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The main reason Yemen ranks lowest in the world in gender equality is because

A
men make all the major decisions.
B
women make up less than 1 percent of parliament.
C
women have limited access to education.
D
men expect women to stay at home.
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What was Golda Meir’s greatest achievement?

A
She served as prime minister of Israel.
B
She helped establish the country of Israel.
C
She showed strong leadership during war yet sought peaceful diplomatic relations with other countries.
D
She authorized retaliation against the murderers of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
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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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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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What are the human rights outlined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? Check all that apply.freedom of speechfreedom to assemblefreedom of religionright to a free educationright to life, liberty, and happiness

A
freedom of speech
B
freedom to assemble
C
freedom of religion
D
right to a free education
E
right to life, liberty, and happiness
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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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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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Why do women in Japan represent 50 percent of the workforce but make up only 10 percent of the managerial positions?

A
There are laws prohibiting women from working in managerial positions.
B
Traditional beliefs and cultural norms keep women out of managerial positions.
C
The job demands make it very difficult for mothers to take leadership positions.
D
Husbands want their wives to leave managerial positions open for men.
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DiscriminationDivision of laborExclusionGender

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Discrimination
B
Division of labor
C
Exclusion
D
Gender

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