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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 15 and 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Approximately when did the Cold War begin?
(a) 1945.
(b) 1967.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1922.

2. What governor of Philadelphia complained that America had gone soft when the NFL canceled some games because of a snowstorm?
(a) Michael Mandelbaum.
(b) Ed Rendell.
(c) George Kennan.
(d) George Kaufman.

3. Who insisted that the free market would establish the correct value of the world's currencies, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) Thomas Jefferson.
(b) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(c) Milton Friedman.
(d) Lyndon B. Johnson.

4. 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) San Jose, CA.
(b) Phoenix, AZ.
(c) Boise, ID.
(d) Portland, OR.

5. Bill Gates is the former CEO and current chairman of what company?
(a) Microsoft Corporation.
(b) Amazon.
(c) Apple Inc.
(d) Ebay.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what year did the National Academy of Sciences issue its first warning about global warming?

2. When did Ronald Reagan implement his free-market economics?

3. What refers to changes to the United States tax code passed during the presidency of George W. Bush that generally lowered tax rates and revised the code specifying taxation in the United States?

4. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency begin?

5. 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?

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