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AP World History Modern: Unit 9

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

New technologies and communication methods have allowed for these films to spread worldwide.

a)

Chinese Films

b)

New Zealand Films

c)

Dollywood Films

d)

Bollywood Films

2.

What international organization serves as the Southeast Asia equivalent to the EU?

a)

NATO

b)

Warsaw Pact

c)

Mercosur

d)

ASEAN

3.

Based on the image, where is it evident that the Global conflicts affected popular culture?

a)

Video Games

b)

Film

c)

Art

d)

Socialist Realism

4.

What was Apartheid?

a)

Legal separation of the races in India

b)

Legal separation of the races in South Africa

c)

Nazi acquisition of Austria

d)

Allowing one nation to act aggressively to avoid conflict

5.

How did Picasso challenge the global warfare of the day?

a)

Volunteering to paint messages to Hitler on bombs

b)

Attempting to petition the UN for an end to Nazism

c)

By painting Guernica, in an attempt to show war's brutality

d)

Joining the War and fighting with the Nazis

6.

Which world group is represented here?

a)

Warsaw Pact

b)

League of Nations

c)

NATO

d)

United Nations

7.

Which unit 9 disease is associated with poverty?

a)

Malaria

b)

HIV/AIDS

c)

Ebola

d)

Covid-19

8.

What phenomenon has led to a yearly increase in average temperatures?

a)

Greenhouse Effect

b)

Green Revolution

c)

Death of Vertebrates

d)

Earth's orbit shortening putting us closer to the sun

9.

What unit 9 medical innovation allowed for humans to have cyborg parts?

a)

Polio Vaccine

b)

Artificial Heart

c)

Smallpox Vaccine

d)

Nuclear Energy

10.

What event led to a massive increase in food production?

a)

Marxist Revolution

b)

Russian Revolution

c)

Green Revolution

d)

Taiping Revolution

11.

What form of communication was new in Unit 9?

a)

Email

b)

Mail

c)

Telegraph

d)

Smoke Signals

12.

Arab Spring

a)

A missile designed to be fired from long-range.

b)

The political movements in Middle Eastern countries at the beginning of the 21st century to overthrow the dictators’ regimes controlling their countries.

c)

The process of increased connectedness of people all over the world.

d)

Air pollution caused by human activity that may contribute to global warming.

13.

Globalization

a)

A missile designed to be fired from long-range.

b)

The political movements in Middle Eastern countries at the beginning of the 21st century to overthrow the dictators’ regimes controlling their countries

c)

The process of increased connectedness of people all over the world.

d)

Air pollution caused by human activity that may contribute to global warming

14.

The name given to the British political movement calling for withdrawal from the European Union

a)

Brexit

b)

Infidel

c)

Coalition

d)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

15.

A group of organizations or countries working to achieve a common goal

a)

Brexit

b)

Infidel

c)

coalition

d)

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

16.

The highest council of the United Nations capable of punishing other countries or enforcing

UN decisions.

a)

Compromise

b)

Sanctions

c)

Security Council (UNSC)

d)

Deforestation

17.

The practice of cutting down large forests to either engage in farming practices or access other natural resources.

a)

Compromise

b)

Sanctions

c)

Security Council (UNSC)

d)

Deforestation

18.

European Union (EU)

a)

An agreement made between nations to NOT charge import fees on one another’s goods.

b)

The political association of European nations to build cooperation and remain economically competitive in the 21st century.

c)

An agreement made between nations to charge import fees on one another’s goods

d)

The primary international policy-making body of the 21st century.

19.

Free Trade Agreement

a)

An agreement made between nations to NOT charge import fees on one another’s goods.

b)

The political association of European nations to build cooperation and remain economically competitive in the 21st century.

c)

An agreement made between nations to not charge import fees on one another’s goods.

d)

The primary international policy-making body of the 21st century.

20.

United Nations (UN)

a)

An agreement made between nations to NOT charge import fees on one another’s goods

b)

The political association of European nations to build cooperation and remain economically competitive in the 21st century.

c)

An agreement made between nations to charge import fees on one another’s goods

d)

The primary international policy-making body of the 21st century.

21.

The painting shows Chinese laborers dressed in the style typically depicted in communist propaganda posters, but with the Coca-Cola corporate logo in the background. The painting has been displayed in several galleries and museums in China.

