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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What refers to the current rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation?
(a) Global integration.
(b) Ice age.
(c) Global conditioning.
(d) Global warming.

2. Contraception accounts for what percentage of Planned Parenthood Federation of America's total services?
(a) 70%.
(b) 45%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 60%.

3. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?
(a) Friendster.
(b) Myspace.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Facebook.

4. What political party is James Inhofe a member of?
(a) Green.
(b) Republican.
(c) Tea Party.
(d) Democratic.

5. According to the authors, the major goal of the modern Democratic Party is to preserve the social networks created during whose administration?
(a) Richard Nixon.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Thomas Jefferson.
(d) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?

2. Three factors brought about the new, flat world of globalization, according to the authors in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air." Which factor was discussed first?

3. Senator James Inhofe refers to global warming as what?

4. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?

5. When was John F. Kennedy born?

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