SDC COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ how do you listen differently when you are listening for purpose and
listening for entertainment.
Answer: You pay more attention when your doing it for fun
◍ Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).
Answer: an international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to
nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S.
discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy
demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the
Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later; U.S.
removed missile sites in Turkey and promised not to invade Cuba
◍ Richard Nixon.
Answer: President who advocated "Vietnamization" (replace US troops with
Vietnamese) and pulled the US out of the Vietnam War in 1973; improved
China-US relations
◍ John
F. Kennedy.
Answer: President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban
Missile Crisis; signature program was the New Frontier and legacy was the
Civil Rights Act of 1964; assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald
◍ action-oriented listeners.
Answer: focus on the ultimate point the speaker is trying to make
◍ What special difficulties would children have with listening.
Answer: They want to talk more and they are just full of energy
, ◍ military-industrial complex.
Answer: Eisenhower first coined this phrase when he warned American
against it in his last State of the Union Address. He feared that the combined
lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries that contracted with the
military would lead to excessive Congressional spending.
◍ Berlin Airlift.
Answer: airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin
when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
◍ Partition of Germany and Berlin.
Answer: Germany is split up at the Yalta Conference into four parts, West
Berlin/Germany is controlled by France and America and East
Berlin/Germany is controlled by Russia
◍ Levittown.
Answer: first low-cost, mass produced development of suburban tract
housing built by William Levitt on Long Island, NY 1947; served as
template for growth of suburbs
◍ Anti-Vietnam War Protests.
Answer: Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began
with demonstrations in 1964 against the escalating role of the U.S. military
in the Vietnam War and grew into a broad social movement over the
ensuing several years.
◍ NATO.
Answer: North Atlantic Treaty organization - a military alliance including
the United States, Canada, and Western Europe initially formed to combat
communism
◍ Warren Court (1953-1969).
Answer: the Supreme Court during the era in which Earl Warren served as
Chief Justice, best remembered for expanding the rights of minorities and
the rights of the accused
FULL QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS
GRADED A+
◍ how do you listen differently when you are listening for purpose and
listening for entertainment.
Answer: You pay more attention when your doing it for fun
◍ Cuban Missile Crisis (1962).
Answer: an international crisis in October 1962, the closest approach to
nuclear war at any time between the U.S. and the USSR. When the U.S.
discovered Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, President John F. Kennedy
demanded their removal and announced a naval blockade of the island; the
Soviet leader Khrushchev acceded to the U.S. demands a week later; U.S.
removed missile sites in Turkey and promised not to invade Cuba
◍ Richard Nixon.
Answer: President who advocated "Vietnamization" (replace US troops with
Vietnamese) and pulled the US out of the Vietnam War in 1973; improved
China-US relations
◍ John
F. Kennedy.
Answer: President of the US during the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban
Missile Crisis; signature program was the New Frontier and legacy was the
Civil Rights Act of 1964; assassinated in 1963 by Lee Harvey Oswald
◍ action-oriented listeners.
Answer: focus on the ultimate point the speaker is trying to make
◍ What special difficulties would children have with listening.
Answer: They want to talk more and they are just full of energy
, ◍ military-industrial complex.
Answer: Eisenhower first coined this phrase when he warned American
against it in his last State of the Union Address. He feared that the combined
lobbying efforts of the armed services and industries that contracted with the
military would lead to excessive Congressional spending.
◍ Berlin Airlift.
Answer: airlift in 1948 that supplied food and fuel to citizens of west Berlin
when the Russians closed off land access to Berlin
◍ Partition of Germany and Berlin.
Answer: Germany is split up at the Yalta Conference into four parts, West
Berlin/Germany is controlled by France and America and East
Berlin/Germany is controlled by Russia
◍ Levittown.
Answer: first low-cost, mass produced development of suburban tract
housing built by William Levitt on Long Island, NY 1947; served as
template for growth of suburbs
◍ Anti-Vietnam War Protests.
Answer: Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War began
with demonstrations in 1964 against the escalating role of the U.S. military
in the Vietnam War and grew into a broad social movement over the
ensuing several years.
◍ NATO.
Answer: North Atlantic Treaty organization - a military alliance including
the United States, Canada, and Western Europe initially formed to combat
communism
◍ Warren Court (1953-1969).
Answer: the Supreme Court during the era in which Earl Warren served as
Chief Justice, best remembered for expanding the rights of minorities and
the rights of the accused
