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 internal civil strife of Zaire in the 1990s tempted its neighbors to intervene to get material resources and to settle ethnic differences in their own borders in what has been dubbed:

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa's Open Wound. 
B)  "Africa's world war." 
C)  the long night of African agony. 
D)  the Black man's burden. 
E)  Africa's Sorrow. 
A)  Africa's Open Wound. 
B)  "Africa's world war." 
C)  the long night of African agony. 
D)  the Black man's burden. 
E)  Africa's Sorrow.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

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 5

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the availability of capital to develop a country's native industries. 
B)  a declining birthrate among the developing countries. 
C)  denial of European markets to their emerging industries. 
D)  full support by the old colonial powers in their colony's development. 
E)  the Cold War with its attendant superpower patronage. 
A)  the availability of capital to develop a country's native industries. 
B)  a declining birthrate among the developing countries. 
C)  denial of European markets to their emerging industries. 
D)  full support by the old colonial powers in their colony's development. 
E)  the Cold War with its attendant superpower patronage.

Question 6

During the 1980s,the countries of the Pacific Rim that had developed robust economies and that appeared to have great staying power earned the collective nickname of:

Accepted Answer

A)  "The Elephants." 
B)  "The Bulls." 
C)  "The Bears." 
D)  "The Tigers." 
E)  "The Pythons." 
A)  "The Elephants." 
B)  "The Bulls." 
C)  "The Bears." 
D)  "The Tigers." 
E)  "The Pythons."

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

How were South African politics decisively transformed in and after 1990?

Accepted Answer

A)  by the brutal spillover of civil wars in neighboring Angola and Zaire 
B)  by the dramatic example of Rhodesia's transition to minority rule as Zimbabwe 
C)  by the return to the politics of apartheid that had been eliminated in the 1960s 
D)  by the cumulative economic effects of sanctions imposed on South Africa by the United States and the Commonwealth during the 1980s 
E)  by the release of political prisoner Nelson Mandela and the legalization of the African National Congress 
A)  by the brutal spillover of civil wars in neighboring Angola and Zaire 
B)  by the dramatic example of Rhodesia's transition to minority rule as Zimbabwe 
C)  by the return to the politics of apartheid that had been eliminated in the 1960s 
D)  by the cumulative economic effects of sanctions imposed on South Africa by the United States and the Commonwealth during the 1980s 
E)  by the release of political prisoner Nelson Mandela and the legalization of the African National Congress

Question 9

At its most basic,globalization means:

Accepted Answer

A)  unity and peace. 
B)  equality of nations and prosperity. 
C)  sameness. 
D)  integration. 
E)  common means of communication. 
A)  unity and peace. 
B)  equality of nations and prosperity. 
C)  sameness. 
D)  integration. 
E)  common means of communication.

Question 10

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 11

A good example of the early kind of terrorist organizations formed in the 1960s would be:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Ara Pacis. 
B)  the Shining Path. 
C)  the Red Brigades. 
D)  the Irish Brotherhood. 
E)  Solidarity. 
A)  the Ara Pacis. 
B)  the Shining Path. 
C)  the Red Brigades. 
D)  the Irish Brotherhood. 
E)  Solidarity.

Question 12

Can historians predict the future by studying the past?

Accepted Answer

Historians are loath to offer lessons fr

Question 13

What is globalization?

Accepted Answer

Globalization means integration.It is th

Question 14

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

Question 15

"Globalization" and "internationalization" are not synonymous,as globalization can occur:

Accepted Answer

A)  only between countries with a common language and culture. 
B)  quite independently of national control. 
C)  between two or more groups of people,but only in the cultural realm. 
D)  only under the control of established nation-states. 
E)  only within a single geographical area. 
A)  only between countries with a common language and culture. 
B)  quite independently of national control. 
C)  between two or more groups of people,but only in the cultural realm. 
D)  only under the control of established nation-states. 
E)  only within a single geographical area.

Question 16

Although there is a sharp divide between the most successful global players and the poorer,disadvantaged states and cultures,the poorer states have been able to respond to a very profitable market in the West in one area of manufacture,that of:

Accepted Answer

A)  illegal drugs. 
B)  steel. 
C)  software. 
D)  motion pictures. 
E)  pharmaceuticals. 
A)  illegal drugs. 
B)  steel. 
C)  software. 
D)  motion pictures. 
E)  pharmaceuticals.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Giuseppe Mazzini. 
C)  Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  Edmund Burke. 
E)  John Locke. 
A)  Karl Marx. 
B)  Giuseppe Mazzini. 
C)  Thomas Jefferson. 
D)  Edmund Burke. 
E)  John Locke.

Question 18

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 who were unable to restore the nation in the subsequent thirty years after the Soviet withdrawal.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

By the 1970s,the driving force in criticism and defiance of autocratic Arab regimes was:

Accepted Answer

A)  the Cementer,or Fourth Communist International,which had gained a great many followers among the poor in the Middle East. 
B)  the group of intellectuals and middle-class businesspeople who had been inspired by the United States and its stand against communism. 
C)  the Palestine Liberation Organization under Yasser Arafat and its struggle against Israel. 
D)  an emerging form of radical Islam,which wanted to see the establishment of religious states. 
E)  the example set by the Democratic-Islamic of Iran that sent its students to universities throughout the Arab world. 
A)  the Cementer,or Fourth Communist International,which had gained a great many followers among the poor in the Middle East. 
B)  the group of intellectuals and middle-class businesspeople who had been inspired by the United States and its stand against communism. 
C)  the Palestine Liberation Organization under Yasser Arafat and its struggle against Israel. 
D)  an emerging form of radical Islam,which wanted to see the establishment of religious states. 
E)  the example set by the Democratic-Islamic of Iran that sent its students to universities throughout the Arab world.

Question 20

What were the effects of independence from colonialism in Africa?

Accepted Answer

In sub-Saharan Africa,two main trends de

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 internal civil strife of Zaire in the 1990s tempted its neighbors to intervene to get material resources and to settle ethnic differences in their own borders in what has been dubbed:

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

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:

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

During the 1980s,the countries of the Pacific Rim that had developed robust economies and that appeared to have great staying power earned the collective nickname of:

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

How were South African politics decisively transformed in and after 1990?

At its most basic,globalization means:

Demographic studies indicate that the world's population is:

A good example of the early kind of terrorist organizations formed in the 1960s would be:

Can historians predict the future by studying the past?

What is globalization?

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:

"Globalization" and "internationalization" are not synonymous,as globalization can occur:

Although there is a sharp divide between the most successful global players and the poorer,disadvantaged states and cultures,the poorer states have been able to respond to a very profitable market in the West in one area of manufacture,that of:

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

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 who were unable to restore the nation in the subsequent thirty years after the Soviet withdrawal.

By the 1970s,the driving force in criticism and defiance of autocratic Arab regimes was:

What were the effects of independence from colonialism in Africa?

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