government and lobby their government for equal access to education.
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Read the text of Title IX.No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.—Title IX

A
It expanded women’s athletic programs and thus participation at the high school and college level.
B
It required there be an equal number of men and women in athletic programs at the college level.
C
It required that women have free access to athletic programs at the high school and college level.
D
It expanded the outreach at the college level to recruit the best female players for their programs.
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Human rights can best be described as

A
the right to life, liberty, and security.
B
the fundamental rights that are always guaranteed.
C
the fundamental rights that belong to all people.
D
the right to equality before the law.
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After Margaret Thatcher was elected prime minister of Great Britain, women became heads of state in numerous countries around the world. Women rarely served in national leadership roles before Thatcher’s election in

A
1959.
B
1969.
C
1979.
D
1989.
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Which best illustrates Malala Yousafzai’s story?

A
People may be afraid to support you if you want to go to school.
B
Women’s roles and human rights have been limited in some parts of the world.
C
Women should be careful when they exert their rights.
D
People’s attitudes toward women’s education are no longer negative.
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Which correctly describes women in developed countries in the workforce today?

A
They receive about 75 percent of what men earn.
B
They take on less of the unpaid domestic labor.
C
They make up approximately 2/3 of the workforce.
D
They no longer work in the lower paying jobs.
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Who was the first Black woman to serve as the US Secretary of State?

A
Angela Merkel
B
Margaret Thatcher
C
Anita Hill
D
Condoleezza Rice
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According to the UN, what country is ranked as having the most equal society?

A
United States
B
Japan
C
Yemen
D
Sweden

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