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

2. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the third "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Effective communication.
(c) Athletic champions.
(d) Successful collaboration.

3. A team from what country won the second prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) China.
(b) Australia.
(c) Sweden.
(d) U.S.A.

4. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) June, 2009.
(b) July, 2008.
(c) August 2011.
(d) September, 2010.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?

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

3. What is a generic designation for a family of synthetic polymers, known generically as polyamides, that were first produced on February 28, 1935, at the DuPont Experimental Station?

4. What was the third factor discussed about the new, flat world of globalization?

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

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