Deck 15: Economic Dilemmas, European Unity, and the Collapse of Communism, 1970-2010

Question 1

Many African women still undergo female circumcision, which is meant to ensure

A) purity
B) subjection to men
C) loyalty to Allah
D) hatred for Islam

Answer 1

purity

Question 2

Ayaan Hirsi Ali blames what for the plight of Islamic immigrant women in Europe?

A) Islam alone
B) Islamic tradition and multiculturalism
C) European culture
D) liberal multiculturalism

Answer 2

Islamic tradition and multiculturalism

Question 3

Most citizens of Chechnya are

A) Shi'a Muslims
B) Catholic Christians
C) Orthodox Christians
D) Sunni Muslims

Answer 3

Sunni Muslims

Question 4

Russia opposed Chechen independence after the fall of the Soviet Union because

A) of its Muslim identity
B) its Christian identity
C) its strategic location
D) its ethnic Russian majority

Question 5

In 2008, Vladimir Putin used what as a pretext for invading Georgia?

A) terrorist threats
B) pro-Western policies
C) weapons of mass destruction
D) the presence of ethnic Russians

Question 6

A powerful pro-Russian force in Ukraine is

A) the Ukrainian army
B) the oligarchs
C) the pro-Western business community
D) old communist leaders

Question 7

Unrest began in Ukraine in the 2000s when Ukrainian leaders sought

A) closer ties with the West
B) a return to communism
C) closer ties with Russia
D) greater independence

Question 8

EU monetary policy deprived nations in the Eurozone of the ability to

A) expand their economies
B) limit debt
C) raise interest rates
D) lower interest rates

Question 9

In return for aid from EU institutions, nations like Greece and Italy had to agree to

A) leave the EU
B) lower economic controls
C) austerity measures
D) increase employment

Question 10

Euroskepticism has increased the popularity of parties who represent the

A) far left
B) far right
C) center-left
D) center-right