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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?
(a) Some of the most important matters that are suffering from neglect are education, deficits and dept and climate change.
(b) We have stopped investing in our future.
(c) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(d) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.

2. 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 United States.
(c) The Middle East.
(d) The Eastern Bloc.

3. What refers to the process of thinking that questions assumptions?
(a) Critical thinking.
(b) Assumptive thinking.
(c) Presumptive thinking.
(d) Mundane thinking.

4. How much time did it take to erect the conference building which housed the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 3 years.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 22 months.

5. A team from what country won the top prize in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) China.
(b) Bolivia.
(c) Iceland.
(d) Canada.

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

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

8. How many school districts are there in America?
(a) 8,500.
(b) 23,000.
(c) 59,000.
(d) 14,000.

9. When was Alexander Hamilton born?
(a) 1755.
(b) 1737.
(c) 1805.
(d) 1692.

10. 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.

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

12. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?
(a) 88.
(b) 105.
(c) 72.
(d) 167.

13. What is an online social networking service and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters?
(a) Myspace.
(b) Facebook.
(c) Friendster.
(d) Twitter.

14. 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.

15. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?
(a) Harry Truman.
(b) Abraham Lincoln.
(c) Richard Nixon.
(d) John F. Kennedy.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

2. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

3. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the second "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

4. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

5. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the first "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

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