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The number of passenger trips flown in the U.S. each year is currently estimated to be about: (p. 54)
a. 310 million
b. 475 million
c. 660 million
d. 1 billion
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| _______ 2. |
The estimated number of undocumented workers who hold jobs in the U.S. today is: (p. 68)
a. 3 to 4 million
b. 5 to 6 million
c. 7 to 8 million
d. 9 to 10 million
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| _______ 3. |
The lone, thriving survivor of a disastrous business year for start-up airline companies was: (p. 64)
a. jetBlue
b. Legend
c. National
d. Pro Air
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| _______ 4. |
The state that led the nation last year in executions per capita was: (p. 8)
a. Florida
b. Oklahoma
c. Texas
d. Utah
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| _______ 5. |
The treatment of Ronnie White is expected to be an issue in the Senate confirmation hearings of: (p. 20)
a. Rod Paige
b. Ann Veneman
c. Gale Norton
d. John Ashcroft
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| _______ 6. |
The cases of Jon Venables and Robert Thompson have raised issues about the rights of: (p. 70)
a. religious freedom
b. free association on the Internet
c. privacy in the workplace
d. anonymity for convicted criminals
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| _______ 7. |
The Bush Cabinet nominee who said in a speech that "we lost too much" when the South was defeated in the Civil War was: (p. 28)
a. Donald Evans
b. Gale Norton
c. Spencer Abraham
d. John Ashcroft
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| _______ 8. |
At a meeting in San Diego last week, astronomers announced the discovery of new: (p. 51)
a. black holes
b. planets
c. nebulae
d. galaxies
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| _______ 9. |
Last week, American Airlines unveiled a proposal to buy up the airline company: (p. 52)
a. Delta
b. United
c. TWA
d. America West
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| _______ 10. |
The inspiration for the construction of the Russian city of St. Petersburg was: (p. 34)
a. Amsterdam
b. Berlin
c. London
d. Stockholm
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UNDERSTANDING CHRONOLOGY
Review the article "Monkey Business" beginning on page 40. Based on the information there, place the events in genetic research to the right in correct chronological order. Write a 1 next to the event that came first in time, a 2 next to the event that came next and so on. 6 POINTS
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| _______ 11. |
The first death of a gene-therapy patient is reported.
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| _______ 12. |
The first genetically modified mouse is born.
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| _______ 13. |
The first genetically modified nonhuman primate is born.
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| _______ 14. |
A four-year-old girl receives therapy for an inherited immune-system disorder.
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
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This person has been in the news recently as: (p. 42)
6 POINTS
a. President Bush’s choice for Secretary of Transportation
b. the mastermind of a Texas prison break
c. an illegal contributor to President Clinton’s 1996 campaign
d. an undocumented alien employed by Linda Chavez
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