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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What percent of Tea Party Republicans say there is no evidence of global warming, according to the authors in Chapter 10: "The War of Physics and Other Good Things"?
(a) 33.
(b) 24.
(c) 70.
(d) 51.

2. What refers to an economy in which the prices of goods and services are determined in a free price system?
(a) Economy of fairness.
(b) Self-regulating economy.
(c) Market economy.
(d) Democratic economy.

3. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1922.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1967.

4. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?
(a) Demoralize.
(b) Disintegrate.
(c) Disembody.
(d) Decentralize.

5. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency begin?
(a) 1977.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1981.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?

2. What is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene?

3. The Iranian Revolution led to the conflict between the Sunni Muslims and what denomination of Islam?

4. What new type of attorney do the authors assert law firms are adding, as discussed in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?

5. 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"?

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