Cold War and Globalization Review

Question 1

What is the term for Arab unity?

Accepted Answer

pan-Arabism

Question 2

Developing countries are characterized by all of the following except

Accepted Answer

excellent public schools

Question 3

Which two nations were afflicted by genocide in the 1990s?

Accepted Answer

Bosnia and Rwanda

Question 4

What was the purpose of Mao's Great Leap Forward?

Accepted Answer

to allow more people to work in industry

Question 5

Which is a true statement about changes in China after the Communists took power?

Accepted Answer

women were given more rights

Question 6

Which industry causes many middle easterners to be angry with Western nations?

Accepted Answer

oil

Question 7

Where did Cuban exiles invade Cuba?

Accepted Answer

Bay of Pigs

Question 8

Some people reject "Cultural imperialism" and globalization because

Accepted Answer

they fear American values weaken their own traditions

Question 9

Which area did Deng Xiaoping not try to reform and modernize?

Accepted Answer

government

Question 10

What does the Russian word glasnost mean?

Accepted Answer

openness

Question 11

What is the term for web communication applications like Facebook and Twitter?

Accepted Answer

social media

Question 12

What image best symbolizes the Tianamen Square massacre?

Accepted Answer

Tank man

Question 13

The U.S. enacted the Marshall Plan because they believed communism was only successful in

Accepted Answer

countries that were facing economic problems

Question 14

Which US president visited China in 1972 and opened relations with China?

Accepted Answer

Nixon

Question 15

Which of the following is not an effect of China's one child policy?

Accepted Answer

an increasing birth rate

Question 16

Uprisings occurred in the Middle East in 2011 because citizens wanted more

Accepted Answer

democracy

Question 17

Which of the following occurred after the attacks of September 11th?

Accepted Answer

the United States invaded Afghanistan and Iraq

Question 18

Current population trends across the globe indicate which of the following?

Accepted Answer

increasing urban populations

Question 19

Which country underwent a revolution in 1979 and became an Islamic Republic?

Accepted Answer

Iran

Question 20

Why do people in the developing world migrate to megacities?

Accepted Answer

for better job opportunities

Question 21

Why did Kruscheve plant nuclear missiles in Cuba?

Accepted Answer

because the United States put nuclear missiles in Turkey

Question 22

The United States considered Cuba a threat because

Accepted Answer

they feared a communist nation only 90 miles away

Question 23

Which invention made rapid communications and cell phones possible?

Accepted Answer

micro chips

Question 24

What did the Truman Doctrine do?

Accepted Answer

gave economic aid to countries threatened by communism

Question 25

Which organization reduced trade barriers between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico?

Accepted Answer

NAFTA

Question 26

Who assasinate Gandhi?

Accepted Answer

a Hindu militant

Question 27

What does the Russian word perestroika mean?

Accepted Answer

restructuring

Question 28

The twentieth century conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union is known as

Accepted Answer

the Cold War

Question 29

During the 1980s, under Deng Xiaoping, China's per capit income

Accepted Answer

doubled

Question 30

Many African nations experience ethnic conflict because

Accepted Answer

their boundries were drawn by European colonial powers

Question 31

What is the name of the common European currency developed by the EU?

Accepted Answer

the Euro

Question 32

All of the following are envirnomental problems caused by population growth except

Accepted Answer

global cooling

Question 33

Why did Nasser nationalize the Suez Canal?

Accepted Answer

he believed Egyptians built the canal

Question 34

What was erected to prevent the flow of refugees from East Germany to West Germany?

Accepted Answer

the Berlin Wall

Question 35

Why do some people criticize WTO policies?

Accepted Answer

they pay little attention to worker rights and envirnoment

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