Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1			We construct gender by attaching social and cultural significance to the presumed biological differences between the sexes.
			A)	True
			B)	False
2			The research of anthropologist Margaret Mead points to the importance of biology in defining social roles of males and females.
			A)	True
			B)	False
3			Even though women make up slightly more than half of the population, they make up a significantly smaller proportion of elected officials.
			A)	True
			B)	False
4			Women grow half the world's food, but they rarely own the land.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5			In 1852, Elizabeth Cady Stanton was arrested for attempting to vote in that year's presidential election.
			A)	True
			B)	False
6			Because of advances in higher education for women, women no longer face major barriers when they attempt to use their educational achievements to advance in the workplace.
			A)	True
			B)	False
7			Gerontologists rely heavily on biological principles and theories to explain the impact of aging on the individual and society.
			A)	True
			B)	False
8			Disengagement theory takes a functionalist approach—highlighting the importance of social order—to explain the impact of aging during one's life course.
			A)	True
			B)	False
9			Activity theory takes a functionalist approach to explain the impact of aging during one's life course.
			A)	True
			B)	False
10			Critics argue that neither disengagement theory nor activity theory considers the impact of social structure on aging patterns.
			A)	True
			B)	False
11			Gerontologist Richard Kalish coined the term ageism.
			A)	True
			B)	False
12			As of 2007, the people of the United States appeared wholeheartedly to support their right to legal abortion.
			A)	True
			B)	False