World History - India, Middle East, Globalization, & Modern Era

Question 1

What does the following map represent?

Accepted Answer

Pacific Rim trade

Question 2

What region is this also known as, which consisted mostly of the former Yugoslavia?

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Balkans

Question 3

Israel and Palestine are mostly in conflict about what?

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land

Question 4

What was India’s position in the Cold War?

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Non-alignment

Question 5

The Muslim League pushed for the creation of this, to avoid persecution by a Hindu majority.

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Pakistan

Question 6

What happened w/ Russia after the collapse of the Soviet Union?

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it struggled to adjust to a market economy

Question 7

The conflict with 6 counties in Ireland under British control was about:

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Northern Catholics wanted to be part of Ireland

Question 8

Which is NOT associated with the rise of globalization, and increased economic interdependence?

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the increasing impact of communism

Question 9

How did the issue between Ireland and Britain get resolved?

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Good Friday Agreement

Question 10

When wealthy countries use developing nations for low-paid labor, this is also known as

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outsourcing

Question 11

Which is NOT a development in biotechnology in the modern post World War era?

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cloning of humans

Question 12

Who was the first South African President elected after apartheid ended?

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Nelson Mandela

Question 13

Where were an estimated 300,000 people killed by government-backed Arab militias?

Accepted Answer

Darfur

Question 14

What is the religion of most people in the Middle East?

Accepted Answer

Islam

Question 15

The Kuwait invasion by Iraq led to the 1st Gulf War. What was the U.S. led coalition's goal?

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drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait

Question 16

fundamentalist Islamic terrorist organization founded by Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden

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al Qaeda

Question 17

What is the religion of the majority in Israel?

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Judaism

Question 18

Why did Saddam Hussein invade Kuwait?

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to take their oil fields

Question 19

East Germany faced which challenge upon reunification?

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modernization of the communist economy

Question 20

What is a major area of dispute between India and Pakistan?

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Kashmir

Question 21

What was the cause of the genocide in Rwanda?

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majority Hutus killed 800k minority Tutsis & moderate Hutus

Question 22

Group of oil producing countries in the Middle East.

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OPEC

Question 23

When did the Apollo program land a man on the moon?

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1969

Question 24

What religion are most people in India?

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Hindu

Question 25

Why is Jerusalem so important to both Palestinians and Israel?

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religious significance

Question 26

The first man-made object launched into space was:

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Sputnik - a Russian satellite

Question 27

East Pakistan split off from Pakistan to become what country?

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Bangladesh

Question 28

Israel was created by who, and when?

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United Nations - 1948

Question 29

How did the fall of communism impact Yugoslavia?

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new countries formed, and many ethnic groups fought

Question 30

This picture represents

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the European Union

Question 31

Palestinian group that used terrorism vs. Israel for decades, & says it has no right to exist

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Hamas

Question 32

Apartheid in South Africa was intended to:

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institutionalize segregation and inequality

Question 33

Would a pandemic likely spread faster today than 100 years ago?

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Yes - due to increased frequency of travel

Question 34

Serbian President who opposed Ethnic Albanians, and was tried for war crimes.

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Slobodan Milosevic

World History - India, Middle East, Globalization, & Modern Era

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