Question 1

By the end of the last century, what percentage of humanity consumed a whopping four -fifths of all marketed goods and services?

Accepted Answer

A)  Four-fifths 
B)  One-half 
C)  Two-thirds 
D)  One-fifth 
A)  Four-fifths 
B)  One-half 
C)  Two-thirds 
D)  One-fifth

Question 2

On the whole, political institutions globalized at what rate compared to technology or business?

Accepted Answer

A)  At about the same pace 
B)  Less rapidly 
C)  More rapidly 
D)  Political institutions never globalize 
A)  At about the same pace 
B)  Less rapidly 
C)  More rapidly 
D)  Political institutions never globalize

Question 3

The ?second world? refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the industrialized West. 
B)  Latin America. 
C)  industrialized communist nations. 
D)  unindustrialized nations. 
A)  the industrialized West. 
B)  Latin America. 
C)  industrialized communist nations. 
D)  unindustrialized nations.

Question 4

On what have third world countries traditionally depended to finance industrialization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Development of banking systems 
B)  Sale of resources left behind by colonizers 
C)  Profits of previous industrialization 
D)  Sale of cash crops and minerals 
A)  Development of banking systems 
B)  Sale of resources left behind by colonizers 
C)  Profits of previous industrialization 
D)  Sale of cash crops and minerals

Question 5

The term favelas refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  large coffee estates. 
B)  shantytowns. 
C)  unemployment. 
D)  illegal border crossings. 
A)  large coffee estates. 
B)  shantytowns. 
C)  unemployment. 
D)  illegal border crossings.

Question 6

One of the chief by-products of population growth in third world nations has been

Accepted Answer

A)  industrialization. 
B)  mass migrations to urban areas. 
C)  imposition of effective state birth control programs. 
D)  intensive programs of land redistribution. 
A)  industrialization. 
B)  mass migrations to urban areas. 
C)  imposition of effective state birth control programs. 
D)  intensive programs of land redistribution.

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a Latin American literary figure of the late 20th century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pablo Neruda 
B)  Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
C)  Pancho Villa 
D)  Jorge Luis Borges 
A)  Pablo Neruda 
B)  Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
C)  Pancho Villa 
D)  Jorge Luis Borges

Exam 35: A Second Global Conflict and the End of the

By the end of the last century, what percentage of humanity consumed a whopping four -fifths of all marketed goods and services?

On the whole, political institutions globalized at what rate compared to technology or business?

The ?second world? refers to

On what have third world countries traditionally depended to finance industrialization?

The term favelas refers to

One of the chief by-products of population growth in third world nations has been

Which of the following is NOT a Latin American literary figure of the late 20th century?

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