WHAP - Unit 6

Which of the following was a significant environmental effect of the globalization of the world's economy in the period 1980 to the present?

• There was a significant improvement in air and water quality worldwide.
• While air and water quality generally improved in the developed world, they deteriorated in many parts of the developing world.
• Emissions of greenhouse gasses that contribute to global warming generally decreased.
• While biodiversity decreased in the developing world, it generally increased in the developed world.

Which of the following was a major similarity between the goals of leaders of the Chinese Communist Revolution, such as Mao Zedong, and the goals of leaders of the Mexican Revolution, such as Emiliano Zapata, in the early 20th century?

• Advocacy of a global workers' revolution
• Active encouragement for integration into the global economy
• Concern primarily with improving conditions for urban factory workeres
• Support for redistribution of land to poor peasants

What is the leading cause of the unprecedented increase in global population in the 20th century?

• The end of international epidemics
• Global warming and other types of climate change
• The impact of medical innovations and public health measures
• The reduction of world hunger

The founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is best understood in the context of which of the following?

• The Cold War
• The growth of a globalized economy
• The establishment of the Nonaligned Movement
• The post-Second World War population boom

Historians argue that the twentieth century marks a significant break in world history for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

• Petroleum use fundamentally changed the relationship of humans to the environment.
• The population of the world increased from 1.6 billion to 6.1 billion people.
• Communists established powerful new states in Russia and China.
• Low-wage laborers migrated from continent to continent.

Which of the following statements is true about the world at the end of the 20th century?

• The standard of living in the least economically developed countries of the world rapidly approched that of the most developed countires.
• The pace and intensity of international contacts accelerated as a result of transporation and communication breakthroughs.
• The world balance of power was reversed as the West no longer had a military advantage over non-Western countries.
• World religions were in decline as the spread of science an secularism intensified.

Nationalist leaders in Africa and Asia, such as Ho Chi Minh (1890-1969), Jomo Kenyatta (1894-1978), and Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972), had which of the following in common?

• Defense of capitalism
• Support for free-trade systems
• Rejection of violent revolution
• Opposition to colonial rule

After the Second World War, countries around the world did which of the following to restore the global economy?

• Created the European Union to coordinate European economic aid to former colonies.
• Developed a common economic aid package for African and Asian states.
• Established new financial institutions, such as the World Bank.
• Allowed the United Nations to take over failing national economies.

Perestroika and glasnost were both policies that influenced

• decolonization in Africa
• the fall of the Soviet Union
• the Arab-Israeli conflict
• the war on terror

Which two religious groups had continuous conflicts in India in the latter half of the 20th century?

• Christians and Hindus
• Buddhists and Muslims
• Sikhs and Buddhists
• Hindus and Muslims