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1
In the opinion of the author of "The American Narrative," the most recent U.S. election that appeared to revitalize a focus on the common good was the election of:
A)George W. Bush.
B)Ronald Reagan.
C)Jimmy Carter.
D)Barack Obama.
2
The author of "The American Narrative" characterizes all of the following as revolutions of the 1960s except for the:
A)war on poverty.
B)war on drugs.
C)civil rights movement.
D)women's movement.
3
According to "The American Narrative," in practice, President Bill Clinton was less of a Lyndon Johnson Democrat and more of a Dwight Eisenhower Republican.
A)True
B)False
4
As put forth in "Still Bowling Alone?", the national crisis that seems to have sparked an upswing in youth interest in politics and public affairs was the:
A)deficit crisis.
B)terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001.
C)war in Iraq.
D)cuts to education funding.
5
According to "Still Bowling Alone?", social isolation, or the lack of any confidants, strongly predicts:
A)antisocial behavior.
B)suicidal thoughts.
C)poor academic performance.
D)premature death.
6
As profiled in "Still Bowling Alone?", the Obama campaign bypassed classic organizing techniques in favor of using new technologies to exploit social networking.
A)True
B)False
7
As explained in "Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society," although technology is being lauded for encouraging diversity and facilitating cross-cultural communication, there is a counter-trend known as:
A)the electronic divide.
B)intra-social solidarity.
C)virtual insularity.
D)digital tribalism.
8
As cited in "Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society," the pollster John Zogby calls the emerging generation that links up through IM, Twitter, blogs, smart-phones, and social networking sites:
A)Generation Z.
B)Virtual Villagers.
C)World Citizens.
D)First Globals.
9
As mentioned in "Relationships, Community, and Identity in the New Virtual Society," Chinese people who participate in wang hun, or online role-play marriages, are sometimes getting divorced on the grounds that this constitutes adultery.
A)True
B)False
10
According to "What Isn't for Sale?", the era of market triumphalism began in the early 1980s, when the idea that markets, not government, held the key to prosperity and freedom was espoused by Ronald Reagan and:
A)Boris Yeltsin.
B)Bill Gates.
C)George H. W. Bush.
D)Margaret Thatcher.
11
As reported in "What Isn't for Sale?", South Africa allows ranchers to sell hunters, for $250,000, the right to shoot the endangered:
A)cheetah.
B)black rhino.
C)elephant.
D)lion.
12
As revealed in "What Isn't for Sale?", it is possible in some cities for nonviolent offenders to pay for a clean, quiet jail cell away from nonpaying prisoners.
A)True
B)False
13
For historian Howard Zinn, as put forth in "The Rule of the Rich," democracy was:
A)the best way to show humanity's best side.
B)always fragile, at best.
C)a big public fight everyone should enter.
D)the only protection that average citizens have against oppression.
14
What is generally and politely known as "the free market at work," as maintained in "The Rule of the Rich," can best be described as:
A)wage repression.
B)voter disenfranchisement.
C)wholesale corporate fraud.
D)thievery by the rich.
15
Between 1980 and 2008, as reported in "The Rule of the Rich," the average incomes of Americans almost doubled.
A)True
B)False
16
As quoted in "Follow the Dark Money," Paul S. Ryan of the Campaign Legal Center said that if you can deregulate money in politics, you can:
A)ensure that elections are fair.
B)buy the policy outcomes you prefer.
C)hide where the money comes from.
D)accept money from corporations and foreign interests as well as ordinary citizens.
17
As portrayed in "Follow the Dark Money," the biggest political scandal in modern American history was the:
A)Iran-Contra affair.
B)relationship between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky.
C)Watergate break-in.
D)Abu Ghraib torture.
18
As reported in "Follow the Dark Money," Nixon told his chief of staff that anyone who wanted to be an ambassador had to donate at least $250,000 to his 1972 reelection campaign.
