2. What information could not be told from this map? 3. After reviewing the passage, review each answer for validity or relevance to the passage and eliminate answers to find the correct answer. The Enlightenment, Seven Years War started and American War of Independence were all events leading up to the French Revolution. Most of the country was hungry and malnourished due to rising costs and low grain harvest. A high emotion coursing through the French was resentment. 4. Use the table below to find the best most comprehensive answer. Century Period  Information 14th Century Renaissance era Cultural movement David, by Michelangelo is an example of high Renaissance art 16th Century Protestant reformation A division between churches and Western Christianity Initiated by Martin Luther Kind and John Calvin 5. What information can be gathered from the picture below? Modern World Studies – Questions 5-10 Shopping online is about to explode. Retailers of all types are expanding product offerings, adding in-store pickup, free shipping and experimenting with social media. It’s getting harder to tell pure play Internet retailers from the bricks and mortar shops with online portals, and all of them are reinventing how we’ll shop online in the future. Be it via a mobile device, tablet computer, in-store kiosk or computer, the lines are blurring and the result will be both good and bad for consumers. 6. Using the information above and common knowledge would it be safe to say that technology has made it easier to purchase products? Telecommute jobs have become popular alternatives to going to an office everyday. Telecommute careers allow you to work from the comfort and privacy of your own home doing many of the same jobs that you would perform in a corporate setting. If you are looking to find a telecommute job that is right for you, then start with this list of popular options. 7. Using the above information and your basic knowledge about different jobs which of the below fields is least likely to be done telecommuting? The United States is in the midst of a profound demographic transformation that will long outlast the current economic downturn. In 2011, the first of the baby boomers—Americans born between 1946 and 1964—turned 65 years old. There are 77 million baby boomers, comprising nearly one quarter of the total population, and their eventual retirement will have an enormous impact on the U.S. economy. This daunting fact is central to the January 2012 employment and labor force projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). As the BLS projects, the retirement of the baby boomers will slow labor force growth significantly over the coming decade. Yet, at the same time, demand will grow for new workers to take the place of those who retire from the labor force, as well as for both highly skilled and less-skilled healthcare workers to look after the growing ranks of elderly Americans. In addition, the Social Security and Medicare programs w.

1. 2. What information could not be told from this map?
3. After reviewing the passage, review each answer for validity
or relevance to the passage and eliminate answers to find the
correct answer.
The Enlightenment, Seven Years War started and American War
of Independence were all events leading up to the French
Revolution. Most of the country was hungry and malnourished
due to rising costs and low grain harvest. A high emotion
coursing through the French was resentment.
4. Use the table below to find the best most comprehensive
answer.
Century
Period
Information
14th Century
Renaissance era
Cultural movement
David, by Michelangelo is an example of high Renaissance art
16th Century
Protestant reformation
A division between churches and Western Christianity
Initiated by Martin Luther Kind and John Calvin
5. What information can be gathered from the picture below?
Modern World Studies – Questions 5-10
Shopping online is about to explode. Retailers of all types are
expanding product offerings, adding in-store pickup, free
shipping and experimenting with social media. It’s getting
harder to tell pure play Internet retailers from the bricks and
mortar shops with online portals, and all of them are reinventing
how we’ll shop online in the future. Be it via a mobile device,
tablet computer, in-store kiosk or computer, the lines are

2. blurring and the result will be both good and bad for consumers.
6. Using the information above and common knowledge would
it be safe to say that technology has made it easier to purchase
products?
Telecommute jobs have become popular alternatives to going to
an office everyday. Telecommute careers allow you to work
from the comfort and privacy of your own home doing many of
the same jobs that you would perform in a corporate setting. If
you are looking to find a telecommute job that is right for you,
then start with this list of popular options.
7. Using the above information and your basic knowledge about
different jobs which of the below fields is least likely to be
done telecommuting?
The United States is in the midst of a profound demographic
transformation that will long outlast the current economic
downturn. In 2011, the first of the baby boomers—Americans
born between 1946 and 1964—turned 65 years old. There are 77
million baby boomers, comprising nearly one quarter of the
total population, and their eventual retirement will have an
enormous impact on the U.S. economy. This daunting fact is
central to the January 2012 employment and labor force
projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). As the
BLS projects, the retirement of the baby boomers will slow
labor force growth significantly over the coming decade. Yet, at
the same time, demand will grow for new workers to take the
place of those who retire from the labor force, as well as for
both highly skilled and less-skilled healthcare workers to look
after the growing ranks of elderly Americans. In addition, the
Social Security and Medicare programs will be called upon to
serve a rapidly growing number of older Americans, which will
leave American taxpayers hard pressed to fund those programs
with their tax dollars.
In short, there will be growing demand within the U.S. economy
for younger workers and taxpayers. For two demographic
reasons, more and more of these workers and taxpayers will be
immigrants and the children of immigrants. First, immigration

