That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Thomas Friedman
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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Quiz | Eight Week Quiz D

Thomas Friedman
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Average Is Over.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?
(a) Benjamin Franklin.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Alexander Hamilton.
(d) Thomas Jefferson.

2. What is a browser-based operating system created by Good OS LLC, a Los Angeles-based corporation?
(a) Geyser.
(b) Myspace.
(c) Skype.
(d) Cloud.

3. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?
(a) The United States.
(b) The Middle East.
(c) NATO.
(d) The Eastern Bloc.

4. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?
(a) We have stopped investing in our future.
(b) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(c) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.
(d) Some of the most important matters that are suffering from neglect are education, deficits and dept and climate change.

5. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fifth?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

3. What does "IT" stand for?

4. 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?

5. The Cold War came to an end in what year?

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