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(HC) The quote below comes from a speech made by presidential candidate John F. Kennedy in October 1960: How many of you who are going to be doctors, are willing to spend your days in Ghana? Technicians or engineers, how many of you are willing to work in the Foreign Service and spend your lives traveling around the world? On your willingness to do that, not merely to serve one year or two years in the service, but on your willingness to contribute part of your life to this country, I think will depend the answer whether a free society can compete. I think it can! And I think Americans are willing to contribute. But the effort must be far greater than we have ever made in the past. Source: http://www.the-american-interest.com/article.cfm?piece=763 What was Kennedy suggesting that became part of his foreign policy? (3 points)

Provide the type of bone for each of the following: 1. Scapula 2. Humerus 3. Femur 4. Vertebra 5. Patella 6. Tarsals

The “pleasure” from a gain is 2x greater than the “pain” from a loss

(MC) Which statement summarizes the results of the Korean War? (2 points)

(HC) The passage below is an excerpt from leaflets dropped on Japanese cities after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima: [B]ecause of your leaders’ refusal to accept the surrender declaration that would enable Japan to honorably end this useless war, we have employed our atomic bomb. The Soviet Union, because of this rejection on the part of the military, has notified your Ambassador Sato that it has declared war on your nation. Thus, all powerful countries of the world are now at war with you.Source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/truman-leaflets/ What did the United States hope would result from this leaflet? (3 points)

(MC) The United States leads the world in energy consumption. Which effect of energy use is the source of the greatest disagreement among American politicians? (2 points)

For the American worker, World War I meant

(MC) How did the launch of Sputnik lead to the creation of NASA? (2 points)

In general, according to David Elkind, adolescent egocentrism refers to the:

What path does information travel through the cortical motor regions, in order from start to finish, in order to recognize and then pick up a glass of water? (Start > Finish)