<QUESTIONLIST> <QUESTION id='q1' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q2' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q3' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q4' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q5' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q6' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q7' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q8' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q9' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q10' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q11' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q12' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q13' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q14' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q15' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q16' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q17' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q18' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q19' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q20' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q21' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q22' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q23' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q24' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q25' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q26' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q27' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q28' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q29' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q30' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q31' class='QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q32' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q33' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q34' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q35' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q36' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q37' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q38' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q39' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q40' class='QUESTION_TRUEFALSE' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q41' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q42' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q43' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q44' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q45' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q46' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q47' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q48' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q49' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q50' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q51' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q52' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q53' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q54' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q55' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q56' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q57' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q58' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q59' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q60' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q61' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q62' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q63' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q64' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q65' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q66' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q67' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q68' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q69' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> <QUESTION id='q70' class='QUESTION_ESSAY' points='1'/> </QUESTIONLIST> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q1'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2002, which former president received a Nobel Peace Prize?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q1_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Gerald Ford]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Jimmy Carter]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George Bush]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q1_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bill Clinton]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q1_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q2'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President George W. Bush appointed what well-respected public figure to serve as his secretary of state?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q2_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Ashcroft]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bob Dole]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Jack Kemp]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Colin Powell]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q2_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q3'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2002, CIA Director George Tenet said it was "a slam dunk" that Saddam Hussein]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q3_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was to blame for the September 11th attacks.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was holding Americans hostage in Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was secretly allied with Al Qaeda.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was preparing to attack Israel.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was hiding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q3_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q4'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[White House planners estimated how many troops would be needed for the invasion force they would send into Iraq when President Bush commenced the war there in March 2003?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q4_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[45,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[145,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[245,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[345,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[445,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q4_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q5'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to serve as his running mate in 2000, based in part because of Cheney's prior service as what cabinet officer during his father's administration?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q5_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of state]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attorney general]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of defense]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of education]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of the treasury]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q5_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q6'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election over Al Gore by carrying the state of Florida, according to state officials, by fewer than how many votes?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q6_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[600 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6,000 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[60,000 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[600,000 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6 million votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q6_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q7'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following statements regarding the 2004 election is true?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q7_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush won the electoral college by only 6 votes.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush actually lost the popular vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Democrats picked up seats in both the House and Senate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q7_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q8'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By 2000, what country of origin accounted for the largest segment of the U.S. Hispanic population?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q8_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Cuba]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mexico]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Puerto Rico]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Spain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q8_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q9'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By 2008, how many American troops had been killed in the war in Iraq?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q9_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 500]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 1,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 2,500]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 4,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 7,500]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q9_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q10'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Revelations about events that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison resulted in which of the following?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q10_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Undermined America's moral standing.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ignited a debate regarding the value of torture as a means of extracting information from prisoners.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bush's poll ratings slipped to their lowest level to date.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q10_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q11'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the late 1990s, cable news networks began to shift from news reporting to partisan commentary. The best example of this, ____, began operations in 1997 and has been accused of being an arm of the Republican Party.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q11_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[CNN]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Fox News]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[MSNBC]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bloomberg News]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[CSPAN]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q11_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q12'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What city sustained the greatest damage from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q12_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mobile, Alabama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Biloxi, Mississippi]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Galveston, Texas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[New Orleans, Louisiana]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Pensacola, Florida]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q12_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q13'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The National Congress of American Indians sued in federal court for payments they claimed the government had been depriving Indians of for decades in the amount of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q13_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$137,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$1.37 million.