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By Kenneth Beare, About.com

Choose the correct answer or phrase to fill in the blank. Each question has only one correct answer.

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Which social networking site was not mentioned in the reading?

  • MySpace
  • LinkedIn
  • Facebook

What is Facebook?

  • A blog
  • A content site
  • A social networking site

Where is Orkut especially popular?

  • In Japan
  • In South Korea
  • In Brazil

Which phrase best describes what people do at social networking sites?

  • They interact with other people.
  • They browse articles and other content.
  • They code pages in HTML.

Social networks are considered:

  • Web 1.0 sites
  • Web 2.0 sites
  • Web blogs

What was the original web mainly used for?

  • Interacting with other people
  • Browsing content
  • Creating pages in HTML

Why didn't many people create web pages in the beginning?

  • They didn't like communicating with others.
  • They didn't feel comfortable coding HTML pages.
  • They didn't know they could create web pages.

Which is the best description of web 2.0 sites?

  • They are content driven sites.
  • They are platforms for interaction.
  • They are like blogs, but better.

What do web 2.0 sites rely on?

  • Articles written by professional journalists
  • Users creating content
  • Fast internet connections

What is most important for these new sites?

  • Users' desire to communicate with each other
  • Users' desire to read interesting content written by professionals
  • Users' desire to learn coding

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