Unit 13 Flashcard: The Contemporary World

Front

Which organization focuses primarily on removing barriers to international trade? Options: NATO, United Nations, European Union, Warsaw Pact

Back

European Union

Answer explanation

The European Union forms economic ties among European countries by using a common currency and reducing restrictions on the movement of people and goods across international borders.

Front

The events in the list below were part of which larger trend?
Slovenia’s war of independence
Croatia’s war of independence
Serbian ethnic cleansing of Albanians

Back

the breakup of Yugoslavia

Answer explanation

Yugoslavia broke into multiple countries as various ethnic groups declared independence and clashed with the ethnic Serbian authorities.

Front

Based on the predictions shown in the graph in the image, what problem might worsen for Japan in the future?

Back

Japan will not have enough working people to support retired people.

Answer explanation

Japan’s population is shrinking and aging. More people are retired, and fewer people are at working age. There are fewer medical workers to meet elderly people's healthcare needs, and there are fewer working people paying into Japan's system to fund retirement payments.

Front

Which term refers to the idea that principles of Islam should be part of politics?

Back

Islamism

Answer explanation

Islamism is a political ideology that advocates for the principles of Islam to guide public and political life.

Front

The description below describes which event?
"The United States militarily intervened in Southwest Asia as a direct response to 9/11. U.S. troops remained involved for 20 years."

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War in Afghanistan

Answer explanation

The United States invaded Afghanistan because the Taliban, who controlled much of Afghanistan, was cooperating with al-Qaeda, the group behind the 9/11 attacks.

Front

What was the main cause of tension between Hutus and Tutsis?

Back

Tutsis had more political power and opportunities than Hutus did.

Answer explanation

Tension developed when European colonizers favored the Tutsis, gave Tutsis positions of power, and enacted discriminatory policies against Hutus. Hutus’ resentment toward Tutsis led to continuing conflict after the end of colonization.

Front

The graph in the image supports which conclusion?

Back

GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa is significantly lower than in most of the world.

Answer explanation

The graph shows that Sub-Saharan Africa’s GDP per capita has been significantly lower than the world’s GDP per capita for many decades.

Front

In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, many Latin American countries moved away from which form of government?

Back

military dictatorship

Answer explanation

Many Latin American countries moved away from military dictatorships and toward more democratic forms of government with elected leaders.

Front

What is a tariff?

Back

a tax on goods that are imported to a nation