Modern WH Quiz Review

Which of the following is the MAIN effect of mass media (social media and other forms of global information / communication / interactions)?

• Images, ideas, skills and styles spread from one nation to another nation faster and faster through technological advances

• Traditions can disappear

• New cultures emerge

• All of these are correct answers

What major event in world history happened on September 11, 2001 in the U.S.?

• Terrorist attacks on the East Coast of the U.S. and the U.S. responded by sending troops to Iraq

• Terrorist attacks on the East Coast of the U.S. and the U.S. responded by sending troops to Afghanistan

• Pearl Harbor was attacked by terrorists and the U.S. responded by bombing Japan

• The U.S. went to war with N. Korea due to terrorism attacks on the U.S.

Which of the following statements is NOT a TRUE statements about the effects of global terrorism?

• Pearl Harbor was closed to the public

• Security at many popular world (often even local) events has increased

• Acts of retaliation (such as bombing the terrorist group or killing high-ranking officials) have usually resulted in more acts of terrorism

• More than 30,000 people were killed globally in 2014?

All of the following are reasons that experts are concerned about biological and chemical weapons EXCEPT: 

• Easy to produce and distribute
• Can be more deadly than nuclear weapons if used properly and effects aren’t limited (no vaccine) 
• Harder for terrorists and developing nations to gain access to 
• Easier to transport than nuclear weapons 

All of the following are TRUE statements about MNC (Multinational Corporations) EXCEPT: 

• MNC benefit all nations involved (MNC only have positive effects) 
• Profits for MNC increase (by creating “sweatshops” in developing nations); due to lack of workers’ rights and safety laws… this is possible
• Create jobs for developing nation (location of MNC); due to the income for employees and higher GDP for nation 
• MNC set up manufacturing plants in developing nations because of lower labor and material costs (as well as less environmental laws) 

All of the statements about the Rwanda genocide are TRUE statements EXCEPT: 

• Took place over a 100 day span
• Opened the eyes to the world that genocide was STILL a global issue
• Over 800,000 people were killed 
• It was an ethnic and religious conflict over power and control of the nation between the Arab-speaking Muslims and the non-Arab Africans

All of these are TRUE statements about genocidal conflicts throughout world history EXCEPT:

• Cause = Conflict over power and control

• Cause = World War(s)

• Cause = Discrimination

• Effect = Many thousands (often millions) were killed because they were of a particular ethnicity, race, and/or religion

• Effect = Still continues globally today

Which of the following statements is NOT a TRUE statement about the Darfur genocide?

• It is an ethnic and religious conflict over power and control between the Arab-speaking Muslims and the non-Arab Africans

• It is an ethnic conflict over power and control between the Hutu and Tutsis

• It is still happening today

• Millions have been murdered, raped, and/or displaced

• Darfur is a region (area) in Sudan...a country in Africa

Which of the following statements is a TRUE statement about genocide?

• Results in very little deaths

• Results in lots of death and displacement of people

• Has only occurred in Africa

• Is a relatively new thing happening in world history

Apartheid is: 

• When schools were no longer segregated 
• A policy of racial segregation in South Africa
• A policy of racial segregation in India 
• All of these are correct answers