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1. 
What 1950’s technologies allowed news to be broadcast instantly from anywhere?
A.
Newspapers and mass publishing.
B.
Television and satellites.
C.
Infomercials and cable networking.
D.
Telephones and DirectTV.
2. 
What did 16 nations cooperate to build for space research?
A.
The Griffith Observatory.
B.
The International Space Station.
C.
The Hubble Telescope.
D.
The CERN Particle Accelerator.
3. 
What technology now performs many jobs once held by people?
A.
Fiber-optic cables.
B.
Cable cars.
C.
Firewalls.
D.
Computers.
4. 
What has created a global interdependence of nations?
A.
Television.
B.
Computers.
C.
Cellular phones.
D.
Internet.
5. 
How have NAFTA, the EU, and the WTO affected the economy?
A.
Countries have made few trade alliances because of economic nationalism.
B.
There are more factory jobs than computer-related jobs.
C.
A global economy has formed for corporations and employees.
D.
People can expect good pay with only a high school diploma.
6. 
Television's most significant impact during the 1950's was to:
A.
encourage regional isolationism.
B.
spread information globally in real time.
C.
completely eliminate the need for literacy.
D.
divide people along politically ideological lines.
7. 
The International Space Station:
A.
is an example of global cooperation in technology development.
B.
was a victory for the US space race during the Cold War.
C.
created resentment from excluded countries.
D.
was a failed experiment in space exploration.
8. 
Computers have impacted the workforce most by:
A.
reducing people's workload significantly.
B.
replacing people in many fields and positions.
C.
reducing the importance of skilled labor.
D.
reducing productivity of human employees.
9. 
A major impact that internet communication has had on our society is:
A.
a form of interdependence called globalization.
B.
a global rise in nationalism.
C.
the economic cost of keeping the internet running.
D.
a decline in literacy rates worldwide.
10. 
The growth of multinational companies and outsourcing has been encouraged by:
A.
Three of the most recent US presidents.
B.
NAFTA, the WTO, and the EU.
C.
an absence of technological know-how in developing nations.
D.
tariffs and similar export laws and regulations.