TP 11 & 12, 2024

What made Barack Obama's presidential campaign "the first political campaign of the twenty-first century"?

• Its widespread use of the Internet to raise money and communicate directly with voters.

• Its use of televised debates

• Its use of television advertisements.

• Its use of direct mailing

Earth Day was created for the purpose of —

• celebrating the diversity of humankind

• honoring the world’s agricultural workers

• raising awareness of environmental issues

• promoting peace throughout the world

Who was the 1st Female Supreme Court Justice?

• Sonia Sotomayor

• Sandra Day O'Connor

• Ruth Bader Ginsburg

• Nancy Reagan

Wanted to increase competition and drive prices down for consumers, so which President signed on to NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) with Mexico and Canada?

• Ronald Reagan

• George W. Bush

• Barack Obama

• Bill Clinton

Opened up dialogue with communist China and the Soviet Union. His foreign policy was known as Detente:

• Ronald Reagan

• Richard Nixon

• George H.W. Bush

• Jimmy Carter

The technological innovations of __________________ have allowed for the increase of efficiency in GPS for the purpose of tracking and better weather predictions.

• satellites

• emissions

• demographics

• robotics

Which of the following is most responsible for the differences shown on the table?

• Robert L. Johnson's creation of a major television network

• Jeff Bezos' founding of Amazon.com

• Michael Dell's use of just-in-time manufacturing

• Tim Berners-Lee's invention of the World Wide Web

More people are able to shop for goods online thanks to the innovative ideas of the following entrepreneurs:

• Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller

• J.P. Morgan and Cornelius Vanderbilt

• Robert Johnson and Oprah Winfrey

• Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos

Who started a company that provides operating software for most personal computers?

• Jeff Bezos

• Bill Gates

• Steve Jobs

• Tim Berners-Lee

Which situation demonstrates one way that U.S. culture has spread to other parts of the world?

• A young boy in Great Britain watches anime.

• A businesswoman eats at a sushi restaurant in Canada.

• An Iraqi teenager spits hot verses over a popular Jay-Z track.

• A college athlete in Brazil trains for the Olympics.