Upfront Magazine Quiz - 9/22/17

A) take down the Confederate flag that had been flying above city hall for decades

B) name a new school for Confederate General Stonewall Jackson

C) build a statue of Confederate President Jefferson Davis in front of a cemetery

D) remove a statue of Confederate Robert E. Lee from a city park

A) agriculture

B) manufacturing

C) tourism

D) shipping

A) most Confederate monuments were destroyed

B) federal law banned new Confederate monuments

C) the building of Confederate monuments greatly increased

D) none of the above are correct

A) It developed its first nuclear weapon

B) It created a standing army

C) It built a nuclear arsenal larger than that of the U.S.

D) It tested a ballistic missile that can reach many U.S. cities

A) efforts to rig North Korea's national elections

B) threats of using nuclear weapons against the U.S.

C) camps where political prisoners are starved

D) all of the above

A) South America

B) the trading centers of Africa

C) the southern tip of Florida

D) China, India, or Japan

A) the United States and Canada

B) Haiti and the Dominican Republic

C) northern Mexico

D) Genoa, Italy

A) new accusations that he created false reports in his ship logs and abused his crew

B) increasing evidence that other European explorers were living in the Americas when he arrived

C) the way he and other Europeans treated Native Americans

D) the fact that he sailed in search for gold, spices, and other riches

A) Columbus thought that they were generous

B) Many became sick with European diseases

C) Many became slaves

D) All of the above are correct

A) leprosy

B) malaria

C) tuberculosis

D) AIDS

A) the percentage of those living in extreme poverty is down

B) polio cases worldwide have dropped significantly

C) the literacy rate, or having the ability to read, has greatly increased

D) the number of AIDS cases reported has dropped significantly