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

2. 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?
(a) Make money.
(b) Become astronauts.
(c) Move away.
(d) Play sports.

3. 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) Twitter.
(b) Myspace.
(c) Friendster.
(d) Facebook.

4. Steve Jobs was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of what company?
(a) Canon.
(b) Microsoft.
(c) Xerox.
(d) Apple Inc.

5. According to the authors, it is through what that ideas are spawned and the spark of innovation is discovered, as described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
(a) Play.
(b) Work.
(c) Accidents.
(d) Patience.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where in China did Tom Friedman attend the World Economic Forum summer conference?

2. What is the third pillar to prosperity?

3. The CEO of DuPont looks for employees who have ___________, according to Chapter 5.

4. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What examples are given for America's decline in ambition?

2. What do the authors assert the CEO of DuPont seeks in employees?

3. What are the three "C's" described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

4. What do the authors assert Americans must do in order to compete?

5. What are ways in which the successful achieve success?

6. What criticisms do the authors assert for the Tea Party movement in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History"?

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

8. What were the results of the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest, according to the authors in Chapter 6: "Homework x 2 = The American Dream"?

9. What are the four major challenges which face the U.S. as described in Chapter 2: "Ignoring Our Problems"?

10. What do the authors write about the communication technology of social networking?

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