History, 10.02.2020 19:27, Aliciaonfleek
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1. How did television affect Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s?
It caused a significant drop in school attendance nationwide.
It had little effect; most people thought television was bad and refused to watch it.
It was a disruptive force and often caused problems in communities.
It had the tendency to bring people together in social settings.
2. What is the invention of television is a good example of?
how inventions are always a result of collaboration between several people
how technology can only advance as a result of war and conflict
how inventions often rely on previous inventions and innovations
how scientific advances in the postwar years inflicted severe harm to society
3. How did the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union affect the Cold War?
The space race resulted in several small conflicts between the superpowers.
The space race caused tensions to rise between the superpowers.
The space race lowered tensions and resulted in closer ties between the superpowers.
The space race did not affect the Cold War in any significant way.
4. Which event started the space race and made Americans feel their security was threatened?
the launch of Explorer
the launch of Sputnik
the Cuban Missile Crisis
Alan Shepard’s suborbital flight
5. Who made efforts in Mexico that helped start the Green Revolution?
Norman Borlaug
Marshall McLuhan
Neil Armstrong
Jonas Salk
6. What was the goal of the Green Revolution?
to decrease world population through education and thereby prevent global starvation
to invent several new types of grains that could be grown throughout Southeast Asia
to increase crop yields through the use of technology and modern agricultural methods
to prevent drought and famine by developing techniques for changing weather patterns
7. Although the Green Revolution helped prevent famine and starvation in many places, there were several unintended, negative consequences as well.
Which choice was not one of those negative consequences?
New crop species have crowded out and destroyed all of the original species.
Irrigation projects have resulted in salinization in some regions.
The use of artificial fertilizers harmed the environment in many areas.
In many regions, there has been significant depletion in topsoil nutrients.
8. What is Jonas Salk known for?
creating new agricultural methods
developing a vaccine to prevent polio
advancing the science of plant genetics
inventing a drug to cure polio
9. What helped create a “global village” and the emergence of a new international popular culture?
a decrease in Cold War tensions as a result of the space race
newer, more advanced agricultural methods and techniques
technology, such as television, artificial satellites, radio, and movies
American pop culture, such as rock and roll music and cars
10. What are examples of culture finding its way from other countries into the United States?
blue jeans, leather jackets
yoga, Nehru jackets, sitar music
rock and roll, gossip magazines
Coca-Cola, hamburgers, milkshakes
11. Why were some people concerned about the new pop culture and “global village” in the 1960s?
They were concerned that local cultures would disappear in an international pop culture.
They believed a new pop culture would generate more distrust among nations.
They did not believe an international pop culture was good for nations’ economies.
They thought that a “global village” might become one large communist nation.
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