Exam 29: A World without Walls: Globalization and the West

The United States was one of four Western powers to support and aid Saddam Hussein in the war against Iran.

In 1979,militant students stormed the American embassy in Iran,taking fifty two hostages.The deaths of the hostages during the negotiation process resulted in a policy on non-negotiation for all future hostage situations.

One of the major influences in the postcolonial world prior to 1990 was:

Although South Africa made a relatively easy transition from apartheid to majority rule,other African countries had a much bloodier path to follow.For example,in the former Belgian colony of _________,over 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutus in a brutal display of ethnic violence.

The Israeli leader who negotiated the 1978 peace accord was:

Much of the United States' success in Afghanistan in 2001 was due to the collapsed state of the country as a result of the war with Russia and much local hostility to the country's leaders and their lack of ability to restore the nation in the subsequent thirty years after the Soviet withdrawal.

The Middle East has drawn more attention in recent years due to all of the following reasons except:

Since 1987,Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank have been carrying on a low-level fight against the Israeli security forces known as:

The contemporary language of human rights is anchored in a tradition of political thought that reaches back to the political philosophy of:

The terrorist organization al-Qaeda was created by Islamic military leaders who had fought against a foreign occupation of:

Poorer postcolonial regions have found a profitable market in the West through the adoption of illegal forms of commerce.

Can historians predict the future by studying the past?

On September 11,2001,one of the new terrorist organizations,_________,carried out an attack on the symbolic seat of "globalization," the United States.

By the 1990s,the most ambitious medical research project undertaken was:

Globalization is not a new concept; it is merely at a new stage.

The two nations that led the world in their economic recovery following World War II were:

What were the effects of independence from colonialism in Africa?

Many new nations in sub-Saharan Africa that suffered from corrupt governments,rapid increases in population,cronyism based on ethnic or family kinship,and constant state repression of dissent have been labeled by many historians as:

One of the greatest advancements in medical research in the late twentieth century was:

The term checkerboard of poverty and affluence refers to the presence of wealthy countries among poverty-stricken ones.