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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, the economic decline of America is due to the unethical and illegal activities conducted by whom?
2. In what year did the National Academy of Sciences issue its first warning about global warming?
3. Michelle Bachmann claimed that the Obama administration was spending how much a day on a trip to India in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
4. To what political party does Michelle Bachmann belong?
5. 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"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the authors assert about America's challenge with climate change in Chapter 8: "This Is Our Due"?
2. How do the authors describe the beginning of the twenty-first century?
3. What did Arne Duncan relate about American education?
4. How do the authors describe the loss of moral values in America in Chapter 13: "Devaluation"?
5. How are the finalists in the 2010 Intel Science Talent Search described in Chapter 11?
6. When did the crisis take place on Three Mile Island as described in Chapter 10?
7. What led to the housing bubble in America, according to the authors in Chapter 11: "The Terrible Twos"?
8. How did the Republican Party change in the 1960s?
9. When did America begin the process of deficit spending?
10. What do the authors assert as the reason Paul O'Neill was fired?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Describe and discuss General Martin Dempsey and changes in the American military in the past twenty years. How has technology evolved faster than education in this sense? What specializations exist in the military that did not twenty years ago?
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss education in America today. How do you feel your education compares to education in countries like China or Japan, or to European nations? Do you feel there is a lack of drive in American education? Why or why not? How do the authors feel about this subject?
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