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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: The War on Math (and the Future).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1946
(c) 1917.
(d) 1932.

2. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adapt to globalization.
(b) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.

3. What is the second major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(b) How to adapt to globalization.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.

4. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?
(a) 950 million.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 2 billion.
(d) 375 million.

5. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the second "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Successful collaboration.
(c) Athletic champions.
(d) Effective communication.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Ronald Reagan born?

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

3. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency end?

4. What U.S. President scrapped the monetary system so that the U.S. would not have to go through a recession due to the funding for the war in Vietnam?

5. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?

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