What is Global Climate Change?

The damaging effects of industrialization on the environment of the planet

Why is the United States' economic relationship with China questioned?

The Chinese government has history of political and human rights violations

Which of the following best describes the word liberal - from an American political viewpoint?

Progress > Tradition, Labor > Business, Social Responsibility > Personal

What is the process of removing oil that is stored in shale by blasting water and other chemicals to separate oil/rock

Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)

Which of the following best describes the word conservative - from an American political viewpoint?

Tradition > Change, Business > Labor, and Personal Responsibility > Social

Which of the following is NOT a benefit of globalization?

Diseases are spread quicker, world to work together to fight a pandemic

What are the problems with fossil fuel sources?

Cause pollution and they are non-renewable

Which of the following is NOT a negative of globalization?

Ideas and culture are spread throughout the world

A policy of segregation of non-white people in the Republic of South Africa

Why do other nations help a country that is hit by a major natural disaster?

If another country’s economy fails, it can impact everyone else’s economy

Which of the following is NOT a major reason people have large families?

Governments pay parents for each child they have

What are the two main goals of terrorists?

Gain attention to a cause and terrorize civilians

Which of the following be describes the word moderate - from an American political viewpoint?

In between conservative and liberal

Which of the following is NOT a cause of poverty and famine in the world today?

Government type: Democracy, Monarchy, Communist, Fascist

What is the main problem with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty?

Enforcing the treaty is difficult

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1
What is Global Climate Change?
The effects of the Environmental movement on the everyday lives of people
The damaging effects of industrialization on the environment of the planet
An organization aimed at changing the negativity in the world to a positive
The Christian view that people held accountable for destroying God's earth
2
What event led to the deaths of nearly 90% of Native Americans from diseases?
The Reformation
The Age of Diseases
Outbreak of 1509
The Columbian Exchange
3
African country that suffered a catastrophic genocide in 1994 after simmering tensions between Hutus and Tutsis erupted
Rwanda
Nambia
Congo
Tunisia
4
This pandemic killed off nearly half of Europe’s population in the 14th Century
Smallpox
Spanish Flu
Cholera
Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
5
Which of the following continents is the least developed and suffers most from poverty?
South America
Asia
Africa
Australia
6
Why is the United States' economic relationship with China questioned?
The U.S. tells China what to do and other Western nations criticize this
China produces similar things and so the relationship creates a competition
The Chinese government has history of political and human rights violations
China and Japan have been forming a very powerful alliance
7
Which of the following countries do NOT have nuclear weapons?
India, Pakistan, North Korea
Japan, Germany, Spain
U.S., Russia, China
United Kingdom (Britain), France, Israel
8
What are the two types of terrorism?
Economic and Social
Religious and Political
European and Asian
State-sponsored and Insurgent
9
Name given to countries that indicates they haven’t industrialized yet
Primitive
Third World
Developing
Out-sourced nation
10
Which of the following best describes the word liberal - from an American political viewpoint?
Is the only political side that believes in personal choice
Tradition > Change, Business > Labor, and Personal Responsibility > Social
Progress > Tradition, Labor > Business, Social Responsibility > Personal
Science > Religion, Environment > Economics, and Democracy > a Republic
11
What is a person who flees from home or country often because of political upheaval, war, or famine
Refugee
Insurgent
POW
Guerilla
12
What country developed nuclear energy and then turned the technology into nuclear weapons?
Israel
Canada
India
Japan
13
What is the process of removing oil that is stored in shale by blasting water and other chemicals to separate oil/rock
Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking)
Geothermal drilling
Methane Removal
Offshore Drilling
14
What is the process by which national economies, politics, and societies become integrated with those of other nations
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Outsourcing
Globalization
Multinational Corporations
15
Which of the following best describes the word conservative - from an American political viewpoint?
Is the only political side that believes in personal choice
Tradition > Change, Business > Labor, and Personal Responsibility > Social
Progress > Tradition, Labor >Business, Social Responsibility > Personal
Science > Religion, Environment > Economics, and Democracy > a Republic
16
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of globalization?
Diseases are spread quicker, world to work together to fight a pandemic
Democracy spreads
Consumers get a variety of goods; prices stay lower due to competition
Advances in tech and communications
17
Fundamentalist government of Afghanistan that supported Al Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden before and after 9/11
Taliban
Mujaheddin
Palestinian Liberation Organization
Muslim Brotherhood
18
What are the problems with fossil fuel sources?
Difficult to get to and very expensive
Cause pollution and they are non-renewable
Shipping it long distances is very hard and the profit margin is very low
Require a lot of labor to transport and refining is extremely difficult
19
Who was the U.S. President when the 9/11 terrorist attacks happened?
George W. Bush
Barack Obama
Bill Clinton
Donald Trump
20
Which of the following is NOT a negative of globalization?
Ideas and culture are spread throughout the world
Hurts indigenous people/culture;
Rich countries exploit poor ones; small countries specialize in commodities
Focus on profit does not look towards long-term goals
21
What was apartheid?
A policy of segregation of non-white people in the Republic of South Africa
The separation of the sexes in countries run by religious fundamentalists
Policy to keep states separate in their enforcement of education and drug
practice of keeping the working class apart from the owners of businesses
22
Why do other nations help a country that is hit by a major natural disaster?
So that they can be first in line to trade with them
It's the right thing to do
To gain leverage over them for future events
If another country’s economy fails, it can impact everyone else’s economy
23
Former soviet republic that erupted into civil war following the break up of the Soviet Union, leading to genocide
Yugoslavia
Belarus
Kazahkstan
Ukraine
24
Which of the following is NOT a major reason people have large families?
Religious reasons, encourage big families / discourage use of birth control
Governments pay parents for each child they have
The more kids parents have the more people to take care of them in old age
Children become workers on their parents farms and businesses
25
What are the two main goals of terrorists?
Gain attention to a cause and terrorize civilians
Kill leaders and disrupt the economy
Convert people to their religion or kill them
Kill military officers and police officers
26
What disease killed around 50 million people worldwide from 1918-1920?
Smallpox
Spanish Flu
Bubonic Plague (Black Death)
Cholera
27
Which of the following be describes the word moderate - from an American political viewpoint?
Appealing to the middle class of a country
In between conservative and liberal
In between radical conservative and conservative
In between radical liberal and liberal
28
This group committed acts of violence and terrorism in an effort to push Britain out of Ireland and North Ireland.
The Black Hand
Irish Republican Army
Al-Qaeda
Irish Knights
29
Which of the following is NOT a cause of poverty and famine in the world today?
Government type: Democracy, Monarchy, Communist, Fascist
Overpopulation
Destruction from natural disasters
Exploitation by industrialized nations
30
What is the main problem with the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty?
Enforcing the treaty is difficult
So many countries have nuclear weapons, its hard to keep track of all them
The defense systems made the treaty obsolete (outdated)
The United States did not care about it and backed out of the treaty

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