Unit 13 Study Guide

Which organization focuses primarily on removing barriers to international trade?

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  NATO

• United Nations

• European Union

The events in the list below were part of which larger trend?

• ~Slovenia’s war of independence

• ~Croatia’s war of independence

• ~Serbian ethnic cleansing of Albanians

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  the breakup of Yugoslavia

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  the creation of the European Union

• the changing role of NATO

Which factors helped India become a major world economy?

Select two correct answers.

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  India changed from a mixed economy to a free market economy.

• Many of its people spoke English and could do business with English speakers.

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  The country became a major provider of outsourced work.

Based on the predictions shown in the graph below, what problem might worsen for Japan in the future?

• Parents in Japan will struggle to provide for their children.

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  Japan will not have enough working people to support retired people.

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  Japan will not have enough jobs available for its population.

Which term refers to the idea that principles of Islam should be part of politics?

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  Islamism

• Jihadism

• Islamic State

The description below describes which event?

• --The United States militarily intervened in Southwest Asia as a direct response to 9/11. U.S. troops remained involved for 20 years--

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  Israeli-Palestinian conflict

• War in Afghanistan

• Iraq War

What was the main cause of tension between Hutus and Tutsis?

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  Tutsis had more political power and opportunities than Hutus did.

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  Hutus migrated into territory where Tutsis lived.

• Tutsis blamed Hutus for Rwanda’s economic problems

The graph below supports which conclusion?

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  GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa will likely reach $6,000 by 2040.

• GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa has been steadily declining since 1950.

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  GDP per capita in Sub-Saharan Africa is significantly lower than in most of the world.

In the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, many Latin American countries moved away from which form of government?

• communism

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  military dictatorship

• democracy

Ghandhi method to bring Independence to India was through what method/means?

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  Civil Disobedience

• Uniting with the Muslims to get rid of the British

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  Civil War