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Duplicate of BLMS 7.6 POST COLD WAR
Duplicate of BLMS 7.6 POST COLD WAR
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SC Standard 7.6 POST Cold War
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1
This company battles with Apple over technological advances.
Intel
Mircosoft
Google
Skpe
2
Since the creation of Israel in 1948
The UN has been the centralized government
Decreased trade between USA and Russia
peace in the Middle East
Arab countries and Israel have been in on-going conflicts
3
Name the person who first walked on the moon.
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Buzz Aldron
Neil Armstrong
4
These women are wearing a
burqa/burqua
, an outer garment worn daily for the PRIMARY purpose of
fashion statments
covering injuries from war
religious reasons
protection from sand storms
5
Which group is generally held responsible for the terror attacks of September 11, 2001?
Al Qaeda
PLO
Al-Jazeera
Taliban
6
Many Palestinians were upset with the creation of ________ after World War II
Saudi Arabia
Palestine
Jordan
Israel
7
The European Union has positively affected the economies of Europe by
Increasing taxes
creating embargoes on all European countries
reducing barriers that hurt trade between countries
made England the wealthiest nation in Europe
8
Which figure supported nonviolence as a way of India gaining its independence from Britain?
Mother Teresa
Mohandas Gandhi
Winston Churchill
Pope John Paul
9
NAFTA stands for ________
North American Free Trade Agreement
North American Financial Treaty Agreement
North Atlantic Free Trade Agreement
New American Finance Trade Association
10
In the 1950s, "Silicon Valley" became associated which what industry?
Medical
Automobiles
Fishing
Technology
11
Apartheid came to an end in the late 1990s in ____________
USA
South Africa
Sudan
India
12
The arrows on this map are pointing to what body of water?
Persian Gulf
Dead Sea
Red Sea
Suez Canal
13
Which of these have played the GREATEST role in the spread of information in the 21st century?
internet
television
radio
newspapers
14
These countries are included in NAFTA; USA, Mexico, and _________
China
Canada
Peru
Dominican Republic
15
The main source of conflict in the Middle East between Israel and the Palestinians involves
Slavery and religion
Oil Rights and religion
Religion and land
Communism and land
16
Which currency is used by 27 countries?
Dollar
Euro
Peso
Franc
17
Economic failures, years of warfare,the Chernobyl disaster,"Perestroika" & "Glasnost",Gorbachav
Beginning of the Russian Revolution
Fall of the Roman Empire
all contributed to the fall of the Soviet Union
Natural Disasters of the USSR
18
OPEC which stands for ______, plays a role in oil production and prices world wide
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Companies
Organization of Plutonium Companies
Organization of Producing Ethanol Companies
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
19
After pleas from Presidents Kennedy,Reagan,&Bush, this city was made whole again in 1989
Moscow
Berlin
Toledo
Beijing
20
Its argued that climate change will be the most pressing enviro issue in the coming yrs b/c
the rise in temperature is being made worse by pollution
the temperatures had been going down the previous years.
there is no awareness or concern for it now.
countries will no longer be able to rely on solar power