Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

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. A

Question 3

Globalization has generated discussions concerning all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  the nature of citizenship. 
B)  transnational corporation accountability. 
C)  the environment. 
D)  the human cost involved in globalization. 
E)  the legitimacy of national self-determination. 
A)  the nature of citizenship. 
B)  transnational corporation accountability. 
C)  the environment. 
D)  the human cost involved in globalization. 
E)  the legitimacy of national self-determination. E

Question 4

In the mid-1970s,a long recessionary period in Western economies was triggered by:

Accepted Answer

A)  a collapse of U.S. stock market prices, which was second only to the Crash of 1929. 
B)  an oil embargo inspired by hardliners among the oil-producing states. 
C)  a spike in the wholesale price index in the United States. 
D)  a series of poor harvests in the United States, Western Europe, and the Soviet Union. 
E)  the collapse of the gold market that resulted in the devaluing of the world's currencies. 
A)  a collapse of U.S. stock market prices, which was second only to the Crash of 1929. 
B)  an oil embargo inspired by hardliners among the oil-producing states. 
C)  a spike in the wholesale price index in the United States. 
D)  a series of poor harvests in the United States, Western Europe, and the Soviet Union. 
E)  the collapse of the gold market that resulted in the devaluing of the world's currencies.

Question 5

The powers of the Pacific Rim were given the nickname "the Tigers" for their aggressive economic policies and ability to "pounce" upon open contracts for Western goods due to their cheap labor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

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 an apocalyptic 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 an apocalyptic 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 7

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

Accepted Answer

A)  France and Great Britain. 
B)  Germany and France. 
C)  Germany and Japan. 
D)  Japan and Great Britain. 
E)  France and Japan. 
A)  France and Great Britain. 
B)  Germany and France. 
C)  Germany and Japan. 
D)  Japan and Great Britain. 
E)  France and Japan.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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 10

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 11

By the late twentieth century,health officials' worries that a disease would spread to epidemic proportions much more quickly due to accelerated rates of travel were confirmed by:

Accepted Answer

A)  SIDS. 
B)  AIDS. 
C)  SARS. 
D)  TARRS. 
E)  TARP. 
A)  SIDS. 
B)  AIDS. 
C)  SARS. 
D)  TARRS. 
E)  TARP.

Question 12

A central aspect of globalization since 1970 has been the:

Accepted Answer

A)  rapid integration of commercial and financial markets. 
B)  rapid expansion of technology to every corner of the world. 
C)  population explosion, which created a vast pool of unskilled labors in the Third World. 
D)  free flow of labor, particularly between former colonies and imperial powers. 
E)  free flow of information that has allowed for the decrease in political tensions. 
A)  rapid integration of commercial and financial markets. 
B)  rapid expansion of technology to every corner of the world. 
C)  population explosion, which created a vast pool of unskilled labors in the Third World. 
D)  free flow of labor, particularly between former colonies and imperial powers. 
E)  free flow of information that has allowed for the decrease in political tensions.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A)  a worldwide commitment to seek a cure for all forms of cancer. 
B)  the Human Genome project to map the architecture of human DNA. 
C)  the search for a cure for all 
D)  a final push to eradicate smallpox and tuberculosis from the world. 
E)  the failed attempt to eliminate cholera from the industrial world. 
A)  a worldwide commitment to seek a cure for all forms of cancer. 
B)  the Human Genome project to map the architecture of human DNA. 
C)  the search for a cure for all 
D)  a final push to eradicate smallpox and tuberculosis from the world. 
E)  the failed attempt to eliminate cholera from the industrial world.

Question 14

During the 1990s in what many observers dubbed "Africa's world war," a number of countries intervened in _________ in order to gain access to natural resources as well as to settle ethnic scores.

Accepted Answer

A)  Burundi 
B)  Rwanda 
C)  Zambia 
D)  Zaire 
E)  Malawi 
A)  Burundi 
B)  Rwanda 
C)  Zambia 
D)  Zaire 
E)  Malawi

Question 15

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 16

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 17

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 18

Prior to the outbreak of the intifada,the Arab nations and Israel had fought _________ wars.

Accepted Answer

A)  four 
B)  three 
C)  two 
D)  one 
E)  no 
A)  four 
B)  three 
C)  two 
D)  one 
E)  no

Question 19

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 20

How has globalization promoted human rights?

Accepted Answer

While the evolution of the theory of hum

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

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

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

Globalization has generated discussions concerning all of the following EXCEPT:

In the mid-1970s,a long recessionary period in Western economies was triggered by:

The powers of the Pacific Rim were given the nickname "the Tigers" for their aggressive economic policies and ability to "pounce" upon open contracts for Western goods due to their cheap labor.

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:

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

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

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

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

By the late twentieth century,health officials' worries that a disease would spread to epidemic proportions much more quickly due to accelerated rates of travel were confirmed by:

A central aspect of globalization since 1970 has been the:

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

During the 1990s in what many observers dubbed "Africa's world war," a number of countries intervened in _________ in order to gain access to natural resources as well as to settle ethnic scores.

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:

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

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:

Prior to the outbreak of the intifada,the Arab nations and Israel had fought _________ wars.

The "neoliberal" economics of the 1970s stressed:

How has globalization promoted human rights?

Early Civilizations

Peoples,Gods,and Empires: 1700–500 B.C.E

The Civilization of Greece,1000–400 B.C.E

The Greek World Expands,400–150 B.C.E

The Civilization of Ancient Rome

The Transformation of Rome

Rome’s Three Heirs,500–950

The Expansion of Europe,950–1100

The Consolidation of Europe,1100–1250

The Medieval World,1250–1350

Rebirth and Unrest,1350–1453

Innovation and Exploration,1453–1533

The Age of Dissent and Division,1500–1564

Europe in the Atlantic World,1550–1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism,1660–1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe during the Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

The Age of Ideologies: Europe in the Aftermath of Revolution,1815–1848

Revolutions and Nation Building,1848–1871

Imperialism and Colonialism,1870–1914

Modern Industry and Mass Politics,1870–1914

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Turmoil between the Wars

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The Cold War World: Global Politics,Economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

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