Deck 22: The Troubled Present

Question 1

The Russian oligarchs who financed Boris Yeltsin's reelection in 1996 became wealthy by

A) entrepreneurship in producing software for overseas clients.
B) acquiring former state enterprises at bargain-basement prices.
C) extorting protection money from Russian and foreign businesses.
D) foreign investments, particularly in China.
E) taking over private businesses seized by the government.

Answer 1

acquiring former state enterprises at bargain-basement prices.

Question 2

One of the chief problems with admitting countries from Eastern Europe and perhaps Turkey into the European Union is that

A) immigration from poorer EU members may be seen to threaten the national identity of all European nations.
B) a number of these nations still have one-party Communist political systems.
C) only political elites in these countries desire admission.
D) West European corporations need the cheap labor available in these societies.
E) they do not meet the economic and political requirements for becoming members of the European Union.

Answer 2

immigration from poorer EU members may be seen to threaten the national identity of all European nations.

Question 3

During the twentieth century,the world's population has virtually

A) doubled.
B) tripled.
C) quadrupled.
D) declined because of Aids in Africa.
E) declined because of the one child rule in China.

Answer 3

quadrupled.

Question 4

During the twentieth century,the world's population has virtually

A) doubled.
B) tripled.
C) quadrupled.
D) declined due to birth control.
E) increased by one and a half times.

Question 5

After unification,East Germans encountered all of the following problems and concerns EXCEPT

A) East German was required to apply for German citizenship after unification.
B) Most East Germans have had little experience with democracy.
C) Capitalism is confusing to many East Germans.
D) East Germans are more unemployed because of the closing of factories in the Eastern sector.
E) East Germans are more likely to react against immigrants who they consider to be outsiders.

Question 6

Tony Blair may be remembered for

A) reviving the Conservative party in Britain.
B) supporting an environmental protest against the cutting down of trees by English road crews.
C) leading the Labour party to victory in England.
D) initiating England's entry into the European Union.
E) losing the election to John Major.

Question 7

Which of the following terrorist attacks are normally associated with Al Qaeda?

A) The Madrid train bombing
B) Hotel and restaurant bombings in Bali
C) Several suicide attacks in Saudi Arabia directed principally at employees of foreign concerns
D) A series of truck-bomb explosions in Istanbul, Turkey
E) All of these

Question 8

____ is considered the architect ofa reunited Germany.

A) Kohl
B) Sarkozy
C) Merkel
D) Schroder
E) Chirac

Question 9

Because of the inefficient factory and economic system in East Germany,unemployment reached ____ percent.

A) 5
B) 10
C) 25
D) 50
E) 30

Question 10

Yugoslavia became the most troubled of former Eastern European communist countries because of all of the following EXCEPT

A) It was a multi-ethnic state created after World War One.
B) It became embroiled in a war with Czechoslovakia.
C) NATO forced its military occupation in the area.
D) Russia attempted to destroy any attempt at independence.
E) The area was a division of Muslims, Catholics, Jews, and Orthodox

Question 11

When Yeltsin's government referred to "shock therapy," it meant

A) bombarding left wingers who took over the "White House" office building.
B) a vigorous push to private enterprise.
C) condemnation of earlier practices of sending dissidents to mental hospitals.
D) making Russia acknowledge the cruelty that existed under the communist system.
E) the return of private companies to the state.

Question 12

Although still faced with some prejudice,many different peoples have thrived in Europe which raises the question; why have Muslim immigrants in Western society been faced with problems of integration? Which of the following statement is NOT true in answering this question?

A) Islam is seen as a religion that supports violence.
B) Muslims wish to be governed by their own religious laws.
C) Equal rights for women are not acceptable to many Muslims.
D) Polygamy is not legal in the West.
E) Separation of church and state conflicts with many Islamic beliefs.

Question 13

The greatest opposition to Prime Minister Tony Blair involved

A) support for America's invasion of Iraq.
B) his actions in Ireland
C) revising Labour party policies.
D) revamping the requirements for seats in the House of Lords.
E) rejuvenating the economy by reforming public benefits.

Question 14

Under the Taliban regime in Afghanistan,laws

A) were based on a strict interpretation of traditional Islamic laws.
B) were based on the Soviet Communist system introduced during the Soviet invasion.
C) provided all children, including girls, with the right to an education.
D) were largely borrowed from the Islamic fundamentalist regime in Iran which sponsored the Taliban.
E) were based on liberal interpretation of Islamic laws.

Question 15

What prompted the American invasion of Afghanistan?

A) Fear that the Taliban were on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon
B) Fear that the Taliban possessed a stock of chemical weapons
C) The Taliban's refusal to surrender Osama bin Laden
D) To prevent the Afghans from invading Pakistan
E) The attack on the American interests in the Pacific by the Al Qaeda

Question 16

The chief beneficiaries of "shock therapy" in Russia,at least in the short term,were

A) employees of privatized firms.
B) pensioners.
C) former Soviet managers.
D) foreign investors.
E) workers.