3. fuels more than two-fifths of U.S. population growth, and
immigrants tend to be younger than the native-born population.
Second, immigrant communities tend to have higher birth rates,
so they comprise a disproportionately large share of the next
generation of workers. It is this combination of continued
immigration and high fertility that explains the rapidly rising
number of young Latinos in the U.S. population and labor force.
Conversely, the non-Latino white population, which is fed by
very little immigration and has low fertility, has seen its share
of the population and labor force decline, while its average age
rises. Given these trends, and given the size of the
predominantly white, native-born baby boom generation that is
now heading into retirement, the BLS projections point to an
inescapable conclusion: immigrants and the children of
immigrants will play increasingly important roles within the
U.S. economy as workers and taxpayers for decades to come.
(source:
http://www.immigrationpolicy.org/just-facts/future-generation-
how-new-americans-will-help-support-retiring-baby-boomers
)
8. Using the article above, during what years did the “baby
boomer” occur?
Data Entry
Data entry jobs also tend to be popular overseas as the involved
tasks normally don't require the employee to have a solid grasp
of English, as they must simply be able to recognize and
correctly input strings of numbers and letters without a need for
comprehension.
Technical Support
Software companies such as Apple or Microsoft have such a
larger customer base calling in or visiting online technical
support that they must hire overseas phone and service centers
to handle the amount of traffic. Technical support staffs are
trained to analyze and fix a variety of common technical issues,
often diagnosing the situation according to a pre-set list of
questions that they run through with each customer.

4. Customer Service
Similar to technical support positions, customer service jobs
are outsourced because large staffing centers can be trained to
handle incoming customer questions or complaints from
numerous companies, increasing efficiency and, hopefully,
customer satisfaction. Outsourced customer service jobs can
include duties such as handling billing questions, product
returns and registering customer feedback in a courteous and
informative manner.
Accounting
A company can outsource financial jobs to an individual or
corporation specifically equipped to handle tasks such as
payroll, benefits and bill processing. This saves the company
the time it might once have used handling communication with
insurance or medical bills, filling out accounting forms and
monitoring budgets.
Writing
Two aspects of writing that are often outsourced are
copywriting and proofreading. While companies may not have
the budget needed to hire a professional writer, they still want
their advertising and marketing copy written in an attractive and
compelling manner. Therefore they outsource the job to
freelance writers, who come in on a contractual basis to
complete individual projects on a need-to-write basis.
9. Listed above are types of jobs being outsourced. Given the
circumstances of the economy and how difficult it is to find a
job, how would you feel if your job was being outsourced that
you had worked your whole life educating yourself in?
1977
Carter was inaugurated as President.
1978
The Humphrey Hawkins Full Employment Act was signed into
law, adjusting the government's economic goals to include full
employment, growth in production, price stability, and balance
of trade and budget.
1979

5. A nuclear accident took place at Three Mile Island.
Iran hostage crisis
: The crisis began.
American Airlines Flight 191
: A flight crashed after takeoff from O'Hare International
Airport, killing all 271 aboard and two on the ground.
1980
The Refugee Act, which reformed United States immigration
law and admitted refugees on a systematic basis for
humanitarian reasons, was passed. An election was held. John
Lennon was assassinated.
1981
Ronald Reagan becames President. John Hinckley attempted to
assassinate Reagan.
1983
241 Marines were killed by suicide bomb in Lebanon. The
United States invaded Grenada.
1984
Reagan was reelected.
1985
Bernhard Goetz was indicted in New York on charges of
attempted murder after shooting four young men he claimed
were intent on mugging him.
1986
Iran–Contra affair
: A scandal broke. The explosion of the Space Shuttle
Challenger
killed all seven aboard, including school teacher Christa
McAuliffe. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 was passed.
1987
During a visit to Berlin, Reagan challenged Soviet Premier
Mikhail Gorbachev to "tear down this wall," referring to the
Berlin Wall. The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty was
signed in Washington, D.C. by Reagan and Gorbachev.
1988
U.S. presidential election, 1988

6. : Vice President George H. W. Bush was elected. The
Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty went into effect.
1989
Bush was inaugurated as President.
Exxon Valdez oil spill
: An oil spill occurred in Prince William Sound.
Loma Prieta earthquake
: An earthquake killed sixty-three in the greater San Francisco
Bay Area. Bush declared a "War on Drugs."
Cold War
: Bush and Gorbachev released statements indicating that the
war may be coming to an end.
1990
Gulf War
: Iraq invaded Kuwait.
1991
Gulf War
: A war was waged in the Middle East, by a United Nations-
authorized coalition force from thirty-four nations led by
Britain and the United States, against Iraq.
Cold War
: The Soviet Union dissolved, ending the war.
1992
Los Angeles riots
: Riots in Los Angeles, spurred by the acquittal of four Los
Angeles Police Department officers accused in the beating of
Rodney King, took place which resulted in over fifty deaths and
$1 billion in damage.
The Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States
Constitution, prohibiting changes to Congressmen's salaries
from taking effect until after an election of Representatives,
was passed.
United States presidential election, 1992
Bill Clinton defeated Bush.
Hurricane Andrew
: A Category 5 hurricane killed sixty-five people and caused

