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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 10: The War of Physics and Other Good Things.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the third factor discussed about the new, flat world of globalization?
(a) The Internet and the World Wide Web.
(b) The personal computer.
(c) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(d) The Department of Homeland Security.

2. What was the second factor about the new, flat world of globalization discussed in Chapter 4?
(a) The development of the languages of the Internet.
(b) The personal computer.
(c) The Department of Homeland Security.
(d) The Internet and the World Wide Web.

3. When was the DuPont Corporation founded?
(a) 1802.
(b) 1785.
(c) 1833.
(d) 1857.

4. What refers to fervent, sometimes militant, support of a party, cause, faction, person, or idea?
(a) Partisan politics.
(b) Terrorism.
(c) Democracy.
(d) Dictatorship.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. By 2016, the gross national debt is estimated to be how much, according to the authors in Chapter 9: "The War on Math (and the Future)"?

2. Who saw to it that returning soldiers were given an advantage for serving the country with the institution of the GI Bill of Rights?

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

4. What is the second pillar to prosperity?

5. The Tea Party movement has sponsored protests and supported political candidates since what year?

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