Exam 20: A World Without Walls: Globalization and the West

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 the:

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

Although an attempt was made following World War I to safeguard individuals against nation-states,nothing was accomplished until the United Nations published the:

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

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

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

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

In 1990,Saddam Hussein attempted to restore Iraq's influence and prestige by invading its neighbor:

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

By the turn of the twenty-first century,the largest heavy industrial producer in the world was:

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

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

Persistent fears about such groups as al Qaeda include all except:

How has globalization promoted human rights?

In what ways did oil give power to the former colonies of the West?