A)True
B)False
19
As stated in "The End of Welfare as I Knew It," after 15 years of welfare reform, what we have to show for it is that:
A)nothing has changed.
B)poverty is at its highest level in 20 years.
C)poverty is at its lowest level in 20 years.
D)many who were formerly on welfare now are in the top 30 percent of U.S. wage earners.
20
As reported in "The End of Welfare as I Knew It," Georgia now spends less on assistance to families than it does on:
A)job training for those applying for assistance.
B)farm subsidies.
C)animal welfare.
D)adoption services and foster care.
21
As noted in "The End of Welfare as I Knew It," TANF encouraged people on welfare to pursue postsecondary education and training.
A)True
B)False
22
According to "The Withering of the Affluent Society," the role of economic growth in advanced nations is to:
A)make people richer.
B)ensure equality of opportunity.
C)provide for national security.
D)reduce conflict.
23
As predicted by "The Withering of the Affluent Society," even if full recovery from the Great Recession occurs, the resulting prosperity will be:
A)much more modest than previous periods of economic growth.
B)an illusion, given the U.S. national deficit.
C)qualified by greater competition for scarce economic resources.
D)short-lived, as America's population ages.
24
As revealed in "The Withering of the Affluent Society," the United States has had budget deficits in 46 out of 51 years between 1961 and 2012.
A)True
B)False
25
As mentioned in "Hard at Work in the Jobless Future," the post-war generation climbed the corporate ladder, while the baby boomers had a career trajectory that more closely resembled a lattice, and the career path for younger generations more closely resembles a:
A)thatched roof.
B)path through a maze.
C)patchwork quilt.
D)subterranean basement.
26
As reported in "Hard at Work in the Jobless Future," a recent survey by Ogilvy and Mather found that, instead of making more money, 76 percent of respondents would rather:
A)enjoy job security.
B)have benefits such as healthcare.
C)believe that their work is creative and worthwhile.
D)spend more time with their families.
27
As revealed in "Hard at Work in the Jobless Future," automation is increasingly affecting those in white-collar jobs such as financial services.
A)True
B)False
28
As presented in "Urban Legends," the author believes that some intriguing solutions to current urban problems can be provided by:
A)financing.
B)dispersion.
C)diversity.
D)culture.
29
The author of "Urban Legends" claims that economic growth spurs art and culture, not the other way around, and he cites as examples:
A)New York and Tokyo.
B)Paris and London.
C)Beijing and Mumbai.
D)Athens and Rome.
30
As put forth in "Urban Legends," the men who built Hollywood were cultured aesthetes out of step with the rest of America.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "Immigration Benefits America," David Stoll suggests that contemporary immigrants threaten American society as we know it because they:
A)hold European values, which are very different from American values.
B)are uninterested in assimilating into American culture.
C)have no interest in financial gain, which is the bedrock of American economic values.
D)have too much power and will soon take over mainstream political systems.
32
As presented in "Immigration Benefits America," college-educated immigrants who come to the United States:
A)help meet the demand for highly skilled professionals that outweighs the availability of U.S. workers with these skills.
B)take jobs away from college-educated U.S. workers.
C)have inferior education and skills when compared to U.S. citizens with comparable degrees.
D)generally find jobs in the lower rungs of the U.S. economy.
33
As noted in "Immigration Benefits America," since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, America's national identity has increasingly weakened.
A)True
B)False
34
As noted in "The Invisible Ones," all modern-day slavery, or human trafficking, operates on all of the following techniques except:
A)coercion.
B)psychological abuse.
C)the promise of citizenship.
D)torture.
35
As shown in "The Invisible Ones," law-enforcement and government agencies charged with fighting human trafficking are:
A)generally under-funded and under-staffed.
B)making significant progress in stopping trafficking.
C)often working in opposition to each other.
D)in fact indifferent to the fate of victims.
