Deck 9: Sports and the American Dream

Question 1

Sport describes a(n) ______.

A) range of activities that involves physical exertion and skill
B) activity organized around a set of rules
C) individual or group activity
D) all of these

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is true of the 2016 Rio Olympics?

A) Female athletes won more medals than male athletes.
B) Male athletes won more medals than female athletes.
C) U.S. athletes won the majority of the gold medals.
D) both "female athletes won more medals than male athletes" and "U.S. athletes won the majority of the gold medals"

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which U.S. gymnast dominated in the 2016 Rio Olympics?

A) Simone Biles
B) Gabby Douglas
C) Chris Brooks
D) Laurie Hernandez

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Which national sport has the youngest audience?

A) Major League Baseball
B) National Basketball Association
C) National Hockey League
D) National Football League

Question 5

Which national sport has the highest percentage of black viewers?

A) Major League Baseball
B) National Basketball Association
C) National Hockey League
D) National Football League

Question 6

Which national sport has the richest viewers?

A) Major League Baseball
B) National Basketball Association
C) National Hockey League
D) National Football League

Question 7

Which national sport has the most female viewers?

A) NASCAR
B) National Basketball Association
C) National Hockey League
D) National Football League

Question 8

Which national sport has the oldest audience?

A) Professional Golfer's Association
B) National Basketball Association
C) National Hockey League
D) National Football League

Question 9

What NCAA Women's Basketball team won 30 games and lost 9, setting an Ivy League record?

A) Harvard
B) Yale
C) Columbia
D) Princeton

Question 10

Which of the following is true of sports reporters, writers, and editors?

A) They are overwhelmingly female.
B) They are overwhelmingly male.
C) They are mostly white.
D) both "they are overwhelmingly male" and "they are mostly white"

Question 11

Who is the highest paid female athlete in the world?

A) Serena Williams
B) Venue Williams
C) Maria Sharapova
D) Danica Patrick

Question 12

Which of the following is true about professional sports?

A) Poor blacks and whites from broken homes are not overrepresented in professional sports.
B) Blacks from two-parent families are more likely to be NBA stars compared to blacks from broken homes.
C) White NBA players are 33% more likely to come from two-parent families.
D) all of these

Question 13

What is the only professional sport that can truly be called diverse?

A) National Football League
B) National Basketball League
C) Major Soccer League
D) Major League Baseball

Question 14

This is the NFL rule that requires interviewing minority candidates for either head coaching or senor football operation jobs.

A) Rooney Rule
B) Morrison Rule
C) Jameson Rule
D) Brown Rule

Question 15

This perspective on sport posits that biological differences between genders, racial, cultural, and national groups account for variations in ability, performance, and success.

A) nature perspective
B) nurture perspective
C) symbolic interactionist perspective
D) functionalist perspective

Question 16

How many genetic variants have researchers linked to elite athletic status?

A) 200
B) 100
C) 50
D) 20

Question 17

Which of the following is true regarding genetic variants and elite athletic status?

A) Researchers have identified 20 genetic variants related to elite athletic status.
B) These genetic variants related to elite athletic status have not been shown to predict elite athletic status.
C) These genetic variants related to elite athletic status have not been shown to predict injury risk outcomes.
D) all of these

Question 18

This perspective on sport views gender, racial, cultural, and national group differences in athleticism as products of socialization and environment.

A) nature perspective
B) nurture perspective
C) symbolic interactionist perspective
D) functionalist perspective

Question 19

Which of the following behaviors is socialized within sports?

A) teamwork
B) meritocracy
C) gender norms
D) all of these

Question 20

Which of the following sports do black student athletes tend to be concentrated in?

A) boxing
B) baseball
C) football
D) both boxing and football

Question 21

Which of the following sports do white student athletes tend to be concentrated in?

A) boxing
B) baseball
C) football
D) basketball

Question 22

What theory of sport argues that sports fulfills a multitude of social needs?

A) symbolic interactionist theory
B) functionalist theory
C) rational choice theory
D) conflict theory

Question 23

According to the functionalist theory of sports, sports fulfill this need.

A) shared values
B) life skills
C) socio-emotional function
D) all of these

Question 24

According to the functionalist theory of sports, high school sports that provide the opportunity for future college scholarships fulfill which function of sports?

A) shared values
B) life skills
C) socio-emotional function
D) social mobility

Question 25

According to the functionalist theory of sports, learning good sportsmanship fulfills this function of sports.

A) shared values
B) life skills
C) socio-emotional function
D) social mobility

Question 26

This theory of sports posits that sports are created and maintained by shared meanings and social interaction.

A) symbolic interactionist theory
B) functionalist theory
C) rational choice theory
D) conflict theory

Question 27

Which theory of sports concerns itself with athlete identity development?

A) symbolic interactionist theory
B) functionalist theory
C) rational choice theory
D) conflict theory

Question 28

During the colonial period northern women participate in this sport.

A) ice skating
B) barrel racing
C) bike racing
D) horse racing

Question 29

During the colonial period southern women were encouraged to develop skills in this area.

A) ice skating
B) soccer
C) bike racing
D) equestrian skills

Question 30

During the colonial period, Puritans enjoyed this sport.

A) soccer
B) ice skating
C) horse racing
D) Puritans condemned all sports.

Question 31

The bicycle became a symbol for ______.

