Christopher Eppig and His Colleagues Found That There Was a Significant

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Multiple Choice

Christopher Eppig and his colleagues found that there was a significant relationship between a country's median IQ score and that country's __________.

• A)average age
• B)educational attainment
• C)median income
• D)infectious disease burden

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Definitions:

Regents Of The University Of California V. Bakke

A landmark 1978 Supreme Court case that ruled against rigid racial quotas but allowed race to be considered as one of several factors in college admissions.

Affirmative Action

Policies and procedures designed to combat historical discrimination by providing preferential treatment to underrepresented groups in education, employment, and other areas.

Quotas

Preset limits or targets for the amount of goods or people allowed, often used in international trade or immigration policies.

My Lai Massacre

Massacre of 347 Vietnamese civilians in the village of My Lai by Lieutenant William Calley and troops under his command. U.S. army officers covered up the massacre for a year until an investigation uncovered the events. Eventually twenty-five army officers were charged with complicity in the massacre and its cover-up, but only Calley was convicted. He served little time for his crimes.