1. What percentage of students in the United States between the ages of 18 and 24 cannot locate Iraq on the world map? Afghanistan? Japan? The United States? 

ANSWER: 

             IRAQ = 87%, AFGHANISTAN = 83%, JAPAN = 58%, UNITED STATES = 11%

2. ________ of people in the United States agree that students should have a study abroad experience sometime during college, but only ______ of students from the United States currently study abroad each year.

 ANSWER: ____79%____ of people in the United States agree that students should have a study abroad experience sometime during college, but only ___1%___ of students from the United States currently study abroad each year.

3. Studying abroad exposes students from the United States to valuable _____________ and cultural understanding and forms an integral part of their education.

ANSWER: a. shopping sprees    b. global knowledge    c. memories    d. all of the above

 4. Some of the core values and skills of __________ education are enhanced by participation in study abroad programs

ANSWER:    a. higher                      b. lower                           c. no                d. the same

 5. Institutions of higher education in the United States are struggling to graduate enough students with the ____________ skills and cultural competence necessary to meet the current demands of business, government, and educational institutions.

ANSWER:    a. reading                    b. writing                         c. language    d. science

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*Statistics provided by U.S. Senate.