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Strayer 4th 599-610

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Following independence, where did a constitutional, parliamentary, multi-party democracy develop the deepest roots?

a)

Vietnam

b)

India

c)

Iraq

d)

Uganda

2.

What was the most important internal factor favoring the globalization of democracy?

a)

the failure of authoritarian governments to remedy disastrous economic situations

b)

the growth of young people in the workplace

c)

the growth of religious fundamentalism

d)

the failure of dictators to provide proper housing

3.

What was NOT an "act" in the end of the communist era?

a)

The death of Mao Zedong

b)

the "miracle year" of 1989

c)

the "special period" in Cuba

d)

the political disintegration of the USSR

4.

Who emerged as China's "paramount leader" after 1976?

a)

Jiang Jieshi

b)

Deng Xiaoping

c)

Hu Jintao

d)

Zhang Xueliang

5.

When in doubt, the answer is ______.

a)

trade

b)

matriarchy

c)

yes

d)

choice c

6.

What was the response in China to a democracy movement spearheaded by university and secondary school students in the late 80s?

a)

It was brutally crushed

b)

It created a multi-party political system

c)

It was met with indifference

d)

It was embraced by the Communist Party

7.

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of glasnost dramatically changed the Soviet Union. What does glasnost translate to in English?

a)

economic restructuring

b)

openness

c)

pierogi

d)

democracy

8.

What year is considered a "miracle year," when many communist regimes fell in Eastern Europe?

a)

1985

b)

1989

c)

1995

d)

1999

9.

What is NOT an example of Vladimir Putin's desire to increase the stature of Russia after the breakup of the USSR?

a)

Annexation of Crimea

b)

Involvement in Syria's Civil War

c)

Supporting the Arab Spring

d)

Meddling in the 2016 US Presidential Election

10.

What country had a revolution in 1979 that led to a radically Islamist (Shiite) government?

a)

Saudi Arabia

b)

Iran

c)

Iraq

d)

Syria

11.

What has been the most globally unsettling and novel aspect of post-cold war international life?

a)

the growing popularity of K-pop

b)

the growth of fast food consumption

c)

rising sea levels

d)

the proliferation of "terrorist" attacks by radical Islamist groups