36
According to "The Invisible Ones," most of the enslaved are young males. (F)
A)True
B)False
37
As presented in "The Impact of Globalization on Income and Employment," between 1990 and 2008 most of the 27 million jobs created in the United States were:
A)mainly in the manufacturing sector.
B)eventually outsourced to foreign countries.
C)in the non-tradable sector of the economy.
D)in the service industry.
38
As noted in "The Impact of Globalization on Income and Employment," value added represents:
A)income in the form of wages for workers, return on investment for investors, and tax revenue for governments.
B)the cost of doing business.
C)the cost of labor and raw materials for a company or industry.
D)taxable income for workers.
39
As cited in "The Impact of Globalization on Income and Employment," the employment structure of the U.S. economy has been shifting away from the non-tradable sector.
A)True
B)False
40
According to "The State of Poverty in America," a major reason for the rise of the percentage of people in deep poverty, which has doubled since 1976, is the:
A)sharp cuts in food stamps.
B)high rate of unemployment.
C)increase in single-parent households.
D)near death of cash assistance for families with children.
41
The author of "The State of Poverty in America," considers the civil-rights challenges of this century to be the justice system and:
A)mental-health issues.
B)marriage equality.
C)schools.
D)equal pay for women.
42
As stated in "The State of Poverty in America," most people who are poor do not work at all. (F)
A)True
B)False
43
As suggested in "The Myth of the 'Culture of Poverty'," perhaps the greatest myth of all is the one that dubs education the:
A)great equalizer.
B)last best hope.
C)path of the privileged.
D)key to success.
44
As noted in "The Myth of the 'Culture of Poverty'," deficit theory establishes the idea of a segment of society that simply has not earned a fair shake, or what H. J. Gans calls the:
A)lazers and grazers.
B)undeserving poor.
C)forgotten families.
D)neglected neighbors.
45
According to "The Myth of the 'Culture of Poverty'," the Economic Policy Institute reported in 2002 that poor working adults spend more hours working each week than their wealthier counterparts.
A)True
B)False
46
In the opinion of the author of "Somewhere Between Jim Crow & Post-Racialism," if the scholarly assessments of race in America in 1965 occurred against the backdrop of the civil rights movement, the backdrop of scholarly assessments today is the:
A)election of Barack Obama as president.
B)results of the 2000 U.S. Census.
C)economic changes in the wake of the Great Recession.
D)influence of globalization for all Americans.
47
As reported in "Somewhere Between Jim Crow & Post-Racialism," the positive trend in civil rights in 1965 revolved around the achievement of:
A)economic equality.
B)ending segregation of schools.
C)hiring laws prohibiting discrimination.
D)voting rights.
48
As revealed in "Somewhere Between Jim Crow & Post-Racialism," at the time of 1967's Loving v. Virginia case, 17 states still banned racial intermarriage.
A)True
B)False
49
As put forward in "A More Perfect Union," Barack Obama considers this nation's original sin to be:
A)pride.
B)slavery.
C)war.
D)greed in taking the land of the Native Americans.
50
As revealed in "A More Perfect Union," Obama's speech was made in large part to address comments made by:
A)Reverend Jeremiah Wright.
B)Mitt Romney.
C)Reverend Jesse Jackson.
D)Hillary Clinton.
51
As described in "A More Perfect Union," Obama's first experience of attending Trinity United Church of Christ affected him powerfully.
A)True
B)False
52
As cited in "Fear and Loathing of Islam," the Rand Corporation found that the number of homegrown radicals in the United States is:
A)tiny.
B)moderate.
C)considerable.
D)huge.
53
As argued in "Fear and Loathing of Islam," most Americans get their views of Islam through all of the following, except:
A)talk-radio.
B)television.
C)personal contact.
D)really bad action movies.
54
As reported in "Fear and Loathing of Islam," a Washington Post /ABC News poll taken in October 2001 (just a few weeks after 9/11) found that 49 percent of Americans—basically half the population—held unfavorable opinions of Islam.
