Unit 2 Test Review

What effect did the emergence of an international pop culture have on the world?

• It magnified differences between East and West

• It increased isolationism in Europe

• It made the world seem like a smaller place

• It caused major conflict between the two superpowers

How was the television developed?

• As an offshoot of the space program

• Through the efforts of a single inventor

• As the result of accidental discoveries about sound waves

• Through the efforts of many competitors & scientists

Despite attempts by the United States, Israel, and __________ in 1978 to achieve peace between Israelis and Arabs, the Middle East continues to be plagued by conflict and strife.

• Lebanon

• Egypt

• Syria

• Jordan

Which was NOT a result of the Six Day War, which was fought in 1967?

• The peace treaty ended the conflict in the region

• An increase in the number of Palestinian refugees

• Israel gained considerable territory

• The PLO became more militant

Whose efforts in the 1940s and 1950s has nearly eliminated a widespread, deadly disease?

• Norman Borlaug

• Marshall McLuhan

• Vladimir Zworykin

• Jonas Salk

How do monsoons affect the population of South Asia?

• Sometimes the floods destroy thousands of homes and lives

• People migrate from region to region during monsoon season

• The monsoons do not really affect the population

• Most businesses & factories close, affecting the economy

Whose efforts to teach Mexican farmers to increase their crop yields led to the beginning of the Green Revolution?

• Jonas Salk

• Norman Borlaug

• Marshall McLuhan

• Philo Farnsworth

Which best describes the situation in most newly independent African nations in the 1960s and 1970s?

• Sudden economic growth

• Violence, civil war & unrest

• Peaceful transition to democracy

• War with neighboring African nations

What lasting effect has the 1948 Arab-Israeli War had on the Middle East?

• Islamists & secularists continue to fight over Palestine

• Egypt & Israel continue to fight over the Sinai Peninsula

• Tens of thousands of Palestinians have no homeland

• Sunnis & Shi’ites both claim territory in Israel

How did MOST of the European colonies in Africa achieve their independence?

• Through armed struggle & resistance

• Through the use of civil disobedience

• Peacefully, with little violence

• By going to war with their own rulers