More Cultural Awareness Survey Questions

7.       What percentage of qualified Americans voted in the 2002 election?

a. 17%                          b.   39%                        c.  56%                         d.  81%

8.       What percent of non-voting Americans were under the age of 30?

a.  10%                         b.  20%                         c.  40%                         d.  80%

9.       Americans make up 5% of the world’s population.  What percentage of the world’s carbon dioxide do we produce?

a.  2%                           b.  5%                           c.  23%                         d.  40%

10.   Which of the following languages is spoken by the most people around the world?

a.  English                     b. Hindustani                  c.  Mandarin                  d.  Spanish

11.   What percent of scientific language comes from English word roots?

a.  5%                           b.  20%                         c.  50%                         d.  90%.

From Paul C. Gorski (gorski@earthlink.net) for EdChange and the Multicultural Pavilion, http://www.edchange.org/multicultural 

12.   What percentage of U.S. toxic waste dumps that do not comply with Environmental Protection Agency regulations are found in predominantly African American or Latino communities?

1. 10%                      b.  50%                         c.  75%                         d.  90%

13.   Which of the following variables most closely predicts how high someone will score on the SAT test?

1. Race                                                         b.  Region of residence

c.  Family income                                         d.  Parents' academic achievement

14.   The U.S. military budget is by far the highest of any country in the world. By 2003, the U.S. military budget was roughly equal to that of:

1. the next 5 countries combined                 b.   the next 10 countries combined

c.   the next 15 countries combined                d.   the next 20 counties combined

15.   How many of every thousand senior level male managers of Fortune 1000 companies are Asian or Asian American?

1. 3                      b.  47                            c.  99                            d.  153

16.   The medical insurance coverage for 380,000 uninsured children in the USA could be paid for by the what we spend for ____ on the Iraq War (Based on Department of Defense obligation data for fiscal year 2005).

      a.  one day              b.  one week                  c.  one month                d. three months

Answers:  7 b,  8 c,  9 c,  10 c,  11 a,  12 c,  13 c,  14 d,  15 a,  16 a.