Exam 21: Globalization 1970-2000

While many things about the global economy changed during the latter twentieth century,countries that depended on production of raw materials remained poor and vulnerable to economic fluctuations.

Why did the populations of richer nations grow more slowly than the populations of poorer nations at the end of the twentieth century?

In the late twentieth century,which type of states saw the most economic growth?

In the 1970s,which of the following led to declining migration northward from southern European countries,such as Spain and Italy?

Despite heated rhetoric,the overall levels of military spending by the superpowers decreased during the 1970s and 1980s.

Why did the nation-state's political and cultural power to define its citizens' collective identity decline in the latter part of the twentieth century,and what other patterns of organization emerged?

How did discrimination against women hurt developing countries' efforts to combat poverty at the end of the twentieth century?

By the end of the twentieth century,what type of marketable products had become key to any country's acquisition of wealth and power?

The development of the Internet and online trading not only helped capital to move more freely around the world,but it also led to more economic volatility.

In the latter part of the twentieth century,weak states and limits to the rule of law led to many gruesome outbreaks of violence in which of the following regions?

Which of the following contributed to the globalization of the late twentieth-century world?

During the 1990s,global feminism was propelled primarily by government committees working in cooperation with each other.

The primary reason for the dramatic increase in the global population during the late twentieth century was an increase in the birthrate.

Which of the following led to increased agricultural production in China in the late 1970s?

Which of the following was a reason why the populations of poorer regions of the world suffered more often from preventable diseases such as cholera than the populations of wealthier regions?

During the 1980s,which of the following was an effect of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan?

Which regional trade group expanded its scope to include the creation of a new international currency?

Which of the following was an outcome of the end of colonial rule in sub-Saharan Africa?

By the end of the twentieth century,which of the following permitted large numbers of people to communicate across global networks more easily than with their neighbors?

In the last decades of the twentieth century,which of the following had the largest impact on family life?