Getting Educated

1. In 1949, following the Communists' victory inQQ: She first introduced the now world-famous
the civil war between Communists andMontessori Method in 1907.
Nationalists, the Common Program establishes the8. Educational systems in the Western world were
right of all citizens to education and thebased on the educational methods of which
responsibility of the state to provide it. In whichreligious tradition?
country did this take place?A. Roman Catholic
A. CubaB. Jewish
B. ChinaC. Hindu
C. JapanD. Buddhist
D. VietnamB. Jewish
B. ChinaQQ: Surprised? You shouldn't be!
QQ: How many people got that right? The year9. Which ancient Greek philosopher created the
shouldn't have left much room for doubt?foundation for the liberal arts education widely
2. The 20th century has been marked by theembraced by Western educators?
emergence of national school systems amongA. Plato
developing nations, particularly in Asia and Africa.B. Isocrates
Compulsory elementary education has becomeC. Aristotle
nearly universal, but evidence indicates that largeD. Socrates
numbers of children do not attend school? CanB. Isocrates
you guess how many of those age 6 to 18QQ: He believed in teaching the whole
throughout the world do not attend school?student?mind, body, and soul?to be a well-rounded
A. 20 percentperson.
B. 30 percent10. What is scholasticism?
C. 40 percentA. The art of earnest study
D. 50 percentB. An ordered system integrating both the natural
D. 50 percentwisdom of Greece and Rome and the religious
QQ: That number is far too high. The QuizQueenwisdom of Christianity
was outraged that she only discovered it byC. Writer's cramp
accident and that there is not a far greaterD. A paper cut
outcry about the issue.B. An ordered system integrating both the natural
3. During the Middle Ages, what organizationwisdom of Greece and Rome and the religious
helped preserve learning, especially by saving thewisdom of Christianity
manuscripts of Classical Greece and Rome?QQ: It was a philosophical and theological
A. Monasteriesmovement that took place during the Middle Ages.
B. Monarchies11. Which culture has one of the oldest known
C. Masonssystems of education, a system that taught
D. Knights Templarreligion and promoted the traditions of the people?
A. MonasteriesA. American
QQ: Much history and learning would have beenB. Druidic
lost if the Monks had not preserved and copiedC. Egyptian
ancient manuscripts.D. Roman Catholic
4. Did one of these educational advance NOTC. Egyptian
take place during the ninth century?QQ: Maybe you didn't know the answer, but the
A. Emporer Charlemagne instituted a revival ofother options should have made this easy!
learning12. Who wrote The Century of the Child, arguing
B. Al Qarawiyin University was established in Fes,that young children require flexible and creative
Moroccoinstruction that responds to each child's individual
C. King Alfred the Great initiated a revival ofneeds and talents, which was published in 1900?
learningA. Maria Montessori of Italy
D. Muslims and Jews promoted education withinB. Ellen Key of Sweden
their own societies and also served as translatorsC. Bertrand Russell of England
who brought ancient Greek thought to EuropeanD. John Dewey of the United States
scholarsB. Ellen Key of Sweden
E. They are all true!QQ: Barnets 岨undrade was translated as
E. They are all true!The Century of the Child in 1909.
QQ: These events still have implications for13. During what century did science become a
modern educators and students.part of the courses of study in the universities
5. What movement led to the creation ofand secondary schools?
elementary and secondary schools in the 16thA. 18th
century?B. 17th
A. The RenaissanceC. 16th
B. The HumanistD. 15th
C. The ReformationB. 17th
D. The Counter ReformationQQ: The foundation of the Royal Society of
C. The ReformationLondon for improving Natural Knowledge in 1660
QQ: Martin Luther's Reformation movement led tohelped simplify the exchange of scientific and
the creation of Protestant elementary andcultural information and ideas among European
secondary schools, although the Counterscholars.
Reformation later led to the Jesuits setting up a14. Why did British religious leader Robert Raikesis
Roman Catholic school system in many countries.found the modern Sunday school movement?
6. During which century were the foundations laidA. To provide secular and religious education to
for the possibility of mass education?factory children
A. 20thB. To convert Irish Catholic children to
B. 19thProtestantism
C. 18thC. To promote the children's Bible he's written
D. 17thD. To up the congregation of the Church of
C. 18thEngland
QQ: During this century Prussia established aA. To provide secular and religious education to
school system, Peter the Great began a formalfactory children
education system in Russia, schools and collegesQQ: He established the first Sunday school at
were developed in Colonial America, and educationGloucester in 1780 as a means of furnishing both
reforms resulted from the French Revolution. Insecular and religious education to children whose
addition, in England the Sunday school movementemployment in the factories prevented them
was initiated for the benefit of poor and workingfrom attending the secular schools.
children.15. When were the first universities established in
7. Which educator developed the teaching methodnorthern Europe?
that stresses development of initiative andA. 8th Century
self-reliance by permitting children to do byB. 10th Century
themselves the things that interest them, butC. 12th Century
within strictly disciplined limits.D. 14th Century
A. Maria Montessori of ItalyC. 12th Century
B. Johann Herbart of GermanyQQ: The Scholasticism movement and renown of
C. Horace Mann of the United Statessuch teachers as Saint Thomas Aquinas led to
D. Herbert Spencer of Englandthis development although education was still the
A. Maria Montessori of Italyprivilege of the upper classes.