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True/False Quiz
1 .
Infant mortality rates in the United States are the lowest in the world.
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2 .
Access to medical care in the United States is not universal.
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True
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3 .
Minority Americans have higher rates of most diseases, shorter life spans, and face much higher infant mortality rates.
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4 .
The United States has the most thoroughly privatized medical care system in the developed world.
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5 .
Medicaid is a national health care program designed to help the elderly.
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6 .
The groups that enjoy good health care coverage in the United States are largely those that are well organized to influence government.
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7 .
President Clinton's health care reform failed because people felt it did not go far enough in providing universal coverage.
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8 .
We are more dependent on foreign oil today than during Carter's administration.
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9 .
The Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 marked one of the most radical innovations in pollution control policy.
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10 .
The Environmental Protection Agency is the largest federal regulatory agency.
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11 .
Ever since 1916, the United States has been a world leader in wilderness preservation.
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True
False
12 .
Nonrenewable resources are replaced by nature once consumed.
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True
False
13 .
The United States has not initiated any new nuclear power plants since 1978.
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14 .
Western groups that oppose environmentalists often call themselves "wise use" advocates.
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15 .
Most Americans believe that high-technology issues should be a private matter and not involve government interference.
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