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Conley APWH Unit 9 Review 22-23
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An #APWH review for #Unit9 assessment in #world history from 1900 to the present.
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1
An effect of the expansion of businesses expanding into multiple nations is-
Economic development across the globe
A decrease in global trade
Stricter international business laws
A decrease in large corporations
2
Which issue was this organization founded to address?
Decolonization
Feminism
Environmentalism
Human Rights
3
Which of the following would have been most likely to increase globalization in the 20th Century?
Protectionist tariffs & trade barriers after the Great Depression (1929)
International organizations like the United Nations (1945) after WW2
Protests against the World Trade Organization (1999)
The growth of Communism in nations such as the USSR (1917) and China (1948)
4
An ECONOMIC complaint of the Global South against the Global North's World Bank is
it ignores human rights ideals of the United Nations.
its aid comes at a high cost and produces high debts.
it doesn't help to advance democratic institutions.
it doesn't promote gender equality in development projects.
5
Since 1930, every four years the "World Cup" is held as an international competition between ______ .
Hockey teams
Baseball teams
Soccer teams
Basketball teams
6
Which type of resources would be the most important for a "knowledge economy?"
A well educated workforce with access to modern technology.
Large amounts of unused land.
A large labor force of workers willing to work cheaply.
Energy resources like coal, oil, or uranium.
7
Which of the following advances would do the most to REVERSE the trend shown in this video?
Access to and research in family planning (contraception).
New medicines and vaccines.
Inventions to increase the speed of transport.
Improved access to energy technologies.
8
When opponents of economic development refer to the "anthropocene" they are concerned most with
the increasing impact of humans on the environment.
the need to reduce the risk of a 3rd World War.
the global income inequalities caused by globalization.
the need to promote rapid economic advancement to the poor.
9
Which of these would be the best summary of the main idea of this editorial cartoon?
Industrial railroad technology has been environmentally bad.
Population growth isn't a significant problem.
Food technologies might not keep up with global demand.
Concerns about an 'anthropocene' are overblown.
10
What has been the primary cause for the trends shown in this chart?
Improved GMO seeds, nitrogen fertilizers, and pesticides.
New forms of renewable energy creation.
An increase in global free-trade agreements.
Better logistics and communications technologies.
11
Which form of energy did this technology produce?
Wind power
Solar power
Nuclear power
Petroleum/oil
12
Which of the following best summarizes this author's argument?
Globalization should focus more on local production than global trade.
Globalization produces no environmental problems.
Globalization's modern technology solves environmental problems.
Globalization leads to less competition between nations.
13
Growing economic links between the US, Mexico, and Canada were accelerated MOST by
The International Monetary Fund
The North American Free Trade Agreement
The World Trade Organization
The 1944 Bretton Wood's "World Bank"
14
What best explains the trends shown on this graph for the nation of CHINA?
China took business away from Europe and Japan.
The United States encouraged its companies not to do business in China.
China's Communist revolution produced economic gains for all people.
China encouraged fast growth through export driven manufacturing & trade.
15
Dad joke: Why should you never worry if you get hit in the head by a Coke bottle? Because it's a soft drink.
Why tho?
Oh ha!
Funniest joke ever.
Stop just stop.
16
Globalization can threaten unions and workers’ rights because
Companies can build store fronts abroad
Companies can communicate with unions and workers around the world
Companies can distribute their products internationally
Companies can move their factories to places without worker protections
17
Which regions of the world would be most afflicted by diseases of LONGEVITY such as heart disease and Alzheimers?
Lower income regions such as West and East Africa
High income regions such as North America & Europe
Middle income regions such as the Middle East, South Asia, & China
18
_____ "is a process of interaction & integration among people, companies, and governments through technologies & trade."
Communism
Globalization
Nationalism
Imperialism
19
Those who argue in favor of "global culture" are most likely to argue that the greatest benefit of cultural diffusion is
greater protection of the environment.
bringing local ideas, products, and entertainment to a global audience.
producing cheap products in poor countries for consumption by the rich.
enriching a few select multinational brands.
