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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years before Friedman arrived was a three-hour car ride from Beijing the only way to get to the over-populated city where Tom Friedman attended the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) 10.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 12.

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

3. The CEO of DuPont looks for employees who have ___________, according to Chapter 5.
(a) Ambition.
(b) Loyalty.
(c) Presence.
(d) Honesty.

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?
(a) 2 billion.
(b) 50 million.
(c) 950 million.
(d) 375 million.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the context of United States constitutional interpretation, what is a principle of interpretation that tries to discover the original meaning or intent of the constitution?

2. What refers to the former communist states of Eastern and Central Europe, generally the Soviet Union and the countries of the Warsaw Pact?

3. What type of education do the authors assert is superior to one with a narrow focus in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

4. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

5. According to the author, what train in his Maryland hometown had been under construction for almost a year for modernization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do the authors assert regarding outsourcing?

2. What do the authors write about Abraham Lincoln's advancements?

3. What must be improved in American schools for students to succeed in the global market?

4. What are the five pillars of prosperity described by the authors in Chapter 3?

5. How long did it take Tianjin to build the conference building?

6. What three mindsets do the authors describe for being a creative thinker?

7. What are employers looking for in workers today according to the authors in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?

8. What are the three factors brought about by the new flat world of globalization?

9. What do the authors assert about America's leaders of the past?

10. What United States policy was adopted regarding the Cold War in 1946?

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