Question 1

What continent has the most number of countries with the highest HIV-AIDS rates?

Accepted Answer

A) South America 
B) North America 
C) Asia 
D) Africa 
E) Europe 
A) South America 
B) North America 
C) Asia 
D) Africa 
E) Europe

Question 2

The Sandinistas overthrew the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza in what country?

Accepted Answer

A) El Salvador 
B) Cuba 
C) Nicaragua 
D) Bolivia 
E) cuba 
A) El Salvador 
B) Cuba 
C) Nicaragua 
D) Bolivia 
E) cuba

Question 3

The most successful emulator of the Japanese economic model of development in the 1970s and 1980s was .

Accepted Answer

The answer of The most successful emulator of the Japanese...

Question 4

Which of the following is true about technological innovation after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) It gave rise to an economic expansion and increased productivity. 
B) It changed the way people lived, worked, and played. 
C) It increased the power of industrialized nations relative to the developing world. 
D) It intensified environmental destruction. 
E) All of the above 
A) It gave rise to an economic expansion and increased productivity. 
B) It changed the way people lived, worked, and played. 
C) It increased the power of industrialized nations relative to the developing world. 
D) It intensified environmental destruction. 
E) All of the above

Question 5

Neo-liberalism in Latin America eroded due to

Accepted Answer

A) free democratic reform elections in Latin America after deposing the dictatorships such as Pinochet's. 
B) an emphasis on central control of the economy by the state. 
C) deregulation of the oil industry. 
D) shifting the emphasis of the economy in Latin America to cash crops. 
E) political scandals and a slowing world economy. 
A) free democratic reform elections in Latin America after deposing the dictatorships such as Pinochet's. 
B) an emphasis on central control of the economy by the state. 
C) deregulation of the oil industry. 
D) shifting the emphasis of the economy in Latin America to cash crops. 
E) political scandals and a slowing world economy.

Question 6

The United States undermined and ultimately helped overthrow which democratically elected socialist leader in Chile?

Accepted Answer

A) Joao Goulart 
B) Salvador Allende 
C) Augusto Pinochet 
D) Juan Peron 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Joao Goulart 
B) Salvador Allende 
C) Augusto Pinochet 
D) Juan Peron 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 7

In 1798, Thomas Malthus argued that

Accepted Answer

A) a healthy economy would reduce the population. 
B) a poor economy would drive people back to the land. 
C) population growth would promote economic gains. 
D) population growth would outstrip food production. 
E) maximum population growth is part of God's beneficial design. 
A) a healthy economy would reduce the population. 
B) a poor economy would drive people back to the land. 
C) population growth would promote economic gains. 
D) population growth would outstrip food production. 
E) maximum population growth is part of God's beneficial design.

Question 8

The Soviet Union was dissolved in

Accepted Answer

A) 1991. 
B) 1985. 
C) 1979. 
D) 1994. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) 1991. 
B) 1985. 
C) 1979. 
D) 1994. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 9

In the years since World War II, how have economic development and population growth altered world migration patterns?

Accepted Answer

Students should recognize that since Wor

Question 10

Which U.S. president covertly used Israel to transfer arms to Iran in order to gain the release of American hostages in Lebanon and finance war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua?

Accepted Answer

A) Jimmy Carter 
B) Ronald Reagan 
C) George H. W. Bush 
D) George W. Bush 
E) Barack Obama 
A) Jimmy Carter 
B) Ronald Reagan 
C) George H. W. Bush 
D) George W. Bush 
E) Barack Obama

Question 11

Who was the last Shah of Iran?

Accepted Answer

A) Muhammad Reza Pahlavi 
B) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 
C) Saddam Husain 
D) Osama bin Laden 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Muhammad Reza Pahlavi 
B) Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini 
C) Saddam Husain 
D) Osama bin Laden 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 12

Under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, China

Accepted Answer

A) experienced economic growth due to the freeing of industries from the state-run system. 
B) restricted foreign investment for the first time since 1949. 
C) endorsed the first Clean Air and Clean Water Act in the world. 
D) experienced a backward slide into doctrinaire communism. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) experienced economic growth due to the freeing of industries from the state-run system. 
B) restricted foreign investment for the first time since 1949. 
C) endorsed the first Clean Air and Clean Water Act in the world. 
D) experienced a backward slide into doctrinaire communism. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 13

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, new sources of conflict became immediately evident in the Middle East. Describe the first conflict after the end of the Cold War in the Middle East, and explain the events that led up to it and resolved it.

Accepted Answer

Students should understand that the firs

Question 14

What has created environmental threats in the post-World World II years and what has challenged the international community's ability to respond to these threats?

Accepted Answer

Enormous expansion of the world's popula

Question 15

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led an Iranian revolt in 1979 against the former shah and then implemented

Accepted Answer

A) a communist regime. 
B) a pro-American (but anti-Carter)policy. 
C) a nationalization of the oil industry, gaining the enmity of the UAE and OPEC participants. 
D) persecution of all non-Shi'ites. 
E) a parliamentary republic with strict control by religious officials. 
A) a communist regime. 
B) a pro-American (but anti-Carter)policy. 
C) a nationalization of the oil industry, gaining the enmity of the UAE and OPEC participants. 
D) persecution of all non-Shi'ites. 
E) a parliamentary republic with strict control by religious officials.

