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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in what state?
2. What refers to changes to the United States tax code passed during the presidency of George W. Bush that generally lowered tax rates and revised the code specifying taxation in the United States?
3. Sarah Palin was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in what year?
4. What state does Michelle Bachmann represent in the United States House of Representatives?
5. Arne Duncan stated that America was ranked what in the world in the number of college graduates per capita?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the authors say regarding America's borrowing power?
2. What do the authors say is the reasoning behind Michele Bachmann's comment and those who believed it?
3. How do the authors describe Americans' growing sense of entitlement?
4. What is the principle motivation of politicians in politics today?
5. What do the authors assert as the reason Paul O'Neill was fired?
6. How has Wall Street changed in contemporary times?
7. How do the authors describe the impact of the Tea Party in 2010?
8. What do the authors assert about America's challenge with climate change in Chapter 8: "This Is Our Due"?
9. What led to the housing bubble in America, according to the authors in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?
10. What was the impact of the Iranian Revolution?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the impact of the Tea Party and analyze the five pillars to prosperity discussed in Chapter 3. Where did the authors derive this list? How do the authors surmise the Tea Party disagrees with this theory? What major policies have been enacted by prominent politicians within the movement? How have the American people been affected by those policies?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss education in America today. How do you feel your education compares to education in countries like China or Japan, or to European nations? Do you feel there is a lack of drive in American education? Why or why not? How do the authors feel about this subject?
Essay Topic 3
Analyze and discuss the impact of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. How has this incident changed contemporary perceptions about nuclear power? In what ways is this disaster similar and different than that of Three Mile Island?
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