UNIT TEST 21st CENTURY GRADE 5

• Helps people to communicate more quickly • Provides access to information in seconds • People can learn and work from anywhere at anytime

• Reasons to Purchase Apple Products

• Positive Impacts of the Internet on Society

• Competition Between Technology Companies

• Effects of Information on the Economy

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

• D. D-Day

• B. Independence Day

• C. September 11th

• D. Labor Day

Which TWO of the following happened as a result of the 2008 presidential election?

• Barack Obama became the first African American president.

• The United States entered World War II.

• Increased voter turnout, especially among young and minority voters.

• The Cold War ended.

Which of the following BEST replaces the question mark in the diagram below? Cause: Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda attacked the World Trade Center and the Pentagon Effect: ?

• The U.S. invaded Afghanistan

• The U.S. created better computers

• The U.S. elected a new president

• The U.S. prevented future disasters

Which of the following are benefits of free enterprise?

• A. Companies develop competing products to attract more customers.

• B. One company often controls the entire industry.

• C. Advancements in technology increased production.

• D. Prices of goods increased for consumers.

After the September 11th attacks, the Transportation Security Agency increased security by -

• enforcing traffic laws

• screening people and luggage at airports

• protecting America’s borders

• searching people’s electronic devices

Apple and Samsung have become leading cell phone industries because they -

• are taxed higher than other electronics

• have used the same parts since the 1990s

• are the only cell phone providers in the U.S.

• frequently innovate their products

Which of the following BEST completes this diagram?

• Reasons for Better Weather Technology

• One of America’s Worst Natural Disasters

• Honoring Louisiana’s First Responders

• Advances in Weather Forecasting

People use wireless devices to shop online Access to the internet allows people to shop 24/7 Online banking gives people access to their money anytime Which of the following would be the BEST title for this bulleted list?

• A. Technological Innovations in the 21st Century

• B. The Negative Impacts of Online Banking

• C. How the Internet Will Replace Banks

• D. How Banks Use Free Enterprise

Which of the following events are connected to the Iraq War?

• The United Nations arrested Saddam Hussein in Iraq

• Other foreign countries protected Saddam Hussein

• Saddam Hussein was captured and given to the Iraqi people who executed him

• President Bush believed Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction