Deck 28: Globalization and Its Discontents, 2000-2014

Question 1

Abu Ghraib was a prison located west of Baghdad where Iraqis kept American prisoners.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of ____________________  supported President Bush's call to remove Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq.​

A) ​Germany
B) ​Great Britain
C) ​France
D) ​India
E) ​Ireland

Answer 2

B

Question 3

​The Department of Homeland Security was a consolidation of ____________________ federal agencies, charged with responding to terrorism, man-made accidents, and natural disasters.

A) ​ten
B) seventeen
C) ​twenty-two
D) ​thirty-seven
E) ​forty-two

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Part of what fueled the Occupy Movement was the fear that Millennials would not have the same opportunities for upward mobility as previous generations had.

Question 5

Those designated as enemy combatants​ were

A) affiliated with al-Qaeda.
B) affiliated with the Taliban.
C) not subject to international rules.
D) not protected by the U.S Constitution.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 6

The USA Patriot Act gave law enforcement officials the right to​

A) ​detain suspected terrorists.
B) ​use wiretapping and other surveillance tools on U.S. citizens.
C) ​conduct searches without warrants.
D) ​deport suspected terrorists.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 7

Operation Iraqi Freedom took place in ​

A) ​2002.
B) ​2003.
C) ​2004.
D) ​2005.
E) ​2006.

Question 8

Being underwater on one's mortgage means that the amount of the home's mortgage is higher than the current value of the home.​

Question 9

The 9/11 attacks were linked to ​

A) ​Timothy McVeigh.
B) ​Boko Haram.
C) ​Osama bin Laden.
D) ​Hezbollah.
E) ​Saddam Hussein.

Question 10

Through executive action, President Obama made climate change a major part of his agenda.​

Question 11

Prior to the Great Recession, the big three automakers in the United States, Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler, were experiencing unprecedented success.​

Question 12

Which of the following is true about Operation Iraqi Freedom?​

A) ​Americans were greeted as liberators by the Iraqis.
B) ​Americans were generally supportive of the war.
C) ​Investigators found an arsenal of nuclear weapons that were hidden under orders by Saddam Hussein.
D) ​Troops, some from the Reserves and the National Guard, endured multiple tours of duty.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 13

The 9/11 terrorist attack took place in ​the year

A) ​2000.
B) ​2001.
C) ​2002.
D) ​2003.
E) ​2004.

Question 14

The No Child Left Behind Education Reform Act instituted new performance and testing standards for public schools​.

Question 15

The digital divide accentuated the poverty and underdevelopment of nations whose populations lacked access to technology.​

Question 16

​While George W. Bush intended to focus on domestic affairs upon his election, the terrorist attacks of 9/11 changed his focus to foreign policy.

Question 17

In many nations, the expansion of global capitalism did not reduce poverty or underdevelopment.​

Question 18

Shi'a is the larger of the two major branches of Islam, who believe that the Muslim community should select Mohammed's successor.​

Question 19

The Taliban was the regime that ruled

A) ​Afghanistan.
B) ​Egypt.
C) ​Libya.
D) ​Syria.
E) ​Iraq.

Question 20

The Bush Doctrine called for​

A) ​the United States to emphasize diplomacy with terrorist groups.
B) ​the United States to form a coalition to fight terrorists.
C) for the ​United States government to avoid violating the civil rights of its citizens.
D) ​for the United States to act alone in striking against threats outside its borders.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 21

The global supply chain refers to ​

A) developing countries providing manufactured goods for developed nations.
B) ​a tech system through which a product moves from manufacturing to consumer that balances supply and demand thus benefiting businesses and consumers.
C) ​developing countries providing manufactured goods for their own population.
D) ​developed countries providing products for consumers in developing countries.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 22

Between 1995 and 2000, the number of people using the Internet rose  ____________________  percent.

A) ​200
B) ​500
C) ​1,000
D) ​1,500
E) ​2,000

Question 23

In July 2015, the United States restored diplomatic relations with ​

A) ​Cuba.
B) ​Iraq.
C) ​Iran.
D) ​Syria.
E) ​China.

Question 24

On September 11, 2012,

A) ​another terrorist attack took place in New York.
B) ​the civil war in Libya was declared over.
C) ​Islamic militants in Libya attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi and killed four Americans.
D) ​U.S. military forces pulled out of Libya.
E) ​the United States invaded Syria.

Question 25

As a result of globalization, ____________________  jobs suffered great insecurity.

