WorksheetsModern Issues
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What was the policy of relaxing tensions between the Soviet Union and US?
a)
perestroika
b)
democritization
c)
glasnost
d)
detente
2.
Gorbachev's policy of openness was known as
a)
glasnost
b)
perestroika
c)
detente
d)
laissez faire
3.
What did the Kyoto Accords pledge to do?
a)
promote world trade
b)
end apartheid
c)
reduce harmful emissions
d)
limit oil drilling
4.
Who was the Serbian leader arrested for ethnic cleansing?
a)
Mikhail Gorbachev
b)
Vladimir Putin
c)
Boris Yeltsin
d)
Slobodan Milozevic
5.
Cutting down of the rain forests is known as
a)
deforestation
b)
the greenhouse effect
c)
chlorofluerocarbons
d)
urbanization
6.
What has led to increased globalization?
a)
Free trade, the development of the Internet, and the use of technology
b)
The spread of communism
c)
The spread of democracy
d)
The decreased use of social media and the Internet
7.
When countries are reliant on each other for goods, services, ideas, etc., it is called _.
a)
Interdependence
b)
Globalization
c)
Overpopulation
d)
International organizations
8.
Which term describes the migration from the countryside to the city usually for economic opportunity?
a)
Urbanization
b)
Outsourcing
c)
Globalization
d)
Ethnic Cleansing
9.
Which international organization's mission is to coordinate the policies of oil-producing countries?
a)
NATO
b)
OPEC
c)
UN
d)
PLO
10.
Where are a majority of the OPEC members located?
a)
Europe
b)
Middle East
c)
South America
d)
North America
11.
How has the EU promoted economic cooperation across Europe?
a)
It has reduced trade barriers.
b)
It has banned foreign imports.
c)
It has raised workers salaries.
d)
It has ended business competition.
12.
For participating countries, what did NAFTA call for?
a)
a challenge to U.S. economic leadership
b)
the development of a single currency
c)
removal of environmental controls
d)
the removal of trade restrictions in North America
13.
The basic rights and freedoms to which all humans are considered to be entitled. Often include life, liberty, and, freedom from slavery and torture.
a)
Human Rights
b)
Human Development Index
c)
Benefits
d)
Laws
14.
Which term describes the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political or religious purposes i.e Al-Qaeda and ISIS?
a)
Environmentalism
b)
Urbanization
c)
Outsourcing
d)
Terrorism
15.
The United Nations created what country for the Jewish people?
a)
Iran
b)
Jerusalem
c)
Iraq
d)
Isreal
16.
What motivates a terrorist?
a)
Jihad and political goals
b)
Hatred towards U.S and its Allies
c)
Americanization in the Middle East
d)
All of the above
17.
Which term refers to the deliberate mass killing of an ethnic group, religious group, or cultural group?
a)
Homicide
b)
Suicide
c)
Genocide
d)
Insecticide
18.
What caused the Persian Gulf War?
a)
The U.S was bombed by Saudi Arabia
b)
Iraq invaded Kuwait hoping to have control of the oil
c)
The Stock Market crashed
d)
The Japanese bombed North Korea
19.
What country was liberated as a result of the Persian Gulf War?
a)
Iraq
b)
Iran
c)
Russia
d)
Kuwait
20.
The Camp David Accords was one of President Jimmy Carter's greatest accomplishments in office. The Camp David Accords -
a)
Negotiated a peace treaty between Egypt and Israel
b)
Negotiated the release of US hostages held by Iran
c)
Negotiated with OPEC to lower oil prices
d)
Helped organized a group of countries to fight against communism
21.
What is the name of the agency responsible for border and domestic protection?
a)
Department of the Interior
b)
Homeland Security
c)
FEMA
d)
FBI
22.
Why did the United States invade Afghanistan after 9/11?
a)
They were scared of them
b)
They had stolen something from the US
c)
The Afghan government was protecting Osama Bin Laden
d)
They were planning to ban US citizens from their country
23.
How were the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and on the World Trade Center in 2001 similar?
a)
Both resulted in global economic depressions.
b)
Both caused Americans to enter into armed conflicts.
c)
Both led to military conscription of adult American men.
d)
Both convinced American voters to retreat into isolationism.
24.
Which group masterminded the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001?
a)
Al Qaeda
b)
El Queso
c)
OPEC
d)
NAFTA
25.
Why did the US invade Iraq after 9/11?
a)
Because Iraq had attacked Israel
b)
Because the taliban controlled the Iraqi government
c)
Because the US thought Iraq had weapons of mass destruction
d)
Because Iraq had attacked the World Trade Center
26.
Which of the following resulted from the American involvement in the War on Terror?
a)
Osama bin Laden was killed by Navy Seals
b)
Weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq
c)
the US protected the Jews in the area
d)
Iraq and Afghanistan now enjoy peace and prosperity
27.
Between 1960 and 1990, what invention most changed the way people in the US worked?
a)
typewriter
b)
computer
c)
superconductor
d)
radio
28.
What is one invention that has made research much easier since the 1990s?
a)
Newspapers
b)
internet
c)
radio
d)
television
29.
What is globalization?
a)
world economic system in which goods and people move freely from one country to another
b)
something that is produced as a result of manufacturing something else
c)
countries depend on each other for products that they do not produce
d)
the use of violence and fear to achieve goals
30.
At the Camp David Accords, Carter negotiated a peace treaty between...
a)
the Soviet Union & the USA.
b)
Israel & Egypt.
c)
North Vietnam & South Vietnam.
d)
the USSR & Afghanistan.
31.
The Cold War ended in 1991, when which country fell?
a)
China
b)
Kuwait
c)
Soviet Union
d)
Cuba
32.
The generation born after World War II was called ��
a)
the draftees
b)
the utopians
c)
the traditionalists
d)
the baby boomers
33.
Which event symbolized the end of communism in Europe?
a)
The fall of the Berlin Wall
b)
The first Reagan-Gorbachev summit
c)
The introduction of perestroika in the Soviet Union
d)
The introduction of glasnost in the Soviet Union
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