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Practice with search connectors

Okay, you've learned how to use the search connectors AND and OR to build searches. Now you're ready for some serious practice. Try converting each of the following questions into a search statement using search connectors (AND, OR). We have helped you out a little by giving you a box for each search term.

HINT: Choose the keywords first, then combine them with search connectors. Use parentheses where appropriate. (Remind me: when are parentheses appropriate?)

You will want to use parentheses when combining the search connectors AND and OR in the same search. Separate the terms connected by OR from the rest of the search using parentheses.

Example: the history of the Internet
Answer: history and internet

1) dialects of sign language
        dialects AND sign language

2) castles in France
        castles AND france

3) sales tax on purchases made online
              sales tax AND purchases AND online

4) priorities for organ transplants
        priorities AND organ transplants

5) medicare fraud or abuse of medicare
              medicare AND (fraud OR abuse)

6) China's restrictions on the World Wide Web
              china AND restrictions AND world wide web

7) Hinduism or Buddhism in India
              (hinduism OR buddhism) AND india

8) the use of gestures in communication
        gestures AND communication

9) protests against the World Trade Organization
        protests AND world trade organization

10) development of high-speed rail in the United States
              development AND high-speed rail AND united states

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