Question 16

The first Latin American nation to experience conservative reaction to the Cuban revolution by the army overthrowing their constitutional government in 1964 was

Accepted Answer

A) Argentina. 
B) Peru. 
C) Brazil. 
D) Venezuela. 
E) Uruguay. 
A) Argentina. 
B) Peru. 
C) Brazil. 
D) Venezuela. 
E) Uruguay.

Question 17

Internal migration in developing nations has increased threefold between 1925 and 1950 and then the pace accelerated from there resulting in

Accepted Answer

A) migrants enjoying a better life in the cities. 
B) the destruction of the nuclear family. 
C) the return of the migrants to their former homes. 
D) migrants being generally less economically well-off. 
E) migrants facing "class warfare" when they took jobs from city dwellers. 
A) migrants enjoying a better life in the cities. 
B) the destruction of the nuclear family. 
C) the return of the migrants to their former homes. 
D) migrants being generally less economically well-off. 
E) migrants facing "class warfare" when they took jobs from city dwellers.

Question 18

Where did the Chinese government brutally crack down on 1989 protests, killing hundreds and jailing thousands?

Accepted Answer

A) Berlin Wall 
B) Hong Kong 
C) Singapore 
D) Tiananmen Square 
E) Great Wall 
A) Berlin Wall 
B) Hong Kong 
C) Singapore 
D) Tiananmen Square 
E) Great Wall

Question 19

One of the reasons for the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war was

Accepted Answer

A) Saddam Husain's fear that the revolutionary government of Iran would incite Iraq's Shi'ites to rebellion. 
B) U.S. pressure on Iraq to invade Iran. 
C) Khomeini's desire to gain control of Iraq's oil industry. 
D) regional instability as a result of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
E) Saddam Husain's desire to spark an Islamic revolution in Iran. 
A) Saddam Husain's fear that the revolutionary government of Iran would incite Iraq's Shi'ites to rebellion. 
B) U.S. pressure on Iraq to invade Iran. 
C) Khomeini's desire to gain control of Iraq's oil industry. 
D) regional instability as a result of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. 
E) Saddam Husain's desire to spark an Islamic revolution in Iran.

Question 20

Which of the following is one of the "Asian Tigers"?

Accepted Answer

A) Taiwan 
B) South Korea 
C) Hong Kong 
D) Singapore 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Taiwan 
B) South Korea 
C) Hong Kong 
D) Singapore 
E) All of these are correct.

Exam 32: The End of the Cold War and the Challenge of Economic Development and Immigration

What continent has the most number of countries with the highest HIV-AIDS rates?

The Sandinistas overthrew the dictatorship of Anastasio Somoza in what country?

The most successful emulator of the Japanese economic model of development in the 1970s and 1980s was .

Which of the following is true about technological innovation after World War II?

Neo-liberalism in Latin America eroded due to

The United States undermined and ultimately helped overthrow which democratically elected socialist leader in Chile?

In 1798, Thomas Malthus argued that

The Soviet Union was dissolved in

In the years since World War II, how have economic development and population growth altered world migration patterns?

Which U.S. president covertly used Israel to transfer arms to Iran in order to gain the release of American hostages in Lebanon and finance war against the Sandinistas in Nicaragua?

Who was the last Shah of Iran?

Under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, China

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, new sources of conflict became immediately evident in the Middle East. Describe the first conflict after the end of the Cold War in the Middle East, and explain the events that led up to it and resolved it.

What has created environmental threats in the post-World World II years and what has challenged the international community's ability to respond to these threats?

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led an Iranian revolt in 1979 against the former shah and then implemented

The first Latin American nation to experience conservative reaction to the Cuban revolution by the army overthrowing their constitutional government in 1964 was

Internal migration in developing nations has increased threefold between 1925 and 1950 and then the pace accelerated from there resulting in

Where did the Chinese government brutally crack down on 1989 protests, killing hundreds and jailing thousands?

One of the reasons for the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war was

Which of the following is one of the "Asian Tigers"?

Nature, Humanity, and History

The First River-Valley Civilizations

The Mediterranean and Middle East

New Civilizations Outside the West Asian Core Area

Greece and Iran

An Age of Empires: Rome and Han China

India and Southeast Asia

Peoples and Civilizations of the Americas

Networks of Communication and Exchange

The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

Inner and East Asia

Mongol Eurasia and Its Aftermath

Latin Europe

Southern Empires, Southern Seas

The Maritime Revolution

Transformations in Europe

The Diversity of American Colonial Societies

The Atlantic System and Africa

Between Europe and China

East Asia in Global Perspective

The Early Industrial Revolution

Revolutionary Changes in the Atlantic World

Land Empires in the Age of Imperialism

Nation Building and Economic Transformation in the Americas

Varieties of Imperialism in Africa, India, Southeast Asia, and Latin America

The New Power Balance

The Crisis of the Imperial Order

The Collapse of the Old Order

Revolutions in Living

The Cold War and Decolonization

New Challenges in a New Millennium

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