Exam 8: World History

The Magna Carta, a series of agreements first signed by an English king in 1215, has been most influential in world history in the area of:

The Cartagena Protocol of the Convention on Biological Diversity establishes

Which of the following countries is a member of the World Bank?

Which of the following conflicts resulted from European trade practices with China in the eighteenth century?

Which of the following organs of the United Nations (UN) has the power to make decisions that member states are obligated to carry out?

All of the following countries have permanent seats on the United Nations Security Council except:

What event precipitated the 1973 oil crisis in which Arab members of OPEC as well as Egypt and Syria refused to sell oil to the United States and numerous other western nations?

The IAEA was founded in 1957, has a current membership of 140 nations, and states as one of its goals:

The adult prevalence rate for AIDS, or the proportion of people aged 15 to 49 years old living with HIV/AIDS, is lowest in which of the following world regions?

Which nation would not be considered a constitutional monarchy today?

The trials of accused Nazi war criminals took place in front of an international tribunal in which city?

Which of the following Latin American nations did not win independence from European control until the twentieth century?

Anti-globalization social movement organizations meet annually at which of the following gatherings?

The Anti-Bribery Convention, an international treaty designed to limit corruption, is administered by which international entity?

Which of the following was a country considered to be behind the "Iron Curtain" in post-WWII Europe?

The catastrophic 1972 Summer Olympics in which terrorists killed eleven Israeli athletes was held in:

Given that nine of the 15 members of the UN Security Council have affirmed a decision on a procedural matter, how many of the five permanent members must concur with the decision?

Accused war criminals are being tried in national courts in a number of European states under the concept of

What is the principal mandate of the World Trade Organization?

In which of the following environmental issue areas did international negotiations fail to result in a treaty or other multilateral agreement?