20
Which of the following serves as the best example of governments encouraging free-market economic policies?
The attempted nationalization of Iranian Oil Company by Mohammad Mosaddegh.
Taking private farms and collectivizing them by USSR's Joseph Stalin.
The privatization of Chinese state-owned companies by Deng Xiaoping.
Economic trade bans by the USA against Cuba, Iran, North Korea, etc.
21
The nations & their companies shown here best illustrate which type of globalized economies?
Manufacturing Economies
Communist Economies
Knowledge Economies
Resource extractive Economies.
22
Thatcher (UK) and Reagan (USA) implemented ideas of "Neoliberalism" which advocated
protectionist policies to stop trade between nations.
reduced taxes and less political control of the economy.
increased government taxes and spending to stimulate growth.
a total communist takeover of all industries.
23
Dad joke: What's the worst kind of dream for a modern global corporation? A tariffying nightmare.
Stop just stop.
Why tho?
Oh ha!
Funniest joke ever.
24
Reggae music was
originally
from:
Canada
Jamaica
USA
England
25
The trends shown in this graph are most associated with which of the following global environmental problems?
Water pollution
Climate Change
Deforestation
Garbage
26
Which of the following was true of the "globalized" world at the end of the 20th Century?
Religious belief was abandoned by the majority of the world.
Global North nations like the US declined in military power.
Global South surpassed Global North in living standards.
International connections accelerated with new technologies.
27
More effective methods of contraception contributed to which of the following?
A rise in the birth rate among affluent women
Greater control by women over their own fertility
National suffrage movements that secure the right to vote
A loss of power by women within the patriarchal family
28
What is the main energy source that most concerns those who are worried about increased CO2 emissions?
Solar power
Fossil fuels like coal and oil
Nuclear power
Wind power
29
All of the following were trends that increased globalization in the 20th Century
EXCEPT:
Free trade agreements such as GATT & the WTO
The Bretton Woods Agreements after WW2
Protectionist tariffs and regulations in the years before and after WW1.
Multinational Corporations
30
Which agreement was made to recognize “the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family”
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
The Statue of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)
31
Which of the following is NOT typically a reason why people protest free trade agreements like NAFTA and the WTO?
they can lead to the outsourcing of jobs
GDP typically increases
they tend to lead to lower price goods
domestic industries can have more trouble staying competitive
32
The increased connectivity of the world is partly due to-
Expansion of U.S. colonies across the globe
Technology such as satellites and the internet
The nation building progress of the United Nations
The success of the War on Terror
33
The BBC is a British Based
News and entertainment broadcasting company
Online shopping platform
Clothing brand
Auto manufacturer
34
Which of the following is the most DIRECT effect of the technologies depicted in this photo?
An increase in international diplomacy
More consumer goods available for people
Decreased global poverty rates
An increase in global unity
35
The symbolism in this editorial cartoon suggests that the artist's point of view is
mocking people who reject globalization.
supportive of globalization and global branding.
really worried that cartoon characters might kill people.
satirically poking fun of global brands that "kill" local economies.
36
Where are is Bollywood movies made
Hollywood
Mt Fuji
India
Tokyo
37
Which globalization technologies contributed MOST to the trends shown in this graph?
Medical advances such as vaccines and antibiotics
Reproductive technologies-birth control, fertility treatments
Communication technologies-radio, television, internet
Energy technologies-oil, nuclear, renewables
38
What technologies were MOST important for the spread of global culture across national borders?
Communication technologies such as radio, television, film, & the internet
Medical and agricultural technologies
Transportation technologies such as automobiles, trains, and aircraft
Energy technologies such as coal, oil, and renewables
39
Which best explains why some people criticized the Green Revolution?
it reduced the need for irrigation
it tended to benefit large agribusiness that could afford the technology
it reduced the use of fertilizers, putting companies out of business
it created an oversupply of food
40
The international women's movement has been MOST successful in
getting women around the world to unite on the same issues.
getting recognition of "women's rights" as "human rights."
getting economic equality between men and women.
getting universal protection of women's reproductive rights.
