
1.) True or False: Although President Bush states that we are a peaceful nation, between 1995 and 1997 the United States exported $77.8 billion in arms, nearly two-thirds the global total, and nearly half of those exports went to non-democratic regimes.
2.) Although Congress
considers the mandatory labeling of genetically modified foods
an unjustified trade restriction, what percentage of Americans
support mandatory labeling?
(a) 90 percent
(b) 70 percent
(c) 50 percent
3.) In the last
70 years human population has tripled, within the next 25 years
it is estimated that most wars will be fought over which of the
following?
(a) Land
(b) Water
(c) Religious Beliefs
4.) Media power
is political power. In 1982, 50 corporations controlled what experts
called 'The Media Monopoly'. By 2001 the number had shrunk to:
(a) 31
(b) 23
(c) 6
5.) True or False: In 1996, Yavapai County ranked among the best 20% of all U.S. counties for emissions of carbon monoxide.
6.) In 1980, corporate
CEOs made 42 times the pay of average factory workers. By 1999,
CEOs made ____ times as much as workers.
(a) 92
(b) 153
(c) 475
7.) True or False: Since 1989, the number of non-violent drug law offenders has exceeded the number of violent offenders committed each year to state prisons.
8.) Which of the
following is a true statement?
1. During the last thirty years, an average of three people each
year have been released from death row with evidence of their
innocence.
2. Death penalty cases cost an average of nearly 2.5 million dollars
to try and prosecute, over three times the cost of imprisonment
at the highest security level for forty years.
3. Police and prosecutorial misconduct was part of the reason
Gov. Ryan has imposed a moratorium on executions in Illinois.
(a) 1
and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) none of the above
(d) all of the above
