Question 1

Which of the following was NOT a problem of world peace after the Cold War?

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A)  Conflict in Rwanda 
B)  Rise of militant Islam 
C)  Civil war in China

Question 2

What evidence exists to support the claim that radical and large-scale action must be taken now to prevent further climate catastrophe?

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Question 3

To what extent is investment in developing states a new form of colonialism?

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Question 4

Continuing strong political and economic influence by former colonial powers in their former colonies is known as which of the following?

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A)  Postcolonialism 
B)  Neocolonialism 
C)  Globalization

Question 5

The second- and third-largest economies today, after the United States, are which of the following?

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A)  Germany and Japan 
B)  China and Japan 
C)  China and Germany

Question 6

Which international institution regulates currency dealings and financial problems?

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A)  International Monetary Fund 
B)  World Bank 
C)  World Trade Organization

Question 7

Which of the following was NOT a new technology of the Third Industrial Revolution?

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A)  Automation 
B)  High-strength steel 
C)  Computers

Question 8

In the global economy, which of the following has been an advantage for Japan and Western industrialized nations?

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A)  Little control over capital. 
B)  Control over most financial institutions. 
C)  Their corporations only operate internally.

Question 9

What major African lake has lost 90 percent of its water in the last quarter-century?

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A)  Victoria 
B)  Tanganyika 
C)  Chad

Question 10

To what extent is it accurate to refer to the period of U.S.-Soviet rivalry after World War II as a "Cold" War?

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Question 11

About how many species have been severely affected by environmental degradation caused by humans?

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A)  About 10,000 
B)  About 1,000,000 
C)  About 1,000

Question 12

Some Asian countries during the 1990s effectively mixed which two economic strategies?

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A)  Mercantilism and Communism 
B)  Capitalism and Socialism 
C)  Socialism and Communism

Question 13

What policies and strategies informed U.S. responses to the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Afghanistan War? How were these policies and strategies different from or similar to one another?

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Question 14

Social revolutionary regimes in former colonial areas often engaged what social class?

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A)  Former colonial landowners 
B)  Peasants 
C)  Educated professionals

Question 15

How do consumption patterns of developed and developing states differ?

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Question 16

To what extent did European states decolonize because of anticolonial resistance, and to what extent did they do so for their own internal reasons?

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Question 17

What role does new industrial, agricultural, and communication technology have in today's global economy? To what extent does this amount to a "fourth industrial revolution" and to what extent is it normal growth?

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Question 18

Which of the following best describes the 2015 Paris Climate Accords?

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A)  An agreement between states to each develop measures to combat greenhouse gas emissions according to national priorities 
B)  An agreement between states that requires all of them to do specific things to achieve reductions in emissions 
C)  An agreement that, in principle, climate change is harmful.

Question 19

What are the provisions of the Paris Climate Accord and why are they significant?

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Question 20

How is globalization affected by the spread of technology?

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Exam 26: The Remaking of the Global System, Since 1945