7. $26 billion in damage to Florida and other areas of the Gulf
Coast.
1993
A truck Bomb exploded in the parking garage under the World
Trade Center in New York City, killing six people and injuring
thousands. A standoff and fire in Waco, Texas involving the
Branch Davidians resulted in the deaths of seventy-six people
including their leader, David Koresh. President Clinton signed
the Don't ask, don't tell policy into law, prohibiting openly gay
or bisexual people from serving in the military.
1994
The North American Free Trade Agreement went into effect.
1995
United States elections, 1994
: Republicans gained control of both the House and Senate.
Oklahoma City bombing
: A bombing killed 168 and wounded eight hundred.
United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996
: A budget crisis caused the federal government to shut down.
1996
TWA Flight 800
: A flight exploded off Long Island killing all 230 aboard.
Khobar Towers bombing
: A bombing left nineteen American servicemen dead in Saudi
Arabia.
Centennial Olympic Park bombing
: A bombing in Atlanta killed one and injured 111.
U.S. presidential election, 1996
: Clinton was reelected.
United States federal government shutdown of 1995 and 1996
: The shutdown ended.
1997
Clinton barred federal funding for any research on human
cloning. Sparked by a global economic crisis scare, the Dow
Jones Industrial Average followed world markets and
plummeted 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15.

8. 1998
Former Arkansas state employee Paula Jones accuses Clinton of
sexual harassment.
Lewinsky scandal
: Clinton was accused of having a sexual relationship with 22-
year-old White House intern, Monica Lewinsky.
1998 U.S. embassy bombings
: 224 were killed in bombings in Tanzania and Kenya.
1999
Dennis Hastert of Illinois becomes Speaker of the House of
Representatives. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at
10,006.78. Two teenage students murdered 13 other students
and teachers at Columbine High School. Along with the rest of
the world, the United States prepared for the possible effects of
the Y2K bug in computers, which was feared destined to cause
computers to become inoperable and wreak havoc.
2000
USS Cole bombing
: The USS
Cole
(DDG-76) was bombed in Yemeni waters, killing seventeen
United States Navy sailors.
U.S. presidential election, 2000
: Incumbent Texas Governor George W. Bush won by 537 votes
in Florida in a highly contested election against the incumbent
Vice President Al Gore.
10. Using the list of events above, what year did Reagan get re-
elected?
Geography - Questions 11-15
11. Use the above map to help with this question. What country
is closest to 30° south latitude and 20° east longitude?
12. Use the above map to help with this question. Does the
terrain of the Idaho-Montana border appear to contain
mountains.?
Antarctica is the highest, driest windiest emptiest, coldest place
on earth. An ice sheet covers all but 2.4 percent of Antarcticas

9. 14 million square kilometers. The mean annual temperature at
the South Pole is minus 56 degrees F. During the Austral
Summer, temperatures at McMurdo base, on the Ross Sea, may
get as high as 40 degrees F, while at the South Pole, at the
Amundsen- Scott station, temperatures may reach 0 degrees F.
Alaska is another very cold place to live. Their record low
temperature is -78 Degrees. The record snowfall is 62 inches in
24 hours and in one year 974 inches.
13. From the text you could infer that?
Population growth is the change in a population over time, and
can be quantified as the change in the number of individuals of
any species in a population using "per unit time" for
measurement. In biology, the term population growth is likely
to refer to any known orgasim. In demography, population
growth is used informally for the more specific term population
growth rate. Population growth is determined by four factors,
births and deaths, immigrants emigrants.
14. From the text you could infer that?
Use the map above to help with question 15.
15. In what state does the average daily temperature reach 32.0-
40.0 Degrees?
U.S. History - Questions 16-20
Using the letter above answer question 16.
16. What is the person writing this letter most likely doing and
trying to convey in this letter?
Use the map to help answer question 17.
17. What region is pink with brown stripes?
18. Using the picture above what could you determine by the
clues?
19. Using the graph above, what year was U.S. Government
Spending as Percent of GDP at 30?
20. If Europeans were experiencing a drought then a huge
rainstorm came through, what could you conclude about the
rainstorm's impact?
U.S. Government - Questions 21-25
Use the picture above for 21 and 22.