Based on the image and its historical context, which of the following can best be inferred about the artist's primary purpose in creating the painting?

a)

To celebrate Chinese people’s continued devotion to communist ideology and their rejection of capitalism

b)

To offer an ironic commentary on the triumph of Western consumer culture in communist China

c)

To support the suppression of dissident thought during the long rule of Mao Zedong

d)

To make a plea for Westerners to develop a greater understanding of Chinese values

22.

BRITISH GRAFFITI ARTIST BANKSY, I HATE MONDAYS, PAINTING, CIRCA 2010


Based on the images, Banksy’s work best illustrates which of the following?

a)

The trend in modern art toward experimentation with abstract techniques and styles

b)

The spread of social protests against the inequalities of global economic integration

c)

The attainment of greater economic and political equality for women worldwide

d)

The expansion of educational opportunities in developing African, Asian, and Latin American countries

23.

BRITISH GRAFFITI ARTIST BANKSY, SALE ENDS TODAY, PAINTING, CIRCA 2010


Which of the following twentieth-century processes contributed most directly to the adoption of the system of cultural values to which Banksy alludes in the image?

a)

The expansion of European empires led to the expansion of market economies worldwide.

b)

Greater industrial productivity and new technologies led to increased availability of consumer goods.

c)

Cold War rivalries led to ideological and economic competition between the Soviet Union and the United States.

d)

The continued volatility of economic cycles led many governments to enact social welfare legislation for their citizens.

24.

What was the leading cause of the unprecedented increase in global population in the twentieth century?

a)

The end of international epidemics

b)

Global warming and other types of climate change

c)

The impact of medical innovations and public health measures

d)

The reduction of world hunger

25.

Which of the following was a major factor that contributed to changes in family dynamics in both Great Britain and Japan during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

a)

The migration of male indentured laborers to the Americas

b)

The increased number of women in the workforce

c)

The rapid rise in the number of children working in large factories

d)

The large number of women elected to political office

26.

The painting shows Chinese laborers dressed in the style typically depicted in communist propaganda posters, but with the Coca-Cola corporate logo in the background. The painting has been displayed in several galleries and museums in China.

The policies pursued by the Chinese government starting in the 1980s, which led to the economic situation reflected in the painting, are best seen as an example of which of the following late-twentieth-century trends?

a)

Regional economic integration

b)

Expansion of the welfare state

c)

Economic isolationism

d)

Economic liberalization

27.

BRITISH GRAFFITI ARTIST BANKSY, I HATE MONDAYS, PAINTING, CIRCA 2010


Artists such as Banksy would most likely argue that the conditions in Africa alluded to in the image are in large part the result of which of the following?

a)

African governments directing economic development in the aftermath of decolonization

b)

African countries lacking the natural resources to support sustained economic growth

c)

International economic organizations imposing free-market reforms on African states

d)

Regional trade organizations advancing the interests of large African states at the expense of smaller African states

28.

Which of the following was the most direct consequence of the widespread availability of a reliable birth control pill during the twentieth century?

a)

An increased participation of women in the workforce

b)

An increased percentage of men occupying political office

c)

An increased percentage of men primarily responsible for work within the household

d)

An increased infant mortality rate

29.

Which of the following was the most recent to experience rapid growth in industrial output?

a)

Brazil

b)

Germany

c)

England

d)

Japan

30.

A demographic trend in industrialized countries worldwide in the late twentieth century was

a)

a decline in divorce rates

b)

an increase in birth rates

c)

a decline in family size

d)

an increase in infant mortality rates

e)

an increase in death rates

31.

The rise to economic prominence of many East Asian nations in the 1980s and 1990s entailed

a)

the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Sphere by Japan

b)

the emphasis on producing high-value consumer goods for export

c)

the dominance of China’s Four Modernizations policy

d)

huge imports of oil, cars, and electronics into the region from the United States

e)

the decline of the European Economic Community

32.

Which of the following was the most immediate cause of global economic integration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century?

a)

Increased dependence on cheap oil from the Middle East

b)

Population growth in the developing world

c)

Decreases in the cost of long-distance communication and transportation

d)

Regulation of air and water pollution in the developed world

33.

THE BLACK COUNTRY, ANONYMOUS ENGRAVING DEPICTING THE ENGLISH TOWN OF OLDBURY, CIRCA 1850


Which of the following best explains how the technological processes, reflected in the image, influenced the twentieth-century world?

a)

The proliferation of nuclear weapons during the Cold War threatened global destruction.

b)

Increased mobility resulted in the spread of new infectious diseases.

c)

The release of greenhouse gases contributed to debates about the nature of climate change.

d)

New medical advances, such as antibiotics and immunizations, significantly increased the global population.

