Upfront Magazine Quiz - 12/16/16

A) Extensive studies on e-cigarettes have shown that they are much safer than tobacco cigarettes

B) Both tobacco cigarettes and e-cigarettes have been widely studied and shown to cause lung cancer

C) E-cigarette use is growing among teens even as tobacco cigarette in this population declines

D) Among teens, both tobacco cigarette use and e-cigarette use are rising rapidly

A) in 2008 by the Centers for Disease Control

B) in the 1990s by the same company that makes Camel cigarettes

C) in 2003 in China

D) in 2010 at Stanford University

A) tar

B) nicotine

C) tobacco

D) all of the above

A) E-cigarettes can't use flavored liquids

B) E-cigarettes can't be sold in vending machines

C) E-cigarettes can't be sold on the internet

D) E-cigarettes can't be sold to minors

A) are far too expensive for young people to buy

B) are not effective in helping longtime smokers quit

C) might lead users to start smoking regular cigarettes

D) might lead to the invention of other high-tech cigarettes

A) Iraq

B) Iran

C) Syria

D) Afghanistan

A) social welfare benefits

B) lack of far-right political parties

C) segregated neighborhoods for Muslims

D) location along the Mediterranean Sea

A) avoid being arrested by the Taliban

B) attend college and seek economic opportunity

C) avoid being drafted and fighting in a civil war

D) compete on a TV program called Arab Idol

A) end longstanding regulations that separated Muslims from other German citizens

B) send most migrants back to their native countries

C) force other nations in Europe to take their fair share of migrants

D) provide assistance to migrants in exchange for them adopting Germany's customs

A) the onset of constitutional democracy in China

B) the Great Leap Forward

C) Japan's occupation of China

D) Mao Zedong's death

A) a democratic republic

B) dominated by foreign powers

C) run by autocratic dictators

D) none of the above are correct

A) top-level officials within the Communist Party

B) wealthy intellectuals who studied and taught Maoist principles

C) radical young people rebelling against old ideas and authority figures

D) soldiers in China's army who sought to overthrow the nation's Communist government

A) It is in the midst of a new Cultural Revolution

B) It has embraced Western-style freedoms, including a free press

C) It has the second-largest economy in the world

D) All of the above statements are correct

A) It helped fuel the Red Scare

B) It increased youth activism

C) It weakened the US economy

D) It caused a class struggle

A) Boosting the economy

B) The rise of Japan

C) Nuclear threat from North Korea and Iran

D) Renegotiating trade deals

A) Philadelphia

B) New York City

C) Boston

D) Sacramento