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$137 million.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$1.37 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$137 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q13_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q14'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What state's Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that same sex-marriages could occur?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q14_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Vermont]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[California]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Oregon]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Alaska]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q14_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q15'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In which of the following states did creationists successfully lobby to have their position given equal status with evolution?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q15_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Utah]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Kansas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Montana]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q15_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q16'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What U.S. senator authored the book Earth in the Balance in 1992, which attempted to alert Americans to the dangerous consequences of global warming?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q16_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bob Dole]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q16_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q17'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Kyoto Treaty of 1999 sought steps against which of the following?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q17_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[World poverty]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Global AIDS crisis]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Climate change]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nuclear proliferation]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Religious intolerance]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q17_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q18'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The 2007 military "surge" in Iraq resulted in which of the following?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q18_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A lowering of resistance to the occupation.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A falloff in American monthly troop deaths.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[An eventual troop reduction the next spring.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q18_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q19'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Although born in Hawaii, Barack Obama was serving as a senator from what state when he was elected president in 2008?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q19_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[California]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[New York]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Illinois]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Texas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q19_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q20'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Although he eventually selected Sarah Palin as his running mate on the GOP ticket, John McCain originally wanted what Democratic Senator as his vice presidential nominee?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q20_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joseph Lieberman]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Edward Kennedy]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q20_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q21'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The results of the 2008 election included all of the following except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q21_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Obama won 68 percent of the electoral vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Obama won nearly 53 percent of the popular vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Democrats added twenty seats in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Democrats eventually achieved a sixty vote majority in the Senate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the above]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q21_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q22'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Political "tea parties," which entered the political landscape in 2009, were comprised primarily of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q22_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[liberals.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[conservatives.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[centrists.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[socialists.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[progressives.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q22_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q23'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Obama's highly debated economic stimulus package totaled]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q23_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$200 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$400 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$600 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$800 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$1 trillion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q23_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q24'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[After winning the presidency, Barack Obama appointed his opponent in the 2008 Democratic primaries, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to what cabinet position?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q24_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of Treasury]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of State]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of Education]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q24_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q25'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Upon her confirmation by the Senate, the addition of President Obama's second nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, brought the total number of women on the highest court in the land to]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q25_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[two.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[three.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[four.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[five.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[six.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q25_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q26'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following areas represented President Obama's most significant legislative victories of 2010?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q26_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[health care reform]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[campaign finance reform]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[tax reform]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[environmental protection]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[homeland security]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q26_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q27'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What was the outcome of the disputed election of 2000?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q27_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A tied vote that sent the election to the House of Representatives]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A Supreme Court decision that gave Florida's votes and the election to George W. Bush]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A decision by Al Gore to concede the election before the Supreme Court received the case, "for the good of the country"]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q27_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q28'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following actions did President Bush take immediately after assuming office?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q28_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[He started courting U.S. allies to launch a war on Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[He repealed a number of landmark business regulations.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[He pushed a series of tax cuts through Congress.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q28_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q29'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The BP oil spill of 2010 resulted in countless barrels of oil washing ashore on the coastline of which of the following states?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q29_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Alabama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q29_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q30'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Where was Osama bin Laden born?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q30_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Iran]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Yemen]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q30_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q31'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following terrorist attacks occurred first?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q31_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attacks on embassies in Africa]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A bombing at the World Trade Center]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q31_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q32'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In effect, Vice President Cheney functioned as a coexecutive during George W. Bush's terms in office.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q32_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q32_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q33'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2000 presidential election, George Bush won both the electoral vote and the popular vote.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q33_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q33_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q34'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the congressional elections of 2002, the Republicans lost control of the Senate and House.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q34_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q34_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q35'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the major combat phase of the war in Iraq at an end.