34.

PART OF THE MENU BOARD OF A SUBWAY© RESTAURANT IN INDIA, CIRCA 2018


Which of the following aspects of the historical situation in India at the beginning of the twenty-first century is most significant in understanding the menu items illustrated in the image?

a)

The great wealth of India’s new urban middle classes

b)

The strength of India’s currency, the rupee

c)

The growing resistance against industrial agriculture in Third World countries

d)

The increasing globalization of consumer culture

35.

“Does one focus energy and resources only on attacking the disease or attempt a broader strategy that includes addressing issues of political and economic inequality or underdevelopment that contribute to the disease? In regard to malaria, this debate had already emerged in the 1920s, as seen in the conflict between the Malaria Commission of the League of Nations (which supported a broad approach focusing on social and economic development) and United States malariologists (who focused almost exclusively on measures to control malaria-spreading mosquitoes).

In the second half of the twentieth century, the failure of the United Nations’ World Health Organization’s malaria eradication program showed that the narrow approach, even with the help of powerful new insecticides, could not break the cycle of disease and poverty, particularly given the radical population changes and movements in the postcolonial developing world. Wars and refugee movements, environmental degradation, resettlement and labor migration due to economic development itself, often reversed any progress made in local or even national mosquito control programs. The most important obstacle to malaria control, however, remains the uneven distribution of resources across the globe. Despite its listing of malaria as a top priority, the World Health Organization can do little to fight the disease given the developed nations’ failure to provide the United Nations with adequate funding.”

Lyn Schumaker, historian, article on the history of anti-malarial efforts in the twentieth century, 2003


Based on the passage, anti-malarial programs in the twentieth century are broadly illustrative of health-care efforts to combat which of the following types of diseases?

a)

Diseases associated with poverty

b)

Diseases associated with environmental pollution

c)

New epidemic diseases that first emerged in the twentieth century

d)

Diseases associated with increased longevity

36.

“Does one focus energy and resources only on attacking the disease or attempt a broader strategy that includes addressing issues of political and economic inequality or underdevelopment that contribute to the disease? In regard to malaria, this debate had already emerged in the 1920s, as seen in the conflict between the Malaria Commission of the League of Nations (which supported a broad approach focusing on social and economic development) and United States malariologists (who focused almost exclusively on measures to control malaria-spreading mosquitoes).

In the second half of the twentieth century, the failure of the United Nations’ World Health Organization’s malaria eradication program showed that the narrow approach, even with the help of powerful new insecticides, could not break the cycle of disease and poverty, particularly given the radical population changes and movements in the postcolonial developing world. Wars and refugee movements, environmental degradation, resettlement and labor migration due to economic development itself, often reversed any progress made in local or even national mosquito control programs. The most important obstacle to malaria control, however, remains the uneven distribution of resources across the globe. Despite its listing of malaria as a top priority, the World Health Organization can do little to fight the disease given the developed nations’ failure to provide the United Nations with adequate funding.”

Lyn Schumaker, historian, article on the history of anti-malarial efforts in the twentieth century, 2003


As outlined in the passage, the institutions involved in twentieth-century anti-malarial efforts best illustrate the link between global public health efforts and

a)

the rise of multinational corporations

b)

the process of decolonization

c)

the development of organizations to safeguard international peace

d)

the development of anti-globalization movements and groups

37.

“Does one focus energy and resources only on attacking the disease or attempt a broader strategy that includes addressing issues of political and economic inequality or underdevelopment that contribute to the disease? In regard to malaria, this debate had already emerged in the 1920s, as seen in the conflict between the Malaria Commission of the League of Nations (which supported a broad approach focusing on social and economic development) and United States malariologists (who focused almost exclusively on measures to control malaria-spreading mosquitoes).

In the second half of the twentieth century, the failure of the United Nations’ World Health Organization’s malaria eradication program showed that the narrow approach, even with the help of powerful new insecticides, could not break the cycle of disease and poverty, particularly given the radical population changes and movements in the postcolonial developing world. Wars and refugee movements, environmental degradation, resettlement and labor migration due to economic development itself, often reversed any progress made in local or even national mosquito control programs. The most important obstacle to malaria control, however, remains the uneven distribution of resources across the globe. Despite its listing of malaria as a top priority, the World Health Organization can do little to fight the disease given the developed nations’ failure to provide the United Nations with adequate funding.”

