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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did Ronald Reagan's presidency begin?
(a) 1989.
(b) 1977.
(c) 1985.
(d) 1981.

2. By 2016, the gross national debt is estimated to be how much, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?
(a) $2.8 trillion.
(b) $950 billion.
(c) $16 trillion.
(d) $8 trillion.

3. What is a 1979 American thriller film that tells the story of a reporter and cameraman who discover safety cover-ups at a nuclear power plant?
(a) China Town.
(b) China Rose.
(c) China Gate .
(d) The China Syndrome.

4. Who was charged with the assassination of John F. Kennedy?
(a) John Hinkley.
(b) Jack Ruby.
(c) Lee Harvey Oswald.
(d) David Koresh.

5. What refers to an economic system characterized by social ownership or control of the means of production and cooperative management of the economy?
(a) Capitolism.
(b) Socialism.
(c) Communism.
(d) Libertarianism.

6. 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"?
(a) 70.
(b) 24.
(c) 33.
(d) 51.

7. Robert Stevenson family's business remains in existence where?
(a) Bellingham, Washington.
(b) Buffalo, New York.
(c) Bangor, Maine.
(d) Biloxi, Mississippi.

8. A disproportionate number of officers on what missile cruiser in the U.S. Navy are women?
(a) USS Normandy.
(b) USS Shiloh.
(c) USS Monterey.
(d) USS Chosin.

9. When was James Inhofe born?
(a) 1928.
(b) 1943.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1951.

10. Sarah Palin was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in what year?
(a) 2000.
(b) 1996.
(c) 2004.
(d) 2008.

11. When did George H. W. Bush's presidency begin?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1981.
(d) 1993.

12. In March 2010, the majority of the finalists of the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search were the children of immigrants from where?
(a) China and India.
(b) Germany and Canada.
(c) Bolivia and Kenya.
(d) Mexico and Australia.

13. When was Ronald Reagan born?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1924.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1897.

14. In a report entitled, "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," which was requested by Congress in 2005, statistics showed that funding of R&D as a percentage of GDP had declined by what percentage over forty years?
(a) 80%.
(b) 35%.
(c) 60%.
(d) 75%.

15. What is a term describing philosophies which emphasize freedom, individual liberty, voluntary association and respect of property rights?
(a) Libertarianism.
(b) Communism.
(c) Socialism.
(d) Capitolism.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Three Mile Island accident was a nuclear meltdown which occurred at the Three Mile Island power plant in what state?

2. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?

3. What refers to the current rise in the average temperature of Earth's atmosphere and oceans and its projected continuation?

4. Paul O'Neill served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of what U.S. President's first term?

5. When did the Iranian Revolution take place?

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