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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4: Up in the Air.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?
(a) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(b) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(c) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(d) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.

2. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(b) The personal computer.
(c) The Department of Homeland Security.
(d) The Internet and the World Wide Web.

3. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1989.
(c) 2001.
(d) 1994.

4. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) John F. Kennedy.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Harry Truman.
(d) Richard Nixon.

5. Who was Facebook founded by?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Mark Zuckerberg.
(c) Bill Gates.
(d) Sergey Brin.

Short Answer Questions

1. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?

2. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?

3. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

4. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?

5. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?

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