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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5: Help Wanted.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) 1805.
(b) 1737.
(c) 1692.
(d) 1755.

2. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) Basic research and development must be supported by the government.

3. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(b) How to adapt to globalization.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to adjust to the IT revolution.

4. What is the fifth pillar to prosperity?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

5. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?
(a) Communism.
(b) Capitolism.
(c) Globalization.
(d) Organization.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?

2. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?

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

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

5. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?

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