A)True
B)False
55
As remarked in "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," there are women now in their 60s, 70s, and 80s who faced overt sexism of a kind that the author sees only when watching:
A)Mad Men.
B)professional sports.
C)Leave It to Beaver.
D)documentaries.
56
As noted in "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," the assistant to President George W. Bush and counselor to Vice President Dick Cheney who stepped down to spend more time with her daughters is:
A)Mary Matalin.
B)Michele Flournoy.
C)Karen Hughes.
D)Cheryl Mills.
57
As established in "Why Women Still Can't Have It All," the author's personal demographic fits into the category of highly educated, well-off women who are privileged enough to have choices in the first place.
A)True
B)False
58
According to "Human Sex Trafficking," human sex trafficking is most akin to:
A)slavery.
B)prostitution.
C)pornography.
D)consensual sex acts.
59
As reported in "Human Sex Trafficking," the majority of victims of human sex trafficking are youth who:
A)have been forcibly abducted from their home and family.
B)are runaways or have been rejected by their family and who live on the street.
C)are pressured by parents to make money through prostitution.
D)have been sold to traffickers by parents needing money.
60
As noted in "Human Sex Trafficking," human sex trafficking in the United States almost always involves victims who have been brought to America from other countries.
A)True
B)False
61
As stated in "Free and Equal in Dignity and LGBT Rights," when Hillary Clinton acknowledges the anniversary of one of the great accomplishments of the last century, she is referring to:
A)the creation of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights.
B)Human Rights Day.
C)the establishment of the United Nations.
D)the Geneva Convention.
62
As pointed out in "Free and Equal in Dignity and LGBT Rights," the country that took the lead on what became the first-ever UN resolution recognizing the human rights of gay people worldwide is:
A)Nepal.
B)New Zealand.
C)South Africa.
D)Colombia.
63
As noted in "Free and Equal in Dignity and LGBT Rights," South Africa's constitution, written in the aftermath of Apartheid, protects the equality of all citizens, including gay people.
A)True
B)False
64
As reported in "The End of Men," since the 1990s, scientists and medical professionals have found that sex selection for children in the United States is driven by:
A)women, with a preference for male children.
B)men, with a preference for female children.
C)women, with a preference for female children.
D)joint decisions of couples, with no sex preference.
65
As claimed in "The End of Men," the keys to economic success in the current global economy are:
A)thinking and communicating.
B)speed and stamina.
C)aggression and competition.
D)size and strength.
66
As noted in "The End of Men," studies have found that the greater the power of women in a country, the greater that country's economic success.
A)True
B)False
67
According to "All the Single Ladies," in 1960, the median age of first marriage for men and women in the United States was, respectively:
A)20 and 18.
B)23 and 20.
C)27 and 22.
D)30 and 27.
68
As cited in "All the Single Ladies," social historian Stephanie Coontz, who wrote Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage, remembers from the 1990s being struck by how everyone believed in:
A)completely disparate views of the marital relationship.
B)some mythical Golden Age of Marriage.
C)the inviolable necessity to get married.
D)divorce as a natural extension of the marriage experience.
69
As given in "All the Single Ladies," the Pew Research Center reports that a full 44 percent of Millennials and 43 percent of Gen Xers believe marriage is becoming obsolete.
A)True
B)False
70
According to "Matches Made on Earth," men and women are treated like what, until they are married?
A)unique individuals.
B)adolescents.
C)they are promiscuous.
D)deviants.
71
As reported in, "Matches Made on Earth," a study by the Pew Research Center, 86 percent of respondents in their survey found that one parent and a child would constitute:
A)a family.
B)a parent child bond.
C)non-traditional view of families.
D)would never be considered a family.
72
As stated in "Matches Made on Earth," kinship remains one major way that family members bond with each other.
A)True
B)False
73
According to "Good Parents, Bad Results," the best discipline programs for children are grounded in:
A)positive reinforcement.
B)the carrot-and-stick approach.
C)corporal punishment.
