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WorksheetsEdge 8.3-8.4 Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
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Class
Date
1.
States cooperate with each other for what kind of reasons?
a)
political
b)
military
c)
economic
d)
all of these
2.
The United Nations is primarily what kind of cooperative effort?
a)
political
b)
military
c)
economic
d)
cultural
3.
What was a distinctive feature of the world's superpowers between the 1940s and 1980s compared to other eras?
a)
The United States and the Soviet Union were superpowers for the first time.
b)
The two superpowers were never involved in wars.
c)
The number of superpowers was much lower than in the past.
d)
The superpowers had satellites.
4.
As a result of a 1979 Soviet invasion, what country generated one of the world's largest refugee migrations?
a)
Afghanistan
b)
Ethiopia
c)
Israel
d)
Vietnam
5.
The Commonwealth is primarily
a)
an organization of culturally homogenous nations that opposed the Warsaw Pact.
b)
an economic and cultural alliance of states once part of the British Empire.
c)
organized to increase availability of mineral resources in perforated states.
d)
a religious entity that sends missionaries to Africa.
6.
The European Union has
a)
replaced COMECON as the main organization for regional cooperation in Eastern Europe.
b)
protected Western Europe from a Soviet invasion.
c)
promoted economic growth in Western Europe.
d)
closed NATO military bases around the Mediterranean Sea.
7.
With the end of the Cold War,
a)
Russia has become a nation-state.
b)
military alliances have become more important in Europe.
c)
nationalities have been discouraged from expressing their cultural identities.
d)
the European Union has become the world's leading economic superpower.
8.
Terrorism differs from assassinations and other acts of political violence
a)
because attacks are never well coordinated.
b)
because attacks are aimed at military targets or political leaders.
c)
because attacks are aimed at ordinary people.
d)
because attacks use only personal weapons.
9.
The Kurds are
a)
a multinational state.
b)
divided among more than one state.
c)
a religious minority in the Middle East.
d)
trying to unite with Turkey.
10.
Which of the following is not true of al-Qaeda?
a)
Al-Qaeda has been implicated in several bombings since the attack on the United States in 2001.
b)
Al-Qaeda is a single unified organization.
c)
Most al-Qaeda cell members have lived in ordinary society, supporting themselves with jobs or crime.
d)
Finance, media, legal-religious policy and military committees report to a council called Majiis al shura.
11.
Then-Secretary of State Colin Powell used what geographic tool to make the case for war with Iraq before the United Nations?
a)
air photos of alleged chemical weapons bunkers
b)
documents linking Iraq to yellowcake uranium
c)
maps showing Iraq's territorial dispute with Kuwait
d)
recordings linking Saddam Hussein to al-Qaeda
12.
Key challenges to establishing a representative government in Iraq after Saddam Hussein are
a)
geometric boundaries established by British and French treaties.
b)
tribal and ethnic differences between provinces.
c)
sectarian conflict between the Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
d)
all of these
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