10. 21. The Executive Branch can do which of the following?
22. The Judicial Branch stands for which of the following?
Republican
Democratic
believe that each person is responsible for his or her own place
in society. Government should enable each person the ability to
secure the benefits of society for themselves, their families and
for those who are unable to care for themselves.
believe it is the responsibility of government to care for all
individuals, even if it means giving up some individual rights
and/or subordinating enterprise and initiative.
believe free enterprise has brought economic growth and
innovations that have made this country great. Government
should help stimulate a business environment where people are
free to use their talents.
believe that the economy is too complicated for individuals to
navigate alone. They believe that business decisions should be
guided by government officials and in the best interest of labor
unions.
work tirelessly to cut government spending and to eliminate
government waste. Republicans believe individuals should
control both their own and their government's pocketbook – the
people should authorize all tax increases.
believe that government knows what is best for individuals.
They argue that federal bureaucrats better understand the needs
of a community than a locally elected council and the federal
government should define the tax burden necessary to meet its
obligations, because this is too complicated for individuals to
understand.
believe in a strong national defense. Republicans know that
defending our nation against its enemies must be a fundamental
commitment of the federal government and this requires the
best-trained, best-equipped and most effective military in the
world. With America as the world's only superpower,
Republicans believe that true security comes from the strength
of character to act collaboratively, when possible, and alone

11. when necessary. After the tragedy of 9-11, America must be
ready to fight terrorism abroad in order to prevent it at home.
have advocated for scaling down our military and reducing the
money spent on military intelligence. Democrats believe that
true security comes from negotiations with foreign nations, even
if they harbor or have financial ties to terrorist groups.
Democrats believe that we must ask other nations for
permission before we act to protect our own security.
believe all students, regardless of race or socio-economic
background, should become proficient in both reading and math.
While it is desirable that children learn more than one language,
mastery of the English language will allow our children to be
competitive at the university level. Republicans also believe
that schools should be held accountable for student progress
through testing, which can be used to identify individual
childrens' needs. These reports, at both the student and school
level, should be provided to the parents to ensure
accountability.
believe that as the world superpower, it is a fundamental right
for the United States to provide unconditional aid and comfort
to the citizens of other nations. Democrats believe in open
borders, unconditional amnesty, and that the laws of this nation
be curtailed to provide non-emergency assistance and legal
forms of identification to foreign nationals.
Using the chart above answer number 23
23. Does a Democrat or Republican believe each person has
his/her own place in society?
Use this list to assist you in number 24. This is a list of just
some of the requirements needed to be met in order to become a
U.S. citizen:
Are at least 18 years old and a lawful permanent resident
("green card" holder);
Have resided continuously in the United States, having been
lawfully admitted for permanent residence, for five years
immediately preceding the date you filed your application for
naturalization, or

12. Have, after having been removed from conditional permanent
resident status, based upon your marriage to a U.S. citizen,
having resided in the United States for one year after the date
the condition was removed;
Have resided continuously in the United States at all times after
your application to the time and date of your admission for
citizenship;
Have, during all periods of time referred to above, been and still
are a person of good moral character;
Have no outstanding deportation or removal order and no
pending deportation or removal proceeding;
Have the ability to read, write, speak, and understand simple
words and phrases in English;
Have knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of U.S.
history and government;
Are attached to, and can support, the principles of the U.S.
Constitution and can swear allegiance to the United States.
24. Which is correct of needing to be met in order to be one step
closer of becoming a U.S. citizen
25. Which is a true statement?
U.S. and Global Economics 26-30
26. Is the United States an example of a nation based on
Capitalism?
27. Suppose Lufthansa buys $400 million worth of Boeing jets
in 2010 and is financed by the U.S. Eximbank with a five-year
loan that has no principal or interest payments due until 2011.
What is the net impact of this sale on the U.S. current account,
capital account, and overall balance of payments for 2010?
Use the graph above to assist in answering number 28
28. What is supply in the laws of supply and demand?
29. Which are some effects of inflation?
Currency
Per U.S. Dollar
To U.S. Dollar
Argentine Peso
4.5259

13. 0.221
Australian Dollar
0.976
1.0246
Bahraini Dinar
0.377
2.6525
Canadian Dollar
1.017
0.9833
Colombian Peso
1,776.20
0.0006
European Euro
0.795
1.2579
Icelandic Krona
125.4705
0.008
Mexican Peso
13.4638
0.075
Pakistani Rupee
94.697
0.0106
Saudi Riyal
3.75
0.2667
South African Rand
8.1593
0.1226
Sri Lankan Rupee
133.1558
0.0075
Thai Baht
31.5358

14. 0.0317
Use the above chart to assist you with number 30
30. How many Daudi Riyals is equal to $3 U.S. Dollars?
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