21st Century Test Review

 Which of the following would be the BEST title for this bulleted list?    

• Reasons to Purchase Apple Products

• Positive Impacts of the Internet on Society

• Competition Between Technology Companies

• Effects of Information on the Economy

Formed at the end of WWII, ____ is a defensive military alliance between 30 member states – 28 European states, the United States, and Canada

• NATO

• Warsaw Pact

• NAFTA

• The United Nations

How did the face of warfare change in the 21st century?

• major threats now come from non-state terrorist organizations

• wars were fought in space

• standing armies need to be increased because of the nuclear stalemate

• It did not

What region has the second largest?

• North America

• Central and South America

• Middle East

• Western Europe

Signs like the ones pictured above have become more common in the United States due to -

• the number of immigrants coming from Latin America and Asia

• Americans buying Latin American and Asian items on the internet

• oil prices in Latin America and Asia are dangerously high

• some Americans fearing that they will lose their own culture

Which natural resource has influenced political relationships with countries in the Middle East?

• Lumber

• Oil

• Salt

• Coal

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*War on terror began

&Air travel changed, more safety measures put into place

What best replaces the question mark?

• 9/11 Attacks

• World War I

• Cold War

• The Crusades

Patriot Day honors those who lost their lives to terrorism on -

• D-Day 

• Independence Day 

• September 11th

• Labor Day

All of the following happened as a result of the U.S. Presidential election of 2008, EXCEPT:

• The first Hispanic Supreme Court Justice, Sonia Sotomayor

• Barack Obama became the first African American president in the history of the United States.

• Obamacare (Affordable Care Act) became law in 2010 giving all Americans access to healthcare.

• All of these are correct.

Which of the following would be considered an effect of Osama bin Laden and   Al-Qaeda's attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001?

• The U.S. invaded Afghanistan

• The U.S. created better computers  

• The U.S. elected a new president

• The U.S. prevented future disasters