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q35_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q35_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q36'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In keeping with his campaign promise, President Obama closed the facility housing terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2009.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q36_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q36_a2'/> </GRADABLE> 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produced and narrated.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q39_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q39_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q39_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q40'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Arizona Senator John McCain, who had a reputation of being a political maverick, secured the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential contest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q40_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q40_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q41'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Act passed by Congress in 2001, which gave broad powers to the federal government to combat terrorism]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q41_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Patriot Act]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q42'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: U.S. cabinet department established in 2002 to coordinate defense of the American nation]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q42_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q43'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: The process by which the world's economies are becoming more integrated and interdependent]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q43_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[globalization]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q44'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Term used by scientist to describe the result of the global warming caused by human activity, including the burning of fossil fuels]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q44_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[climate change]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q45'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Hispanic federal appeals court judge nominated by President Obama and appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q45_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q46'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Conservative Republican who won the seat vacancy created by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy in a 2010 special election, taking away from Democrats their sixtieth vote in the Senate and ability to shut off a Republican filibuster]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q46_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Scott Brown]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q47'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Conservative Alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 election]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q47_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q48'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: 2006 documentary produced and narrated by former Vice President Gore, which presents the case for action against climate change]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q48_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[An Inconvenient Truth]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q49'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Lawsuit filed by George Bush after the 2000 election in which numerous voting and counting irregularities occurred; the case was expedited by the Supreme Court, and in December the Court decided in favor of George W. Bush, thus giving the nation a winner just in time to plan for the inaugural events]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q49_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bush v. Gore]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q50'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Texas Governor George Bush's description of his political stance, which concentrated on tax cuts and education reform]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q50_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[compassionate conservative]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q51'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Leader of the worldwide terrorist organization known as al Qaeda]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q51_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q52'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Members of this terrorist group carried out the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q52_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q53'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: U.S. destroyer bombed by members of al Qaeda in Yemen's harbor in the fall of 2000; this incident introduced many Americans to the terrorist group that would have such a deadly impact on the country in 2001]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q53_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[U.S.S. Cole]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q54'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: This date has come to symbolize the introduction of the United States to twenty-first-century terrorism]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q54_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[September 11, 2001]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q55'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Doctrine that professes a divine power made the universe; one position or argument in the raging debate over the teaching of evolution in U.S. schools]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q55_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[intelligent design]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q56'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Massachusetts senator who ran for president on the Democratic ticket in 2004]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q56_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q57'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Storm that hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005, devastating large parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; demonstrated the failure of government to respond to such a natural disaster efficiently]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q57_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q58'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Websites on the Internet on which individuals can express their opinions about current events and other subjects of interest; first became widely used in the political arena during the 2004 presidential campaign]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q58_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[weblogs, or blogs]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q59'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Democratic congresswoman who became the first female Speaker of the House following the 2006 election]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q59_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q60'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: U.S. senator who ran for president on the Republican ticket in 2008]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q60_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q61'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Illinois senator who ran for president on the Democratic ticket in 2008]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q61_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q62'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify the candidates, parties, platforms, issues, and results of the 2000 presidential election. Discuss the controversy surrounding the vote in Florida and the role of Bush v. Gore in determining the final outcome of the contest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q62_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q63'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify George W. Bush's domestic and foreign policy goals during his presidency. Discuss the impact that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq had on shaping these goals and on Bush's effectiveness in achieving them.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q63_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q64'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Describe the events of September 11, 2001, and evaluate the degree to which those events have shaped U.S. society. Explain the connection between this terrorist event and U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq. Trace the major events of the war in Iraq, evaluate the current military situation in that nation, and discuss the impact it has on the current political debate in the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q64_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q65'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Describe the cultural divisions and debate afflicting the United States during the turn of the twenty-first century.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q65_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q66'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Define intelligent design and discuss the role that proponents of this doctrine played in the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools. Explain how the debate over evolution served as yet another example of the cultural battle that was taking place in the United States in the first decade of the twenty-first century.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q66_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q67'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Define the climate change crisis facing the world at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Discuss the role that Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth had on the debate regarding this crisis.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q67_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q68'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify the candidates, platforms, and issues in the 2008 presidential election. Discuss the role that the 2006 election had on shaping the debate of the 2008 race for the White House, and the historical significance of the 2008 contest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q68_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q69'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Compare and contrast President Obama's approach to the presidency and leadership style with that of his predecessor George W. Bush.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q69_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q70'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Discuss the economic crisis facing the nation when Barack Obama first took office and evaluate his response to the "Great Recession."]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q70_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION

