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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 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?
(a) Facebook.
(b) Myspace.
(c) Twitter.
(d) Friendster.

2. What is the trademark of a range of durable, high-performance, polyimide-based plastics manufactured by DuPont?
(a) Neoprene.
(b) Vespel.
(c) Nylon.
(d) Kevlar.

3. What is the second pillar to prosperity?
(a) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(b) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(c) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.
(d) Our infrastructure must be continually maintained and modernized.

4. What is the fourth pillar to prosperity?
(a) The doors to immigration must be kept open.
(b) Basic research and development must be supported by the government.
(c) Public education must be provided for more and more Americans.
(d) Private economic activity must have necessary regulations.

5. When was Steve Jobs born?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1948.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What refers to the increasingly global relationships of culture, people, and economic activity?

4. Secretary of the Treasury Paul O'Neill tried to warn who that the tax cuts the administration planned would pose a threat to the economy?

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

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