Refer to Figure 8.2 in your textbook (Gold medal performances of men and women in the 100-m dash in the Olympic Games). What can you infer about gender differences in athletic ability (specifically, regarding running performance) based on this graph?
What will be an ideal response?
The graph shows that running time has been decreasing (getting better) for both men and women since 1928 and that the gender difference in running time is getting smaller. Based on this graph, women who win gold medals today run faster than the record-breaking men in 1928. From this data set, we can infer that athletic performance is strongly responsive to training and diet and we may continue to see the gender gap in this area shrink.
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a. Portuguese military. b. smallpox epidemic. c. mine explosion. d. war with Amerindians. e. conversion of people to Catholicism.
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a. the recapture of northern Germany from the Huns. b. the recapture of southern Italy from the Byzantines and of Sicily and Toledo from the Muslims. c. contact with the court of Khubilai Khan. d. the discovery of the remains of the Library of Alexandria. e. the lively trade in classical antiquities.
What affect did Cotton Mather believe conversion would have on slaves?
A) It would make them fit for freedom. B) It would have no affect at all. C) It would make them more rebellious. D) It would make them better servants.
Title __________ prohibited gender discrimination in school programs that received federal money
A) IX B) X C) XV D) III