41
Which of the following would best DISPROVE the author's argument that globalization improves all economies?
The top 5 global corporations are headquartered in the United States.
More of the world's peoples have access to telecommunications technologies.
International organizations have increased human rights around the world.
After WW2, decolonization led to the fall of several empires.
42
What has been the most important result of the power source shown here?
Improved transportation technologies
A reduction in the mining of uranium
Rising living standards for all the world's people.
More electricity in nuclear capable nations
43
The women’s rights movement helped women worldwide gain the right to vote, but what other factor was most important?
The rise of organized labor and socialist parties
Women’s life expectancies increased at a faster rate than that men
The decline in birth rates
The two World Wars and decolonization
44
What was there a movement by global Multinational Corporations to move manufacturing to Asia in the late 20th Century?
They have preferred naton status in the WTO.
Many companies can make products at lower costs by manufacturing in Asia.
It was one of the only places without a labor shortage.
Protectionist tariffs made imported goods too expensive.
45
Which of these "isms" was LEAST reflected in the UN UDHR of 1948?
Feminism
Nationalism
Socialism
Enlightenment Liberalism
46
Which of the following globalized technological advances would BEST support this author's argument?
Solar & wind power
Cellular phones & the internet
The radio and television
Air shipping & intermodal containers
47
Which philosophies, beliefs, or leaders in prior units MOST influenced this part of Unit 9's UN UDHR?
Communist Dictators (Unit 8)
Enlightenment Philosophers (Unit 5)
Fascist and NAZI Leaders (Unit 7)
Believers in "Scientific Racism" (Unit 6)
48
Which best describes the main goal of the World Trade Organization when it was founded in 1995
to establish global tariffs
To industrialize developing nations
to protect the environment
to promote free trade
49
Dad joke: Why do computers always get cold? Because they always leave their windows open.
Why tho?
Oh ha!
Funniest joke ever.
Stop just stop.
50
Those who oppose the US idea of a "new world order" as a new "American Empire" argue that
America uses military force to get its way around the world.
America exerts too much control over the UN.
America ought to colonize Latin America.
America's economic power is declining.
51
Which of the following is NOT a reason for global population growth.
Mechanization of agriculture
Genetically engineered crops
increased pollution and environmental destruction
Vaccines and medicines like penicilin
52
What factor most motivated the Transnational Corporations (TNC) of the 20th-21st Centuries?
Economic Factors like lowering cost and reduced regulations.
Social Factors like promoting gender equality.
Cultural Factors like promoting religion.
Political Factors like promoting democracy.
53
There are over 6,000 KFCs in China. This trend best reflects
The growing resistance against industrial agriculture
The strength of China’s currency, the yuan
The increasing globalization of consumer culture
The great wealth of China’s new urban middle classes
54
Global Islamic fundamentalist groups since the 1970s have had a goal of
decreasing the influence of Islam in government.
using "jihad" as a way to oppose, often violently, 'westernization'.
promoting full equality between Muslim men and women.
seeking alliances with the US against the USSR's communism.
55
What accounts for the economic statistics seen in these charts of growth in "the Global South?"
Adoption of communist models of economic production.
Relying on private markets and globalized foreign trade.
Increased protectionism and isolation from global markets.
Dependence on foreign aid and loans from the "Global North."
56
The policies pursued by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the 1980s are examples of one of the following trends?
Expansion of government welfare for the poor
Economic protectionism & isolationism
Encouraging communist governments
Economic "Neo-liberalism" & Free trade
57
Which regions would be most afflicted by infections like Malaria, HIV, and Tuberculosis?
