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Georgia State UniversityCPS 3200 Topic Three 1)Most people are hardly aware of how much change is taking place in their lives because they…

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Georgia State UniversityCPS 3200

Topic Three

1)Most people are hardly aware of how much change is taking place in their lives because they….

 

a.            Are dreaming about the future

b.            Are caught up in day-to-day living

 

2. As people live longer, state and federal governments are finding that they cannot afford to….

 

a.            All of these

b.            Supplement health care cost

c.             Fully fund pension costs

d.            Continue to expand welfare programs

3.            Bilingual education in American schools is a …. priority

a.            High

b.            Low

 

4.            One of the major reasons for disparity among countries in the world and resulting conflicts is ….

 

a.            Diversity of natural resources

 

5.            In the year 2006, the US population reached ….

 

a.            600 million

b.            450 million

c.             300 million

 

6.            As of the year 2000, the estimated number of people on earth was ….

 

 

7.            “Out of sight…. Out of mind” captures the concept of ….

 

 

8.            The average life span is double what it was 200 years ago.

 

 

9.            Our…. Is(are) most demanding and influential on our perceptions of reality.

 

a.            Learned responses

b.            Immediate environment

 

10.          According to the U.S. Census Bureau (2004), ….. percent of the U.S. population is comprised of foreign- born residents.

 

 

11.          A child born today will be faced almost daily with problems related to ….

 

a.            Global interdependencies

b.            Global marketing and sales have …..

c. Forced governments into new thinking and cooperative arrangements

 

12.          The root cause of a billion people in the world suffering from poverty and disease is ….

 

 

13.          The percentage of the world’s population living in urban areas has increased from 30% to nearly 50% since 1950. By 2030, that number is expected to ….

 

 

14.          The pace of the world’s population growth…

 

a.            Is increasing rapidly

b.            Is on course to remain the same

c.             Is decreasing because of wars

d.            Has peaked and is slowing down

 

 

15.          Buying and selling over the internet is revolutionizing the economy and has implications for worldwide trade. It is popularly known and called ….

 

 

16.          The greatest number of immigrants to the US continues to come from ….

 

 

 

17.          According to the most recent data, the largest number of immigrants who became naturalized U. S. citizens, were from ….

 

 

18.          Married women over age 65 tend to outlive their husbands by at least…..

 

a.            7 years

b.            10 years

c.             12 years

d.            15 years

 

19.          Americans average …. Hours a day watching TV, listening to the radio, surfing the internet and reading newspapers ….

 

 

20.          Americans spend more time watching news and entertainment on TV than any other media, followe by

…

 

 

21.          Time Magazine (December, 2006), using a mirror on its cover, selected “you” as person of the year to emphasize change and because ….

 

a.            Individuals, not government, solve national problems

b.            The electorate determined results in close elections

c.             Individuals are the creators and consumers of a new digital world

d.            Taxpayers kept the nation financially solvent in war time

22.          The age for retirement is ….

 

23.          More than 200 million children in China study English, whereas about …. US elementary and secondary students study Chinese.