section_0 Section Pool Subsection Multiple Choice false none vertical false 128 0.0 d4789738-cc6e-4215-b618-7c2f6bdcb07a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Beginning in the 1960s, economic growth shifted toward the</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">“Sun Belt.”</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Northeast.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">“Rustbelt”</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Midwest.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Northwest.</span> I0_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 f7c2764a-b728-4bf6-8cca-390abcd181fb Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The growth of “Silicon Valley” in the 1970s arose from</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">tax breaks for startups.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the NASA program.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">military spending on semiconductors and the computer revolution.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the entertainment industry.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">new immigration patterns.</span> I1_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 0a626627-3470-41a1-a753-0e6b0a439852 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Which region did not contribute to the bulk of late 20th-century immigration to the United States?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Oceania</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Middle East</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Europe</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Asia</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Africa</span> I2_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 3811d5ee-8d7e-4178-8047-657d1bb62d1a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The majority of Spanish-speaking Americans in the United States are from</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Mexico.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Puerto Rico.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Honduras.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">El Salvador.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Spain.</span> I3_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 1dbddc0d-50a4-49fd-8109-22a317087fbb Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What did the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (the Simpson-Mazzoli Act) do?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">ease penalties on businesses employing undocumented workers</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">reduce border security</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">grant permanent residency to people who could prove they had been living in the United States since 1982</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">abolish quotas based on national origin</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">prohibit immigration from South and Central American countries</span> I4_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 6d3d44aa-46e4-4c42-85b0-0861c3d9090d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Which of the following did NOT benefit from people who could not afford to pay their bills?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">international banking conglomerates such as Citigroup</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">payday lenders such as Moneytree</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">pawnshop chains such as Pawn America</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">loan sharks operating illegally</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">landlords of federally funded housing complexes</span> I5_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 4880c08b-4a4d-4ceb-a325-e839dda697b2 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What was a result of the Immigration and Nationality act of 1965?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">penalties were increased on businesses employing undocumented workers</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">border security was increased</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">immigration patterns were frozen</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">quotas based on national origin were abolished</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">mass deportations</span> I6_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 e6ef9e0b-003b-499f-beb1-2873b7bd0156 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Robert Redford launched the Sundance Film Institute in 1981 to</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">encourage innovation in screenwriting and direction.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">seek the next blockbuster.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">exert total control over the independent film movement.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">create work that would not appeal to a large audience.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">counter the influence of European films on American work.</span> I7_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 7a612cd8-d356-47e6-9d56-ef51c7ae5d1f Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Whom did the Sundance Festival NOT particularly support?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">African American filmmakers</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Asian American filmmakers</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Latino directors</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">women directors</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">established Hollywood directors</span> I8_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 dc51e3e9-cdcc-4973-86c5-771860e95603 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What invention first allowed viewers to create their own TV schedules?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">streaming video</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the DVD</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the VCR</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the supercomputer</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the DVR</span> I9_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 5ae88aa3-2183-4ada-be90-797acb6a834a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By the end of the 20th century, virtually all sports-entertainment operations</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">were driven by baseball.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">excluded nonprofessional athletes.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">flourished.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">were short on profits.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">were limited specialty franchises.</span> I10_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 bb7d4dff-8fed-43ff-89f8-ee0e0e088e06 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What aspect of biotechnology research did not cause controversy in the United States?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">regeneration of human tissue</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">genetically modified foods</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">reproductive processes</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">fetal stem cell research</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">breast cancer screenings</span> I11_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 4951e31c-46b9-47c5-a5a7-76dc641cd370 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What is true of downsizing in the United States?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It was a response to globalization.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It did not affect the auto industry.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It had little to do with international trade.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It severely limited corporate profitability.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">It was supported by the working class.</span> I12_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 013c8e87-d796-4e50-b5e2-dff1a0781993 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By studying what they call the “household deficit,” economists have determined that</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">there has been a decrease in real wages.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">that inflation has had little impact on household spending.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the rate of household indebtedness has declined slightly since 1980.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the difference between what people earn and what they spend has escalated in the final decades of the 20th century.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the difference between what people earn and what they spend has leveled off in the final decades of the 20th century.</span> I13_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0cd1c698-fce3-4b50-8404-818e7d71c16d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What term did Starbucks introduce to the labor market?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>venti</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>latte</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>barista</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>cappuccino</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>mocha</i></span> I14_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 43297f21-5a21-4d99-a4b2-1fe70c90ce7c Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Since 1970, arguably the most successful examples of unionization have been in the field of</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">light industry.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">agriculture.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">sports.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">finance.