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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7: Average Is Over.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?
(a) Bill Clinton.
(b) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(c) George W. Bush.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

2. According to the authors, Americans have to recognize that when a company moves off-shore or outsources many of its functions, we are not only losing current jobs but also __________.
(a) Jobs of the future.
(b) Market stagnation.
(c) Job apprehension.
(d) Past wages.

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

4. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) Abraham Lincoln.
(b) Harry Truman.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?

2. What does NATO stand for?

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

4. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?

5. When was the DuPont Corporation founded?

(see the answer key)

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