Question 1

In what way did the Internet revolution reinforce the disparity between haves and have-nots in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Only people living in the West had the skills or expensive hardware to use the Internet. 
B)  Many governments imposed heavy taxes on using the Internet,so only wealthy people could afford to shop online. 
C)  Large numbers of the world's people,especially in poor or rural areas,did not have access to the Internet. 
D)  Use of the Internet required knowledge of English,which many people in poor countries did not have. 
A)  Only people living in the West had the skills or expensive hardware to use the Internet. 
B)  Many governments imposed heavy taxes on using the Internet,so only wealthy people could afford to shop online. 
C)  Large numbers of the world's people,especially in poor or rural areas,did not have access to the Internet. 
D)  Use of the Internet required knowledge of English,which many people in poor countries did not have.

Question 2

Analyze the factors that shaped international migration at the end of the twentieth century,and explain how the pattern of migration differed from earlier patterns.

Accepted Answer

Ever since 1970s,the world has experienc

Question 3

Farmers throughout the world were able to benefit from the introduction of "green revolution" technologies to agriculture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Which of the following led to the end of white minority rule in Rhodesia in 1979?

Accepted Answer

A)  International diplomatic pressure led to a peaceful transfer of power to Robert Mugabe. 
B)  White minority rule ended when Britain granted independence to all its African colonies. 
C)  Independent African states supported a successful guerrilla movement under Robert Mugabe. 
D)  African nationalist movements had exhausted Portuguese resources,leading to their withdrawal. 
A)  International diplomatic pressure led to a peaceful transfer of power to Robert Mugabe. 
B)  White minority rule ended when Britain granted independence to all its African colonies. 
C)  Independent African states supported a successful guerrilla movement under Robert Mugabe. 
D)  African nationalist movements had exhausted Portuguese resources,leading to their withdrawal.

Question 5

How did the international division of labor in the production of goods change between the period immediately following World War II and the end of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Industrial production increasingly moved to new centers of manufacturing,especially in East Asia. 
B)  The end of the Cold War allowed the former Soviet bloc to become a manufacturing powerhouse. 
C)  North America's share of world industrial production increased at the expense of Europe and Asia. 
D)  The growth of regional trade blocs lessened the global nature of industrial production. 
A)  Industrial production increasingly moved to new centers of manufacturing,especially in East Asia. 
B)  The end of the Cold War allowed the former Soviet bloc to become a manufacturing powerhouse. 
C)  North America's share of world industrial production increased at the expense of Europe and Asia. 
D)  The growth of regional trade blocs lessened the global nature of industrial production.

Question 6

Around the globe,the decade following the collapse of the Soviet Union proved much less violent than the preceding decade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

What happened to the global distribution of wealth by the end of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  The distribution of wealth became more egalitarian than it had previously been. 
B)  Wealth became concentrated in small groups of rich people scattered around the world. 
C)  Access to wealth required turning away from the global economy. 
D)  Regional disparities of wealth decreased as manufacturing industries spread wealth to the workers. 
A)  The distribution of wealth became more egalitarian than it had previously been. 
B)  Wealth became concentrated in small groups of rich people scattered around the world. 
C)  Access to wealth required turning away from the global economy. 
D)  Regional disparities of wealth decreased as manufacturing industries spread wealth to the workers.

Question 8

What helps to explain the end of apartheid in South Africa?

Accepted Answer

A)  A violent military conflict between African opposition forces and white elites 
B)  The intervention of a UN-sanctioned peacekeeping mission 
C)  The collective pressure of internal opposition and international ostracizing 
D)  A global economic downturn and credit crunch 
A)  A violent military conflict between African opposition forces and white elites 
B)  The intervention of a UN-sanctioned peacekeeping mission 
C)  The collective pressure of internal opposition and international ostracizing 
D)  A global economic downturn and credit crunch

Question 9

Evaluate the ways that evolving communications technology has influenced the world economy and globalization since 1970.

