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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13: Devaluation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?
(a) 50 million.
(b) 375 million.
(c) 2 billion.
(d) 950 million.

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

3. What refers to an altruistic concern for human welfare and advancement, usually manifested by donations of money, property, or work to needy persons?
(a) Obscurity.
(b) Disanthropy.
(c) Charity.
(d) Philanthropy.

4. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?
(a) China Rose.
(b) The China Syndrome.
(c) China Town.
(d) China Gate .

5. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) John Hinkley.
(b) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(c) David Koresh.
(d) Jack Ruby.

Short Answer Questions

1. What periodical reported in April 2011 that research and development spending had declined steadily since the late 60s?

2. 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?

3. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?

4. What refers to a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on December 18, 2010?

5. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?

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