Key Issues 8.3: Alliances and Organizations

In 2002, the Organization of African Unity was replaced by this economic organization:

• the African Union.
• the African National Party.
• the African Treaty Organization.
• the Organization of African States.

What was a distinctive feature of the world's superpowers between the 1940s and the 1980s compared to other eras?

• the U.S. and Soviet Union were superpowers for the first time
• the two superpowers were never involved in wars
• the number of superpowers was much lower than in the past
• the superpowers had satellites

Which of the following is not a member of the United Nations?

• Denmark
• Switzerland
• China
• Taiwan

The European Union has:

• protected Western Europe from a Soviet invasion.
• promoted economic growth in Western Europe.
• closed NATO military bases around the Mediterranean Sea.
• done all of the above.

States cooperate with each other for what kind of reasons?

• political
• military 
• economic
• all of the above

The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative organization?

• political
• military
• economic
• cultural

NAFTA is primarily what kind of cooperative organization?

• political
• military
• economic
• cultural

Because it is a multinational state, most Iraqis have stronger loyalty to a tribe or clan than to a national government.

• True
• False

Which country is not part of the United Nations Security Council?

• France
• Japan
• China
• the United States

A nation or nationality is:

• a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
• a country.
• ethnic identity.
• any cohesive group of people.