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Question 1

who is credited with forming the first US Mint and national bank in the United States

Answer 1

Alexander Hamilton

Question 2

What does the law of demand state?

Answer 2

The amount of a product demanded and the product’s price are inversely related.

Question 3

What would you expect to find in a file with the extension .jpg?

Answer 3

an image

Question 4

what is a sunshine law?

Answer 4

legislation guaranteeing access to data held by the state

Question 5

what is cognitive dissonance?

Answer 5

Cognitive dissonance occurs when one holds two conflicting ideas simultaneously. Theoretically this provides a motivation to reconcile these two ideas, often by changing opinions and actions. The fox in the story reduces his desire for the grapes by criticizing them.

Question 6

define extrinsic motivation.

Answer 6

Extrinsic motivations come from outside, rather than within, and can include reward or punishment.

Question 7

What is the United States House Committee on Ways and Means responsible for?

Answer 7

taxation, tariffs, and revenue - The United States House Committee on Ways and Means has always been one of the most important comittees due to its wide jurisdiction.

Question 8

In journalism, a ‘blind interview’ implies:

Answer 8

The interviewee is not named.

Question 9

Which of the following technologies is NOT an example of ‘cloud computing’?

Answer 9

Cloud computing is defined as location-independent computing, wherein software and data is provided to users on-demand, similar to the electricity grid.

Question 10

You spend 320.00 in a foreign currency while traveling. The exchange rate is 8.00 = $1.00. The next country you visit has an exchange rate of 12.00 = $1.00. You receive 66.00 of the next country’s currency from a friend. How much has your original amount of money changed?

Answer 10

minus $34.50

Question 11

Who was Hannibal?

Answer 11

A Carthaginian military commander who fought against the Roman Republic in the first Punic War, widely considered one of the greatest tacticians in history - king of Macedon renowned for his battle prowess was Alexander the Great, the third ‘king of kings’ of the Persian empire was Darius I, and the leader of the Hunnic empire was Atilla the Hun.

Question 12

Which river stretches from Germany to the Black Sea?

Answer 12

The Danube River

Question 13

What is the median of the numbers 10, 12, 18, 24, 27?

Answer 13

18

Question 14

Which artist helped develop the American abstract expressionist art style in the 1940s?

Answer 14

Jackson Pollock

Question 15

A smile or laughter from a Japanese person may not be an expression of happiness. What other emotion could it signify?

Answer 15

nervousness or discomfort

Question 16

Which of the following was a member of the Central Powers during World War I?

Answer 16

The Ottoman Empire - Italy, France, and the Russian Empire were members of the Allied Powers.

Question 17

What does Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 state?

Answer 17

Education programs receiving federal money may not discriminate based on gender. - Title IX, later renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act, has been applied widely to collegiate sports programs since 1972.

Question 18

From which country does the US import the most goods?

Answer 18

China produces 15.4 percent of all US imports, Canada 11.6 percent, Mexico 9.1 percent, and Japan 4.9 percent.

Question 19

What event prompted the end of Japan’s isolationist Sakoku period, in which contact and trade with the west was severely limited?

Answer 19

The arrival of United States Commodore Matthew Perry’s ‘Black Ships’ and the demand of a trade treaty - Perry concluded the Convention of Kanagawa treaty with representatives of the Shogun, opening Japan to western trade in 1854.

Question 20

What national change greatly improved America’s literacy rates in the 1800’s?

Answer 20

compulsory education

Question 21

What role to syndicates play in the news industry?

Answer 21

Syndicates gather and sell the work of journalists, photographers, and others. ie. Associated Press, Reuters, AFP, etc.

Question 22

What allowed magazines to drastically reduce their prices in the late 1800’s?

Answer 22

increased advertising revenue

Question 23

what is muckraking?

Answer 23

targeting powerful people or politicians to provoke action. muckrakers hope that focussing people’s anger will make them more likely to demand broader social change.

Question 24

when did the radio become and important medium for disseminating news?

Answer 24

world war II

Question 25

How are public affairs and public relations different?

Answer 25

Public affairs professionals work with powerful institutions on behalf of their company.
Public affairs professionals are a subset of public relations professionals who deal with politicians, regulatory bodies and other powerful groups on behalf of the company.