Deck 6: G: Commonalities and Variations Africa, the Americas, and Pacific Oceania

Question 1

Unlike earlier instances,globalization in the twentieth century is distinctive in its

A) connection of all parts of the world in an interlocking web of exchanges.
B) exchange of only goods and services but not ideas or belief systems.
C) resolution of long-standing global inequalities between different regions.
D) use of new technologies to facilitate unprecedented levels of communication.

Answer 1

use of new technologies to facilitate unprecedented levels of communication.

Question 2

What was a distinctive feature of states that identified themselves as communist in the twentieth century?

A) Emphasis on light industry
B) Abundance of consumer goods
C) State control of the economy
D) Protection of private property

Answer 2

State control of the economy

Question 3

How did the cumulative effects of the two world wars alter the global balance of power?

A) The Global South grew more powerful than the Global North.
B) The creation of Israel ended centuries of conflict in the Middle East.
C) The United Nations was vested with the power to regulate its members.
D) The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as rival superpowers.

Answer 3

The United States and the Soviet Union emerged as rival superpowers.

Question 4

Which of the following was an impetus for the creation of Europe's colonial empires in the nineteenth century but became the instrument for the dissolution of those empires in the twentieth century?

A) Nationalism
B) Globalization
C) Fundamentalism
D) Capitalism