WorksheetsCh. 38 Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 10mins
What Russian leader significantly altered political, diplomatic, and economic policies in the Soviet Union after 1985?
Leonid Brezhnev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Yuri Andropov
Yuri Gagarin
Nikita Khrushchev
The term perestroika refers to
the Soviet space program.
economic restructuring and more leeway for private ownership.
a new freedom to comment and criticize the Soviet government.
the establishment of a liberal democracy.
the easing of relations between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R.
In 1991, Boris Yeltsin emerged as head of what major Soviet Republic?
Russia
Belarus
Georgia
Ukraine
Kazakhstan
The Persian Gulf War of 1991 was in response to the Iraqi invasion of
Israel
Kuwait
Syria
Iran
Saudi Arabia
The common currency of the European Union is called the
dollar
euro
peso
drachma
yen
What two nations were created as a result of the “Velvet Divorce”?
Austria and Hungary
Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina
Austria and Germany
Russia and the Ukraine
Czech Republic and Slovakia
The increased interconnectedness of all parts of the world is called
Spaceship Earth
globalization
universalism
gradualism
digitalism
Which of the following companies has been the most striking international cultural influence since the 1970’s?
McDonalds
Dr. Pepper
Berkshire Hathaway
General Mills
Sony
What is the largest industry on Earth?
fast food
steel
chemicals
tourism
arms
Which of the following is NOT an issue raised against economic globalization?
rampant consumerism
damage to the environment
the pace is too slow
damage to labor conditions through use of cheap workers
it sanitizes local cultural traditions
