Question 1

In the attempt to boost East Asian economies and thwart the advance of communism, the United States became an import _______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  a sinkhole 
B)  opponent 
C)  antagonist 
D)  rival 
A)  a sinkhole 
B)  opponent 
C)  antagonist 
D)  rival

Question 2

The two main perpetrators of the Bosnian "ethnic cleansing" lived more or less openly in _______ until their arrest in 2008 and 2011.

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States 
B)  Russia 
C)  Serbia 
D)  Bosnia-Herzegovina 
A)  The United States 
B)  Russia 
C)  Serbia 
D)  Bosnia-Herzegovina

Question 3

The rise of ISIS in the summer of 2014 resulted in all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  A call for a renewed American occupation of the region, with "boots on the ground". 
B)  The de facto division of Iraq into a triad of Kurdish, Sunni, and Shiite polities. 
C)  The utter evaporation of even the minimal achievements of the costly US war in Iraq during 2003-2011. 
D)  Its occupation of Falluja, Ramadi, and Mosul within Iraq. 
A)  A call for a renewed American occupation of the region, with "boots on the ground". 
B)  The de facto division of Iraq into a triad of Kurdish, Sunni, and Shiite polities. 
C)  The utter evaporation of even the minimal achievements of the costly US war in Iraq during 2003-2011. 
D)  Its occupation of Falluja, Ramadi, and Mosul within Iraq.

Question 4

In the summer of 2015, roughly 890,000 refugees from _________ entered Germany.

Accepted Answer

A)  Greece 
B)  Turkey 
C)  Lebanon 
D)  Syria 
A)  Greece 
B)  Turkey 
C)  Lebanon 
D)  Syria

Question 5

In recent decades, speculative instruments called "derivatives":

Accepted Answer

A)  Aided the US government's goals of protecting domestic markets. 
B)  Derived substantial benefits for those who could not enter the stock market by normal means. 
C)  Were considered too risky as investments for those who controlled Wall Street. 
D)  Were complex bets on the future prices of stocks, bonds, or anything else traded on the world market. 
A)  Aided the US government's goals of protecting domestic markets. 
B)  Derived substantial benefits for those who could not enter the stock market by normal means. 
C)  Were considered too risky as investments for those who controlled Wall Street. 
D)  Were complex bets on the future prices of stocks, bonds, or anything else traded on the world market.

Question 6

After the death of Josip Tito, the politician Slobodan Milošević advocated the "cleansing" of minority groups in the interest of creating a "greater ______".

Accepted Answer

A)  Croatia 
B)  Bosnia 
C)  Macedonia 
D)  Serbia 
A)  Croatia 
B)  Bosnia 
C)  Macedonia 
D)  Serbia

Question 7

If projections of the effects of climate change hold true, the globe will experience all of the following conditions except:

Accepted Answer

A)  Tropical forests will be wiped out, removing the most important agents for cleansing the atmosphere of greenhouse gases. 
B)  Widespread droughts and violent storms will regularly hit various parts of the earth. 
C)  Biodiversity will be dramatically increased, with rising sea levels leading to the generation of new animal and plant species. 
D)  Ocean levels, rising from the melted ice, will make inroads on the coasts of all continents. 
A)  Tropical forests will be wiped out, removing the most important agents for cleansing the atmosphere of greenhouse gases. 
B)  Widespread droughts and violent storms will regularly hit various parts of the earth. 
C)  Biodiversity will be dramatically increased, with rising sea levels leading to the generation of new animal and plant species. 
D)  Ocean levels, rising from the melted ice, will make inroads on the coasts of all continents.

Question 8

In support of Egypt and Syria against Israel in the _____ war, OPEC quadrupled oil prices.

Accepted Answer

A)  1967 
B)  1956 
C)  1982 
D)  1973 
A)  1967 
B)  1956 
C)  1982 
D)  1973

Question 9

Under the impact of the Arab Spring, in 2011 the kingdom of ______ adopted constitutional reforms allowing for greater democracy.

Accepted Answer

A)  Qatar 
B)  Morocco 
C)  Jordan 
D)  Saudi Arabia 
A)  Qatar 
B)  Morocco 
C)  Jordan 
D)  Saudi Arabia

Question 10

In March 2003, President George W. Bush ordered a preemptive invasion of Iraq:

Accepted Answer

A)  Without the backing of the UN Security Council. 
B)  After seeking an authorizing vote of support from the UN General Assembly. 
C)  At the behest of his NATO allies, but over his reasonable objections. 
D)  Because Saddam Hussein had murdered UN weapons inspectors who had come to investigate his stockpile. 
A)  Without the backing of the UN Security Council. 
B)  After seeking an authorizing vote of support from the UN General Assembly. 
C)  At the behest of his NATO allies, but over his reasonable objections. 
D)  Because Saddam Hussein had murdered UN weapons inspectors who had come to investigate his stockpile.