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Bush appointed what well-respected public figure to serve as his secretary of state?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q2_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Ashcroft]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bob Dole]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Jack Kemp]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q2_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Colin Powell]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q2_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q3'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In 2002, CIA Director George Tenet said it was "a slam dunk" that Saddam Hussein]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q3_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was to blame for the September 11th attacks.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was holding Americans hostage in Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was secretly allied with Al Qaeda.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was preparing to attack Israel.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q3_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[was hiding weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q3_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q4'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[White House planners estimated how many troops would be needed for the invasion force they would send into Iraq when President Bush commenced the war there in March 2003?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q4_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[45,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[145,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[245,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[345,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q4_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[445,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q4_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q5'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[President George W. Bush selected Dick Cheney to serve as his running mate in 2000, based in part because of Cheney's prior service as what cabinet officer during his father's administration?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q5_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of state]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attorney general]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of defense]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of education]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q5_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of the treasury]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q5_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q6'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush won the 2000 presidential election over Al Gore by carrying the state of Florida, according to state officials, by fewer than how many votes?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q6_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[600 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6,000 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[60,000 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[600,000 votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q6_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[6 million votes]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q6_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q7'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following statements regarding the 2004 election is true?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q7_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush won the electoral college by only 6 votes.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[George W. Bush actually lost the popular vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Democrats picked up seats in both the House and Senate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q7_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q7_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q8'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By 2000, what country of origin accounted for the largest segment of the U.S. Hispanic population?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q8_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Cuba]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mexico]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Puerto Rico]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Spain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q8_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Dominican Republic]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q8_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q9'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By 2008, how many American troops had been killed in the war in Iraq?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q9_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 500]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 1,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 2,500]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 4,000]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q9_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[nearly 7,500]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q9_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q10'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Revelations about events that took place at the Abu Ghraib prison resulted in which of the following?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q10_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Undermined America's moral standing.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Ignited a debate regarding the value of torture as a means of extracting information from prisoners.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[President Bush's poll ratings slipped to their lowest level to date.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q10_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q10_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q11'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the late 1990s, cable news networks began to shift from news reporting to partisan commentary. The best example of this, ____, began operations in 1997 and has been accused of being an arm of the Republican Party.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q11_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[CNN]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Fox News]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[MSNBC]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bloomberg News]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q11_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[CSPAN]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q11_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q12'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What city sustained the greatest damage from Hurricane Katrina in August 2005?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q12_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mobile, Alabama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Biloxi, Mississippi]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Galveston, Texas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[New Orleans, Louisiana]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q12_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Pensacola, Florida]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q12_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q13'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The National Congress of American Indians sued in federal court for payments they claimed the government had been depriving Indians of for decades in the amount of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q13_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$137,000.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$1.37 million.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$137 million.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$1.37 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q13_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$137 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q13_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q14'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What state's Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that same sex-marriages could occur?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q14_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Vermont]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[California]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Oregon]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q14_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Alaska]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q14_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q15'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In which of the following states did creationists successfully lobby to have their position given equal status with evolution?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q15_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Utah]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Kansas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Wyoming]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Montana]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q15_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Arkansas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q15_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q16'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What U.S. senator authored the book Earth in the Balance in 1992, which attempted to alert Americans to the dangerous consequences of global warming?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q16_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bob Dole]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Gore]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q16_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joe Biden]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q16_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q17'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Kyoto Treaty of 1999 sought steps against which of the following?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q17_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[World poverty]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Global AIDS crisis]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Climate change]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nuclear proliferation]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q17_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Religious intolerance]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q17_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q18'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The 2007 military "surge" in Iraq resulted in which of the following?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q18_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A lowering of resistance to the occupation.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A falloff in American monthly troop deaths.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[An eventual troop reduction the next spring.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q18_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q18_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q19'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Although born in Hawaii, Barack Obama was serving as a senator from what state when he was elected president in 2008?