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Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 31

Quiz for Reading the American Past, Chapter 31

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Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War

Document 31-2: A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses

Document 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked

Document 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis

Document 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U.S. Relations with the Muslim World

Question

1. According to the 2002 Bush administration national security memorandum, what national security strategy had become ineffective in the face of new threats? (See Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War)

Supporting moderate, modern governments, especially in the Muslim world

Using public diplomacy to promote the free flow of information and ideas

Relying on deterrence through fear of weapons of mass destruction

Using preemptive military action to address imminent danger

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. The memorandum states that since the end of the Cold War, the security environment faced by the United States has changed and that "traditional concepts of deterrence" through the threat of weapons of mass destruction "will not work against a terrorist enemy whose avowed tactics are wanton destruction and the targeting of innocents; whose so-called soldiers seek martyrdom in deathÖ."

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2. What was Khalid Sheikh Muhammad indicating when he mentions "the language of any war"? (See Document 31-2: A Captured 9/11 Terrorist Confesses)

He claimed that the real language of war was English.

He insisted that terrorism is the only international language of war.

He implied that, in the language of war, truth and lies mixed and oaths and deceptions became one.

He implied that he was not a terrorist but simply at war with the United States.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. Khalid Sheikh Muhammad rejected the label of terrorist and insisted instead that he was at war with the United States just like any soldier was at war with an enemy nation.

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3. Why does Tony Campolo believe that "evangelical Christianity has been hijacked?" (See Document 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked)

Evangelical Christians had come to neglect Christian issues other than those promoted by the Republican Party.

Church organizations have increasingly turned religion into a money-making business that had little to do with faith.

Many former atheists had become evangelicals and dominated the church bureaucracy.

Evangelical Christians had failed to read the Bible carefully and instead only listened to TV preachers.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Campolo believed that evangelical Christianity had been hijacked because they had come to neglect Christian issues other than those promoted by the Republican Party.

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4. Which of the following does Joseph Stiglitz identify as the most important new regulatory challenge of the late 1990s and early 21st century? (See Document 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis)

Derivatives trading

Stock market speculation

The minimum wage

Inflation

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Stiglitz observed that the new challenges posed by 21st-century markets in derivative trading did not lead to any regulatory changes.

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5. In his 2010 Cairo speech, what did President Barack Obama ask Muslims to do? (See Document 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U.S. Relations with the Muslim World)

Embrace Israel and abandon the Palestinian cause.

Accept Jesus as their Savior and tear down their mosques.

Secularize their societies and embrace science.

Abandon old stereotypes about Americans.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is d. President Obama asked Muslims to abandon some familiar stereotypes about Americans in the same way that Americans had to shed stereotypes about Muslims and Islam.

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6. What idea did both President Barack Obama in Cairo and the authors of the National Security Strategy memorandum from 2002 articulate? (See Document 31-1: National Security of the United States Requires Preemptive War and Document 31-5: President Barack Obama Declares a New Beginning in U.S. Relations with the Muslim World)

The source of terrorism was political radicalism, not the Muslim faith.

The primary focus of American foreign policy in the Middle East must be the fight against terrorism.

America's primary concern with antagonistic Islamic nations was their control of weapons of mass destruction.

The free flow of information must be restricted in order to stop terrorist attacks.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is a. Obama and the authors of the National Security Strategy memorandum stated that the source of terrorism was political radicalism, not the Muslim faith.

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7. What opinion did Joseph Stiglitz and Tony Campolo share? (See Document 31-3: A Christian Leader Argues That Evangelical Christianity Has Been Hijacked and Document 31-4: Joseph Stiglitz Describes Capitalist Fools' Responsibility for the Economic Crisis)

Religion had no place in politics.

Politics should be governed by religious faith.

The Republican Party had failed to address economic inequality.

The Democratic Party was dominated by atheist social engineers.

Correct.

Incorrect. The answer is The answer is c. Stiglitz and Campolo agreed that the Republican Party had failed to address economic inequality.