A) ​management.
B) ​research.
C) manufacturing.​
D) ​design.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 26

By 2008, the U.S. foreign aid budget had grown to ​

A) ​$13 billion.
B) ​$20 billion.
C) ​$25 billion.
D) $34 billion.
E) ​$50 billion.

Question 27

As the war in Iraq continued and the cost of the war soared to $5 billion a month,​

A) ​Americans continued to support the vision of a free Iraq.
B) ​John Kerry defeated George W. Bush in the election of 2004.
C) ​Democrats regained control in both houses of Congress.
D) ​Sectarian violence in Iraq fell to almost nonexistent levels.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 28

IS began capturing territory in Iraq and Syria in ​

A) ​2011.
B) ​2012
C) ​2013.
D) ​2014.
E) ​2015.

Question 29

In 2012, only ____________________ percent of Africans used the internet.

A) ​15
B) ​20
C) ​22
D) ​25
E) ​30

Question 30

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld ruled on

A) ​the constitutionality of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
B) the issue of Iraqi refugees coming to the United States.​
C) ​whether the detainees at Guantánamo were protected by the Constitution and Geneva Conventions.
D) whether the United States could extend its occupation of Iraq.​
E) None of these are correct.​

Question 31

As a result of globalization, the U.S. trade deficit rose to ____________________ almost million.

A) ​100
B) ​250
C) ​340
D) ​430
E) ​560

Question 32

Edward Snowden is known for

A) ​being the last U.S. troop to leave Iraq.
B) ​being the U.S. Navy SEAL who killed Osama bin Laden.
C) ​leaking classified materials about the National Security Agency's worldwide collection of electronic data.
D) ​serving as John Kerry's running mate in the 2004 election.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 33

The United States formally ended its mission in Iraq in December

A) ​2008.
B) ​2009.
C) ​2010.
D) ​2011.
E) ​2012.

Question 34

Which of the following nations did not sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership?

A) ​Japan
B) ​China
C) ​the United States
D) ​Malaysia
E) ​Singapore

Question 35

In May 2011, President Obama won a political and military victory when ​

A) ​when announced that he would continue the surge in Iraq.
B) U.S. ​Navy SEALs found Osama bin Laden.
C) ​when ended U.S. occupation in Iraq.
D) ​he signed a nuclear nonproliferation treaty with Iran.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 36

In the wake of the .com bust, the NASDQ lost ____________________ percent of its value from 2000 to 2002.

A) ​30
B) ​45
C) ​52
D) ​61
E) ​78

Question 37

The World Trade Organization

A) ​was founded in 1995.
B) ​includes free market Communist states like China and Vietnam.
C) included 161 nations by 2015.​
D) ​remains an engine of neoliberal economic theory that sees open borders to trade as the best opportunity to foster global economic growth and development.
E) ​Answers may vary.

Question 38

Some of the biggest beneficiaries of globalization were ​

A) ​developing nation.
B) ​.com companies.
C) ​U.S. consumers.
D) ​young entrepreneurs.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 39

Within the United States, the digital divide separates​

A) ​older from younger persons.
B) ​college graduates from those who did not complete high school.
C) ​whites from minority groups.
D) ​urban dwellers from rural dwellers.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 40

The Arab Spring movement pushed rulers out of power in ​

A) ​Tunisia.
B) ​Libya.
C) ​Yemen.
D) ​Egypt.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 41

Arizona's passage of SB 1070 ​allowed state and local police

A) ​to search homes without warrants.
B) ​to stop anyone who had a reasonable suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
C) much more latitude when investigating a crime.
D) to detain suspected criminals for a longer period of time without charging them with a crime.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 42

The decision in Shelby County v. Holder struck down parts of ​

A) ​the Civil Rights Act.
B) ​the Voting Rights Act.
C) ​Roe v. Wade.
D) ​the Freedom of Information Act.
E) ​the Environmental Protection Act.

Question 43

The Citizens United decision concluded that​

A) ​illegal immigrants should be placed on a path to citizenship.
B) ​that police brutality was a national issue.
C) ​that corporations could assert first amendment rights of free speech.
D) ​that financial reform was necessary for the economic health of the nation.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 44

The Tea Party

A) ​opposed the bailout of banks and corporations.
B) ​opposed the economic stimulus package of the Obama administration.
C) ​were tied to David and Charles Koch co-owners of Koch industries.
D) ​was not an organized third party.
E) ​All of these are correct.

