Exam 29: A World without Walls: Globalization and the West

Al-Qaeda was created by the leaders of the Mujahidin.

In the postcolonial world of the 1960s,many in the Islamic world,led by the cleric _________,laid the blame for the moral failure of the Arab world at the feet of the West and centuries of colonial contact.

Although there is a sharp divide between the most successful global players and the poorer,disadvantaged states and cultures,the poorer states have been able to respond to a very profitable market in the West in one area of manufacture,that of:

One of the first Islamic groups in the 1970s to profess anticolonial politics mixed with works of charity and violently fundamentalist Islam beliefs was:

In 1979,twenty-five years after he came to power in a coup,Iran's _________ simply retired from public life and left his country in a power vacuum.

In reality,very little has changed in the last century for the people of former colonies.

Although an attempt was made following World War I to safeguard individuals against nation-states,nothing was accomplished until the United Nations published:

To what does the term postcolonial refer?

Ethnic conflicts that had been dampened for some time were reignited in the 1990s in Indonesia due to:

How has globalization changed health and medicine in the twenty-first century?

In 1990,Saddam Hussein attempted to restore Iraq's influence and prestige by invading its neighbor:

In what ways were the September 11,2001,attacks on the United States the product of a new brand of terror born from globalization?

Indonesia is a predominantly Muslim country with a long tradition of tolerance and pluralism inside the faith.

One purpose used to justify the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 was the Iraqi program to develop weapons of mass destruction-primarily biological and nuclear-and the fear that such weapons would be given to terrorist groups.Although none were found,a similar threat remains present in:

How has globalization promoted human rights?

Prior to the outbreak of the intifada,the Arab nations and Israel had fought _________ wars.

During the 1980s,the countries of the Pacific Rim that had developed robust economies and that appeared to have great staying power earned the collective nickname of:

A central aspect of globalization since 1945 has been:

How were South African politics decisively transformed in and after 1990?

By the 1970s,the driving force in criticism and defiance of autocratic Arab regimes: