Exam 30: After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

How have women's lives changed by the late twentieth and early twenty-first century? What gains have they made? What obstacles still exist? In what countries have women seen the greatest gains, and which countries have been slower to change?

"The Iraq war was the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Discuss with specifics to support or refute the quotation.

What do critics accuse the World Bank and International Monetary Fund of?

Which group most brutally employed the tactic of "ethnic cleansing," the murder or forcible removal of ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia?

With the world increasingly inter-connected via transportation and communication networks, does the name "Western Civilization" still make sense?

What has been gained and what has been lost as a result of the digital revolution? Discuss, citing specific examples.