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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3: Ignoring Our History.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors in Chapter 3: "Ignoring Our History," there are five pillars to prosperity that if ignored will be at America's peril. What is the first pillar?
(a) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(b) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(c) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

2. 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) 12.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

3. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?
(a) 1946
(b) 1917.
(c) 1932.
(d) 1939.

4. The Cold War came to an end in what year?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1989.
(c) 1994.
(d) 2001.

5. What is the third major challenge that America faces?
(a) How to manage rising energy consugemption and increasing climate threats.
(b) How to adjust to the IT revolution.
(c) How to adapt to globalization.
(d) How to cope with soaring budget deficits.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does NATO stand for?

2. The world-class high-speed train in China traveled how many miles per hour?

3. The Tea Party movement is a political movement that is generally recognized as conservative and ________.

4. Of the four major challenges that the authors mention in Chapter 2, what is the first challenge that America faces?

5. What was the large-scale American program to aid Europe where the United States gave monetary support to help rebuild European economies after the end of World War II in order to combat the spread of Soviet communism?

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