Question 1

Which country has abandoned its nuclear weapons program?

Accepted Answer

A)  Libya 
B)  India 
C)  Pakistan 
D)  Israel 
A)  Libya 
B)  India 
C)  Pakistan 
D)  Israel

Question 2

Which of these was a major postwar medical advance?

Accepted Answer

A)  The discovery of the link between sanitation and disease 
B)  The discovery of a cure for malaria 
C)  The advent of the germ theory of disease 
D)  The discovery of vaccines for many deadly diseases 
A)  The discovery of the link between sanitation and disease 
B)  The discovery of a cure for malaria 
C)  The advent of the germ theory of disease 
D)  The discovery of vaccines for many deadly diseases

Question 3

Which of these statements is true regarding the impact of climate change on the spread of disease?

Accepted Answer

A)  Drought has reduced the breeding grounds for mosquitoes. 
B)  In many areas, temperature extremes have shortened the length of active seasons for many disease-carrying organisms. 
C)  It has accelerated the spread of airborne diseases such as tuberculosis. 
D)  It has allowed the number of habitats for disease-carrying organisms to expand. 
A)  Drought has reduced the breeding grounds for mosquitoes. 
B)  In many areas, temperature extremes have shortened the length of active seasons for many disease-carrying organisms. 
C)  It has accelerated the spread of airborne diseases such as tuberculosis. 
D)  It has allowed the number of habitats for disease-carrying organisms to expand.

Question 4

Who makes up the great majority of Asian and African migrants to the cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  Entire families 
B)  Young married couples 
C)  Young men 
D)  Single women 
A)  Entire families 
B)  Young married couples 
C)  Young men 
D)  Single women

Question 5

Of the increasingly assertive middle powers, what has become the dominant nation-state in South America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Peru 
B)  Brazil 
C)  Argentina 
D)  Chile 
A)  Peru 
B)  Brazil 
C)  Argentina 
D)  Chile

Question 6

What was the thesis of Paul Ehrlich's 1968 book The Population Bomb?

Accepted Answer

A)  That the poverty of the Third World would result in savage racial wars. 
B)  That a green revolution could solve the world's overpopulation problem. 
C)  That conflict between liberalism and communism would destroy the world. 
D)  That it was too late to prevent hundreds of millions of people from starving. 
A)  That the poverty of the Third World would result in savage racial wars. 
B)  That a green revolution could solve the world's overpopulation problem. 
C)  That conflict between liberalism and communism would destroy the world. 
D)  That it was too late to prevent hundreds of millions of people from starving.

Question 7

Which of these issues was addressed by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnic violence 
B)  The AIDS crisis 
C)  The feminization of poverty 
D)  Global warming 
A)  Ethnic violence 
B)  The AIDS crisis 
C)  The feminization of poverty 
D)  Global warming

Question 8

Governments have found that new communication technologies

Accepted Answer

A)  make both censorship and privacy more difficult to enforce. 
B)  make populations easier to manipulate. 
C)  can be easily controlled at "node points." 
D)  make revolutions less likely. 
A)  make both censorship and privacy more difficult to enforce. 
B)  make populations easier to manipulate. 
C)  can be easily controlled at "node points." 
D)  make revolutions less likely.

Question 9

Use the following to answer questions :
-megacities

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 10

Why has the triumph of liberal ideology tended to produce activism?

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberalism has tended to increase inequality. 
B)  Liberalism often involves the imposition of fundamentalist beliefs. 
C)  Liberal leaders have tended to be tyrants. 
D)  Activism seeks to expand opportunities for wealth creation. 
A)  Liberalism has tended to increase inequality. 
B)  Liberalism often involves the imposition of fundamentalist beliefs. 
C)  Liberal leaders have tended to be tyrants. 
D)  Activism seeks to expand opportunities for wealth creation.

Question 11

What have several former Soviet republics done with their nuclear weapons since the breakup of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Destroyed them 
B)  Transferred their nuclear capabilities to energy plants 
C)  Returned their nuclear weapons to Russia 
D)  Sold them to the United States and Great Britain 
A)  Destroyed them 
B)  Transferred their nuclear capabilities to energy plants 
C)  Returned their nuclear weapons to Russia 
D)  Sold them to the United States and Great Britain

Question 12

The evidence in Map 33.2, "People Living with HIV/AIDS Worldwide, ca. 2010," suggests that the people of which region have less access to healthcare?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Middle East 
B)  East Asia 
C)  Sub-Saharan Africa 
D)  South America 
A)  The Middle East 
B)  East Asia 
C)  Sub-Saharan Africa 
D)  South America

Question 13

What migration patterns emerged in Africa, Asia, and Latin America after 1945?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Africa, As

Exam 33: The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

Which country has abandoned its nuclear weapons program?

Which of these was a major postwar medical advance?

Which of these statements is true regarding the impact of climate change on the spread of disease?

Who makes up the great majority of Asian and African migrants to the cities?

Of the increasingly assertive middle powers, what has become the dominant nation-state in South America?

What was the thesis of Paul Ehrlich's 1968 book The Population Bomb?

Which of these issues was addressed by the 1997 Kyoto Protocol?

Governments have found that new communication technologies

Use the following to answer questions : -megacities

Why has the triumph of liberal ideology tended to produce activism?

What have several former Soviet republics done with their nuclear weapons since the breakup of the Soviet Union?

The evidence in Map 33.2, "People Living with HIV/AIDS Worldwide, ca. 2010," suggests that the people of which region have less access to healthcare?

What migration patterns emerged in Africa, Asia, and Latin America after 1945?

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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