That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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That Used to Be Us: How America Fell Behind in the World It Invented and How We Can Come Back Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Thomas Friedman
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 137 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the authors, what is the first cause for the decline of America?
(a) Some of the most important matters that are suffering from neglect are education, deficits and dept and climate change.
(b) Leaders have stopped recognizing what America needs to thrive in today's world.
(c) We have stopped investing in our future.
(d) Our political system is paralyzed and ineffective.

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

3. What is a family of synthetic rubbers that are produced by polymerization of chloroprene?
(a) Nylon.
(b) Kevlar.
(c) Vespel.
(d) Neoprene.

4. Who stabilized the country's economy by supporting legislation that saved capitalism and created social safety-nets like Social Security?
(a) Franklin D. Roosevelt.
(b) George W. Bush.
(c) Bill Clinton.
(d) Jimmy Carter.

5. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the fourth?
(a) Taxpayers willing to support education.
(b) Politicians who support education.
(c) Involved parents.
(d) Business leaders committed to raising standards.

6. When did Tom Friedman travel to China for the World Economic Forum summer conference?
(a) June, 2009.
(b) July, 2008.
(c) September, 2010.
(d) August 2011.

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

8. What was the DuPont Corporation originally founded to manufacture?
(a) Stagecoaches.
(b) Dynamite.
(c) Opium.
(d) Gunpowder.

9. According to the authors, there are three mindsets when thinking about being a creative creator or a creative server. What is the third?
(a) Think like a waitress.
(b) Think like an immigrant.
(c) Think like a teacher.
(d) Think like an artisan.

10. How many of the top ten prizes were awarded to Russian teams in the the 2011 Association for Computing Collegiate Programming contest?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 8.
(d) 12.

11. Google was founded by Larry Page and what other individual?
(a) Al Gore.
(b) Mark Zuckerberg.
(c) Sergey Brin.
(d) Bill Gates.

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

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

14. According to the authors, there are six crucial elements to improving the country's educational system. What is the sixth?
(a) Involved parents.
(b) Better teachers and principals.
(c) Students who are ready to learn while sitting in the classroom.
(d) Business leaders committed to raising standards.

15. What is the largest professional organization and largest labor union in the United States, representing public school teachers and other support personnel, faculty and staffers at colleges and universities, retired educators, and college students preparing to become teachers?
(a) The National Education Association.
(b) The American Learning Campaign.
(c) The Teacher's and Professor's Union.
(d) The Education Union.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When was the "Long Telegram" produced?

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

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

5. According to the authors, the best education is one that focuses on the three "C's." What is the third "C" discussed in Chapter 7: "Average Is Over"?

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