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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. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the sixth?
(a) Business leaders committed to raising standards.
(b) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(c) Better teachers and principals.
(d) Involved parents.

2. When did the War in Afghanistan begin?
(a) 2004.
(b) 2005.
(c) 2001.
(d) 2002.

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 Eastern Bloc.
(d) The United States.

4. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adapt to globalization.
(b) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(c) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(d) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.

5. Where was Tom Friedman at an education conference when a junior high student told him that the Chinese people have more ambition than Americans?
(a) Phoenix, AZ.
(b) San Jose, CA.
(c) Portland, OR.
(d) Boise, ID.

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. When was Martin Dempsey born?

3. When was Ronald Reagan born?

4. What percent of Tea Party Republicans say there is no evidence of global warming, according to the authors in Chapter 10: "The War of Physics and Other Good Things"?

5. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?

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