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Upfront Quiz: 11/2/18
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Question 1
1.
"Coming to America"
What significant event in US immigration history took place in the 1920s?
A) Asians became the biggest group of new immigrants
B) Congress imposed quotas strictly limiting immigration
C) New laws opened up immigration to people from Latin America
D) The foreign-born population reached its lowest level
Question 2
2.
"Coming to America"
What was one effect of the 1965 immigration law?
A) New immigrants settled in only a few states
B) Only immigrants with college degrees were allowed into the country
C) Large numbers of people from Germany began migrating to the US
D) Citizens could more easily bring family members from their home countries to the US
Question 3
3.
"Coming to America"
Which of the following states has had the biggest increase in its percentage of foreign-born residents since 2010?
A) Alaska
B) California
C) Hawaii
D) North Dakota
Question 4
4.
"Too Hot to Handle"
According to the article, the years 2015, 2016, and 2017 were __________________________________.
A) the hottest years on record
B) the most effective years of the Paris Accord
C) the easiest years to farm wheat and corn crops
D) the least studied years for shifts in weather patterns
Question 5
5.
"Too Hot to Handle"
What will happen if the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere increases?
A) Earth will get warmer
B) Earth will become cooler
C) Earth's atmosphere will be cleaner
D) Earth's temperature will stay the same
Question 6
6.
"Too Hot to Handle"
What do experts predict will be an effect of a warmer planet?
A) fewer wildfires
B) less-extreme droughts
C) an increase in heat-related deaths
D) a drop in the number of severe storms
Question 7
7.
"Too Hot to Handle"
Which of the following statements is
true
about US involvement with the Paris Accord?
A) The US never signed the accord
B) The US is firmly committed to the accord
C) The US has announced it will withdraw from the accord
D) The US has agreed to sign the accord if all other countries sign it
Question 8
8.
"Forgotten Victims of War"
According to the article, ISIS is also known as
A) The Islamic State
B) The Salim State
C) The Syria State
D) The Mosul State
Question 9
9.
"Forgotten Victims of War"
After reading the article, many people would agree that which of the following groups of people are the "forgotten victims" of the war?
A) the elderly
B) children
C) adults
D) people that are associated with ISIS
Question 10
10.
"Forgotten Victims of War"
Saddam Hussein was the Iraqi dictator that the United States help oust, or drive out, of power.
True
False