High income regions such as North America & Europe
Middle income regions such as the Middle East, South Asia, & China
Lower income regions such as West and East Africa
58
Global South feminists argue that after decolonization what their women needed MOST is
getting access to equal voting rights
a focus on decreasing poverty and economic independence.
expanding access to birth control and abortion services.
awareness of gender bias in world languages.
59
British based Unilever, which makes products like Dove/Dawn & is available in over 190 countries, reflects what trend?
the spread of practices associated with free-market economics
resistance to globalization in the Global South
the success of protectionist trade practices such like tariffs
the failure of neocolonialism
60
Dad joke: What's a good pickup line? Anything involving global warming, because that's a real ice breaker.
Why tho?
Oh ha!
Funniest joke ever.
Stop just stop.
61
According to many critics, how has globalization negatively affected the global economy?
Many believe that globalization decreases global health.
Many believe that globalization decreases global economic output.
Many believe that globalization increases global inequality.
Many believe that globalization increases global poverty.
62
The British music band shown here became an international sensation after multiple broadcasts on the BBC. They were...
Led Zeppelin
The Who
The Beatles
The Rolling Stones
63
Makes shopping a global affair
World Cup
Global brands
Malls
Online commerce
64
This author is criticizing which aspect of globalized culture?
The diffusion of musical styles
Corporations, branding, and profit
The spread of international forms of dance
Sporting events
65
Assume you're a CEO of a large MNC. What's the LEAST important factor for you to decide where to locate a new factory?
Strong worker protection, unions, & democratic institutions.
A large workforce accepting low wages & minimal benefits.
Low tariff barriers & environmental regulations.
Availability of 'intermodal' transport & ship infrastructure
66
Which of the following was a major effect of the most recent globalization of the world economy?
The growth of central economic planning in former communist countries
An overall narrowing of the income gap worldwide
A decrease in immigration for better economic opportunities
Economic growth for countries that increased participation in global trade
67
Which globalization trend MOST helped individuals to make connections across borders?
Computers and the internet
Multinational corporations
The UN Declaration of Human Rights
International institutions like the IMF & EU
68
Based on the information in this infographic, what disease was most reduced by vaccines?
Influenza
Polio
HPV
Hepatitus
69
How did the Green Revolution change most people’s attitude about poverty, at least in regard to hunger?
people became even more fearful of potential famines if technology failed
many blamed impoverished countries for the boom in less desirable foods
It was increasingly seen as a problem that could be solved by science
the social injustices of poverty were largely ignored until the Green Rev
70
Economically, The 1944 Bretton Woods Conference was important because
it made the UN take over failed economies.
it created the European Union to rebuild Europe after WW2.
it created global institutions like the IMF & World Bank.
it advocated communist revolutions after WW2.
71
Based on the Tweets presented here, former USA President Donald J Trump would most likely REJECT the argument that
Temperature changes aren't bad, after all it cold in the winter right?
Manmade climate change is real and the US should reduce CO2 right now!
Climate change, if it is happening at all, is natural & not manmade.
International agreements to limit CO2 aren't good for the American economy.
72
The rise to economic prominence of many East Asian nations in the 1980s and 1990s was mostly due to
the emphasis on producing high-value consumer goods for export
huge imports of oil, cars, and electronics from the United States
the decline of the European Economic Community
the dominance of China’s Four Modernizations policy
73
Which of the following is a characteristic of the Green Revolution?
Restoration of tropical forests destroyed by slash-and-burn agriculture
Use of new technologies to increase agricultural yields in the Global South
Prevention of oil exploration in the natural habitats of endangered species
Limits on the use of nuclear energy
74
The 1948 UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights is best understood in the context of
The global response to the horrors of World War 2.
The desire for peace at the end of World War 1.
Intensified imperialism by Western powers in the early 1900s
Cold War competition between the US and USSR.
75
Which of the following was the
most immediate
cause of global economic integration in the late 20th to 21st century?
Increased dependence on cheap oil from the middle east
Population growth in the developing world
Decreases in the cost of long-distance communication and transportation
Regulation of air and water pollution in the developed world