D)tough love.
74
As brought out in "Good Parents, Bad Results," research has shown that not having behavior limits for children:
A)encourages child creativity.
B)works better with girls than with boys.
C)has been proven to make children more defiant and rebellious.
D)is effective only with school-age children.
75
As asserted in "Good Parents, Bad Results," setting and enforcing rules are an essential part of the job description of being a parent.
A)True
B)False
76
As explained in "Introduction: The Next Wave of School Reform," in the first stage of new school reforms, already well underway, almost every state is instituting something called:
A)universal curricula.
B)cognitive skill kits.
C)penalty-free testing.
D)common core standards.
77
As pointed out in "Introduction: The Next Wave of School Reform," when the new kinds of computer-based learning software become available for classrooms a decade or more from now, learning and assessment will meld into a single process, and high-stakes testing as we know it will:
A)take on even higher stakes.
B)virtually disappear.
C)finally be appreciated.
D)be customized accordingly.
78
As asserted in "Introduction: The Next Wave of School Reform," the standards-and-testing model of school reform is essentially dead.
A)True
B)False
79
As worded in "Is $600 Billion Enough?," in the era of global competition, the wasting of talent is not only a personal tragedy, it is:
A)a national security issue.
B)an economic disaster.
C)a cultural fiasco.
D)an international embarrassment.
80
As written in "Is $600 Billion Enough?," we are asked to imagine an eighth grader named Alicia, who for the first time will encounter a certain course, a gatekeeper course, a course the failure of which will reduce her chances of admission to a selective college—this course is:
A)French.
B)algebra.
C)English literature.
D)computer science.
81
According to "Is $600 Billion Enough?," the National Center for Education Statistics reports that the nation's per-pupil expenditures have doubled in inflation-adjusted terms since 1970, while scores on standardized assessments of student achievement have remained essentially flat.
A)True
B)False
82
As identified in "A Thousand Years Young," created throughout life, the ongoing life-long side effects of metabolism are:
A)aches and pains.
B)pathologies.
C)downward spirals.
D)damages.
83
As characterized in "A Thousand Years Young," the maintenance approach is:
A)preemptive.
B)interventional.
C)restorative.
D)complicated.
84
According to "A Thousand Years Young," the geriatrics approach says that prevention is better than cure.
A)True
B)False
85
As assessed in "From Hospital to 'Healthspital'," the biggest need in hospitals today is for:
A)public health education.
B)holistic healthcare.
C)data and information management.
D)equitable patient insurance.
86
As recommended in "From Hospital to 'Healthspital'," the teaching of health awareness should begin in:
A)the cradle.
B)preschool.
C)third grade.
D)middle school.
87
As argued in "From Hospital to 'Healthspital'," a dominating proportion of the Medicare allocation goes to fruitless, futile care at the end of life.
A)True
B)False
88
As presented in "Fighting Crime," street crime in the United States could be significantly reduced by establishing public policy based on:
A)political ideology.
B)costs and benefits.
C)special interests.
D)incarceration and punishment.
89
As claimed in "Fighting Crime," the most effective strategy for utilizing law-enforcement personnel in the reduction of street crime is to:
A)adopt "community policing" programs.
B)identify and focus on crime "hot spots."
C)strengthen punishments for petty crimes.
D)increase the number of police officers.
90
As asserted in "Fighting Crime," the existence of the death penalty in a given state not only does not deter murder, but might even increase the number of murders committed.
A)True
B)False
91
As presented in "The Aggregate Burden of Crime," the majority of studies undertaken to estimate the costs of crime in the United States are problematic because:
A)most crimes go unreported and are therefore not available for study.
B)police department records are highly inaccurate.
C)those carrying out the studies are not trained in law enforcement.
D)the studies do not measure the indirect costs of crime.
92
As claimed in "The Aggregate Burden of Crime," from a societal standpoint, the most important thing about crime is:
A)the extent of damage inflicted by crime.
