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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. What word means to distribute the administrative powers or functions of (a central authority) over a less concentrated area?
2. 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"?
3. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fourth?
4. Who was Facebook founded by?
5. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
Short Essay Questions
1. What criticisms do the authors assert for the Tea Party movement in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History"?
2. What are the three "C's" described in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?
3. What did General Martin Dempsey realize about America's soldiers in Chapter 5: "Help Wanted"?
4. What are ways in which the successful achieve success?
5. What are the six crucial elements to improving America's educational system?
6. What are the three factors brought about by the new flat world of globalization?
7. 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"?
8. What do the authors write about Abraham Lincoln's advancements?
9. What do the authors assert about America's leaders of the past?
10. What examples are given for America's decline in ambition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Analyze and discuss the importance of critical thinking in today's job market. How do the authors believe jobs will evolve in the future? Why is critical thinking so important in jobs like at DuPont and other companies? How is critical thinking needed more in the military than before?
Essay Topic 2
Describe and discuss Senator Inhofe of Oklahoma, Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill, Vice President Dick Cheney, President George W. Bush, and the impact of the climate crisis and the Bush tax cuts in America. How do the authors assert that these Republicans have contributed to the climate crisis? What examples do the authors rely on?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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