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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a report entitled, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," which was requested by Congress in 2005, statistics showed that funding of R&D as a percentage of GDP had declined by what percentage over forty years?
(a) 80%.
(b) 60%.
(c) 75%.
(d) 35%.

2. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?
(a) Jihad.
(b) Madrasah.
(c) Heyya.
(d) Salam.

3. What position does Arne Duncan currently hold?
(a) United States Secretary of Education.
(b) United States Secretary of The Treasury.
(c) United States Secretary of Energy.
(d) United States Secretary of Labor.

4. Who succeeded John F. Kennedy after his assassination?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

5. What is the act of attempting to influence decisions made by officials in the government, most often legislators or members of regulatory agencies?
(a) Unionizing.
(b) Allegating.
(c) Lobbying.
(d) Protesting.

6. When did the Iraq War begin?
(a) 2007.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2003.
(d) 2000.

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

8. Sarah Palin was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in what year?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2008.
(c) 1996.
(d) 2000.

9. When did George H. W. Bush's presidency begin?
(a) 1993.
(b) 1981.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1989.

10. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1897.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1938.

11. In March 2010, the majority of the finalists of the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants from where?
(a) Bolivia and Kenya.
(b) Mexico and Australia.
(c) China and India.
(d) Germany and Canada.

12. Senator James Inhofe serves what state?
(a) Iowa.
(b) Oklahoma.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Nebraska.

13. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?
(a) USS Normandy.
(b) USS Monterey.
(c) USS Chosin.
(d) USS Shiloh.

14. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?
(a) Democracy.
(b) Partisan politics.
(c) Terrorism.
(d) Dictatorship.

15. When did Michelle Bachmann drop out of the bid for U.S. Presidency during the 2012 campaign?
(a) February, 2012.
(b) January, 2012.
(c) December, 2011.
(d) September, 2011.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the National Academy of Sciences issue its first warning about global warming?

2. What percentage of adults are illiterate in Detroit, Michigan, according to the authors?

3. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?

4. The Iranian Revolution led to the conflict between the Sunni Muslims and what denomination of Islam?

5. What state had been home to many of the largest defense contractors that have since been forced to close down, leaving millions unemployed?

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