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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the second?
2. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?
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?
4. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?
5. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did General Martin Dempsey realize about America's soldiers in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?
2. What examples are given for America's decline in ambition?
3. What do the authors assert regarding outsourcing?
4. What do the authors write about the communication technology of social networking?
5. What are the six crucial elements to improving America's educational system?
6. What are ways in which the successful achieve success?
7. What must be improved in American schools for students to succeed in the global market?
8. When did the Cold War end? What impact did this have?
9. What three mindsets do the authors describe for being a creative thinker?
10. What do the authors assert the CEO of DuPont seeks in employees?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss the Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest described in Chapter 6. What did the results of the contest indicate for the authors? How has education in former Soviet countries changed?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss OPEC, America's oil consumption, and the impact of the Iraq and Afghan Wars on the American economy. When was OPEC established and how were oil prices affected? How dependent are we on oil from Middle Eastern countries? How does this affect our international trade policies?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Milton Friedman, President Nixon's Administration, and the history of deficit spending. What did Milton Friedman project would happen with a free market economy? How was the American economy affected by leaving the gold standard?
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