Question 11

Until his death in 2013, _______'s President Hugo Chávez was alone in mainland Latin America in his adherence to state socialism, encountering periodic middle-class resistance

Accepted Answer

A)  Argentina 
B)  Bolivia 
C)  Peru 
D)  Venezuela 
A)  Argentina 
B)  Bolivia 
C)  Peru 
D)  Venezuela

Question 12

Israel began building a border fence in 2002 along ________, supplemented in places by a wall of concrete slabs, and it was completed in 2013.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Golan Heights 
B)  The Egyptian border 
C)  Its border with Lebanon 
D)  The entire length of the occupied West Bank 
A)  The Golan Heights 
B)  The Egyptian border 
C)  Its border with Lebanon 
D)  The entire length of the occupied West Bank

Question 13

Two years after its independence, South Sudan:

Accepted Answer

A)  Petitioned to dissolve itself and rejoin Sudan. 
B)  Became a base for Islamist Muslim insurgents in eastern Africa. 
C)  Degenerated into a civil war between its president and former vice president. 
D)  Moved its capital from Juba to Abyei. 
A)  Petitioned to dissolve itself and rejoin Sudan. 
B)  Became a base for Islamist Muslim insurgents in eastern Africa. 
C)  Degenerated into a civil war between its president and former vice president. 
D)  Moved its capital from Juba to Abyei.

Question 14

By 1992, al-Qaeda (Arabic for "__________") had emerged as the principal terrorist organization operating on a global scale.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Base 
B)  The Way 
C)  The People 
D)  The Future 
A)  The Base 
B)  The Way 
C)  The People 
D)  The Future

Question 15

The 2008 presidential campaign led to the election of _____________________, a law professor and the first African American president of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  Colin Powell 
B)  Barack Obama 
C)  William Jefferson Clinton 
D)  John McCain 
A)  Colin Powell 
B)  Barack Obama 
C)  William Jefferson Clinton 
D)  John McCain

Question 16

The Nigerian government has, in recent years, proved incompetent against the rapidly expanding Islamist movement Boko Haram, which means "________".

Accepted Answer

A)  Nigeria for the Nigerians 
B)  Western education is sin 
C)  Islamic democracy now 
D)  Nothing to lose 
A)  Nigeria for the Nigerians 
B)  Western education is sin 
C)  Islamic democracy now 
D)  Nothing to lose

Question 17

Into the early 2000s, the Chinese government touted itself as a "harmonious society", _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  And universal respect for it has rendered it capable of surviving a sustained economic downturn. 
B)  Since urban real estate and rental apartments are increasingly affordable. 
C)  But it does not tolerate "disruptive elements" advocating independence for ethnic and religious minorities. 
D)  Because it follows the path laid out by Mao in his "little red book" so closely. 
A)  And universal respect for it has rendered it capable of surviving a sustained economic downturn. 
B)  Since urban real estate and rental apartments are increasingly affordable. 
C)  But it does not tolerate "disruptive elements" advocating independence for ethnic and religious minorities. 
D)  Because it follows the path laid out by Mao in his "little red book" so closely.

Question 18

In 2010, India's middle class included anyone with:

Accepted Answer

A)  a cell phone, motorized transportation, and a color TV. 
B)  a salary of between $30,000 and $50,000 per year 
C)  IT experience 
D)  none of these 
A)  a cell phone, motorized transportation, and a color TV. 
B)  a salary of between $30,000 and $50,000 per year 
C)  IT experience 
D)  none of these

Question 19

The election of Hasan Rouhani as president of Iran in 2013 led to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Subsidies for food and gas to the populace, together with cash distributions to government supporters. 
B)  Charges that the regime was threatening to launch a "dirty" nuclear bomb against targets in Iraq. 
C)  Limitations Iran's nuclear program. 
D)  Electoral violence and plausible challenges to the election's validity. 
A)  Subsidies for food and gas to the populace, together with cash distributions to government supporters. 
B)  Charges that the regime was threatening to launch a "dirty" nuclear bomb against targets in Iraq. 
C)  Limitations Iran's nuclear program. 
D)  Electoral violence and plausible challenges to the election's validity.