Question 17

Which of the following describes the concerns of some Europeans toward the European Union?

A) Will the uniqueness of each nation and its people become extinct?
B) How much national power will be lost to the Union?
C) How much control will American have in the organization?
D) How will a governing body that is headquartered in a foreign nation be able to relate to each individual nation and its unique concerns and problems?
E) Each of these situations gave the Eurocrats some concern and whether they should approve the Union's new constitution.

Question 18

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Slobodan Milosevic

Question 19

Following his loss of office in 2000,Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic

A) fled to Saudi Arabia.
B) lived quietly on his large estate outside Belgrade.
C) was tried and executed by the Yugoslav government for treason.
D) was handed over by the Yugoslav government to the U.N. International Criminal Tribunal for trial for crimes against humanity.
E) escaped from Yugoslavia and lived a quiet life in Cuba.

Question 20

To many Sarajevo symbolizes

A) the imprisonment of Bosnians under inhumane conditions.
B) its designation as the new capital of Serbia.
C) the issue of whether it should be considered Czech or Slovak.
D) the shelling of the city by the Serbs.
E) the return to normalcy in the 1990s.

Question 21

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Chechnya

Question 22

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).

On a map of the World,locate the following present-day hot spots
Afghanistan
Chechnya
Palestine
Israel
Iraq
Iran
Pakistan

Question 23

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Al Qaeda

Question 24

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Helmut Kohl

Question 25

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Arab Spring

Question 26

Considering the problem with Islam and Muslim immigrants into Europe,discuss the modern mind-set,traditions,and history of both Western Europe and the Mid East that makes assimilation and acceptance so difficult.

Question 27

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Vladimir Putin

Question 28

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Angela Merkel

Question 29

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Eurocrats

Question 30

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Commonwealth of Independent States

Question 31

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Tony Blair

Question 32

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Bosnian Serbs

Question 33

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Boris Yeltsin

Question 34

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Third World

Question 35

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Osama bin Laden

Question 36

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Shock Therapy

Question 37

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
The Dayton Agreement

Question 38

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Taliban

Question 39

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Grozny

Question 40

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS)

Question 41

How has terrorism become the defining feature of the twenty-first century?​

Question 42

How has Vladimir Putin ​responded to attempts by efforts to break away from Russia?

Question 43

​When Osama bin Laden was killed he was living in

A) ​Afghanistan.
B) ​Iraq.
C) ​Pakistan.
D) ​Saudi Arabia.
E) ​Iran.

Question 44

What are the benefits and negatives of increasing globalization?​

Question 45

According to the textbook,rising anti-Semitism is similar to Nazi anti-Semitism for all of the following except​

A) ​efforts to blame Jews for all the problems in the country or region.
B) ​media images that portray Jewish people as sinister, devil like creatures.
C) ​dehumanizing efforts that label them as rats, bacteria, pigs, or apes.
D) ​accusations of conspiracies blaming them for numerous historical tragedies.
E) ​propagation of an ideal Aryan race in contrast to the Jews.

Question 46

​ ​Which statement does NOT accurately depict Putin's reign in Russia?

A) ​Putin is a strong nationalist.​
B) ​Putin supported the collapse of the Soviet Union.​
C) ​Putin has intervened in the affairs of neighboring countries.​
D) Putin has ignored constitutional limits by appointing obscure officials to hold offices for him.​
E) ​Putin supported pro-Russian forces in the Ukraine.

Question 47

Why did some countries and some people resist the formation of the EU?​

Question 48

What are the current challenges to the enlightenment concepts of reason and rationality?​

Question 49

How did ethnic and religious differences lead to the fighting in the former Yugoslavia?​

Question 50

In many ways one can say that the course of the war in Afghanistan parallels that of Vietnam,discuss and give examples.

Question 51

​As a result of financial problems in 2008 Greece,Portugal,Ireland,and Cyprus received money from the EMU,most of that money came from

A) ​Germany.
B) ​France.
C) ​United States.
D) ​Russia.
E) ​China.

Question 52

​The German leader that helped to stabilize Germany after 2005 was __________.

A) ​Helmut Kohl
B) ​Nicolas Sarkozy
C) ​Angela Merkel
D) ​Gerhard Schroder
E) ​Boris Yeltsin

Question 53

​What role has international peace keepers played in the modern world? What are examples of successes and failures?

Question 54

Is it realistically a possibility to have a pan-Europeanism state? How much do the individual nations have built into their culture and history that might inhibit this?

Question 55

​In May of 2004 all of the following countries joined the EU except

A) ​Hungary.
B) ​Romania.
C) ​Latvia.
D) ​Estonia.
E) ​Poland