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198 ASKING QUESTIONS
Figure 6.11. Selected Questions from
National Assessment of Educational Progress.
1. A major American manufacturing corporation seeks to establish a branch
plant in a country that has rich natural resources but very little industry.
The leaders of the nation turn down the American corporation’s request.
What reasons can you give for the decision made by the leaders of the
foreign nation?
2. Which of the following is a MAJOR goal of the United Nations?
To fight disease
To maintain peace
To spread democracy
To fight the Communists
I don’t know.
3. The term “monopoly” describes the situation in which the market price
of goods and services is established by which one of the following?
Many sellers
A single buyer
Many buyers and sellers
A single seller or a small group of sellers
I don’t know.
4. Which of the following has the power to declare an act of Congress
unconstitutional?
The Congress
The President
The United States Supreme Court
The United States Department of Justice
I don’t know.
5. The Supreme Court ruled that it is unconstitutional to require prayer and
formal religious instructions in public schools. Which of the following was
the basis for its decision?
The requirements violated the right to freedom of speech.
There was strong pressure put on the Supreme Court by certain
religious minorities.
Religious exercises violated the principle of the separation of church
and state.
Every moment of valuable school time was needed to prepare students
to earn a living.
I don’t know.