A) women's liberation
B) emancipation
C) socialism
D) solidarity

Question 32

What sport did slave women excel at in the antebellum south?

A) horseback riding
B) soccer
C) basketball
D) swimming

Question 33

The likelihood of graduating college and playing professionally is highest in this sport.

A) baseball
B) basketball
C) football
D) soccer

Question 34

Which of the following is NOT something that the NCPA advocates for?

A) raising scholarship amounts
B) decreased academic requirements
C) increasing graduation rates
D) increased payment for sports-related injuries

Question 35

If a parent is worried that their college athlete might not graduate, they could encourage their child to join this organization that advocates for increases in athlete graduation rates.

A) National Graduation Council
B) Student Council
C) National Players Association
D) Greek Organization

Question 36

The National Players Association advocates for ______.

A) raising scholarship amounts
B) decreased academic requirements
C) increasing graduation rates
D) both "raising scholarship amounts" and "increasing graduation rates"

Question 37

Which of the following is true about college athletic scholarships?

A) Only about 7% of varsity players in high school earn college scholarships.
B) Males are twice as likely as females to get college scholarships for sports.
C) Sixty-five percent of all sports scholarships are awarded to white students.
D) all of these

Question 38

What college sport has the highest Latino participation?

A) basketball
B) football
C) baseball
D) soccer

Question 39

Which of the following is true of college athlete graduation rates in 2016?

A) Black male athlete graduation rates are declining.
B) Hispanic male athlete graduation rates are increasing.
C) White male athlete graduation rates are increasing.
D) all of these

Question 40

What percentage of black male athletes at the top 65 basketball and football institutions graduated within 6 years in 2016?

A) 25
B) 90
C) 50
D) 45

Question 41

How many U.S. athletes identified as LGTB in the 2016 Rio Olympics?

A) 10
B) 15
C) 23
D) 56

Question 42

In what sport is the college graduation gap between athletes of color and others most significant?

A) football
B) soccer
C) baseball
D) swimming

Question 43

What year did the first player in a major league sport organization come out to the public as gay?

A) 2001
B) 2010
C) 2015
D) 2017

Question 44

What was the result of the Title IX amendment to education legislation?

A) It allowed girls to participate in school sports programs.
B) It created protections for racism on sports teams.
C) It declared that sports funding should be equal for girls and boys sports.
D) none of these

Question 45

Which U.S. president signed the landmark U.S. Education Amendment legislation, Title IX?

A) Henry Ford
B) John F. Kennedy
C) Richard Nixon
D) George W. Bush

Question 46

What action did the black medalists take in the 1968 Olympics to demonstrate their protest of racism?

A) They sold their gold medals to support the cause.
B) They raised their fists when on the medal podium.
C) They boycotted the 1968 Olympics.
D) They did not do anything.

Question 47

This black heavyweight boxing champion drew attention to racial injustices in the United States during the Civil Rights Movement.

A) Muhammad Ali
B) Rocky Marciano
C) John Sullivan
D) James Corbett

Question 48

What was the birth name of heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali?

A) Cassius Clay
B) Jerimiah Jones
C) Dylan Brown
D) Jimmy Jeron

Question 49

What was the name of the first black professional baseball team?

A) Black Giants
B) Southern Tigers
C) Cuban Giants
D) Black Rangers

Question 50

Who was the first black man to play in a major league baseball franchise?

A) Moses "Fleetwood" Walker
B) John W. "Bud" Fowler
C) John Carlin
D) Paul Robeson

Question 51

The first baseball club was established in this year.

A) 1945
B) 1930
C) 1910
D) 1845

Question 52

The first baseball club originated in this city.

A) Austin
B) New York
C) Boston
D) Chicago

Question 53

This ethnicity was an acceptable status during the club movement that was encouraged by Industrialism.

A) English immigrants
B) Scottish immigrants
C) Asian immigrants
D) both English immigrants and Scottish immigrants

Question 54

Wild West Shows were popular during this decade.

A) 1850s
B) 1910s
C) 1890s
D) 1780s

Question 55

Puritans felt that sports were ______.

A) a waste of the sacred gift of time
B) a sin
C) a waste of the sacred gift of fortune
D) community-building

Question 56

The likelihood of playing professionally after college is less than 2% for all sports.

Question 57

A record of 56 LGBT athletes competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Question 58

Title IX solved gender inequities in sports.

Question 59

The Civil Rights Movement began in 1946 and culminated in 1980.

Question 60

The first black professional baseball team was called the Cuban Giants.

Question 61

The Charlotte Bobcats, owned by Michael Jordan, is the only professional team that has a black majority owner among the six biggest leagues.

Question 62

Serena Williams is the highest paid female athlete in the world.

Question 63

Biological determinism argues that human behavior, intelligence, or athleticism are determined by their genes or some aspect of their physiology.

Question 64

In the antebellum south sports sometimes provided a direct route to emancipation.

Question 65

In the antebellum south slave women excelled in soccer.

Question 66

Discuss two specific ways that playing sports teaches and encourages people to follow the rules.

Question 67

Graduation rates are lower for minority college athletes. Discuss two specific ways that colleges and universities could increase this rate.

Question 68

Discuss the symbolic significance of the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Question 69

Based on the reading, what does our current discussion of diversity look like in professional sports?

Question 70

Explain how sports was involved in reinforcing class status during the antebellum period in the south.