Accepted Answer

Communications technology has been an es

Question 10

As the feminist movement became a global movement,women worldwide called for which of the following changes to their status?

Accepted Answer

A)  The abolition of gender differences 
B)  Greater access to gender-specific education 
C)  Equal pay and equal opportunity for advancement 
D)  Subsidies for businesses owned by women 
A)  The abolition of gender differences 
B)  Greater access to gender-specific education 
C)  Equal pay and equal opportunity for advancement 
D)  Subsidies for businesses owned by women

Question 11

What policy toward the rest of the world did the Zapatista Army for National Liberation (EZLN)express in its 1993 Declaration?

Accepted Answer

A)  A request for a U.S.intervention in Mexico supported by the United Nations 
B)  Support for international law and humanitarian organizations 
C)  Isolationism from the international community 
D)  A political union with other states in Latin America 
A)  A request for a U.S.intervention in Mexico supported by the United Nations 
B)  Support for international law and humanitarian organizations 
C)  Isolationism from the international community 
D)  A political union with other states in Latin America

Question 12

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the effects of globalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Globalization has increased the overall diversity of the world's languages and cultures. 
B)  Globalization has created new possibilities and also deepened disparities of income and power between and within the world's regions and peoples. 
C)  Globalization has decreased the diversity of the information and cultural content to which individuals are exposed around the world. 
D)  Globalization has uniformly increased the quality of life of people throughout the world's regions. 
A)  Globalization has increased the overall diversity of the world's languages and cultures. 
B)  Globalization has created new possibilities and also deepened disparities of income and power between and within the world's regions and peoples. 
C)  Globalization has decreased the diversity of the information and cultural content to which individuals are exposed around the world. 
D)  Globalization has uniformly increased the quality of life of people throughout the world's regions.

Question 13

In the 1980s,the U.S.government played the leading role in mobilizing anti-Soviet opposition in the Eastern bloc.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following was an effect of U.S.President Richard Nixon's decision to take the dollar off the gold standard?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Japanese yen gained strength in currency markets,with a corresponding decline in the value of the Swiss franc. 
B)  Nation-states such as Italy and Britain tied their currencies to the U.S.dollar. 
C)  Second World nations found it harder to get loans from First World banks. 
D)  International financial institutions escaped the control of national political authorities. 
A)  The Japanese yen gained strength in currency markets,with a corresponding decline in the value of the Swiss franc. 
B)  Nation-states such as Italy and Britain tied their currencies to the U.S.dollar. 
C)  Second World nations found it harder to get loans from First World banks. 
D)  International financial institutions escaped the control of national political authorities.

Question 15

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)reached a new level of influence in the latter part of the twentieth century for which of the following reasons?

Accepted Answer

A)  During the Cold War,the populations of Third World countries needed a voice to advocate for their autonomy from the superpower conflict. 
B)  In the 1970s,people could not rely on the world's many nondemocratic governments to protect human rights. 
C)  At the end of the Cold War,the elimination of communism as a system of government created an ideological power vacuum. 
D)  During the 1970s,developing nations began to push back against the demands of the World Bank and the IMF. 
A)  During the Cold War,the populations of Third World countries needed a voice to advocate for their autonomy from the superpower conflict. 
B)  In the 1970s,people could not rely on the world's many nondemocratic governments to protect human rights. 
C)  At the end of the Cold War,the elimination of communism as a system of government created an ideological power vacuum. 
D)  During the 1970s,developing nations began to push back against the demands of the World Bank and the IMF.

Question 16

Throughout the 1980s,the IMF incentivized states to balance their budgets and diminish trade deficits.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Compare the factors that led to political change in the Soviet Union in the 1980s with the changes in South Africa in the 1990s.

Accepted Answer

Both the governments of the Soviet Union

Question 18

During the 1970s and 1980s,which of the following most significantly weakened the Soviet bloc?

