Which of the following leaders did NOT encourage lessening government involvement in their country's economy in the late 20th century?

• Ronald Reagan in the USA

• Margaret Thatcher in the UK

• Fidel Castro in Cuba

• Deng Xiaoping in China

Finland, Japan and the USA all

• were part of the NATO alliance

• developed "knowledge economies" based upon new information & communication technologies

• developed nuclear weapons during the Cold War

• opposed the formation of the European Union

In the late 20th century, manufacturing industries shifted from the West to areas in

• Russia & the Middle East

• the Communist world

• Africa & the Pacific

• Latin America & Asia

All of the following were examples of regional trade agreements in the late 20th century EXCEPT

• WTO

• EU

• NAFTA

• ASEAN

Even though Nestle, Unilever, Nissan and Tata are all corporations based out of different countries, they all share the fact that they are

• auto makers

• multinational corporations

• monopolies

• European

All of the following challenged old assumptions about social and cultural beliefs in the late 20th century EXCEPT

• Liberation Theology

• Feminism

• the Anti-Apartheid Movement

• Eugenics

All of the following exemplified the empowerment of minority groups in the 20th century EXCEPT

• women gaining education & voting rights

• the end of the caste system in India

• independence for French-speaking Canadians

• African-Americans & native South Africans gaining civil rights

Which of the following exemplified the growing environmental activism of the late 20th century?

• the WTO

• the Warsaw Pact

• Unicef

• Greenpeace

All of the following contributed to the global culture of the 20th century EXCEPT

• Reggae

• Bollywood

• the Olympics

• Myspace

Coca Cola, Toyota, and Amazon all represent which expanding trend in the late 20th century?

• the growth of democracy

• American economic dominance

• global consumerism

• state support for large corporations