A) It has dried out most of the United States
B) Because of weather patterns, it has affected only California
C) It is not as severe as other recent droughts
D) It is in its fourth year
A) provided funding to help Californians dig new wells
B) ordered cutbacks in water use
C) mandated that Californians start drinking bottled water
D) none of the above
A) desert
B) marsh
C) reservoir
D) grassland
A) a worse drought
B) price increases for grapes, strawberries, and other California produce
C) the groundwater supply in many parts of the state to run out
D) a rush for land in California in coming years
A) People are fleeing California in record numbers
B) Over time, climate change is expected to bring wetter weather to California and its neighbors
C) Water is already more expensive in the U.S. than it is elsewhere in the world
D) California needs innovative solutions for its drought
A) "[T]he longer-term regional trend is still for hotter, drier weather...And that will require ongoing adaptation."
B) "The states has...been a land of hopes and dreams."
C) "Several California cities are considering high-tech plants that would clean wastewater..."
D) "Three things have made this [drought] much worse."
A) it has a basket shape that affects weather patterns
B) its people eat more bread than people in other states
C) it produces a lot of the food Americans consume
D) its grassy terrain is quickly drying out into straw
A) highest-paid workforce
B) largest population
C) oldest democratic government
D) all of the above
A) agriculture
B) tourism
C) manufacturing
D) technological innovation
A) introduced free-market reforms
B) created a Communist government
C) became the longest-ruling emperor
D) used landfill to create new islands
A) limits on individual rights in China
B) a lack of Internet access in China
C) a fast-shrinking population in China
D) rising wages in China
A) to contrast China with the United States
B) to describe China's environmental problems
C) to explain how traffic congestion affects China
D) to show that people in China are wealthier than they were 30 years ago
A) become a powerhouse
B) embarrassed itself on the world stage
C) done something that seemed impossible
A) at the Continental Congress in 1776
B) at a convention in New York in 1848
C) in the early 1900s, when more women began entering the workforce
D) with the passage of the 19th Amendment in 1920
A) that wives controlled their husbands' votes
B) that women were in charge of the home
C) of laws limiting women's rights
D) of a government run by women
A) His wife pressured him to "remember the ladies."
B) Women protesters sent him a "Declaration of Sentiments and Resolutions" modeled on the Declaration of Independence
C) He observed women's contributions to the war effort during World War I
D) His mother gave him a red rose that represented the suffrage movement
A) getting ratified by three fourths of state legislatures
B) winning approval in the Senate
C) winning approval in the House of Representatives
A) The NFL has hired its first female referee
B) Women now comprise half of the U.S. Senate
C) Women account for about half of the U.S. workforce
D) The U.S. military in 2013 announced it was lifting its ban on women in combat units
A) "lack of paid leave"
B) "new mothers"
C) "even greater progress"
D) "presumed frontrunner"
A) thinks that the next president should be a woman
B) thinks that women have not yet achieved full equality
C) has been elected to political office
D) believes that companies deliberately pay women less than they pay men
A) "...in many ways it was also just a first step in a larger quest for women's equality that's still going on."
B) "Some people feared that giving women the vote would change the country in untold ways."
C) "Since 1980, the proportion of eligible women voting in presidential elections has exceeded that of men."
D) "Among Republicans vying for the nomination in 2016 is Carly Fiorina, a former CEO of Hewlett-Packard."
A) First Amendment
B) Second Amendment
C) Third Amendment
D) Fourth Amendment
A) Created their own Facebook account
B) Set up their own YouTube channel
C) Broadcasted a live stream on their police website
D) None of the above