Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-feminization of poverty

Accepted Answer

A) Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War. 
B) Cities with populations of 5 million people or more. 
C) Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements. 
D) An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators. 
E) The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. 
A) Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War. 
B) Cities with populations of 5 million people or more. 
C) Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements. 
D) An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators. 
E) The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. G

Question 2

The accelerated population growth of the developing world since 1945 was primarily a result of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  The green revolution 
B)  The medical revolution 
C)  Industrialization 
D)  The decline in terrorism 
A)  The green revolution 
B)  The medical revolution 
C)  Industrialization 
D)  The decline in terrorism B

Question 3

Use the following to answer questions :
-bazaar economy

Accepted Answer

A) Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War. 
B) Cities with populations of 5 million people or more. 
C) Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements. 
D) An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators. 
E) The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. 
A) Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War. 
B) Cities with populations of 5 million people or more. 
C) Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements. 
D) An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators. 
E) The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. D

Question 4

What has contributed to growing restrictions on immigration since the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Increasing cultural homogeneity in host nations 
B)  Growing reluctance from employers to hire foreign workers 
C)  Slowing economic growth in host nations 
D)  Stricter United Nations regulations affecting the treatment of migrants 
A)  Increasing cultural homogeneity in host nations 
B)  Growing reluctance from employers to hire foreign workers 
C)  Slowing economic growth in host nations 
D)  Stricter United Nations regulations affecting the treatment of migrants

Question 5

Which of the following has led to more than half of urban growth?

Accepted Answer

A)  Improved health care in cities 
B)  The attraction of new industrial jobs 
C)  Rural migration to cities 
D)  Wars, food shortages, and disease epidemics 
A)  Improved health care in cities 
B)  The attraction of new industrial jobs 
C)  Rural migration to cities 
D)  Wars, food shortages, and disease epidemics

Question 6

How has the U.S. struggle against al-Qaeda progressed, and how has it affected other nations?

Accepted Answer

Iraq and other places in the M

Question 7

What evidence suggests that global interdependence is now a part of world affairs? Do you think these relationships will make wars more or less likely, and why?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Multinatio

Question 8

Which of these is one of the three main factions that emerged in Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion?

Accepted Answer

A)  Persians 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Turks 
D)  Kurds 
A)  Persians 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Turks 
D)  Kurds

Question 9

As the world's population continued to rise in the twentieth century, how did agricultural technology keep pace with that change?

Accepted Answer

A)  Better irrigation techniques were developed. 
B)  Genetically engineered seeds were cultivated. 
C)  Crop rotation was practiced. 
D)  Better engineered plows became available. 
A)  Better irrigation techniques were developed. 
B)  Genetically engineered seeds were cultivated. 
C)  Crop rotation was practiced. 
D)  Better engineered plows became available.

Question 10

Many of the civil wars since the 1990s have been caused by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Economics and trade 
B)  Political ideology 
C)  Ethnic rivalries 
D)  Industrialization 
A)  Economics and trade 
B)  Political ideology 
C)  Ethnic rivalries 
D)  Industrialization

Question 11

What is the purpose of the caricatured Japanese features and Japanese flag in this poster?

Accepted Answer

A)  To dehumanize the Japanese 
B)  To draw attention to the prevalence of malaria 
C)  To build support for World War II 
D)  To suggest that malaria was the only enemy to fear more than the Japanese 
A)  To dehumanize the Japanese 
B)  To draw attention to the prevalence of malaria 
C)  To build support for World War II 
D)  To suggest that malaria was the only enemy to fear more than the Japanese

Question 12

About 90 percent of all persons who die from AIDS and 86 percent of those currently infected with HIV live in

Accepted Answer

A)  South Asia. 
B)  sub-Saharan Africa. 
C)  North America. 
D)  East Asia. 
A)  South Asia. 
B)  sub-Saharan Africa. 
C)  North America. 
D)  East Asia.

Question 13

What are the middle powers, and how do they create "multipolar" political landscapes?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The middle

Question 14

What was meant by scholars who argued that the fall of the Berlin Wall led to an "end of history"?

Accepted Answer

A)  They meant that the past no longer mattered. 
B)  They meant Western-style liberalism had triumphed for all time. 
C)  They meant that universities would soon serve no purpose. 
D)  They meant that all that mattered was science. 
A)  They meant that the past no longer mattered. 
B)  They meant Western-style liberalism had triumphed for all time. 
C)  They meant that universities would soon serve no purpose. 
D)  They meant that all that mattered was science.

Question 15

The green revolution began with the development of new strains of wheat in what country?

Accepted Answer

A)  India 
B)  Egypt 
C)  Austria 
D)  Mexico 
A)  India 
B)  Egypt 
C)  Austria 
D)  Mexico

Question 16

Based on Map 33.1, "The Global Distribution of Wealth, ca. 2010," which of the following is true regarding the GDP of most European members of the European Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Their per capita GDP is higher than the world average. 
B)  Their per capita GDP is lower than the world average. 
C)  Their per capita GDP is among the lowest in the world. 
D)  Their per capita GDP decreased significantly after joining the European Union. 
A)  Their per capita GDP is higher than the world average. 
B)  Their per capita GDP is lower than the world average. 
C)  Their per capita GDP is among the lowest in the world. 
D)  Their per capita GDP decreased significantly after joining the European Union.

