WH Unit 15 Test: The World Today (1980-Present)

The nations that emerged during the Cold War years, mostly in the Global South.

• The Industrial World

• The Developing World

• The Third World

• The Tropical World

What is one way the economy of the global South differs from that of the global North?

• The global South holds a much smaller population of the world's people than the global North holds

• The global South contains many of the Earth's natural resources, while the global North includes many of the world's rich industrial nations

• the average living income in the global South is much higher than the average living income of the global North

• Population growth is greater in the global North than it is in the global South

A ______ economy (or subsistence economy) is one based on custom and tradition, usually based on farming, fishing, hunting, and bartering.

• traditional

• market

• communal

• imperial

What kind of economy did some developing nations try to replace their traditional economies with, leading to failure eventually?

• command economies

• communal economies

• market economies

• imperialism

To what does the term "green revolution" refer?

• an overthrow of the government by radical parties

• a drastic change in the environment based on global warming

• decreased food production caused by terrorism

• increased agricultural production based on technological advancements

Worldwide, over 160 million children ages 5-14 work 12 hours or more a day. Some are chained to the machines they work on. What are some factors that contribute to this being the norm in developing countries.

Choose all that apply:

• Children had always worked alongside their parents in traditional economies.

• Wages are so low that it takes multiple people in the household working to survive.

• Other countries besides the US consider children to be adults once they reach 5 years old.

• Developing countries observe retirement age to be 40, rather than 65, so children have to start earlier.

Since the 1980s, religious revivals have swept many religions (Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus). When reformers within these religious groups try to use religion to offer solutions to the worlds problems, or try to seek power in the government in order to legislate according to religious beliefs, this is an example of _____.

• radicalism

• religious fundamentalism

• Sharia Law

• separation of church and state

What happens as a result of many people flocking to cities to find jobs in the developing world?

• They are able to find work in factories, but they have to allow their children to work alongside them in the same factories.

• They are forced to live in shantytowns and slums on the outskirts of the city, because the work that is available does not pay enough for them to afford traditional homes.

• They are sent back to the rural areas if they do not have the credentials from a university to earn a factory job.

• They are able to find work in factories owned by foreign companies, and eventually prosper economically.

What significant event changed the attitude of the rest of the Industrialized World toward South Africa.

• Their independence from Great Britain.

• The end of apartheid.

• The military coup that put Joseph Mobutu in power.

• Nelson Mandela's support of the Green Revolution.

Which of the following are chief contributors to the hunger problem in the developing world?

• Failure to focus on food crops; focusing on cash crops instead.

• Lack of political stability; endless civil war and unrest.

• Overpopulation

• None of these.

• All of these.