Deck 38: A World Without Borders

Question 1

It is estimated that by 2050 the population of the earth will stabilize at around

A) 4.2 billion.
B) 5.7 billion.
C) 9.6 billion.
D) 15.4 billion.
E) 18.9 billion.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The most famous and most strongly integrated regional bloc is

A) OPEC.
B) ASEAN.
C) the European Union.
D) NAFTA.
E) the Warsaw Pact.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Because of the rise of communication technology,observers have labeled today's era the age of

A) anxiety.
B) entertainment.
C) access.
D) intrusion.
E) privacy.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)started with how many nations?

A) 30 communist nations
B) 10 communist nations; and 15 noncommunist nations
C) 55 noncommunist nations
D) 35 noncommunist nations; and 11 communist nations
E) 23 noncommunist nations

Question 5

In 2013,the population of the earth stood at

A) 2 billion.
B) 3.5 billion.
C) 4.3 billion.
D) 7.2 billion.
E) 8.6 billion.

Question 6

The world's population increases by ________ every year.

A) 200,000
B) 600,000
C) 4.3 million
D) 6 million
E) 8.1 million

Question 7

When Mikhail Gorbachev discussed the opening of Soviet society to public criticism and admission of past mistakes,he used the term

A) uskorenie.
B) perestroika.
C) ceauşescu.
D) glasnost.
E) zhivkov.

Question 8

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of perestroika referred to

A) openness.
B) "the great leap forward."
C) decentralizing the economy.
D) de-communism.
E) reeducation.

Question 9

The Asian economic crisis began in 1997 in what country?

A) China
B) Thailand
C) Hong Kong
D) Japan
E) South Korea

Question 10

What has become the "universal tongue" of the twenty-first century?

A) html
B) hip hop
C) English
D) Spanglish
E) commercialism

Question 11

The Russian leader who brought massive reform to the Soviet Union beginning in 1985 was

A) Boris Yeltsin.
B) Mikhail Gorbachev.
C) Leonid Brezhnev.
D) Nikita Khrushchev.
E) Vladimir Putin.

Question 12

What medium has most been used to promote state-building around the world,as it is mostly state-controlled?

A) movies
B) radio
C) blogs
D) the Internet
E) television

Question 13

The spread of U.S.mass culture

A) is welcomed around the world.
B) provides a standard of quality that did not exist before.
C) is viewed as the first positive step in the creation of a truly global American empire.
D) is feared at all times.
E) is often seen as a threat to local or indigenous cultures.

Question 14

OPEC is

A) the remnant of the old communist bloc nations.
B) an association of southeast Asian nations.
C) a military wing of the United Nations.
D) an oil-producer cartel.
E) designed to stop the spread of communism.

Question 15

Which of the following was NOT one of the "little tigers"?

A) Thailand
B) Hong Kong
C) Singapore
D) South Korea
E) Taiwan

Question 16

Americanization is sometimes used to refer to the

A) homogenizing of global culture.
B) spread of liberal democracy throughout the globe.
C) spread of U.S.-financed high technology.
D) central role that U.S. financial institutions play in the world market.
E) spread of Latin American influences to the U.S. market.

Question 17

Which of these organizations has developed into a forum for settling international trade disputes?

A) North American Treaty Organization
B) Warsaw Pact
C) United Nations
D) World Trade Organization
E) Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

Question 18

The new age of global interconnectedness

A) has the potential to ensure complete equality among nations.
B) eliminates the distinction between "connected" and "unconnected."
C) has resulted in near-universal literacy.
D) carries the threat,perceived by some,of mass media acting as a vehicle for cultural imperialism.
E) ensures the continued victory of capitalism over communism.

Question 19

The "velvet revolution" brought change to

A) Czechoslovakia.
B) Poland.
C) Romania.
D) Bulgaria.
E) East Germany.