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q19_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[California]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[New York]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Illinois]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Pennsylvania]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q19_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Texas]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q19_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q20'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Although he eventually selected Sarah Palin as his running mate on the GOP ticket, John McCain originally wanted what Democratic Senator as his vice presidential nominee?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q20_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joseph Biden]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Joseph Lieberman]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Edward Kennedy]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q20_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Hillary Clinton]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q20_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q21'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The results of the 2008 election included all of the following except]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q21_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Obama won 68 percent of the electoral vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Obama won nearly 53 percent of the popular vote.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Democrats added twenty seats in the House.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The Democrats eventually achieved a sixty vote majority in the Senate.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q21_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of the above]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q21_a5'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q22'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Political "tea parties," which entered the political landscape in 2009, were comprised primarily of]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q22_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[liberals.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[conservatives.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[centrists.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[socialists.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q22_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[progressives.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q22_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q23'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Obama's highly debated economic stimulus package totaled]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q23_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$200 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$400 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$600 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$800 billion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q23_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[$1 trillion.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q23_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q24'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[After winning the presidency, Barack Obama appointed his opponent in the 2008 Democratic primaries, Hillary Rodham Clinton, to what cabinet position?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q24_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attorney General]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of Defense]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of Treasury]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of State]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q24_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Secretary of Education]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q24_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q25'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Upon her confirmation by the Senate, the addition of President Obama's second nominee to the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, brought the total number of women on the highest court in the land to]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q25_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[two.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[three.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[four.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[five.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q25_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[six.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q25_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q26'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following areas represented President Obama's most significant legislative victories of 2010?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q26_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[health care reform]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[campaign finance reform]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[tax reform]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[environmental protection]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q26_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[homeland security]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q26_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q27'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[What was the outcome of the disputed election of 2000?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q27_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A tied vote that sent the election to the House of Representatives]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A Supreme Court decision that gave Florida's votes and the election to George W. Bush]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A decision by Al Gore to concede the election before the Supreme Court received the case, "for the good of the country"]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q27_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q27_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q28'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following actions did President Bush take immediately after assuming office?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q28_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[He started courting U.S. allies to launch a war on Iraq.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[He repealed a number of landmark business regulations.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[He pushed a series of tax cuts through Congress.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q28_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q28_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q29'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[The BP oil spill of 2010 resulted in countless barrels of oil washing ashore on the coastline of which of the following states?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q29_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Louisiana]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Alabama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Mississippi]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[All of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q29_a5' position='5'> <TEXT><![CDATA[None of these]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q29_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q30'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Where was Osama bin Laden born?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q30_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Iran]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Saudi Arabia]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q30_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Yemen]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q30_a3'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE id='q31'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Which of the following terrorist attacks occurred first?]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q31_a1' position='1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a2' position='2'> <TEXT><![CDATA[The attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a3' position='3'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Attacks on embassies in Africa]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q31_a4' position='4'> <TEXT><![CDATA[A bombing at the World Trade Center]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q31_a4'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_MULTIPLECHOICE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q32'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In effect, Vice President Cheney functioned as a coexecutive during George W. Bush's terms in office.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q32_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q32_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q32_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q33'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the 2000 presidential election, George Bush won both the electoral vote and the popular vote.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q33_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q33_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q33_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q34'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In the congressional elections of 2002, the Republicans lost control of the Senate and House.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q34_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q34_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q34_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q35'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[On May 1, 2003, President Bush declared the major combat phase of the war in Iraq at an end.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q35_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q35_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q35_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q36'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[In keeping with his campaign promise, President Obama closed the facility housing terrorists at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in 2009.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q36_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q36_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q36_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q37'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[By 2005, an estimated 11 to 12 million illegal immigrants lived in the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q37_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q37_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q37_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q38'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[So-called subprime loans served to strengthen the U.S. economy and provided a solid foundation for future economic growth.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q38_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q38_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q38_a2'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q39'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Gore received an Academy Award in 2007 for a documentary film he produced and narrated.