World History Current Events

Question 1

Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his nonviolent opposition to apartheid?

Accepted Answer

Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Question 2

Organization set up to promote democracy, economic cooperation, & human rights in the Americas?

Accepted Answer

Organization of American States (OAS)

Question 3

What is the name of the socialist rebel group that seized control of Nicaragua in 1979?

Accepted Answer

Sandinistas

Question 4

The policy of manufacturing goods locally to replace imports is known as

Accepted Answer

import substitution.

Question 5

What is the name of the white South African leader that ended apartheid in the early 1990's?

Accepted Answer

F. W. de Klerk

Question 6

Who became the first president of the post-apartheid South Africa?

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela

Question 7

What are dalits?

Accepted Answer

the lowest caste in the caste system

Question 8

The US invaded which nation in 1989, arresting its president Manuel Noriega on drug charges?

Accepted Answer

Panama

Question 9

The huge public plaza at the center of China's capital, Beijing, is called

Accepted Answer

Tiananmen Square.

Question 10

The use of tariffs & other restrictions that protect a country's industries against competition

Accepted Answer

protectionism

Question 11

Dependence of counties on each other for goods, resources, labor from other parts of the world

Accepted Answer

economic interdependence.

Question 12

Giant commercial farms, often owned by multinational corporations, are known as

Accepted Answer

agribusinesses.

Question 13

The main organization that opposed apartheid and led the struggle for majority rule was the

Accepted Answer

African National Congress.

Question 14

Which ethnic group dominated political power in Rwanda?

Accepted Answer

Tutsis

Question 15

Which ethnic group make up the majority in Rwanda?

Accepted Answer

Hutus

Question 16

Where did Mothers of the Plaza de Mayo march with pictures of children taken by the government?

Accepted Answer

Argentina

Question 17

Practice of sending work to the developing world in order to save money or increase efficiency.

Accepted Answer

outsourcing

Question 18

Apartheid is

Accepted Answer

the system of racial separation that existed in South Africa

Question 19

Process by which economies become integrated with those of other nations around the world is

Accepted Answer

globalization.

Question 20

In which township did South African police gun down 69 peaceful protesters against apartheid?

Accepted Answer

Sharpeville

Question 21

Who is the current leader of China?

Accepted Answer

Xi Jinping

Question 22

Where did Arab militias unleash terror on the non-Arab Muslim people of Darfur?

Accepted Answer

Sudan

Question 23

Who, upon becoming leader in 1981, set China on a path towards economic reform?

Accepted Answer

Deng Xiaoping

Question 24

Many Catholic church workers pushed for social justice & an end to poverty in a movement clled

Accepted Answer

liberation theology.

World History Current Events

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World History Current Events

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