Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A)  The government sponsored new farming methods that were superior to those of their competitors. 
B)  Chinese agronomists bred new strains of rice that were immune to plant diseases. 
C)  China's climate was well suited for food production, especially in the western and northern parts of the country. 
D)  The government broke up some collectives and restored the family as the basic economic unit in rural areas. 
A)  The government sponsored new farming methods that were superior to those of their competitors. 
B)  Chinese agronomists bred new strains of rice that were immune to plant diseases. 
C)  China's climate was well suited for food production, especially in the western and northern parts of the country. 
D)  The government broke up some collectives and restored the family as the basic economic unit in rural areas.

Question 2

Which of the following countries used both rewards and strict penalties to bring down their birthrate in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  India 
B)  Brazil 
C) Nigeria 
D)  China 
A)  India 
B)  Brazil 
C) Nigeria 
D)  China

Question 3

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 4

Which of the following was a primary goal of the truth commission process used during transitions from oppressive governments to democratic ones?

Accepted Answer

A)  to punish the perpetrators of violent acts under the old regime 
B)  to prevent mass killings 
C)  to force the overthrow of governments that violated human rights 
D)  to increase the legitimacy of the new democratic government 
A)  to punish the perpetrators of violent acts under the old regime 
B)  to prevent mass killings 
C)  to force the overthrow of governments that violated human rights 
D)  to increase the legitimacy of the new democratic government

Question 5

In the 1980s and 1990s, which of the following highlighted the declining efficacy of the nation-state?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nation-states could not define or protect human rights. 
B)  Nation-states could not adequately regulate human impact on the environment, such as global warming. 
C)  Nation-states failed to maintain sufficient military might to protect their borders. 
D)  Nation-states failed to address economic issues that left their people in poverty. 
A)  Nation-states could not define or protect human rights. 
B)  Nation-states could not adequately regulate human impact on the environment, such as global warming. 
C)  Nation-states failed to maintain sufficient military might to protect their borders. 
D)  Nation-states failed to address economic issues that left their people in poverty.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Immigrants from North Africa were willing to work for less money and supplanted southern Europeans as workers in Germany and France. 
B)  Northern European countries established limits on immigration to maintain their countries' ethnic homogeneity. 
C)  The economic situation improved in southern Europe, slowing the emigration rate. 
D)  Japan replaced northern Europe as the economic magnet, luring immigrants with the promise of high-paying jobs and permanent residency. 
A)  Immigrants from North Africa were willing to work for less money and supplanted southern Europeans as workers in Germany and France. 
B)  Northern European countries established limits on immigration to maintain their countries' ethnic homogeneity. 
C)  The economic situation improved in southern Europe, slowing the emigration rate. 
D)  Japan replaced northern Europe as the economic magnet, luring immigrants with the promise of high-paying jobs and permanent residency.

Question 7

Which of the following best characterizes the international response to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait?

Accepted Answer

A)  noninterference beyond providing relief funds to stabilize the region under Iraqi control 
B)  unilateral intervention by the United States, which aimed to secure access to petroleum resources 
C)  a U.S.-led multinational intervention that attempted to stabilize the region after Iraq was driven out of Kuwait 
D)  intervention by a regional coalition of Arab states, which wanted to keep the United States out of the crisis 
A)  noninterference beyond providing relief funds to stabilize the region under Iraqi control 
B)  unilateral intervention by the United States, which aimed to secure access to petroleum resources 
C)  a U.S.-led multinational intervention that attempted to stabilize the region after Iraq was driven out of Kuwait 
D)  intervention by a regional coalition of Arab states, which wanted to keep the United States out of the crisis

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the growth of empires 
B)  the Cold War 
C)  the increasing primacy of the nation-state 
D)  the emergence of a unified world market 
A)  the growth of empires 
B)  the Cold War 
C)  the increasing primacy of the nation-state 
D)  the emergence of a unified world market

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Immigration to the United States declined sharply in the final third of the twentieth century.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following undermined the authority of national governments after the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The women's movement sought international reforms, bypassing nation-states. 
B)  Labor unions often fought for their workers' rights and destabilized repressive regimes. 
C)  Religious groups often came into conflict with one another and with secular governments. 
D)  The United Nations' charter took power away from individual nation-states. 
A)  The women's movement sought international reforms, bypassing nation-states. 
B)  Labor unions often fought for their workers' rights and destabilized repressive regimes. 
C)  Religious groups often came into conflict with one another and with secular governments. 
D)  The United Nations' charter took power away from individual nation-states.

Question 12

In the late twentieth-century United States, which of the following was often attacked by religious conservatives?

Accepted Answer

A)  American participation in supranational organizations 
B)  social changes stemming from the liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s 
C)  the growing gap between rich and poor in the United States 
D)  American military intervention in Latin America 
A)  American participation in supranational organizations 
B)  social changes stemming from the liberation movements of the 1960s and 1970s 
C)  the growing gap between rich and poor in the United States 
D)  American military intervention in Latin America

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Countries with more traditional cultures adopted the nuclear family. 
B)  Divorce rates rose dramatically, diminishing the number of nuclear families. 
C)  The legal definition of family became more rigid. 
D)  The number of out-of-wedlock births decreased throughout the world. 
A)  Countries with more traditional cultures adopted the nuclear family. 
B)  Divorce rates rose dramatically, diminishing the number of nuclear families. 
C)  The legal definition of family became more rigid. 
D)  The number of out-of-wedlock births decreased throughout the world.

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

In the latter part of the nineteenth and

Question 15

Where are the world's youngest populations expected to be in 2050?

Accepted Answer

A) Asia 
B)  the Americas 
C) Europe 
D) Africa 
A) Asia 
B)  the Americas 
C) Europe 
D) Africa

Question 16

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 17

American culture is highly influential in the globalized modern world, but it is also influenced by ideas and cultural traditions from other parts of the world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

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?

Accepted Answer

A)  Southeast Asia 
B)  Latin America 
C)  Africa 
D)  the Caribbean 
A)  Southeast Asia 
B)  Latin America 
C)  Africa 
D)  the Caribbean

Question 19

How did Amnesty International respond to countries such as Argentina and Chile killing and torturing civilians?

Accepted Answer

A)  by cataloguing and publicizing human right violations 
B)  by supplying legal defense for the accused 
C)  by setting up a truth and reconciliation commission 
D)  by working with the Red Cross to send medical supplies to the prisoners 
A)  by cataloguing and publicizing human right violations 
B)  by supplying legal defense for the accused 
C)  by setting up a truth and reconciliation commission 
D)  by working with the Red Cross to send medical supplies to the prisoners

Question 20

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.

Exam 21: Globalization, 1970-2000

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

Which of the following countries used both rewards and strict penalties to bring down their birthrate in the 1980s?

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

Which of the following was a primary goal of the truth commission process used during transitions from oppressive governments to democratic ones?

In the 1980s and 1990s, which of the following highlighted the declining efficacy of the nation-state?

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

Which of the following best characterizes the international response to Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait?

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

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

Immigration to the United States declined sharply in the final third of the twentieth century.

Which of the following undermined the authority of national governments after the 1970s?

In the late twentieth-century United States, which of the following was often attacked by religious conservatives?

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

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?

Where are the world's youngest populations expected to be in 2050?

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

American culture is highly influential in the globalized modern world, but it is also influenced by ideas and cultural traditions from other parts of the world.

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?

How did Amnesty International respond to countries such as Argentina and Chile killing and torturing civilians?

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

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