Question 1

Only after the 1980s did terrorist tactics become part of an organized and sectarian warfare.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The reclamation of Hong Kong from the British in 1997 was part of a plan to establish semicapitalist commercial zones around major cities in China.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The term liquid modernity refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  the uncertainty of life in the twenty-first century. 
B)  rapid advances made in medical science toward the end of the twentieth century. 
C)  the relative free flow of people, money, and ideas around the world. 
D)  paintings by Salvador Dali and the surrealist school. 
E)  monetary policy set by the World Bank to allow currency values to float relative to each other. 
A)  the uncertainty of life in the twenty-first century. 
B)  rapid advances made in medical science toward the end of the twentieth century. 
C)  the relative free flow of people, money, and ideas around the world. 
D)  paintings by Salvador Dali and the surrealist school. 
E)  monetary policy set by the World Bank to allow currency values to float relative to each other.

Question 4

In the 1990s,the Islamic government of Iran found its strongest opposition coming from:

Accepted Answer

A)  students and disfranchised service workers. 
B)  former royalists who wished to see a return of the monarchy. 
C)  converts to Christianity as a result of missionary work during the 1980s. 
D)  communists who had remained active after their overthrow in 1979. 
E)  the fifth column of Iraqis who had infiltrated the country during the Iran-Iraq war. 
A)  students and disfranchised service workers. 
B)  former royalists who wished to see a return of the monarchy. 
C)  converts to Christianity as a result of missionary work during the 1980s. 
D)  communists who had remained active after their overthrow in 1979. 
E)  the fifth column of Iraqis who had infiltrated the country during the Iran-Iraq war.

Question 5

How did Cold War politics and divisions impact the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

While an unlikely alliance of France,Sau

Question 6

The Iran-Iraq war was the result,at least indirectly,of:

Accepted Answer

A)  rapidly rising oil prices. 
B)  the defeat of the Iranian revolution by the shah. 
C)  the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
D)  a failed invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. 
E)  the end of the Cold War. 
A)  rapidly rising oil prices. 
B)  the defeat of the Iranian revolution by the shah. 
C)  the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
D)  a failed invasion of Kuwait by Iraq. 
E)  the end of the Cold War.

Question 7

The recent global economic crisis has sparked new debates in the past few years that have centered on a belief in:

Accepted Answer

A)  free market capitalism. 
B)  self-regulating markets. 
C)  private home ownership. 
D)  centralized national banks. 
E)  government economic planning. 
A)  free market capitalism. 
B)  self-regulating markets. 
C)  private home ownership. 
D)  centralized national banks. 
E)  government economic planning.

Question 8

The Mujahidin were religious fighters who gained their reputation in fighting against:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. 
B)  the United States in Afghanistan. 
C)  the British in India. 
D)  France in Indochina. 
E)  Iran in the Iran-Iraq war. 
A)  the Soviet Union in Afghanistan. 
B)  the United States in Afghanistan. 
C)  the British in India. 
D)  France in Indochina. 
E)  Iran in the Iran-Iraq war.

Question 9

The Islamic cleric,the Ayatollah _________,stepped into the 1979 power vacuum in Iran left by the resignation of the Western-friendly shah.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bashir Gemayel 
B)  Sayyid al Sistani 
C)  Shlomo Argov 
D)  Yitzhak Rabin 
E)  Ruhollah Khomeini 
A)  Bashir Gemayel 
B)  Sayyid al Sistani 
C)  Shlomo Argov 
D)  Yitzhak Rabin 
E)  Ruhollah Khomeini

Question 10

Although many countries suffered from declining populations in the late twentieth century,the country that took a very sudden and potentially dangerous move in this direction was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Finland. 
B)  the Soviet Union. 
C)  Great Britain. 
D)  Germany. 
E)  the United States. 
A)  Finland. 
B)  the Soviet Union. 
C)  Great Britain. 
D)  Germany. 
E)  the United States.

Question 11

Demographic studies indicate that the world's population is:

Accepted Answer

A)  growing rapidly in North America and Europe while shrinking elsewhere. 
B)  growing rapidly on all continents with isolated pockets of shrinkage. 
C)  shrinking in North America and Europe while rapidly expanding elsewhere. 
D)  generally shrinking with isolated pockets of growth. 
E)  steadily increasing at a fairly constant rate across all continents. 
A)  growing rapidly in North America and Europe while shrinking elsewhere. 
B)  growing rapidly on all continents with isolated pockets of shrinkage. 
C)  shrinking in North America and Europe while rapidly expanding elsewhere. 
D)  generally shrinking with isolated pockets of growth. 
E)  steadily increasing at a fairly constant rate across all continents.

Question 12

Many young Palestinians turned away from the secular PLO to radical Islam in anger over their elders' failures to provoke revolution and end the continued stalemate in Israel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The post-World War II arrangements reached by the Allies at Bretton Woods steadily eroded in the late 1960s and effectively ended in 1971,when the United States:

Accepted Answer

A)  refused to endorse the establishment of the World Bank. 
B)  defaulted on a loan it had guaranteed through the International Monetary Fund. 
C)  withdrew from membership in NATO following France's lead. 
D)  withdrew its support for the financial policies of the G-7 countries. 
E)  abandoned the postwar gold standard and allowed the dollar to range freely. 
A)  refused to endorse the establishment of the World Bank. 
B)  defaulted on a loan it had guaranteed through the International Monetary Fund. 
C)  withdrew from membership in NATO following France's lead. 
D)  withdrew its support for the financial policies of the G-7 countries. 
E)  abandoned the postwar gold standard and allowed the dollar to range freely.