Accepted Answer

A)  Some of the Soviet bloc member-states defected to the Balkan alliance. 
B)  The Soviet bloc's Western rivals outpaced the bloc economically. 
C)  Religious warfare broke out within the Soviet bloc. 
D)  Border disputes devastated the Soviet bloc. 
A)  Some of the Soviet bloc member-states defected to the Balkan alliance. 
B)  The Soviet bloc's Western rivals outpaced the bloc economically. 
C)  Religious warfare broke out within the Soviet bloc. 
D)  Border disputes devastated the Soviet bloc.

Question 19

Which of the following is an accurate comparison between the Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1980s and the Prague Spring in 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  The goal of Solidarity was to overcome socialism,while the Prague Spring sought to reform it. 
B)  Solidarity had government support,while the Prague Spring was outlawed by the government. 
C)  Both were crushed by Soviet tanks. 
D)  Both led to their countries breaking out of the Warsaw Pact. 
A)  The goal of Solidarity was to overcome socialism,while the Prague Spring sought to reform it. 
B)  Solidarity had government support,while the Prague Spring was outlawed by the government. 
C)  Both were crushed by Soviet tanks. 
D)  Both led to their countries breaking out of the Warsaw Pact.

Question 20

Evaluate the degree to which a global entertainment culture was created in the last part of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

Migrations and new technologies helped c

Exam 21: Globalization 1970-2000

In what way did the Internet revolution reinforce the disparity between haves and have-nots in the 1990s?

Analyze the factors that shaped international migration at the end of the twentieth century,and explain how the pattern of migration differed from earlier patterns.

Farmers throughout the world were able to benefit from the introduction of "green revolution" technologies to agriculture.

Which of the following led to the end of white minority rule in Rhodesia in 1979?

How did the international division of labor in the production of goods change between the period immediately following World War II and the end of the twentieth century?

Around the globe,the decade following the collapse of the Soviet Union proved much less violent than the preceding decade.

What happened to the global distribution of wealth by the end of the twentieth century?

What helps to explain the end of apartheid in South Africa?

Evaluate the ways that evolving communications technology has influenced the world economy and globalization since 1970.

As the feminist movement became a global movement,women worldwide called for which of the following changes to their status?

What policy toward the rest of the world did the Zapatista Army for National Liberation (EZLN)express in its 1993 Declaration?

Which of the following statements most accurately characterizes the effects of globalization?

In the 1980s,the U.S.government played the leading role in mobilizing anti-Soviet opposition in the Eastern bloc.

Which of the following was an effect of U.S.President Richard Nixon's decision to take the dollar off the gold standard?

Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)reached a new level of influence in the latter part of the twentieth century for which of the following reasons?

Throughout the 1980s,the IMF incentivized states to balance their budgets and diminish trade deficits.

Compare the factors that led to political change in the Soviet Union in the 1980s with the changes in South Africa in the 1990s.

During the 1970s and 1980s,which of the following most significantly weakened the Soviet bloc?

Which of the following is an accurate comparison between the Solidarity movement in Poland in the 1980s and the Prague Spring in 1968?

Evaluate the degree to which a global entertainment culture was created in the last part of the twentieth century.

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Rivers,cities,and First States 3500-2000 Bce

Nomads,territorial States,and Microsocieties 2000-1200 Bce

First Empires and Common Cultures in Afro-Eurasia 1250-325 Bce

Worlds Turned Inside Out 1000-350 Bce

Shrinking the Afro-Eurasian World 350-100 Bce

Han Dynasty China and Imperial Rome 300 Bce-300 Ce

The Rise of Universalizing Religions 300-600 Ce

New Empires and Common Cultures 600-1000 Ce

Becoming the World 1000-1300 Ce

Crisis and Recovery in Afro-Eurasia 1300-1500

Contact,commerce,and Colonization 1450-1600

Worlds Entangled 1600-1750

Cultures of Splendor and Power 1500-1780

Reordering the World 1750-1850

Alternative Visions of the Nineteenth Century

Nations and Empires 1850-1914

An Unsettled World 1890-1914

Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

The Three-World Order 1940-1975

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