Question 20

Solidarity was

A) a combined trade union and nationalist movement in Poland.
B) the call for reunification of Germany.
C) the appeal that East German leader Erich Honecker made for the communist world to stay united.
D) one of the new ideological phrases made popular by Mikhail Gorbachev.
E) the philosophy that a united capitalist world was destined to destroy communism.

Question 21

The first female president of Sri Lanka was

A) Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.
B) Indira Gandhi.
C) Aung San Suu Kyi.
D) Benazir Bhuto.
E) Arundhati Roy.

Question 22

By 2001,female literacy in India stood at about

A) 12 percent.
B) 20 percent.
C) 42 percent.
D) 51 percent.
E) 75 percent.

Question 23

China's population policy

A) limits couples to one child.
B) encourages families to have as many children as possible.
C) has created a complicated but logical formula tying number of children to economic well-being.
D) suggests that couples have no more than four children.
E) was copied from a successful Indian policy.

Question 24

International trade has proved to be a key driving force behind economic globalization.

Question 25

The Internet reinforces the contemporary fact that English has become the universal tongue of the twenty-first century.

Question 26

Global recognition and acceptance of the concept of human rights came in the aftermath of

A) World War I.
B) World War II.
C) the cold war.
D) the Vietnam War.
E) the Korean War.

Question 27

Critics sometimes refer to the homogenizing aspect of global culture as the "McDonaldization" of the world.

Question 28

One very early prototypical nongovernmental organization was

A) the Red Cross.
B) the International Monetary Fund.
C) Greenpeace.
D) the United Nations.
E) the European Union.

Question 29

In the Islamic world,roughly ________ or less of women are in the workforce.

A) 50 percent
B) 35 percent
C) 20 percent
D) 10 percent
E) 2 percent

Question 30

President Ronald Reagan's cold war rhetoric and budgets challenged détente and the Soviet ability to match U.S.spending,but internal changes in the communist world worked most effectively to bring an end to the communist system and the cold war.

Question 31

The earliest and most successful imitators of the Japanese model for economic development were the "two little tigers," Hong Kong and Thailand.

Question 32

The Myanmar leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 is

A) Indira Gandhi.
B) Benazir Bhuto.
C) Arundhati Roy.
D) Aung San Suu Kyi.
E) Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.

Question 33

In the 1950s,the legal position of women most closely matched that of men in

A) Islamic countries.
B) western European countries.
C) Latin American countries.
D) communist countries.
E) North American countries.

Question 34

One unsuspected consequence of China's one-child family rule is

A) a precipitous drop in the Chinese population.
B) the need to "import" women of a marriageable age.
C) the mystery of a half million "missing" girls every year.
D) repeated anti-governmental uprisings in the countryside.
E) the loophole that allows the Chinese to adopt as many children as they want.

Question 35

The United States' war against global terrorism began in the wake of which of the following events?

A) the Islamic revolution in Iran
B) the first Gulf War
C) the attacks on the U.S. World Trade Center and Pentagon
D) the 2003 invasion of Iraq to oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein
E) an attack on a U.S. warship in Yemen

Question 36

The 1997 agreement at Kyoto was aimed at controlling which of the following threats to the world's environment?

A) overpopulation
B) the extinction of large numbers of plants and animals
C) global warming from the emission of greenhouse gasses
D) the threat of nuclear war in central Asia
E) the destruction of the rainforests of Africa

Question 37

The Equal Rights Amendment in the United States

A) ensured equal pay for women.
B) ensured government support for reproductive rights.
C) dramatically increased the pay of women.
D) was such a success that it was copied around the world.
E) was never ratified.

Question 38

Dowry deaths are a major problem facing women in

A) India.
B) China.
C) Saudi Arabia.
D) the former Soviet Union.
E) Mexico.

Question 39

In the 1970s,OPEC's policies concerning oil production and trade contributed to global economic growth.

Question 40

The area(s)of the world where child labor is most prominent is/are

A) Africa.
B) south Asia.
C) southeast Asia.
D) the Middle East.
E) south and southeast Asia.

