WHAP Chapter 36 Reading Quiz

The increased interconnectedness of all parts of the world is called

• globalization

• gradualism

• Spaceship Earth

• universalism

What development led to the explosion of electronic communication in the 1990s?

• Technology advances made communications devices, smaller, cheaper, and better

• Religious and cultural resistance to globalization virtually disappeared.

• Many nations implemented huge programs to advance Internet, satellite, and cellular communication.

• Governments in many nations relaxed their censorship of ideas and communication.

The German Volkswagen "bug" car now is produced in what country?

• Mexico

• The United States

• Panama

• Germany

In the year 2000, what was the percentage of American households in which English was not the primary language?

• 50

• 25

• 10

• 8

Which company, founded in 1955, has been the most striking example of international cultural influence from the 1970s onward?

• Nike

• General Electric (GE)

• McDonald's

• Ford

Northern Mexico embraced the American holiday of Halloween, displacing what traditional Catholic observance?

• All Saints Day

• Christmas

• Easter

• Passover

On the whole, political institutions globalized at what rate compared to technology or business?

• Political institutions never globalize.

• Less rapidly.

• At about the same pace.

• More rapidly.

NAFTA included the United States, Canada and

• Brazil

• Cuba

• Panama

• Mexico

What religion spread rapidly in the 1990s throughout Latin America?

• Protestant fundamentalism

• Orthodox Christianity

• Catholicism

• Hinduism

By the end of the last century, what percentage of humanity consumed a whopping four-fifths of all marketed goods and services?

• 1/5

• 4/5

• 3/5

• 1/2