Ch. 14 Anticipation Guide

• 1. When a planning commission asks questions about community values, it is evaluating

• A. Priorities• B. Infrastructure• C. Resources• D. Financing

• 2. A short-term plan would be• A. Constructing a subway system• B. Planning an interstate highway system• C. Developing an intercity railway system• D. Building a new school

• 3. The recent rise in mass testing in public schools may best be explained by the

• A. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program

• B. No Child Left Behind Act• C. Privatization of public schools• D. Gap between wealthy and poor school

districts

• 4. A company that stops packaging bottles of perfume in cardboard boxes is practicing

• A. Short-term planning• B. Conservation• C. Incineration• D. Recycling

• 5. The Clean Air Act of 1970 set emissions standards for

• A. The EPA• B. Nuclear waste processors• C. Landfill operators• D. Factories and automobiles

True / False

• 6. Chapter 14’s title is Education and Social Issues.• 7. In Cleveland, parents can use tuition vouchers to

pay for their children to attend private schools.• 8. Charter schools receive state funding but are

excused from meeting many public school regulations.• 9. NIMBY stands for New York, Idaho, Montana,

Backyard.• 10. The Endangered Species Act (1937) established

measures for saving threatened animal species.