Take the Green Quiz

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

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