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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9: The War on Math (and the Future).

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the DuPont Corporation originally founded to manufacture?
(a) Stagecoaches.
(b) Opium.
(c) Gunpowder.
(d) Dynamite.

3. What U.S. President scrapped the monetary system so that the U.S. would not have to go through a recession due to the funding for the war in Vietnam?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Lyndon B. Johnson.
(c) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(d) Richard Nixon.

4. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the first "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Successful collaboration.
(c) Effective communication.
(d) Athletic champions.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What word means to give (a person) the right to do or have something; qualify?

2. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency begin?

3. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?

4. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship first became popular with kids in high crime areas in New York because in addition to teaching them math and reading, it focused on how they could do what?

5. Steve Jobs was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of what company?

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