Questions

DIRECTIONS: For the bolded part of each statement, circle the correct answer.

1. Hyundai Motor Company celebrated the opening of its new $7.6 billion electric vehicle factory this week by announcing plans to expand its production capacity by two-thirds to a total of 50,000 / 500,000 vehicles per year in Georgia.

2. In an interview, the CEO of Hyundai said "During the previous Trump administration we took a big decision to invest in America" and build the plant in Georgia so that Hyundai can now pay less in tariffs / avoid the auto tariffs by building their cars in the U.S.

3. U.S. Secretary of Defense JD Vance / Pete Hegseth announced this week that the Pentagon would end the practice of setting separate physical fitness standards for women to serve in combat roles.

4. The Defense Secretary noted that under the first Trump administration / the Obama administration, "all combat roles were opened to men AND women. BUT, different physical fitness standards for men and women remained."

5. In an interview with Elon Musk and leaders of the DOGE team, Musk said the most astonishing thing they've found is "The sheer amount of waste and fraud in the government. It is astonishing. It’s mind-blowing. We routinely encounter wastes of a million / billion dollars or more. Casually."

6. Steve Davis serves as the chief operating officer of DOGE's day-to-day operations. He said he joined the DOGE team because he thinks "the goal is incredibly inspiring" and "the country going not bankrupt is a good thing that all of us are willing to kind of put our lives on hold / set aside a week or two in order to do."

7. Aram Moghaddassi is a software engineer working at the Social Security Administration for DOGE. He said the government computer systems are over 15 / 50 years old - really critical systems like Social Security or the IRS. And they cost a lot of money to maintain, and the efforts to improve them are often very delayed.

8. The purpose of President Trump's order implementing responsive tariffs is to strengthen the international economic position of the United States and protect American workers / billionaires.

9. From 1997 to 2024, the U.S. lost around 5 million / 500 million manufacturing jobs - and experienced one of the largest drops in manufacturing employment in history.

10. President Trump believes that tariffs are necessary to ensure fair trade, protect American workers and reduce the trade deficit / budget deficit.