Question 1

Use the following to answer questions :
-green revolution

Accepted Answer

A)  Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War.
B)  Cities with populations of 5 million people or more.
C)  Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements.
D)  An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators.
E)  The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.F) Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.G) The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.H) The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time.

Question 2

The green revolution began with the development of new strains of wheat in what country?

Accepted Answer

A)   India
B)   Egypt
C)   Austria
D)   Mexico

Question 3

As the world's population continued to rise in the twentieth century, how did agricultural technology keep pace with that change?

Accepted Answer

A)   Better irrigation techniques were developed.
B)   Genetically engineered seeds were cultivated.
C)   Crop rotation was practiced.
D)   Better engineered plows became available.

Question 4

The accelerated population growth of the developing world since 1945 was primarily a result of which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   The green revolution
B)   The medical revolution
C)   Industrialization
D)   The decline in terrorism B

Question 5

What has contributed to growing restrictions on immigration since the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)   Increasing cultural homogeneity in host nations
B)   Growing reluctance from employers to hire foreign workers
C)   Slowing economic growth in host nations
D)   Stricter United Nations regulations affecting the treatment of migrants

Question 6

Based on Map 33.1, "The Global Distribution of Wealth, ca. 2010," which of the following is true regarding the GDP of most European members of the European Union?

Accepted Answer

A)   Their per capita GDP is higher than the world average.
B)   Their per capita GDP is lower than the world average.
C)   Their per capita GDP is among the lowest in the world.
D)   Their per capita GDP decreased significantly after joining the European Union.

Question 7

Which of the following has led to more than half of urban growth?

Accepted Answer

A)   Improved health care in cities
B)   The attraction of new industrial jobs
C)   Rural migration to cities
D)   Wars, food shortages, and disease epidemics

Question 8

Use the following to answer questions :
-bazaar economy

Accepted Answer

A)  Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War.
B)  Cities with populations of 5 million people or more.
C)  Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements.
D)  An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators.
E)  The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.F) Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.G) The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.H) The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. D

Question 9

What evidence suggests that global interdependence is now a part of world affairs? Do you think these relationships will make wars more or less likely, and why?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Multinatio...

Question 10

The personal computer and the cell phone are associated with which of these?

Accepted Answer

A)   The first communications revolution
B)   The second communications revolution
C)   The third communications revolution
D)   The fourth communications revolution

Question 11

About 90 percent of all persons who die from AIDS and 86 percent of those currently infected with HIV live in

Accepted Answer

A)   South Asia.
B)   sub-Saharan Africa.
C)   North America.
D)   East Asia.

Question 12

Many of the civil wars since the 1990s have been caused by which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Economics and trade
B)   Political ideology
C)   Ethnic rivalries
D)   Industrialization

Question 13

Use the following to answer questions :
-feminization of poverty

Accepted Answer

A)  Countries with significant economic influence that became increasingly assertive regional leaders after the Cold War.
B)  Cities with populations of 5 million people or more.
C)  Beginning in the 1950s, the increase in food production stemming from the introduction of high-yielding wheat, hybrid seeds, and other advancements.
D)  An economy with few salaried jobs and an abundance of tiny, unregulated businesses such as peddlers and pushcart operators.
E)  The gap between levels of access to computing, Internet, and telecommunications between rich and poor regions and populations.F) Business firms that operate in a number of different countries and tend to adopt a global rather than a national perspective.G) The issue that those living in extreme poverty are disproportionately women.H) The belief of the majority of the world's scientists that hydrocarbons produced through the burning of fossil fuels have caused a greenhouse effect that has increased global temperatures over time. G

Question 14

Which of the following was one of the ways in which many African and Asian countries improved medical care after gaining their independence?

Accepted Answer

A)   They trained paramedics to care for patients in rural areas.
B)   They replaced the hospitals inherited from colonial regimes with their own.
C)   They addressed the political instability that had allowed for the uncontrolled spread of many diseases.
D)   They opened their first major medical schools.

Question 15

What was meant by scholars who argued that the fall of the Berlin Wall led to an "end of history"?

Accepted Answer

A)   They meant that the past no longer mattered.
B)   They meant Western-style liberalism had triumphed for all time.
C)   They meant that universities would soon serve no purpose.
D)   They meant that all that mattered was science.

Question 16

How has the U.S. struggle against al-Qaeda progressed, and how has it affected other nations?

Accepted Answer

Iraq and other places in the M...

Question 17

What are the middle powers, and how do they create "multipolar" political landscapes?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The middle...

Question 18

What is the purpose of the caricatured Japanese features and Japanese flag in this poster?

Accepted Answer

A)   To dehumanize the Japanese
B)   To draw attention to the prevalence of malaria
C)   To build support for World War II
D)   To suggest that malaria was the only enemy to fear more than the Japanese

Question 19

The green revolution's greatest successes have come in which Asian countries?

Accepted Answer

A)   Those dominated by large-scale estate farms
B)   Those that have collectivized farming
C)   Those with broad-based peasant ownership of land
D)   Those where tenant farming predominates

Question 20

Which of these is one of the three main factions that emerged in Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion?

Accepted Answer

A)   Persians
B)   Slavs
C)   Turks
D)   Kurds

Exam 33: The Contemporary World in Historical Perspective

Use the following to answer questions : -green revolution

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The green revolution began with the development of new strains of wheat in what country?

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As the world's population continued to rise in the twentieth century, how did agricultural technology keep pace with that change?

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The accelerated population growth of the developing world since 1945 was primarily a result of which of the following?

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What has contributed to growing restrictions on immigration since the 1980s?

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Based on Map 33.1, "The Global Distribution of Wealth, ca. 2010," which of the following is true regarding the GDP of most European members of the European Union?

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Which of the following has led to more than half of urban growth?

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Use the following to answer questions : -bazaar economy

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What evidence suggests that global interdependence is now a part of world affairs? Do you think these relationships will make wars more or less likely, and why?

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The personal computer and the cell phone are associated with which of these?

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About 90 percent of all persons who die from AIDS and 86 percent of those currently infected with HIV live in

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Many of the civil wars since the 1990s have been caused by which of the following?

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Which of the following was one of the ways in which many African and Asian countries improved medical care after gaining their independence?

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What was meant by scholars who argued that the fall of the Berlin Wall led to an "end of history"?

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How has the U.S. struggle against al-Qaeda progressed, and how has it affected other nations?

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What are the middle powers, and how do they create "multipolar" political landscapes?

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What is the purpose of the caricatured Japanese features and Japanese flag in this poster?

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The green revolution's greatest successes have come in which Asian countries?

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Which of these is one of the three main factions that emerged in Iraq in the aftermath of the U.S. invasion?

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