Question 20

______ has refused to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol benchmarks for the reduction of greenhouse gases.

Accepted Answer

A)  China 
B)  The United States 
C)  Russia 
D)  Denmark 
A)  China 
B)  The United States 
C)  Russia 
D)  Denmark

Exam 31: A Fragile Capitalist-Democratic World Order, 1991-2014

In the attempt to boost East Asian economies and thwart the advance of communism, the United States became an import _______________.

The two main perpetrators of the Bosnian "ethnic cleansing" lived more or less openly in _______ until their arrest in 2008 and 2011.

The rise of ISIS in the summer of 2014 resulted in all of the following except:

In the summer of 2015, roughly 890,000 refugees from _________ entered Germany.

In recent decades, speculative instruments called "derivatives":

After the death of Josip Tito, the politician Slobodan Milošević advocated the "cleansing" of minority groups in the interest of creating a "greater ______".

If projections of the effects of climate change hold true, the globe will experience all of the following conditions except:

In support of Egypt and Syria against Israel in the _____ war, OPEC quadrupled oil prices.

Under the impact of the Arab Spring, in 2011 the kingdom of ______ adopted constitutional reforms allowing for greater democracy.

In March 2003, President George W. Bush ordered a preemptive invasion of Iraq:

Until his death in 2013, _______'s President Hugo Chávez was alone in mainland Latin America in his adherence to state socialism, encountering periodic middle-class resistance

Israel began building a border fence in 2002 along ________, supplemented in places by a wall of concrete slabs, and it was completed in 2013.

Two years after its independence, South Sudan:

By 1992, al-Qaeda (Arabic for "__________") had emerged as the principal terrorist organization operating on a global scale.

The 2008 presidential campaign led to the election of _____________________, a law professor and the first African American president of the United States.

The Nigerian government has, in recent years, proved incompetent against the rapidly expanding Islamist movement Boko Haram, which means "________".

Into the early 2000s, the Chinese government touted itself as a "harmonious society", _____.

In 2010, India's middle class included anyone with:

The election of Hasan Rouhani as president of Iran in 2013 led to:

______ has refused to ratify the 1997 Kyoto Protocol benchmarks for the reduction of greenhouse gases.

The African Origins of Humanity, Prehistory-10,000 B.C.E

Agrarian-Urban Centers of the Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean, 11,500-600 B.C.E

Shifting Agrarian Centers in India, 3000-600 B.C.E

Agrarian Centers and the Mandate of Heaven in Ancient China, 5000-481 B.C.E

Origins Apart: the Americas and Oceania, 30,000-600 B.C.E

Chiefdoms and Early States in Africa and the Americas, 600 B.C.E-600 C.E

Innovation and Adaptation in Western Eurasia: Persia, Greece, and Rome, 550 B.C.E-600 C.E

Empires and Visionaries in India, 600 B.C.E-600 C.E

China: Imperial Unification and Perfecting the Moral Order, 722 B.C.E-618 C.E

Islamic Civilization and Byzantium, 600-1300 C.E

Innovation and Adaptation in the Western Christian World, 600-1450 C.E

Contrasting Patterns in India, China, and Inner Asia, 600-1600 C.E

Religious Civilizations Interacting: Korea, Japan, and Vietnam, 550-1500 C.E

Patterns of State Formation in Africa, 600-1450 C.E

The Rise of Empires in the Americas, 600-1550 C.E

Western European Overseas Expansion and the Ottoman-Habsburg Struggle, 1450-1650

The Renaissance, New Sciences, and Religious Wars in Europe, 1450-1750

New Patterns in New Worlds: Colonialism and Indigenous Responses in the Americas, 1500-1800

African Kingdoms, the Atlantic Slave Trade, and the Origins of Black America, 1450-1800

The Mughal Empire: Muslim Rulers and Hindu Subjects, 1400-1750

Regulating the Inner and Outer Domains: China and Japan, 1500-1800

Patterns of Nation-States and Culture in the Atlantic World, 1750-1871

Creoles and Caudillos: Latin America in the Nineteenth Century, 1790-1917

The Challenge of Modernity: East Asia, 1750-1910

Adaptation and Resistance: the Ottoman and Russian Empires, 1683-1908

Industrialization and Its Discontents, 1750-1914

The New Imperialism in the Nineteenth Century, 1750-1914

World Wars and Competing Visions of Modernity, 1900-1945

Reconstruction, Cold War, and Decolonization, 1945-1962

The End of the Cold War, Western Social Transformation, and the Developing World, 1963-1991

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