True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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Most of the fighting in Operation Desert Storm occurred in the air.
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Tourism supports low-paying jobs that do not bring much money into the
state’s economy.
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MTV made its debut in the 1990s.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which statement BEST explains how personal computers helped West
Virginia’s economy in the 1980s?
a. | They introduced online shopping. | b. | They created jobs in isolated
areas. | c. | They were purchased by many people. | d. | They enabled people to communicate over long
distances. |
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In what decade did the World Wide Web appear?
a. | 1970s | b. | 1980s | c. | 1990s | d. | 2000s |
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Who was President of the United States when the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon were attacked by terrorists?
a. | George W. Bush | b. | George H. W. Bush | c. | Bill
Clinton | d. | Ronald Reagan |
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Which statement BEST describes the role technology played in Operation
Desert Storm?
a. | People were able to watch the war on television. | b. | Much of the fighting
was controlled by technology. | c. | People at home could correspond with their
family members in the Middle East. | d. | People could “talk” with people
around the world to get their views of the war. |
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Who was President of the United States when terrorists exploded a bomb in a
parking garage under the World Trade Center?
a. | George W. Bush | b. | George H.W. Bush | c. | Bill
Clinton | d. | Ronald Reagan |
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What was the name given to the operation to defeat al-Qaeda in
Afghanistan?
a. | Operation Desert Storm | b. | Operation Desert Shield | c. | Operation Enduring
Freedom | d. | Operation Iraqi Freedom |
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Which statement BEST explains why the United States remained in Iraqi
after the combat phase of the war ended?
a. | The United States wanted to find and kill Saddam Hussein. | b. | United States
companies were making money rebuilding Iraq. | c. | The Iraqis needed help from the United States
to stabilize their government. | d. | The Iraqi people asked that the troops stay to
protect them from the Taliban. |
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Which describes a method businesses use to deal with a recession?
a. | They downsize. | b. | They produce more goods. | c. | They hire more
workers. | d. | They reduce their prices on goods. |
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How did the labor force change in the 1990s?
a. | There was a need for more sales clerks. | b. | There was a need for
more automobile workers. | c. | There was a need for more service
workers. | d. | There was a need for more manufacturing workers. |
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Where is the FBI Fingerprinting Center located?
a. | Bridgeport | b. | Clarksburg | c. | Fairmont | d. | Morgantown |
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Where is Azimuth located?
a. | Bridgeport | b. | Clarksburg | c. | Fairmont | d. | Morgantown |
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Matching
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Match the word with its definition. a. | bankruptcy | b. | biometrics | c. | blog | d. | coalition | e. | email | f. | millennium | g. | recession | h. | technology | i. | telecommunications | j. | terrorism |
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period of 1000 years
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act of violence in order to demoralize or intimidate
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legal judgement that people can’t pay their debts
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science of identifying individuals by voice, fingerprints, veins in their
wrist, or a network of nerves in the iris of the eye
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an alliance
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messages sent electronically on a computer
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