Question 1

The year 1981 marked the first documentation of the AIDS virus.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The World Wide Web,the first system to provide for the orderly sharing of information on the Internet,was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Since the 1960s,the number of middle-class African Americans has sharply increased.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Human Genome Project

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A)   originally hoped to identify all the specific genes in humans by 2015.
B)   was opposed by the Bush administration on ethical grounds.
C)   was created during the Clinton administration.
D)   had identified 3 billion genes by 2013.
E)   was funded solely by private sources.F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Question 5

In the election of 2000,when a court-ordered deadline for the Florida recount arrived,the Florida secretary of state certified Bush the winner in Florida by a little more than 500 votes,even though the recount was not complete.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

The 2000 presidential election was one of the most controversial in American history.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In the late 1980s,drug use began to decline significantly among

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A)   middle-class Americans.
B)   poor inner-city Americans.
C)   rural Americans.
D)   southern Americans.
E)   white Americans.F) B) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 8

President Bush faced an enormous political setback in his second term with the natural disaster of ________,which devastated the city of New Orleans in particular.

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Question 9

How has the Internet changed American society and the American economy? Do you believe these change are permanent?

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The Internet has drastically changed Ame...

Question 10

Characterize the controversies in the 2000 presidential election.Do you agree or disagree with the manner in which the final result was determined? Why?

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The controversies in the 2000 presidenti...

Question 11

In April 1995,former Marine Timothy McVeigh,who had become part of a militant antigovernment movement,killed 168 people when he blew up a van in front of a federal building in

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A)   Chicago.
B)   Topeka.
C)   Charlotte.
D)   Oklahoma City.
E)   New Orleans.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

Independent counsel Kenneth Starr was hired to investigate allegations of financial impropriety by President Clinton.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

On the day of the 2000 election,

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A)   George W. Bush won the electoral college.
B)   Ralph Nader urged his supporters to vote for Al Gore.
C)   Al Gore won popular vote.
D)   Pat Buchanan gave up his votes to George W. Bush.
E)   All these answers are correct.F) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 14

In 2002,President George W.Bush described an "axis of evil" made up of Iraq,Iran,and

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A)   Syria.
B)   Libya.
C)   North Korea.
D)   Lebanon.
E)   Somalia.F) C) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 15

Beginning in the late 1980s,drug use declined significantly among middle-class people,but much more slowly among poor people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which presidential administration(s) supported and won congressional support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program?

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A)   Obama
B)   Bush
C)   Bush and Obama
D)   Clinton and Bush
E)   All these answers are correct.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

Was Bill Clinton a Democrat in the New Deal tradition,or the Great Society tradition,or something else?

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Bill Clinton, who served as the 42nd Pre...

Question 18

The Bush administration's poor response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina contributed to the loss of the Republican majorities in both houses of Congress.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Before the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001,the United States had never experienced

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A)   terrorism within its borders.
B)   terrorism anywhere.
C)   terrorism enacted by Islamic fundamentalists.
D)   any of these: terrorism caused by Islamic fundamentalists, or terrorism within its borders or anywhere.
E)   None of these answers is correct.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 20

Regarding scandals surrounding President Bill Clinton,

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A)   charges of impropriety had existed throughout his term in office.
B)   Clinton admitted to corruption during his first weeks in office.
C)   the Lewinsky affair marked the first in a series of scandals to plague the president.
D)   the public seemed ready to condemn Clinton based on his previous reputation when allegations of sexual impropriety were leveled against him.
E)   few charges of impropriety were leveled at the president until his 1996 reelection.F) None of the above
G) B) and D)

Exam 32: The Age of Globalization

Since the 1960s,the number of middle-class African Americans has sharply increased.

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The World Wide Web,the first system to provide for the orderly sharing of information on the Internet,was introduced by Tim Berners-Lee.

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The year 1981 marked the first documentation of the AIDS virus.

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The Human Genome Project

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Independent counsel Kenneth Starr was hired to investigate allegations of financial impropriety by President Clinton.

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On the day of the 2000 election,

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Which presidential administration(s) supported and won congressional support for the Troubled Asset Relief Program?

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Characterize the controversies in the 2000 presidential election.Do you agree or disagree with the manner in which the final result was determined? Why?

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