Question 14

The "neoliberal" economics of the 1970s stressed:

Accepted Answer

A)  budget deficits and free markets with restraints on profit incentives and social welfare programs. 
B)  free markets and social welfare programs with restraints on budget deficits. 
C)  profit incentives and social welfare programs with restraints on budget deficits and free markets. 
D)  profit incentives and budget deficits with restraints on social welfare programs. 
E)  free markets and profit incentives with restraints on budget deficits and social welfare programs. 
A)  budget deficits and free markets with restraints on profit incentives and social welfare programs. 
B)  free markets and social welfare programs with restraints on budget deficits. 
C)  profit incentives and social welfare programs with restraints on budget deficits and free markets. 
D)  profit incentives and budget deficits with restraints on social welfare programs. 
E)  free markets and profit incentives with restraints on budget deficits and social welfare programs.

Question 15

Egypt and Israel brokered a peace agreement between themselves in 1978 with help from the American president:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ronald Reagan. 
B)  Jimmy Carter. 
C)  Gerald Ford. 
D)  Richard Nixon. 
E)  George H. W. Bush. 
A)  Ronald Reagan. 
B)  Jimmy Carter. 
C)  Gerald Ford. 
D)  Richard Nixon. 
E)  George H. W. Bush.

Question 16

Compare and contrast the threats posed by both North Korea and Iran to the West.

Accepted Answer

At the end of the Cold War,the weapons g

Question 17

The development of the Internet has given rise to a new meaning for the expression:

Accepted Answer

A)  "one world." 
B)  "global culture." 
C)  "world culture." 
D)  "global village." 
E)  "small world." 
A)  "one world." 
B)  "global culture." 
C)  "world culture." 
D)  "global village." 
E)  "small world."

Question 18

The decisive difference between the "early" terrorist organizations of the 1960s and those that developed in the 1980s and 1990s was that the newer ones were:

Accepted Answer

A)  dedicated to goals aimed at ethnic separatism and purity. 
B)  committed to the establishment of revolutionary governments in specific countries. 
C)  committed to a world-ending conflict that would eliminate their enemies and grant themselves martyrdom. 
D)  dedicated to the establishment of a world government based on the ideas of Karl Marx. 
E)  wholly committed to the establishment of secular governments in all countries with religious toleration. 
A)  dedicated to goals aimed at ethnic separatism and purity. 
B)  committed to the establishment of revolutionary governments in specific countries. 
C)  committed to a world-ending conflict that would eliminate their enemies and grant themselves martyrdom. 
D)  dedicated to the establishment of a world government based on the ideas of Karl Marx. 
E)  wholly committed to the establishment of secular governments in all countries with religious toleration.

Question 19

Rwanda was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to distance itself from the atrocities committed in that country between the Hutus and the Tutsis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Many of the oil-producing countries of the world organized themselves into a cartel to regulate the production and the pricing of oil: this cartel is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Organization of Oil Producing Countries (OOP
C) . 
B)  the Oil Producing Countries United (OPCU). 
C)  the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) . 
D)  the Petroleum Producing Countries United (PPCU). 
E)  the Association of Petroleum Exporting Countries (APE
C) . 
A)  the Organization of Oil Producing Countries (OOP
C) . 
B)  the Oil Producing Countries United (OPCU). 
C)  the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) . 
D)  the Petroleum Producing Countries United (PPCU). 
E)  the Association of Petroleum Exporting Countries (APE
C) .

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

Only after the 1980s did terrorist tactics become part of an organized and sectarian warfare.

The reclamation of Hong Kong from the British in 1997 was part of a plan to establish semicapitalist commercial zones around major cities in China.

The term liquid modernity refers to:

In the 1990s,the Islamic government of Iran found its strongest opposition coming from:

How did Cold War politics and divisions impact the Middle East?

The Iran-Iraq war was the result,at least indirectly,of:

The recent global economic crisis has sparked new debates in the past few years that have centered on a belief in:

The Mujahidin were religious fighters who gained their reputation in fighting against:

The Islamic cleric,the Ayatollah _________,stepped into the 1979 power vacuum in Iran left by the resignation of the Western-friendly shah.

Although many countries suffered from declining populations in the late twentieth century,the country that took a very sudden and potentially dangerous move in this direction was:

Demographic studies indicate that the world's population is:

Many young Palestinians turned away from the secular PLO to radical Islam in anger over their elders' failures to provoke revolution and end the continued stalemate in Israel.

The post-World War II arrangements reached by the Allies at Bretton Woods steadily eroded in the late 1960s and effectively ended in 1971,when the United States:

The "neoliberal" economics of the 1970s stressed:

Egypt and Israel brokered a peace agreement between themselves in 1978 with help from the American president:

Compare and contrast the threats posed by both North Korea and Iran to the West.

The development of the Internet has given rise to a new meaning for the expression:

The decisive difference between the "early" terrorist organizations of the 1960s and those that developed in the 1980s and 1990s was that the newer ones were:

Rwanda was renamed the Democratic Republic of Congo in order to distance itself from the atrocities committed in that country between the Hutus and the Tutsis.

Many of the oil-producing countries of the world organized themselves into a cartel to regulate the production and the pricing of oil: this cartel is called:

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