Question 1

Since 1987,Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank have been carrying on a low-level fight against the Israeli security forces known as the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Mujahidin. 
B)  Al-Quds. 
C)  Quemoy. 
D)  Intifada. 
E)  al Fatah.

Question 2

Many young Palestinians turned away from the secular PLO to radical Islam in anger over their elders' failures to provoke revolution and end the continued stalemate in Israel.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

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.

Question 4

Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim country with a long tradition of tolerance and pluralism inside the faith.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

How has globalization promoted human rights?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

The Islamic cleric,the Ayatollah _________,stepped into the 1979 power vacuum in Iran left by the resignation of the Western-friendly shah.

Accepted Answer

A)  Bashir Gemayel 
B)  Sayyid al Sistani 
C)  Shlomo Argov 
D)  Yitzhak Rabin 
E)  Ruhollah Khomeini

Question 7

By the late twentieth century,electronic devices had revolutionized the lives of individuals,but none to the degree of:

Accepted Answer

A)  personal computers. 
B)  mobile phones. 
C)  handheld organizers. 
D)  portable CD players. 
E)  iPods.

Question 8

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."

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A)  Universal Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen. 
B)  Universal Proclamation on Human Rights. 
C)  Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Responsibilities. 
D)  Universal Proclamation of Human Liberty. 
E)  Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Question 10

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)  Great Britain and Japan.

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

A)  the Arab-Israeli conflict. 
B)  the creation of OPEC. 
C)  radical Islamic organizations like al Qaeda. 
D)  Iraq's Islamic Revolution. 
E)  the invasion of Kuwait.

Question 12

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:

Accepted Answer

A)  Organization of Oil Producing Countries (OOP
C) . 
B)  Oil Producing Countries United (OPCU). 
C)  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPE
C) . 
D)  Petroleum Producing Countries United (PPCU). 
E)  Association of Petroleum Exporting Countries (APE
C) .

Question 13

How has globalization changed health and medicine in the twenty-first century?

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Question 14

Egypt was denounced by Qutb as being morally corrupt due to its high population of Jews,illustrating that anti-Semitism,even in the 1960s,was far from absent in the Arab world.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

A)  al-Sistani 
B)  al-Quds 
C)  al-Qaeda 
D)  al-Taliban 
E)  al- Zawahri

Question 16

During the economic prosperity of the 1980s in the Pacific Rim,many countries treated the creation of general economic wealth and prosperity as:

Accepted Answer

A)  a patriotic duty. 
B)  the right of the wealthiest citizens. 
C)  the province of private industry. 
D)  an obligation of the government. 
E)  an opportunity for all people.

Question 17

Explain the evolution of the concept of human rights during the 20th century.

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Question 18

Although South Africa made a relatively easy transition from apartheid to majority rule,other African countries had a much bloodier path to follow.For example,in the former Belgian colony of _________,over 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutus in a brutal display of ethnic violence.

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhodesia 
B)  Rwanda 
C)  Zaire 
D)  the Congo 
E)  Zambia

Question 19

How did Cold War politics and divisions impact the Middle East?

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Question 20

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

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

Since 1987,Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank have been carrying on a low-level fight against the Israeli security forces known as the:

Many young Palestinians turned away from the secular PLO to radical Islam in anger over their elders' failures to provoke revolution and end the continued stalemate in Israel.

The "neoliberal" economics of the 1970s stressed:

Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim country with a long tradition of tolerance and pluralism inside the faith.

How has globalization promoted human rights?

The Islamic cleric,the Ayatollah _________,stepped into the 1979 power vacuum in Iran left by the resignation of the Western-friendly shah.

By the late twentieth century,electronic devices had revolutionized the lives of individuals,but none to the degree of:

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

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

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

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

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:

How has globalization changed health and medicine in the twenty-first century?

Egypt was denounced by Qutb as being morally corrupt due to its high population of Jews,illustrating that anti-Semitism,even in the 1960s,was far from absent in the Arab world.

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

During the economic prosperity of the 1980s in the Pacific Rim,many countries treated the creation of general economic wealth and prosperity as:

Explain the evolution of the concept of human rights during the 20th century.

Although South Africa made a relatively easy transition from apartheid to majority rule,other African countries had a much bloodier path to follow.For example,in the former Belgian colony of _________,over 800,000 Tutsis were slaughtered by the Hutus in a brutal display of ethnic violence.

How did Cold War politics and divisions impact the Middle East?

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