Question 41

Describe the relationships among the Soviet Union,the Taliban,and the United States.How has the U.S.war on terrorism progressed so far,and how has President Obama's implementation of that war differed from his predecessors?

Question 42

What factors led to the oil embargo of 1973-1975? What were the results?

Question 43

A key feature of terrorism is the deliberate and systematic use of violence against civilians with the aim of advancing political,religious,or ideological causes.

Question 44

What are some of the characteristics of global corporations? What are the advantages and disadvantages of corporations that can operate without any national regulation?

Question 45

What are the ecological challenges facing the planet today? How great of a threat is the explosive population growth,especially in the developing world?

Question 46

What roles have international organizations such as the United Nations played in today's world? How will they continue to shape the future?

Question 47

What threat does terrorism pose to the world,and what are some of the possible implications of the "war on terror"?

Question 48

Examine concepts such as Americanization and McDonaldization.How influential is the United States in the world today? Why are some countries frightened by this influence?

Question 49

Discuss the concept of consumption as a form of self-expression.Give some specific examples from your own experience.

Question 50

The "little tigers" of Asia have been able to escape the cycle of economic colonialism that has haunted so many former colonies.What factors account for this reversal?

Question 51

What role has technology and mass communication played in the formation of today's world? How does reporting the news sometimes cause the news to happen? Why are some nations afraid of the communication revolution of today's world? Can it be stopped? Is there a downside to the age of access?

Question 52

What factors account for the explosive postwar growth of the Japanese economy? What factors led to a recession in Japan in the 1990s?

Question 53

The U.S.Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibited discrimination on the basis of race but not gender.

Question 54

Examine the role played by eastern Europe in the cold war and the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Question 55

How have the mass migrations of people shaped the world today? How are these migrations helping to break down boundaries? What are the dangers?

Question 56

How have rural populations in the developing world dealt with the increasing trend of urbanization? How has this affected migration patterns?

Question 57

Discuss China's one-child family rule.What would drive the Chinese to take such a drastic step? Have there been any unexpected problems associated with this rule? Compare this rule to actions taken by Indira Gandhi to slow India's population growth.How difficult is population control to enforce?

Question 58

Examine the political and social philosophy of Mikhail Gorbachev.How did he try to bring about changes in the Soviet Union? Did he go too far and too fast?

Question 59

The AIDS epidemic is a serious public health threat throughout the world; the disease has struck the developed world the hardest.

Question 60

The Taliban emerged out of the disorder and devastation of the Afghan-Soviet war and the later civil war.

Question 61

What was the significance of the Iran-Iraq War? Was it influenced in any way by legacies of the cold war? Discuss the implications of the Gulf War.

Question 62

Discuss the efforts of Mikhail Gorbachev to restructure the Soviet economy.Why did these reforms fail?

Question 63

What are some of the problems facing women in the world today? Describe the growth of the feminist movement in the industrialized world as well as the plight of women in developing countries like India and China.

Question 64

What role are female political leaders playing around the world? Discuss the strides made by Indira Gandhi and Benazir Bhuto.Compare these accomplishments to the everyday life of women.

Question 65

Why did communism fail to connect with nationalism? How did this failure lead to the collapse of the Soviet empire?

Question 66

What events led to the invasion of Afghanistan by the United States and the Northern Alliance in 2001?

Question 67

What have been the principal causes of mass migration since World War II? What are some of the challenges presented by these migrations to host countries?

Question 68

Study the leading population areas shown in Table 38.1,Population (in Millions)for Major Areas of the World,1900-2013.What challenges does a huge population bring? What do the areas with an extraordinary population growth rate have in common?

Question 69

Discuss the exploding economies of Asia in the last quarter of the twentieth century.Why was Japan so successful? Examine the rise of the "four little tigers."

Question 70

What are the challenges of combating HIV/AIDS in Africa? What has been the impact on African societies?

Question 71

What role does internal and external migration play in today's world? How have migrant communities developed in various countries,and what has been their effect?

Question 72

What are some of the significant nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)operating in the world since WWII? What causes do these groups address?