B)the violence associated with various crimes.
C)whether or not crime can be measured.
D)how citizens can be protected from crime.
93
As noted in "The Aggregate Burden of Crime," incarcerated criminals are potentially valuable members of society's workforce.
A)True
B)False
94
As noted in "Crime, Inequality & Social Justice," from the 1970s through the 1990s, the rate of incarceration in America:
A)was caused in a direct way by changes in the extent of criminal behavior.
B)increased as the crime rate increased, and decreased when the crime rate decreased.
C)rose steadily for three decades with no apparent relationship to the crime rate.
D)fell since 1970, when the crime rate was the same as it is now.
95
As pointed out in "Crime, Inequality & Social Justice," the trend of racial disparity in imprisonment rates:
A)has decreased due to the "war on drugs," since African Americans are no more likely than whites to use or to sell drugs.
B)has dropped with the sharp decrease in violent crime that began in the early 1990s.
C)is roughly equal to inequalities in other arenas of American social life.
D)cannot be accounted for by changes in rates of offending over time.
96
As presented in "Crime, Inequality & Social Justice," evidence suggests that for the hundreds of thousands of ex-offenders released from prison each year, the time spent behind bars increases their odds of living crime-free lives.
A)True
B)False
97
As profiled in "Wrongful Convictions," Paul House's case is a textbook study in:
A)corrupt legal systems.
B)wrongful conviction.
C)the weaknesses inherent in DNA testing.
D)the flaws of the death penalty.
98
As claimed in "Wrongful Convictions," DNA testing is helpful in solving crimes involving:
A)rape and murder.
B)burglary and robbery.
C)petty theft and other misdemeanors.
D)almost any form of illegal activity, from minor infractions to capital acts.
99
As stated in "Wrongful Convictions," since the onset of modern DNA testing, no one has been wrongly convicted of a serious crime.
A)True
B)False
100
As reported in "License to Kill," the language of the Stand Your Ground doctrine originated in a proposal crafted by:
A)Florida citizen James Workman.
B)veteran Republican representative Dennis Baxley.
C)Marion Hammer, a former NRA president.
D)Wayne LaPierre, a long-standing NRA official.
101
As described in "License to Kill," the "slippery-slope" argument cited by those who support laws like Stand Your Ground maintains that:
A)initially reasonable regulations on guns lead to increasingly stricter measures until citizens lose their constitutional right to defend themselves against government tyranny.
B)a person who believes he is in danger does not have to try to retreat from the perceived threat before deciding to use force to defend himself.
C)authorities may not deny a concealed-weapons permit even to someone they consider potentially dangerous.
D)citizens are immune from being convicted of homicide if they resort to deadly force in order to defend their home.
102
As given in "License to Kill," the Stand Your Ground doctrine extended the legal protections of the Castle Doctrine to people who fired weapons in public spaces such as parking lots, parks, and city streets.
A)True
B)False
103
Of the four possible perspectives on mass incarceration as outlined in "Toward Fewer Prisoners and Less Crime," the one that views incarceration as only a partial problem definition, with crime as the other part of the problem, is:
A)social science.
B)cultural criticism.
C)policy analysis.
D)advocacy.
104
As analyzed in "Toward Fewer Prisoners and Less Crime," the actual problem that lies at the root of the disproportionate imprisonment of African Americans is:
A)systemic racial bias in the form of more severe punishment for black offenders.
B)overwhelmingly cross-ethnic aggression toward African Americans.
C)the deferred and low-probability risks of parolees facing consequences for violating parole.
D)the positive-feedback loop from criminal activity to low punishment-per-crime back to criminal activity.
105
As shown in "Toward Fewer Prisoners and Less Crime," if it is true that most crime-related loss is not due to victimization, then the crime rate—or rate of completed victimization—can be viewed as a good proxy for the seriousness of the crime problem.
