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In 1989, Chinese soldiers fired into crowds protesting the Chinese communist regime, in what became known as the

• Great Leap Forward.

• Tiananmen Square massacre.

• Cultural Revolution.

• Chinese spring.

Which statement below is most accurate in describing an autocratic government?

• The people elect the president to a five-year term.

• The three levels of government are national, provincial, and local.

• The parliament seeks to control the way citizens think.

• What the leader says, goes.

Which ethnic group lacks its own country, lives in Turkey and Iraq, and is often subject to discrimination?

• Bedouins

• Druze

• Kurds

• Berbers

Which of the following two countries benefited the most from US economic help after WWII?

• China and Japan

• Japan and North Korea

• Japan and South Korea

• China and North Korea

During the rainy season, villages along the Yangtze and Ganges rivers have to worry about

• desalinization.

• flooding.

• deforestation.

• urbanization.

Haymonot's family once farmed the regions south of his village. However, poor farming methods and years of famine have left the land dry and unable to be used for agriculture. It sounds like the area has fallen victim to

• deforestation.

• desalinization.

• desertification.

• Buddhism.

Muhammad was a prophet who preached that there is only one God. Many powerful leaders in his hometown of Mecca rejected his teachings. They believed he was a threat to their economic security. Muhammad fled to the city of Medina. His enemies followed him, but they were defeated by Muhammad and his forces. He soon converted most of Arabia to the religion of

• Judaism.

• Christianity.

• Buddhism.

• Islam.

What is OPEC?

• a group of oil-producing countries that work together to look after their economic interests

• a group of government officials who regulate the amount of petroleum Saudi Arabia can export

• an organization devoted to helping countries outside of the Middle East export oil

• a group of officials that decides which Middle Eastern countries are allowed to import oil

Which country is the following list referring to? - has a parliamentary and representative democracy - consists of popularly elected officials who enact laws and regulate government activity - has an independent judicial branch made up of religious and non-religious courts - has the most developed economy in Southwest Asia

• Israel

• Saudi Arabia

• Iran

• Kenya

Increased industrialization in India and China leads to

• more air pollution.

• desertification.

• less currency.

• less economic development.