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True/False Quiz

1 .       Infant mortality rates in the United States are the lowest in the world. [Hint]

 
 


2 .       Access to medical care in the United States is not universal. [Hint]

 
 


3 .       Minority Americans have higher rates of most diseases, shorter life spans, and face much higher infant mortality rates. [Hint]

 
 


4 .       The United States has the most thoroughly privatized medical care system in the developed world. [Hint]

 
 


5 .       Medicaid is a national health care program designed to help the elderly. [Hint]

 
 


6 .       The groups that enjoy good health care coverage in the United States are largely those that are well organized to influence government. [Hint]

 
 


7 .       President Clinton's health care reform failed because people felt it did not go far enough in providing universal coverage. [Hint]

 
 


8 .       We are more dependent on foreign oil today than during Carter's administration. [Hint]

 
 


9 .       The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 marked one of the most radical innovations in pollution control policy. [Hint]

 
 


10 .       The Environmental Protection Agency is the largest federal regulatory agency. [Hint]

 
 


11 .       Ever since 1916, the United States has been a world leader in wilderness preservation. [Hint]

 
 


12 .       Nonrenewable resources are replaced by nature once consumed. [Hint]

 
 


13 .       The United States has not initiated any new nuclear power plants since 1978. [Hint]

 
 


14 .       Western groups that oppose environmentalists often call themselves "wise use" advocates. [Hint]

 
 


15 .       Most Americans believe that high-technology issues should be a private matter and not involve government interference. [Hint]

 
 






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