Question 17

The green revolution's greatest successes have come in which Asian countries?

Accepted Answer

A)  Those dominated by large-scale estate farms 
B)  Those that have collectivized farming 
C)  Those with broad-based peasant ownership of land 
D)  Those where tenant farming predominates 
A)  Those dominated by large-scale estate farms 
B)  Those that have collectivized farming 
C)  Those with broad-based peasant ownership of land 
D)  Those where tenant farming predominates

Question 18

Which of the following was one of the ways in which many African and Asian countries improved medical care after gaining their independence?

Accepted Answer

A)  They trained paramedics to care for patients in rural areas. 
B)  They replaced the hospitals inherited from colonial regimes with their own. 
C)  They addressed the political instability that had allowed for the uncontrolled spread of many diseases. 
D)  They opened their first major medical schools. 
A)  They trained paramedics to care for patients in rural areas. 
B)  They replaced the hospitals inherited from colonial regimes with their own. 
C)  They addressed the political instability that had allowed for the uncontrolled spread of many diseases. 
D)  They opened their first major medical schools.

Question 19

Use the following to answer questions :
-green revolution

Accepted Answer

A) Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War. 
B) Cities with populations of 5 million people or more. 
C) Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements. 
D) An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators. 
E) The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. 
A) Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War. 
B) Cities with populations of 5 million people or more. 
C) Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements. 
D) An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators. 
E) The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.
F)Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.
G)The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.
H)The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time.

Question 20

The personal computer and the cell phone are associated with which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)  The first communications revolution 
B)  The second communications revolution 
C)  The third communications revolution 
D)  The fourth communications revolution 
A)  The first communications revolution 
B)  The second communications revolution 
C)  The third communications revolution 
D)  The fourth communications revolution

Exam 33: The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

Use the following to answer questions : -feminization of poverty

The accelerated population growth of the developing world since 1945 was primarily a result of which of the following?

Use the following to answer questions : -bazaar economy

What has contributed to growing restrictions on immigration since the 1980s?

Which of the following has led to more than half of urban growth?

How has the U.S. struggle against al-Qaeda progressed, and how has it affected other nations?

What evidence suggests that global interdependence is now a part of world affairs? Do you think these relationships will make wars more or less likely, and why?

Which of these is one of the three main factions that emerged in Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion?

As the world's population continued to rise in the twentieth century, how did agricultural technology keep pace with that change?

Many of the civil wars since the 1990s have been caused by which of the following?

What is the purpose of the caricatured Japanese features and Japanese flag in this poster?

About 90 percent of all persons who die from AIDS and 86 percent of those currently infected with HIV live in

What are the middle powers, and how do they create "multipolar" political landscapes?

What was meant by scholars who argued that the fall of the Berlin Wall led to an "end of history"?

The green revolution began with the development of new strains of wheat in what country?

Based on Map 33.1, "The Global Distribution of Wealth, ca. 2010," which of the following is true regarding the GDP of most European members of the European Union?

The green revolution's greatest successes have come in which Asian countries?

Which of the following was one of the ways in which many African and Asian countries improved medical care after gaining their independence?

Use the following to answer questions : -green revolution

The personal computer and the cell phone are associated with which of these?

The Earliest Human Societies, to 2500 Bce

Complex Societies in Southwest Asia and the Nile Valley, 3800-500 Bce

The Foundation of Indian Society, to 300 Ce

Chinas Classical Age, to 221 Bce

The Greek Experience, 3500-30 Bce

The World of Rome, Ca 1000 Bce-400 Ce

East Asia and the Spread of Buddhism, 221 Bce-845 Ce

Continuity and Change in Europe and Western Asia, 250-850

The Islamic World, 600-1400

African Societies and Kingdoms, 1000 Bce-1500 Ce

The Americas, 3200 Bce-1500 Ce

Cultural Exchange in Central and Southern Asia, 300-1400

States and Cultures in East Asia, 800-1400

Europe and Western Asia in the Middle Ages, 800-1450

Europe in the Renaissance and Reformation, 1350-1600

The Acceleration of Global Contact, 1450-1600

The Islamic World Powers, 1300-1800

European Power and Expansion, 1500-1750

New Worldviews and Ways of Life, 1540-1790

Africa and the World, 1400-1800

Continuity and Change in East Asia, 1400-1800

Revolutions in the Atlantic World, 1775-1825

The Revolution in Energy and Industry, 1760-1850

Ideologies of Change in Europe, 1815-1914

Africa, the Ottoman Empire, and the New Imperialism, 1800-1914

Asia and the Pacific in the Era of Imperialism, 1800-1914

The Americas in the Age of Liberalism, 1810-1917

World War and Revolution, 1914-1929

Nationalism in Asia, 1914-1939

The Great Depression and World War Ii, 1929-1945

Review

Liberalization, 1968-2000s

20th Century Global Issues and Developments

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