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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The War of Physics and Other Good Things.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. When did the Three Mile Island accident occur?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1965.
(c) 1979.
(d) 1992.
2. Three factors brought about the new, flat world of globalization, according to the authors in Chapter 4: "Up in the Air." Which factor was discussed first?
(a) The personal computer.
(b) The Department of Homeland Security.
(c) The Internet and the World Wide Web.
(d) The development of the languages of the Internet.
3. What is the third pillar to prosperity?
(a) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(b) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(c) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(d) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
4. A team from what country won the top prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) Bolivia.
(b) China.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Canada.
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?
(a) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(d) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the Arabic word for any type of educational institution, whether secular or religious (of any religion)?
2. According to the Pew Center, state governments collectively face what unfunded amount in liability according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
3. How many times does the term "Jihad" appear in the Quran?
4. When was Bill Clinton born?
5. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?
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