A)True
B)False
106
As identified in "The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010," the conspiracy-minded organizations that see the federal government as their primary enemy and that grew most dramatically in 2010 are known as the:
A)sovereign citizens movement.
B)Patriot movement.
C)Tea Party.
D)militia movement.
107
As shown in "The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010," the state that in 2010 wanted to pass a law aimed at creating an alternative currency "in the event of the destruction of the Federal Reserve System's currency" was:
A)Virginia.
B)Montana.
C)Oklahoma.
D)Arizona.
108
As presented in "The Year in Hate & Extremism, 2010," the so-called "sovereign citizens" movement in 2010 sought to pass laws rolling back birthright citizenship, which makes all children born in the United States citizens.
A)True
B)False
109
As claimed in "War in the Fifth Domain," the "fifth domain" of war is:
A)outer space.
B)air.
C)sea.
D)cyberspace.
110
As quoted in "War in the Fifth Domain," according to former spy chief Mike McConnell, the effects of a full-blown cyberwar would resemble the effects of:
A)a nuclear attack.
B)an aerial attack.
C)a tornado or hurricane.
D)the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
111
As noted in "War in the Fifth Domain," one of the more difficult aspects of a cyber-attack is that the perpetrator often remains anonymous.
A)True
B)False
112
As presented in "The New Virology," one thing that the Stuxnet virus and the swine-flu virus have in common is that they both:
A)can infect both computers and humans.
B)are biological organisms.
C)spread themselves and stealthily attack.
D)were created by human beings.
113
As claimed in "The New Virology," a hallmark of cyber and bio attacks is their:
A)ability to elude detection.
B)early-warning system.
C)traceability.
D)weakness when confronted with deterrence attempts.
114
As defined in "The New Virology," "non-explosive warfare" refers to combat prior to the invention of hand grenades, plane-launched bombs, and intercontinental missiles.
A)True
B)False
115
According to "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," twenty-first-century international security will depend on:
A)how many people inhabit the world.
B)whether or not the world will be able to produce enough food for its populations.
C)how the world's population is composed and distributed.
D)the ability of global income to increase more than global population.
116
As noted in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," the extreme population growth in Europe reversed after World War I because:
A)the Industrial Revolution encouraged Europeans to take their skills to poorer countries.
B)a high percentage of young men of reproductive age died in the war.
C)many Europeans were lured to North America with the promise of better conditions.
D)basic healthcare and sanitation began to spread to poorer countries, increasing life expectancy there.
117
As claimed in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," over the next four decades, the vast majority of the world's GDP growth will occur in Europe and North America.
A)True
B)False
118
According to "The New Geopolitics of Food," the world's soaring food prices have contributed to
A)revolutions and upheaval in Africa and the Middle East.
B)a golden era of worldwide international cooperation.
C)a bountiful global grain economy.
D)the worldwide banning of "land grabs."
119
As reported in "The New Geopolitics of Food," the Middle East is the first geographic region whose population continues to grow as
A)water tables are rising.
B)water tables are falling.
C)grain production has peaked and begun to decline.
D)agricultural progress makes it easier to meet increased demand.
120
As noted in "The New Geopolitics of Food," soil erosion is a result of global warming.
A)True
B)False
121
According to "The World Will Be More Crowded—With Old People," over the next 40 years, more than half of the world's population growth will come from increases in the number of people:
A)under 30.
B)over 60.
C)under 5.
D)in middle age.
122
As claimed in "The World Will Be More Crowded—With Old People," one country that is expected to be aging most rapidly by 2025 is:
A)France.
B)the United States.
C)Iran.
D)England.
123
As noted in "The World Will Be More Crowded—With Old People," as a result of changing demographics in Mexico, Mexican immigration to the United States has slowed considerably.
A)True
B)False
124
As claimed in "Climate Change," the current position in the scientific community with regard to climate change is that:
A)no specific cause of climate change can be identified.
B)many scientists disagree on the cause and effects of climate change, so no definitive statements can be made.
