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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to adapt to globalization.
(b) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(c) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.
(d) How to adjust to the IT revolution.

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) Athletic champions.
(c) Successful collaboration.
(d) Effective communication.

3. How many of the top ten prizes were awarded to Russian teams in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 2.

4. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) The personal computer.
(b) The Department of Homeland Security.
(c) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(d) The Internet and the World Wide Web.

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

6. When was the DuPont Corporation founded?
(a) 1833.
(b) 1802.
(c) 1857.
(d) 1785.

7. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the first?
(a) Better teachers and principals.
(b) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(c) Involved parents.
(d) Politicians who support education.

8. 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) Better teachers and principals.
(c) Involved parents.
(d) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.

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

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

11. 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.

12. What is the third pillar to prosperity?
(a) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(b) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) The doors to immigration must be kept open.

13. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?
(a) Organization.
(b) Capitolism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Globalization.

14. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2001.

15. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the second?
(a) Better teachers and principals.
(b) Involved parents.
(c) Politicians who support education.
(d) Taxpayers willing to support education.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the third?

2. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

3. The Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship first became popular with kids in high crime areas in New York because in addition to teaching them math and reading, it focused on how they could do what?

4. According to the authors, by ending the Cold War, America opened the global door to how many more people who would be living like us and would be competing for our jobs?

5. A team from what country won the top prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?

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