Social justice reform quiz for Grade 8 students

📚 Quick Study Guide

• ⚖️ Social Justice: The idea that everyone deserves equal rights and opportunities.
• ✊ Equity vs. Equality: Equality means giving everyone the same thing, while equity means giving everyone what they need to succeed.
• 📢 Advocacy: Taking action to support a cause or group.
• 🏛️ Civil Rights Movement: A major period of activism in the US aimed at ending racial segregation and discrimination.
• 🌍 Global Issues: Social justice issues exist worldwide, including poverty, discrimination, and lack of access to education.
• 🤝 Intersectionality: The interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class, and gender, creating overlapping systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
• 📜 Legislation: Laws that aim to promote social justice, such as the Civil Rights Act.

Practice Quiz

1. Which of the following best describes social justice?
   1. Providing the same resources to everyone.
   2. Ensuring everyone has equal rights and opportunities.
   3. Ignoring inequalities in society.
   4. Focusing solely on economic equality.
2. What is the difference between equality and equity?
   1. Equality gives everyone what they need; equity gives everyone the same.
   2. Equality focuses on outcomes; equity focuses on inputs.
   3. Equality gives everyone the same; equity gives everyone what they need.
   4. There is no difference between equality and equity.
3. What does advocacy mean in the context of social justice?
   1. Remaining neutral on social issues.
   2. Taking action to support a cause or group.
   3. Ignoring social injustices.
   4. Only supporting popular causes.
4. Which event is a key example of the fight for social justice in the US?
   1. The Revolutionary War.
   2. The Civil Rights Movement.
   3. The War of 1812.
   4. The Cold War.
5. Which of the following is an example of a global social justice issue?
   1. Universal access to clean water.
   2. Discrimination based on favorite sports teams.
   3. Debates about movie sequels.
   4. Arguments about pizza toppings.
6. What is intersectionality?
   1. The separation of different social categories.
   2. The interconnected nature of social categorizations creating overlapping systems of discrimination.
   3. Focusing on only one type of discrimination at a time.
   4. Ignoring the complexities of social identities.
7. Which of the following is an example of legislation aimed at promoting social justice?
   1. A law requiring everyone to wear the same color clothes.
   2. The Civil Rights Act.
   3. A law banning certain types of music.
   4. A law dictating what people can eat.