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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6: Homework x 2 = The American Dream.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A team from what country won the top prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) Canada.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Iceland.
(d) China.

2. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) Tianjin.
(b) Beijing.
(c) Wuhan.
(d) Shanghai.

3. 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?
(a) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(b) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(c) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?

2. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the sixth?

3. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?

4. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?

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

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