Question 1

The student activists were protesting what at Tiananmen Square in 1989?

Accepted Answer

A) low wages in the countryside. 
B) lack of democratic freedoms. 
C) increasing pollution from factories. 
D) foreign investments in Chinese industries. 
E) occupation of Tibet by China. 
A) low wages in the countryside. 
B) lack of democratic freedoms. 
C) increasing pollution from factories. 
D) foreign investments in Chinese industries. 
E) occupation of Tibet by China.

Question 2

The phrase "New World Order" is attributed to ____ in 1991.

Accepted Answer

A) Nelson Mandela 
B) John F.Kennedy 
C) George Herbert Walker Bush 
D) Ronald Reagan 
E) Mikhail Gorbachev 
A) Nelson Mandela 
B) John F.Kennedy 
C) George Herbert Walker Bush 
D) Ronald Reagan 
E) Mikhail Gorbachev

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
- Zaire

Accepted Answer

Zaire was the name given to the Democrat

Question 4

In the late 20th century,which Asian nation created the most dramatic transformation to become the fastest-growing economy in the world?

Accepted Answer

A) India. 
B) China. 
C) South Korea. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Indonesia. 
A) India. 
B) China. 
C) South Korea. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Indonesia.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
- Chechnya

Accepted Answer

Chechnya is a region located in the Nort

Question 6

The immediate result of the transition from the old communist Soviet Union to the Russian Federation were disappointing;they included which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) wealth became concentrated in the hands of a small elite. 
B) a wide variety of consumer goods became available to the general public. 
C) a decline in fertility and population. 
D) decline in the fundamental welfare system for the common Russian citizen. 
E) all of the answers are correct. 
A) wealth became concentrated in the hands of a small elite. 
B) a wide variety of consumer goods became available to the general public. 
C) a decline in fertility and population. 
D) decline in the fundamental welfare system for the common Russian citizen. 
E) all of the answers are correct.

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
- Mobutu Sese Seko

Accepted Answer

Mobutu Sese Seko was a political leader

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
- Afghanistan

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
- Afghanistan...

Question 9

What nation paved the way for the Soviet satellites' reactions against Soviet domination?

Accepted Answer

A) Czechoslovakia. 
B) Hungary. 
C) East Germany. 
D) Poland. 
E) Ukraine. 
A) Czechoslovakia. 
B) Hungary. 
C) East Germany. 
D) Poland. 
E) Ukraine.

Question 10

Andrei Sakharov,the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb,won the Nobel Peace Prize for his writings on the

Accepted Answer

A) danger of the Reagan military tactics. 
B) defense of civil rights and democracy. 
C) danger of Soviet communism. 
D) importance of Soviet-American detente. 
E) need to tear down the Berlin Wall. 
A) danger of the Reagan military tactics. 
B) defense of civil rights and democracy. 
C) danger of Soviet communism. 
D) importance of Soviet-American detente. 
E) need to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Accepted Answer

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting

Question 12

Until his overthrow in 1979,the Shah of Iran was considered to be a pawn of

Accepted Answer

A) the Soviet Union. 
B) Ayatollah Khomeini. 
C) Islamists. 
D) OPEC. 
E) the United States. 
A) the Soviet Union. 
B) Ayatollah Khomeini. 
C) Islamists. 
D) OPEC. 
E) the United States.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
- al-Qaeda

Accepted Answer

Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist ex

Question 14

Why was the election of Vicente Fox of the conservative National Action Party to the presidency of Mexico in 2000 so exceptional?

Accepted Answer

A) First non-Party of Institutional Revolution in decades 
B) He was an avowed member of the Communist Party. 
C) He had supported the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. 
D) He refused to support US policies in Central America. 
E) He was a member of the Party of Institutional Revolution. 
A) First non-Party of Institutional Revolution in decades 
B) He was an avowed member of the Communist Party. 
C) He had supported the Sandinistas in Nicaragua. 
D) He refused to support US policies in Central America. 
E) He was a member of the Party of Institutional Revolution.

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
- Asian Tigers

Accepted Answer

The term "Asian Tigers" refers to the ec

Question 16

Which of the following became known as the "Asian Tigers"? except

Accepted Answer

A) Taiwan. 
B) South Korea. 
C) All of the answers are correct. 
D) Singapore. 
E) Japan 
A) Taiwan. 
B) South Korea. 
C) All of the answers are correct. 
D) Singapore. 
E) Japan

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
- Hong Kong

Accepted Answer

Hong Kong is a Special Administrative Re

Question 18

As in South Korea,major political and economic changes occurred in ____ in the late 1980s because of  the decline of the Soviet Union and the growth of trade with an increasingly market-oriented Chinese mainland.

Accepted Answer

A) the Philippines 
B) Taiwan 
C) Japan 
D) Hong Kong 
E) Malaysia 
A) the Philippines 
B) Taiwan 
C) Japan 
D) Hong Kong 
E) Malaysia

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
- New World Order

Accepted Answer

The term "New World Order" has been used

Question 20

Despite massive military force,Boris Yeltsin failed to put down a Muslim guerrilla uprising in

Accepted Answer

A) Chechnya. 
B) Afghanistan. 
C) Georgia. 
D) Ukraine. 
E) Kazakhstan. 
A) Chechnya. 
B) Afghanistan. 
C) Georgia. 
D) Ukraine. 
E) Kazakhstan.

Exam 31: Toward a New World Order, 1975 - 2000

The student activists were protesting what at Tiananmen Square in 1989?

The phrase "New World Order" is attributed to ____ in 1991.

Please define the following key terms. - Zaire

In the late 20th century,which Asian nation created the most dramatic transformation to become the fastest-growing economy in the world?

Please define the following key terms. - Chechnya

The immediate result of the transition from the old communist Soviet Union to the Russian Federation were disappointing;they included which of the following?

Please define the following key terms. - Mobutu Sese Seko

Please define the following key terms. - Afghanistan

What nation paved the way for the Soviet satellites' reactions against Soviet domination?

Andrei Sakharov,the father of the Soviet hydrogen bomb,won the Nobel Peace Prize for his writings on the

Please define the following key terms. - Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

Until his overthrow in 1979,the Shah of Iran was considered to be a pawn of

Please define the following key terms. - al-Qaeda

Why was the election of Vicente Fox of the conservative National Action Party to the presidency of Mexico in 2000 so exceptional?

Please define the following key terms. - Asian Tigers

Which of the following became known as the "Asian Tigers"? except

Please define the following key terms. - Hong Kong

As in South Korea,major political and economic changes occurred in ____ in the late 1980s because of the decline of the Soviet Union and the growth of trade with an increasingly market-oriented Chinese mainland.

Please define the following key terms. - New World Order

Despite massive military force,Boris Yeltsin failed to put down a Muslim guerrilla uprising in

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