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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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Hello! Here are the answers to your questions according to the question numbers.

1. It had the tendency to bring people together in social settings.

2. Inventions often rely on previous inventions and innovations.

3. The space race caused tensions to rise between the superpowers.

4. The launch of Sputnik.

5. Norman Borlaug.

6. To increase crop yields through the use of technology and modern agricultural methods.

7. Damages in the environment due to the negative effects of the fertilizer.

8. Developing a vaccine to prevent Polio.

9. Technology, such as television, artificial satellites, radio, and movies.

10. Yoga, Nehru jackets, Sitar music.

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After the WWII, the United States and the Soviet Union had conflict based on the governance and expanding territories.

America and the Soviet Union

1. Television affect Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s as it had the tendency to bring people together in social settings.

2. The invention of television is a good example of how inventions often rely on previous inventions and innovations.

3. The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union affect the Cold War as The space race caused tensions to rise between the superpowers.

4. The space race and made Americans feel their security was threatened was the launch of Sputnik.

5. Efforts in Mexico that helped start the Green Revolution Norman Borlaug.

6.  The goal of the Green Revolution was to increase crop yields through the use of technology and modern agricultural methods.

7. New crop species have crowded out and destroyed all of the original species was not one of those negative consequences.

8.  Jonas Salk known for developing a vaccine to prevent Polio.

9. Technology, such as television, artificial satellites, radio, and movies  helped create a “global village” and the emergence of a new international popular culture.

10. Yoga, Nehru jackets, Sitar music are examples of culture finding its way from other countries into the United States.

11. Some people concerned about the new pop culture and “global village” in the 1960s as they were concerned that local cultures would disappear in an international pop culture.

Thus options 1. D, 2. C, 3. B, 4. B, 5. A, 6. C, 7. A, 8. B, 9. C, 10. B, 11. A. are correct answer.

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