True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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MTV made its debut in the 1990s.
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Most of the fighting in Operation Desert Storm occurred in the air.
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Governor Jim Justice favors stronger state control over county schools.
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What decade was known as the “age of greed?”
a. | 1960s | b. | 1970s | c. | 1980s | d. | 1990s |
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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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Where is West Virginia’s antiterrorist training center located?
a. | the Hawks Nest Tunnel | b. | the Greenbrier | c. | the Memorial
Tunnel | d. | Seneca Rocks |
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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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Which was NOT an area of concern identified by Governor Jim Justice in
his second State of the State Address?
a. | alternative energy | b. | the economy | c. | education | d. | higher wages |
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The Roads to Properity Bill provided funding for
a. | education. | b. | infrastructure. | c. | state
parks. | d. | tourism. |
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What did Governor Jim Justice propose as a way to allow students to receive a
certification in a specific trade?
a. | building more trade schools | b. | an additional year of high
school | c. | free tuition to community colleges | d. | internships to provide on-the-job
training |
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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Homer Hickam wrote _______________ about his life in a coal camp in Coalwood,
West Virginia.
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The largest social networking site from 2005-2009 was
_______________________.
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Operation Desert Storm came about because of the occupation of
___________________ by Iraq.
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_______________ is an the extremist group of Islamist terrorists who was
responsible for the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
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The _______________, a group of fundamentalist political and religious leaders,
ruled Afghanistan when the attacks of September 11, 2001, occurred.
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Facebook was originally only available to students at __________________
University.
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West Virginia hopes to get an $84 billion investment from
_________________.
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Matching
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Match the word with its definition. a. | blog | f. | recession | b. | coalition | g. | technology | c. | email | h. | telecommunicate | d. | millennium | i. | terrorism | e. | opioids | j. | website |
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messages sent electronically on a computer
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business slowdown
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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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online commentary or personal diary
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using a computer to keep in touch
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class of drugs, including heroin and oxycodone
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location connected to the Internet
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practical use of scientific knowledge
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an alliance
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Essay
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How did technology change lifestyles in West Virginia between 1980 and
2019?
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