D4 USH B P2 Quiz: The Early 1990s and GHW Bush

How has use of the technology described in this excerpt impacted the United States?

• By increasing the number of workers in the agricultural sector

• By increasing the amount of time used to manufacture goods

• By increasing the efficiency of workers and businesses

• By increasing the health and safety risks faced by industrial workers

How did Sam Walton benefit the U.S. economy?

• By providing jobs in rural areas across the country

• By inventing new technologies that helped create the internet

• By building jewelry shops that sold luxury goods

• By investing his money in the space technology industry

How have computer technology entrepreneurs such as Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos most directly affected the twenty-first-century economy?

• More people are able to shop for goods online.

• Restaurant owners are able to open fast-food franchises overseas.

• More people are able to get hired after graduating from high school.

• Bankers are able to offer customized loans for potential home buyers.

Why did the United States fight in the Persian Gulf War?

• Iraq needed help resisting a communist revolution.

• Iraq supplied weapons to al-Qaeda terrorists.

• Iraq invaded and occupied Kuwait.

• Iraq financed the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.

How did Bill Gates earn the title “World’s Richest Man”?

• By creating social media sites

• By investing in global satellite communications

• By developing computer software

• By creating innovations in cell phone technology

How did Steve Jobs influence business in the twenty-first century?

• By opening stores that sold consumer goods at discounted prices

• By developing popular devices that changed the way people used electronics

• By improving the methods used for offshore drilling by oil companies

• By designing automobiles that utilized technology to reduce gasoline usage

Which statement best describes a major impact Bill Gates has had on U.S. business and technology?

• He set up the first computer network systems for the military.

• He designed the heat-shield technology used on space shuttles.

• He started the company that provides operating software for most personal computers.

• He created an online store that changed the way people purchase consumer goods.

Which of the following resulted from the U.S.-led military coalition’s engagement in the Persian Gulf War?

• The Shah of Iran was overthrown.

• Saddam Hussein was forced from power.

• The nation of Kuwait was liberated.

• Iraqi Kurds were granted equal rights.