AP World - Unit 9: Globalization

Why was the United Nations founded?

• To ensure that Germany would never become powerful again
• To ensure that another Holocaust could never happen
• To try and preserve peace and international cooperation
• To protect Europe against Russia

The United Nations was created primarily to

• replace national governments with one world government
• support the spread of world communism
• improve international cooperation
• promote domestic disputes in member nations

The World Trade organization's purpose is to  

• promote trade barriers
• promote free international trade
• help poor countries trade with other poor countries.
• Help world powers maintain world powers.

The World bank is a program from the UN that provides loans around the world with a purpose to _____________________.

• Fight Poverty
• Give loans to rich corperations
• encourage investment in developed countries
• pay teachers to teach students how to read.

Who created the "Universal Declaration  of Human Rights?"

• UN
• World Bank
• IMF
• GATT/WTO

The European Union began with the development of a ______________.

• plural society
• consumer class
• common market
• defense organization

What happens when a member country does not agree with a decision made by the EU government?

• The country may refuse to obey the decision
• The country must carry out the decision anyway.
• The decision does not go into effect anywhere in the EU.
• The decision goes into effect only in countries that support it.

What is the Green Revolution?

• A dramatic increase of corn from 1951-1987
• a program that encourage farmers to adapt modern agriculture methods
• When plants turn green after winter
• The increase of plants because of artificial means

Why did the United States bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• Afghanistan invaded the country of Kuwait and threatened the United States supply of oil
• The United Nations asked the US to overthrow the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
• The United States was afraid that Afghanistan was working to develop nuclear weapons and they wanted to put a stop on the program.
• They believed the government was offering the safety to al-Qaeda, the organization that attacked the United States on September 11,2001.

The Nuremberg Trials, Tokyo Trials, and the Trial of Slobodan Milošević are all examples of...

• carrying out international justice
• Genocidal Mania
• The violation of the Geneva Conventions
• Corruption and collusion in justice