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">retail.</span> I15_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 d077b5b1-6bbf-4ea5-927c-f44acd08d1eb Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The shift of research and technology to the Sun Belt was largely propelled by</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">strong labor unions that attracted workers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">NASA.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the availability of cheap land in California and Texas.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the aging population.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">superstorms in the Northeast.</span> I16_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 0beb987e-a425-4d22-a8cc-f057f428d933 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">After the passage of the Immigration Act of 1990,</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">quotas based on national origins determined the number of immigrants admitted each year.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">no immigrants from Central and South America were allowed into the United States.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">immigrants with special skills were given priority.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">potential investment capital was no longer considered in determining legal status.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">financial barriers to entry were imposed on all immigrants.</span> I17_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 2abac06b-d03e-45b3-be24-39d972737d34 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Most people who migrated from Puerto Rico moved to which of the following?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Florida</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">New York</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Texas</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">California</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Oregon</span> I18_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 ee47debd-743c-4390-90e8-09f47885ac06 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By the end of the 20th century, the labor movement</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">successfully organized office, restaurant, and hotel workers under the leadership of the AFL-CIO.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">suffered because of the high unemployment rate.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">lost political power as union membership declined to less than 13 percent.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">failed to organize government employees and health-care workers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">excluded women.</span> I19_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 f25583aa-1f28-4f16-b2b1-4e391ebeea16 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The immigration of Hmong to the United States grew as a result of</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Vietnam War.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">persecution by the Chinese government.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">normalization of relations with China.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the “killing fields” of the Khmer Rouge.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the election of Bill Clinton.</span> I20_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 6b7d672d-8f96-49f5-80bd-df24c78c4d0f Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The television industry of the 1990s and early 2000s</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was entirely dominated by the “big three” networks.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">increased the number of programs designed to appeal to older, rural viewers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">avoided controversial and sexually explicit programming.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">lost much of its audience to newspapers and news magazines.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was characterized by competition between the networks, independents, and cable companies.</span> I21_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 71bd3945-f6ed-43b8-bf1b-d83d8de8ffab Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Unlike cultural critics of the 1950s, analysts of the 1990s viewed mass culture as</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">inferior to the classical culture of Western civilization.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">trivial and unworthy of serious study.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">symbolic of the ignorance and laziness of modern Americans.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">worthy of academic analysis and study.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">too heavily influenced by Europe.</span> I22_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 0c0e910c-ecc5-4b83-b0e1-264a19da4a36 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By the turn of the century, cable news networks increasingly</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">expanded their coverage of global events.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">used narrowcasting to target specific audiences.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">avoided presenting conflicting opinions.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">refused to broadcast “hard news.”</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">leaned away from “infotainment.”</span> I23_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 a9ed04b3-ba96-454a-9afc-28eb6d557dd9 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act called for</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">ending all controls on the total number of immigration slots.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">stricter penalties for businesses using undocumented workers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">granting a general amnesty to all illegal immigrants in the United States.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">building a wall between Mexico and the United States.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">closing the United States to all new immigrants for one year.</span> I24_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 90334799-ffd9-4c08-a4c5-896075a738af Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Some Catholic priests joined with some Protestant congregations in</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">taking a stand against homosexuality.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">fighting for passage of Title IX.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">providing sanctuary to undocumented refugees from Latin America.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">supporting Pat Robertson for president.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">advocating for stricter immigration laws.</span> I25_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 ca42d951-2452-4604-b42c-d74548bdc9fd Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The television show “The Simpsons”</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was initially introduced by NBC.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was the first big success for the independent Fox network.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was a movie prior to being introduced to television.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">failed to attract a significant viewing audience in its first years.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">was a reality show featuring a real family.</span> I26_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 594fa8bf-0232-4987-a57c-67338a330645 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The diversification of religious beliefs in the United States was increased by all of the following EXCEPT</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Black Power movement of the 1960s.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Immigration Act of 1965.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Cold War.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the counterculture of the 1960s.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">alternative faiths.</span> I27_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 1777eed3-909f-4336-a4cd-49cd8ec4c10a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By the late 20th century, most Americans were likely to</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">remain in the same occupation for their entire life.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">switch occupations once.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">switch employers several times before retiring.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">take a long time to settle on a career.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">be unable to find jobs.</span> I28_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 5ff9d3bc-95ec-4f72-9158-b6564aade7f6 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">After 1970, the fastest growing states included all of the following EXCEPT</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">California.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Florida.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Colorado.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Arizona.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Nevada.</span> I29_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 6f36e9ff-c15c-4c15-9d79-55feae51006f Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">During the 1980s, television changed as</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the percentage of viewers watching network programming hit its peak.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">hundreds of new independent stations first went on the air.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">most independent stations were bought by various giant media corporations.