Lyn Schumaker, historian, article on the history of anti-malarial efforts in the twentieth century, 2003


Based on the discussion in the second paragraph, which of the following best describes the relationship between advances in medicine and public health efforts in the twentieth century?

a)

Many diseases remained impossible to treat, despite technological and medical advances.

b)

Advances in medicine resulted in dramatic reductions of infection rates from all communicable diseases.

c)

The emergence of new diseases offset any medical advances related to the treatment of existing diseases.

d)

Political and economic factors stood in the way of advances in medicine living up to their full global potential.

38.

PART OF THE MENU BOARD OF A SUBWAY© RESTAURANT IN INDIA, CIRCA 2018


Which of the following aspects of the development of international businesses in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries best explains why the Subway corporation chose to include the specific items shown on the menu?

a)

International corporations sought to impose uniformity on production and consumption patterns worldwide.

b)

International corporations sought to adjust to the cultural preferences of local or regional markets.

c)

International corporations tried to serve as global ambassadors for Western political and cultural values.

d)

International corporations had to yield to the demands of corrupt local political elites and regulators.

39.

PART OF THE MENU BOARD OF A SUBWAY© RESTAURANT IN INDIA, CIRCA 2018


Considering the context of the global economy in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, all of the following would represent corporate efforts to appeal cross-culturally to new consumers or audiences EXCEPT

a)

an Italian designer clothing company opening a retail store in Shanghai

b)

a popular United States fried chicken restaurant opening a location in Moscow

c)

a Brazilian television channel broadcasting a match of Brazil’s national soccer team playing in a tournament in Germany

d)

an Indian Bollywood movie studio marketing one of its films in the United States

40.

After the Second World War, countries around the world did which of the following to restore the global economy?

a)

Created the European Union to coordinate European economic aid to former colonies.

b)

Developed a common economic aid package for African and Asian states.

c)

Established new financial institutions, such as the World Bank.

d)

Allowed the United Nations to take over failing national economies.

41.

1. Scientists have reached general agreement in recognizing that mankind is one: that all men belong to the same species, Homo sapiens. . . .

10. The scientific material available to us at present does not justify the conclusion that inherited genetic differences are a major factor in producing differences between the cultures and cultural achievements of different peoples or groups. . . .

14. The biological fact of race and the myth of “race” should be distinguished. For all practical social purposes “race” is not so much a biological phenomenon as a social myth. The myth of “race” has created an enormous amount of human and social damage. In recent years it has taken a heavy toll in human lives and caused untold suffering.

A. According to present knowledge there is no proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics, whether in respect of intelligence or temperament.

B. There is no evidence that race mixture as such produces bad results from the biological point of view.

C. All normal human beings are capable of learning to share in common life, to understand the nature of mutual service and reciprocity, and to respect social obligations and contracts.


United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), statement about the “science of race,” 1949


The declaration is an example of which of the following post-Second World War developments?

a)

The creation of institutions to aid the economic development of newly independent nations

b)

An increase in international migration in search of economic opportunities

c)

The escalation of violence and proxy wars between countries during the Cold War

d)

The efforts of international organizations to promote human rights

42.

1. Scientists have reached general agreement in recognizing that mankind is one: that all men belong to the same species, Homo sapiens. . . .

10. The scientific material available to us at present does not justify the conclusion that inherited genetic differences are a major factor in producing differences between the cultures and cultural achievements of different peoples or groups. . . .

14. The biological fact of race and the myth of “race” should be distinguished. For all practical social purposes “race” is not so much a biological phenomenon as a social myth. The myth of “race” has created an enormous amount of human and social damage. In recent years it has taken a heavy toll in human lives and caused untold suffering.

A. According to present knowledge there is no proof that the groups of mankind differ in their innate mental characteristics, whether in respect of intelligence or temperament.

B. There is no evidence that race mixture as such produces bad results from the biological point of view.

C. All normal human beings are capable of learning to share in common life, to understand the nature of mutual service and reciprocity, and to respect social obligations and contracts.


United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), statement about the “science of race,” 1949


All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which would most directly support the claim in the first paragraph that “Scientists have reached general agreement in recognizing that mankind is one: that all men belong to the same species, Homo sapiens”?

a)

The declaration was signed in Paris, and UNESCO was a specialized agency of the United Nations.

b)

South Africa’s government withdrew from UNESCO soon after the declaration on race was adopted.

c)

The declaration was signed by experts from many countries with racially and culturally diverse populations.

d)

The adoption of the declaration contributed to debates in Western countries on the question of race.