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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: Whatever It Is, I'm Against It.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Friendster.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Myspace.

2. Three factors brought about the new, flat world of globalization, according to the authors in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air." Which factor was discussed first?
(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. What is a device that can make and receive telephone calls over a radio link while moving around a wide geographic area?
(a) Personal computer.
(b) Microwave.
(c) Cell phone.
(d) GPS.

4. 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?
(a) Republican tax revision.
(b) Bush tax cuts.
(c) The great tax holiday.
(d) Cheney's tax vision.

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) Lobbying.
(c) Allegating.
(d) Protesting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a proprietary voice over Internet Protocol service and software application originally created by David Somekh and owned by Microsoft since 2011?

2. Senator James Inhofe refers to global warming as what?

3. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?

4. What refers to the current rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation?

5. Who do the authors assert is a political icon for the Republican Party?

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