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">networks poured more money into their news divisions.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">reality programming began to dominate the ratings.</span> I30_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 a1825ab0-15f9-44b5-b041-e52990de399b Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Title IX gender-equity issues were dramatized by</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">NFL cheerleading walkouts.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the 2000 Olympics.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">an exhibition tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">a protest by the wives of baseball players.</span> I31_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 b826845c-ebde-4f1d-bceb-2fd944992440 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Since 1990, the percentage of African Americans has</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">increased in rural areas.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">decreased in suburbs and increased in urban centers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">decreased in both suburbs and urban centers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">increased in both suburbs and urban centers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">increased in suburbs and declined in urban centers.</span> I32_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 2c22bc09-00e0-4524-8618-e48a94b496ac Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Which of the following religious figures was imprisoned on fraud charges?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Jim Bakker</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Pat Robertson</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Billy Graham</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Jesse Jackson</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Jimmy Swaggart</span> I33_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 2f95b03d-938d-41be-89a3-9872c8ebe0dd Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">What led to the widespread popularity of NASCAR?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">new technology that brought TV viewers closer to the race</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">immigration shifts</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Title IX provisions</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the decline of professional football</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">professional baseball strikes</span> I34_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 962df73f-1eaa-4de5-96cd-fdb6514a2aac Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Since 1970 the population of the United States has grown</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">more slowly and become older.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">more rapidly and become older.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">very little.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">more rapidly in the North and more slowly in the South.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">younger in the South and older in the North.</span> I35_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 be53f102-aadd-4fb9-9a9c-be6b5f7bae4a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In recent years political power has shifted as</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Southern states lost congressional seats.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the West lost electoral votes.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Northeastern states lost congressional seats.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Northeastern states gained electoral votes.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">voter registration has been reduced.</span> I36_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 2086a42b-f1de-4c5e-a68a-e55fa5cb9752 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In the 1980s, the largest portion of the American population belonged to the age range of</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">0–15 years old.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">16–24 years old.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">25–44 years old.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">45–59 years old.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">60–85 years old.</span> I37_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 ade6ff6d-94a2-4661-a20b-b53e4adf8825 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Refugee Act of 1980</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">provided equal treatment for those fleeing oppression, regardless of the political orientation of their home country.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">excluded those who were escaping economic oppression.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">had no significant impact on the immigrant population of the United States.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">led to an increase in the number of Central Americans coming to the United States.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">excluded Cubans from the United States.</span> I38_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 317829d5-86f7-46d4-8f1d-4083eb231728 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">All of the following are true statements about Title IX EXCEPT</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it was retitled the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it mandated gender equity in intercollegiate sports and activities.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it was vetoed by President Nixon.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it required colleges to increase their funding and promotion of women’s sports.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">it inspired the tennis match between Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs.</span> I39_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 16276cc1-16ff-4827-8776-7d450405982b Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By the end of the 20th century, central cities</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">had been transformed by a building boom into thriving financial, residential, and entertainment centers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">served as residential areas primarily for upper- and middle-income people.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">had solved the problems associated with affordable housing.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">continued to be the most important centers for retail shopping.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">had solved the problem of air pollution.</span> I40_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 0a098d65-762e-44b0-8aaa-675187449015 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The information revolution concerns</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the development of more news networks.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the prevalence of current news information in modern music.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the advent of the cell phone.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the lack of government regulation on news agencies.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the speed with which Americans can gain information via computers.</span> I41_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 d692aced-17d5-4c50-b206-cf5630c412da Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The Human Genome Project was a</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">program intended to provide a more effective means of birth control.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">science fiction movie.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">project dedicated to gender equality.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">program without controversy.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">project that mapped the human genetic code.</span> I42_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 5f635540-203f-4f45-b30b-58d706cf182d Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The short-lived venture called Napster threatened which industry?</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">music</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">film</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">television</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">publishing</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">fashion</span> I43_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 ef9efebd-599b-40a7-a151-ba6c0215d763 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The largest private sector employer in the United States is</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Microsoft.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Walmart.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">McDonald’s.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">General Motors.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">IBM.</span> I44_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 c7696223-5832-4d37-a8ec-95f7e2d98247 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">All of the following statements regarding labor unions are true EXCEPT</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">most union growth came from health and government workers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">by the early 21st century, union membership had declined to around 3 percent.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">corporations were able to fight off unionization in the 1950s and 1960s with generous benefits packages to workers.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the labor movement struggled to recruit hotel, clerical, and restaurant workers in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">in the 1950s union membership averaged 30 percent.