C)climate change is simply a natural fluctuation, the type of which can be documented throughout Earth's history.
D)climate change is dangerous and is caused by humans.
125
As argued in "Climate Change," the toughest part of the climate-change equation is the:
A)disagreement in the scientific community about global warming.
B)speed with which global warming is occurring and how little time is left to make changes.
C)refusal of governments to consider or act on remedies for global warming.
D)false sense of urgency that computer models reflect with regard to a global-warming timetable.
126
As reported in "Climate Change," while global warming will hurt some areas of the world, it will help other areas with extended growing seasons, allowing those areas to ease global food shortages over the long term.
A)True
B)False
127
Ron Bailey, as put forth in "Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement?", hopes that biotechnology can eventually accomplish all of the following except:
A)make death optional.
B)restore the environment.
C)reduce the need for food.
D)enhance an individual's intellectual capacities.
128
Eric Cohen explains in "Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement?" that some people are uncomfortable with the biotech revolution because it has the potential to:
A)make life worse in ways that have not been imagined.
B)destroy diversity on the planet.
C)cause new global political tensions.
D)make a small number of people tyrants over those who have not had enhancements.
129
Any regulatory scheme to control biotechnology, as maintained in "Who's Afraid of Human Enhancement?", must have the United States in the forefront, as it is the sole superpower.
A)True
B)False
130
According to "Engineering the Future of Food," a primary reason that genetically modified food is not more accepted today is because:
A)it is almost impossible to create genetically modified food.
B)many genetically modified foods have been proven to be dangerous to human health.
C)consumers tend to fear genetically modified food.
D)there are no real benefits to genetically modified food.
131
As presented in "Engineering the Future of Food," a crop that is currently least likely to be bioengineered might be:
A)corn.
B)soybeans.
C)cotton.
D)lettuce.
132
As noted in "Engineering the Future of Food," as long as they have been proven safe, genetically modified crops can be used in foods labeled as organic.
A)True
B)False
133
As presented in "The Broken Contract," the Iraq war demonstrated that America is:
A)better and stronger than it was three decades ago.
B)wealthy enough to provide American comforts to citizens overseas.
C)deteriorating in its ability to solve problems at home and abroad.
D)weaker militarily than smaller, less-developed nations.
134
As claimed in "The Broken Contract," the American "establishment" of the past:
A)no longer exists.
B)has become too powerful.
C)is successfully maintaining itself in American government.
D)is the only thing holding the country together.
135
As noted in "The Broken Contract," American elites operating under President Lyndon Johnson's Great Society were far more responsible than the wealthy and powerful in America today.
A)True
B)False
136
As reported in "The Democratic Malaise," the stagnation of middle-class wages in leading democracies is due primarily to:
A)insufficient regulation of the financial sector.
B)influx of low-wage workers into the global economy.
C)tax cuts.
D)expensive military actions.
137
As noted in "The Democratic Malaise," the result of the consolidation of a two-party system in Japan has been:
A)improved governance.
B)longer terms for prime ministers.
C)increased public confidence.
D)government gridlock.
138
As pointed out in "The Democratic Malaise," President Obama's stimulus package successfully resuscitated most components of the U.S. economy.
A)True
B)False
139
As stated in "The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class?", the main reason for a lack of left-wing mobilization after the global financial crisis is:
A)the Left's general satisfaction with the status quo.
B)the decline of the Left's ranks after the 2008 election.
C)an absence of left-wing economic thinkers.
D)an absence of plausible progressive ideas about economic issues.
140
As given in "The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class?", it has been long thought that stable democracy rests on:
A)a broad middle class.
B)a top-down government.
C)oligarchic domination.
D)populist revolution.
141
As noted in "The Future of History: Can Liberal Democracy Survive the Decline of the Middle Class?", almost all the powerful ideas that shaped human societies up until the past 300 years were religious in nature, with the important exception of monarchism in Great Britain.
A)True
B)False





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