Question 45

As a result of the Great Recession,

A) ​home equity values and retirement assets plummeted.
B) ​unemployment rose.
C) ​Americans were bitter as they lost homes and jobs and banks and businesses received government bailouts.
D) ​Americans lost more than $6 trillion of their net worth.
E) All of these are correct.​

Question 46

The Secure Fence Act appropriated federal funds to ​

A) ​help protect the United States from extremist Islamic militants.
B) ​help create safer communities within the United States.
C) ​secure the border with Mexico.
D) ​help airports conduct more thorough security checks.
E) help bolster the U.S. economy in an effort to keep crime rates down.

Question 47

While union membership peaked during the 1950's in the United States, by 2003, fewer than ____________________ percent of laborers were unionized.

A) ​5
B) ​7
C) ​10
D) ​12
E) 15​

Question 48

The Deferred Action for Childhood arrivals policy allowed children under the age of ____________________ , whose parents had brought them into the United States illegally, to remain in the country and apply for citizenship.​

A) fourteen
B) fifteen
C) ​sixteen
D) seventeen
E) eighteen

Question 49

The acquittal of George Zimmerman fueled the ​ ____________________ movement.

A) ​Occupy
B) ​Black Lives Matter
C) ​Tea Party
D) ​Arab Spring
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 50

The low point of the Great Recession happened in the spring of ​

A) ​2008.
B) ​2009.
C) ​2010.
D) ​2011.
E) ​2012.

Question 51

Which of the following is a place where Protestant evangelical megachurches are located?​

A) India
B) ​South Korea
C) Latin America
D) ​Africa
E) All of these are correct.​

Question 52

On September 15, 2008, ____________________  filed the biggest bankruptcy in history.​

A) ​Bear Stearns
B) ​AIG
C) ​Lehman Brothers
D) ​Fannie Mae
E) ​Freddie Mac

Question 53

NINJA loans refer to loans given to

A) ​a select few at the top of the economic hierarchy.
B) ​low income applicants who could prove they had a certain amount of money in savings and a steady income.
C) borrowers with no income, no job, and no assets.​
D) ​middle class borrowers who previously could not qualify for a loan.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 54

The Occupy Movement was a grassroots protest against​

A) ​global warming.
B) ​economic inequality and the power of large corporations.
C) the treatment of illegal immigrants.
D) police brutality.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 55

According to the international bank Credit Suisse, people with a net worth of more than $1 million represented 0.7 percent of the global population but held ____________________ percent of the world's wealth.

A) ​20
B) ​26
C) ​32
D) ​41
E) ​50

Question 56

Obamacare was a program that initiated

A) ​relief for those who could not afford their mortgages.
B) ​sweeping immigration reform.
C) ​a sweeping national health insurance program.
D) ​economic stimulus for impoverished communities.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 57

After 2013, China and ____________________ have taken the lead in greenhouse gas emissions.​

A) ​India.
B) ​Mexico.
C) ​Singapore.
D) ​Russia.
E) Vietnam.

Question 58

One of the major social and political phenomena to coalesce in the early twenty-first century was the place of ____________________ in both United States and global society.​

A) ​socialism
B) ​computer technology
C) ​liberalism
D) ​Protestant evangelicalism
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 59

The Gang of Eight ​was a group of bipartisan senators who rallied around which cause?

A) ​national security.
B) ​healthcare reform.
C) ​economic reform.
D) ​immigration reform.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 60

To stimulate growth and consumer spending, ​the Federal Reserve

A) raised interest rates.
B) ​fluctuated interest rates often.
C) ​lowered interest rates.
D) ​kept interest rates the same.
E) ​None of these are correct.

Question 61

Talk About:  Department of Homeland Security ​

Question 62

Talk About:  extraordinary renditions​

Question 63

Talk About:  enemy combatants​

Question 64

Talk About:  Taliban​

Question 65

Talk About:  Sunni?

Question 66

Talk About:  Wikileaks​

Question 67

Talk About:  dot. com bust​

Question 68

Talk About:  global supply chains ​

Question 69

Talk About:  Operation Iraqi Freedom​

Question 70

Talk About:  Edward Snowden​

Question 71

Talk About:  digital divide

Question 72

Talk About:  drone attacks​

Question 73

Talk About:  Bush Doctrine​

Question 74

Talk About:   Hamdan v. Rumsfeld​

Question 75

Talk About:  improvised explosive devices​

Question 76

Talk About:  Arab Spring​

Question 77

Talk About:  weapons of mass destruction (WMD)​

Question 78

Talk About:  USA Patriot Act​

Question 79

Talk About:  Islamic State (IS) ​

Question 80

Talk About:  Abu Ghraib​