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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Ignoring Our History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.
(a) Democratic.
(b) Athiest.
(c) Libertarian.
(d) Republican.

2. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 167.
(b) 105.
(c) 88.
(d) 72.

3. 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) 2 billion.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 950 million.
(d) 375 million.

4. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?
(a) The Middle East.
(b) The Eastern Bloc.
(c) NATO.
(d) The United States.

5. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?
(a) We have stopped investing in our future.
(b) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.
(c) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(d) Some of the most important matters that are suffering from neglect are education, deficits and dept and climate change.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

2. Who insisted that his own gravestone be marked with the fact that he had founded the University of Virginia?

3. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?

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

5. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?

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