</span> I45_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 70d755e0-1d1f-4ce5-a1b4-4d7ee6a5fc8a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; 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font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Fox</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">CNN</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">ESPN</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">MTV</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">MSNBC</span> I98_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 3c54cc0a-6bc7-4d1b-8b95-039ca9fafb91 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">The largest number of non-European immigrants during the 1970s and 1980s came from ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Southeast Asia</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">the Middle East</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Oceania</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">South America</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Mexico</span> I99_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 2165ea4f-7322-449c-ac92-3a8a88ec9600 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">According to some estimates, in 2000, the number of people practicing ________________ surpassed the number of people practicing Judaism.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Unitarianism</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Buddhism</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Transcendental Meditation</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Shintoism</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Islam</span> I100_C4 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 0 1 b939f394-7531-430c-8dfb-8023a7718fa6 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Housing suburbs built farther away than ever from city cores been labeled “____________________” by demographers.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">globalizers</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">downsizers</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">exurbs</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">narrowcasts</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">mergers</span> I101_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 8a573d9c-b0db-4895-82f2-e712d1fc4e08 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">____________________ and eBay became models for doing business on the Internet.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Napster</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Yahoo!</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Google</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Amazon</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">AOL</span> I102_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 8c181fe2-1151-4fa5-ba88-f4ac61c2f334 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By 2000, scientists had successfully mapped the entire human genetic code through the ____________________ Project.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">DNA</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Gattaca</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Human Genome</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Cloning</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Crick-Watson</span> I103_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 01b3033c-5547-42fc-9817-6bfbf2e5d456 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By the early 21st century, a few religious denominations began accepting _____________________ as ministers and rabbis.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">religious skeptics</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">young people</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">married people</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">gays and lesbians</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">pantheists</span> I104_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 3f0d0086-289d-498c-a48d-963407bf2ea3 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">____________________ launched Sundance Film Institute.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Paul Newman</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Robert Redford</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Ted Turner</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Rupert Murdoch</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Bruce Willis</span> I105_C1 SCORE.max 0.0 0 1 0 0 0 6df24ba5-b1ba-49aa-a37b-6e9e2582cf80 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">____________________ began migrating because of Fidel Castro’s revolution.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Mexicans</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Haitians</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Cubans</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Venezuelans</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Puerto Ricans</span> I106_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 d27ec0b5-5df2-40aa-bd20-69ad64497224 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 1975, the Federal Communication Commission ordered that the first 60 minutes of prime time must be ____________________ programming.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">sports</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">news</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">family</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">government</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">local</span> I107_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 32068be3-c9b7-49ba-a0ab-81d99c5cae73 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">An older central city that experiences a boom in new construction and investment in select areas is called “____________________.”</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">exurbed</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">downsized</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">gentrified</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">metropolitanized</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">citified</span> I108_C2 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 1 0 0 9bc489a0-1872-494b-92de-7e83f3f235a2 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In 1986, the space program was stalled for years by the explosion of the shuttle ____________________.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Apollo</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Gemini</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Discovery</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Challenger</i></span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;"><i>Atlantis</i></span> I109_C3 SCORE.max 0.0 0 0 0 1 0 1f7cea90-c060-4c77-85bf-380b05eadfd6 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">By 2000, ____________________ states gained seats in the House of Representatives.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Western and Southern</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Southern and Eastern</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Western and Northern</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Northern and Eastern</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Midwestern and Eastern</span> I110_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 ed0c7737-d263-49d4-b091-ffb503e0e018 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Since the 1960s, the Protestant evangelicals and ____________________ have grown at a rate faster than the U.S. population as a whole.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Mormons</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Jews</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Catholics</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Muslims</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">Scientologists</span> I111_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 f18523aa-b889-4030-a0f4-e7d0859a805c Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Multiple Choice <div data-keepme="true" style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">In the 21st century, the ____________________ seemed to be the preeminent symbol of American culture.</div> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">video screen</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">earbud</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">book</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">record album</span> <span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ;">movie screen</span> I112_C0 SCORE.max 0.0 1 0 0 0 0 6d739cd4-d536-4fb9-a428-0a74bed27e0a Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Short Response <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><b>Title IX, or Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act</b></div> SCORE.max 0.0 <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Required colleges and universities to improve the financing and promotion of women’s sports in 1972. This had an enormous impact on the participation of women in sports throughout the country.</div> db2e3520-d4d3-4148-8dae-0ea22afe88eb Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Short Response <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><b>Community Reinvestment Act of 1977</b></div> SCORE.max 0.0 <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Forced banks to finance home buying in low-income neighborhoods to stimulate economic activity. This act was intended to increase racial diversity in home ownership.</div> 2108161e-2c56-4b2b-aef9-7a56bd9c2870 Item Pool Subsection false letter_lower false vertical false 1 0.0 Short Response <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; "><b>steel cargo containers</b></div> SCORE.max 0.0 <div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 11pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; ">Made shipping goods and raw materials long distances easier and less expensive. 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