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- 4. The rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union is often referred to and the ________________ war.
- 5. What is the United State’s oldest intercollegiate sport?
- 6. It is predicted that A.I will enable companies to reduce the size of their labor force while simultaneously increasing their overall ________________________.
- 7. Which branch of government is in charge of war at sea?
- 11. Benjamin Franklin helped to write the U.S. _____________________________. It sets out the basic rules of American democracy.
- 14. After the fall of Communism, the Soviet Union became what country?
- 17. What is the acronym for the National Aeronautical Space Administration?
- 18. Benjamin Franklin invented the lightning _______________. It protects your house from being struck by lightning.
- 20. What electronic device was used to communicate across long distances before the invention of the telephone?
- 22. What is the common word used to describe a work stoppage as a form of protest?
- 23. What city was the capital of the United States during the American Revolution?
- 25. Which country did the United States fight against in the American Revolution?
- 26. What woman from American history is known as “the Moses of her people?”
- 28. Which American President challenged the Soviets to race to the moon?
- 29. Which branch of the United States military is responsible for ground missions and assault operations (often launched from boats)?
- 30. What can you buy if you want to invest your money in a publicly owned company?
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- 1. What is the Generative Pretrained Transformer?
- 2. What controversial procedure was used to “control” mental disorders in the 1940’s and 1950’s.
- 3. Who was the founder of Nike?
- 7. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization is better known by what acronym?
- 8. The ________________________________ are a religious group that immigrated to the United States from Switzerland and southwest Germany in the 1730’s. They don’t use electricity or the internal combustion engin.
- 9. A.I. stands for ___________________________ intelligence.
- 10. Who helped Nike to become one of the world’s top selling athletic shoes? (not the founder)
- 12. What was the name of the first machine that was able to record and play back sound?
- 13. Astronauts who go into space are exposed to ten times more ____________________ than normal.
- 15. Which Chicago Bulls player helped Nike to become the most famous athletic footwear company?
- 16. Which state has passed a law requiring businesses to use E-Verify to identify workers who are not eligible to work in the United States?
- 19. During the Soviet era, Vladimir Putin was the leader of what government spy agency?
- 21. Wilbur and Orville ______________ invented the airplane.
- 24. Benjamin Franklin helped Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of _______________________. It informed King George that the United States was an independent nation.
- 25. Who invented the light bulb?
- 27. Who invented the telephone?