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q39_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q39_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q39_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_TRUEFALSE id='q40'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Arizona Senator John McCain, who had a reputation of being a political maverick, secured the Republican nomination in the 2008 presidential contest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q40_a1'> <TEXT>True</TEXT> </ANSWER> <ANSWER id='q40_a2'> <TEXT>False</TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> <CORRECTANSWER answer_id='q40_a1'/> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_TRUEFALSE> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q41'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Act passed by Congress in 2001, which gave broad powers to the federal government to combat terrorism]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q41_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Patriot Act]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q42'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: U.S. cabinet department established in 2002 to coordinate defense of the American nation]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q42_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Department of Homeland Security]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q43'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: The process by which the world's economies are becoming more integrated and interdependent]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q43_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[globalization]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q44'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Term used by scientist to describe the result of the global warming caused by human activity, including the burning of fossil fuels]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q44_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[climate change]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q45'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Hispanic federal appeals court judge nominated by President Obama and appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q45_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Sonia Sotomayor]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q46'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Conservative Republican who won the seat vacancy created by the death of Senator Edward Kennedy in a 2010 special election, taking away from Democrats their sixtieth vote in the Senate and ability to shut off a Republican filibuster]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q46_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Scott Brown]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q47'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Conservative Alaska governor and vice-presidential nominee of the Republican Party in the 2008 election]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q47_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q48'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: 2006 documentary produced and narrated by former Vice President Gore, which presents the case for action against climate change]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q48_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[An Inconvenient Truth]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q49'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Lawsuit filed by George Bush after the 2000 election in which numerous voting and counting irregularities occurred; the case was expedited by the Supreme Court, and in December the Court decided in favor of George W. Bush, thus giving the nation a winner just in time to plan for the inaugural events]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q49_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Bush v. Gore]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q50'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Texas Governor George Bush's description of his political stance, which concentrated on tax cuts and education reform]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q50_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[compassionate conservative]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q51'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Leader of the worldwide terrorist organization known as al Qaeda]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q51_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Osama bin Laden]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q52'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Members of this terrorist group carried out the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q52_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Al Qaeda]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q53'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: U.S. destroyer bombed by members of al Qaeda in Yemen's harbor in the fall of 2000; this incident introduced many Americans to the terrorist group that would have such a deadly impact on the country in 2001]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q53_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[U.S.S. Cole]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q54'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: This date has come to symbolize the introduction of the United States to twenty-first-century terrorism]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q54_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[September 11, 2001]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q55'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Doctrine that professes a divine power made the universe; one position or argument in the raging debate over the teaching of evolution in U.S. schools]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q55_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[intelligent design]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q56'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Massachusetts senator who ran for president on the Democratic ticket in 2004]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q56_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John Kerry]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q57'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Storm that hit the Gulf Coast in August 2005, devastating large parts of Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana; demonstrated the failure of government to respond to such a natural disaster efficiently]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q57_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Hurricane Katrina]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q58'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Websites on the Internet on which individuals can express their opinions about current events and other subjects of interest; first became widely used in the political arena during the 2004 presidential campaign]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q58_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[weblogs, or blogs]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q59'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Democratic congresswoman who became the first female Speaker of the House following the 2006 election]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q59_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q60'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: U.S. senator who ran for president on the Republican ticket in 2008]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q60_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[John McCain]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q61'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify: Illinois senator who ran for president on the Democratic ticket in 2008]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q61_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q62'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify the candidates, parties, platforms, issues, and results of the 2000 presidential election. Discuss the controversy surrounding the vote in Florida and the role of Bush v. Gore in determining the final outcome of the contest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q62_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q63'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify George W. Bush's domestic and foreign policy goals during his presidency. Discuss the impact that the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and the war in Iraq had on shaping these goals and on Bush's effectiveness in achieving them.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q63_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q64'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Describe the events of September 11, 2001, and evaluate the degree to which those events have shaped U.S. society. Explain the connection between this terrorist event and U.S. military intervention in Afghanistan and Iraq. Trace the major events of the war in Iraq, evaluate the current military situation in that nation, and discuss the impact it has on the current political debate in the United States.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q64_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q65'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Describe the cultural divisions and debate afflicting the United States during the turn of the twenty-first century.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q65_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q66'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Define intelligent design and discuss the role that proponents of this doctrine played in the debate over the teaching of evolution in public schools. Explain how the debate over evolution served as yet another example of the cultural battle that was taking place in the United States in the first decade of the twenty-first century.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q66_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q67'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Define the climate change crisis facing the world at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Discuss the role that Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth had on the debate regarding this crisis.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q67_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q68'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Identify the candidates, platforms, and issues in the 2008 presidential election. Discuss the role that the 2006 election had on shaping the debate of the 2008 race for the White House, and the historical significance of the 2008 contest.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q68_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q69'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Compare and contrast President Obama's approach to the presidency and leadership style with that of his predecessor George W. Bush.]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q69_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> <QUESTION_ESSAY id='q70'> <BODY> <TEXT><![CDATA[Discuss the economic crisis facing the nation when Barack Obama first took office and evaluate his response to the "Great Recession."]]></TEXT> <FLAGS> <ISHTML value='true'/> <ISNEWLINELITERAL value='false'/> </FLAGS> </BODY> <ANSWER id='q70_a1'> <TEXT><![CDATA[Answers will vary.]]></TEXT> </ANSWER> <GRADABLE> </GRADABLE> </QUESTION_ESSAY> </POOL>