Deck 29: Global Warmings

Question 1

Freed of the need for a Cold War military deterrent, people spoke of a _____________.

Answer 1

peace dividend

Question 2

Ayatollah Khomeini declared a death sentence on Salman Rushdie in

A) 1979.
B) 1981.
C) 1988.
D) 1989.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In 1989, the ____________ ran aground in Prince William Sound.

Answer 3

Exxon Valdez

Question 4

Britain's Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher called for political action on climate change.

Question 5

In 1992 Rio de Janeiro held an ___________.

Question 6

The Kyoto Protocol was drawn up in

A) 1970.
B) 1974.
C) 1981.
D) 1997.

Question 7

The protestors at Tiananmen Square were demanding _______.

A) Democracy
B) capitalism
C) action on global warming
D) action on globalization

Question 8

The Red Cross estimated that 5,000 people were killed in Tiananmen Square.

Question 9

Following 1989, Poland's unemployment reached

A) 9%.
B) 12%.
C) 20%.
D) 27%.

Question 10

The GNP of Ukraine lost 50% within ten years of the Soviet breakup.

Question 11

The idea of uniting Europe in a super-state can be traced back to _______.

Question 12

Who were the chief victims of Serb massacres?

A) Croats
B) Bosnians
C) Armenians
D) Slovenians

Question 13

The _______ is an intergovernmental organization that promotes international trade.

A) EU
B) NATO
C) WTO
D) UN

Question 14

In _______ the Treaty of Maastricht created the European Union.

A) 1954
B) 1967
C) 1988
D) 1993

Question 15

Labor migration meant unemployment in rich EU countries.

Question 16

Saddam Hussein was deeply in debt after his ten-year war with __________.

Question 17

The Good Friday Accord was signed in

A) 1989.
B) 1990.
C) 1991.
D) 1999.

Question 18

The 1990s saw feminism's _______ wave.

Question 19

The Assad family controlled _______.

A) Syria.
B) Egypt.
C) Jordan.
D) Iraq.

Question 20

Conservatives prefer to balance budgets by cutting expenditures.