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WorksheetsWH Unit 15 Test: The World Today (1980-Present)
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 25mins
The nations that emerged during the Cold War years, mostly in the Global South.
The Industrial World
The Developing World
The Third World
The Tropical World
What is one way the economy of the global South differs from that of the global North?
The global South holds a much smaller population of the world's people than the global North holds
The global South contains many of the Earth's natural resources, while the global North includes many of the world's rich industrial nations
the average living income in the global South is much higher than the average living income of the global North
Population growth is greater in the global North than it is in the global South
A ______ economy (or subsistence economy) is one based on custom and tradition, usually based on farming, fishing, hunting, and bartering.
traditional
market
communal
imperial
What kind of economy did some developing nations try to replace their traditional economies with, leading to failure eventually?
command economies
communal economies
market economies
imperialism
To what does the term "green revolution" refer?
an overthrow of the government by radical parties
a drastic change in the environment based on global warming
decreased food production caused by terrorism
increased agricultural production based on technological advancements
Worldwide, over 160 million children ages 5-14 work 12 hours or more a day. Some are chained to the machines they work on. What are some factors that contribute to this being the norm in developing countries.
Choose all that apply:
Children had always worked alongside their parents in traditional economies.
Wages are so low that it takes multiple people in the household working to survive.
Other countries besides the US consider children to be adults once they reach 5 years old.
Developing countries observe retirement age to be 40, rather than 65, so children have to start earlier.
Since the 1980s, religious revivals have swept many religions (Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus). When reformers within these religious groups try to use religion to offer solutions to the worlds problems, or try to seek power in the government in order to legislate according to religious beliefs, this is an example of _____.
radicalism
religious fundamentalism
Sharia Law
separation of church and state
What happens as a result of many people flocking to cities to find jobs in the developing world?
They are able to find work in factories, but they have to allow their children to work alongside them in the same factories.
They are forced to live in shantytowns and slums on the outskirts of the city, because the work that is available does not pay enough for them to afford traditional homes.
They are sent back to the rural areas if they do not have the credentials from a university to earn a factory job.
They are able to find work in factories owned by foreign companies, and eventually prosper economically.
What significant event changed the attitude of the rest of the Industrialized World toward South Africa.
Their independence from Great Britain.
The end of apartheid.
The military coup that put Joseph Mobutu in power.
Nelson Mandela's support of the Green Revolution.
Which of the following are chief contributors to the hunger problem in the developing world?
Failure to focus on food crops; focusing on cash crops instead.
Lack of political stability; endless civil war and unrest.
Overpopulation
None of these.
All of these.
Initiative started by Wangari Maathai in Africa to restore forest & open jobs for women in forestry & promote sustainable development.
The Green Revolution
The Green Belt Movement
The Great Green Wall
The World Wildlife Federation
A semi-desert region south of the Sahara that has suffered from drought, and is turning into desert as a result. Africans are trying to combat desertification there by building the Great Green Wall, a wall of 12 million acacia trees from Senegal in the West to Djibouti in the East.
The Sahara
The Sahel
Senegal Prarielands
The Kalahari
Antimalarial drugs and mosquito netting have helped, but still, one child dies of malaria in Africa every _____.
hour
minute
30 seconds
30 minutes
Which epidemic has killed the most people in Africa, especially in Botswana and South Africa?
AIDS
Ebola
Covid-19
Malaria
Which of the following was NOT one of the Four Modernizations introduced under Deng Xiaoping in China in the the 1980s?
Allowed some private ownership of property.
Dismantled collective farming.
Allowed entrepreneurs to set up businesses.
Allowed foreign investment.
Removed restrictions like the one-child policy.
This image is associated with what 20th century event?
Tiananmen Square protest in China.
The Iraq War.
The fall of communism in the Soviet Union
Protest against Saddam's invasion of Kuwait.
As of 2022, which nation has the second largest economy in the world, as well as the largest population?
China
Japan
India
Russia
At the current rate, which of these countries is likely to have the largest population in the world by the end of 2023?
India
China
The US
Russia
Latin American countries often relied on a single cash crop for success.
In the ‘50s & ‘60s, they attempted _______ (manufacturing goods locally to replace expensive imported goods). Results were mixed.
import subsistence
import banning
import substitution
backyard industries
Giant commercial farms owned by multinational corporations
agribusiness
GMO
collective farms
subsistence farms
Campaign by priests, nuns, and church workers beginning the 1960s and 1970s that spoke up for social justice for the poor in Latin America.
Liberation Theology
Democratic Mass
Libertad
Crusade for Freedom
In Latin America, which of these political competitors was most likely to be supported by the United States in the 20th century?
An elected left-leaning socialist president.
A harsh, autocratic military dictator, with a horrible human rights record and fierce opposition to communism.
Guerillas pushing for socialist control of the government.
Communists
Who were the contras?
Nicaraguan guerillas that overthrew the Somoza family and imposed socialism.
Nicaraguan guerillas that fought against the sandinistas, supported by Reagan.
US soldiers secretly in Nicaragua to aid the guerillas there seeking to overthrow the socialist goverment.
Communist rebels sponsored by Castro to fight against the sandinistas, sponsored by Reagan.
What happened as a result of Juan Peron's increased government spending on social programs from 1946-1955 in Argentina?
He was overthrown in a military coup due to economic crisis.
He evolved into a military dictator.
The people of the country loved him, crowning him King of Argentina; the military did not like this, so the killed him.
Argentina now has the highest wages in South America.
Which of these nations is NOT a member of NATO?
The US
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Which of these nations is NOT a member of the EU?
(there could be more than one)
Britan
Turkey
France
Italy
Spain
Violence between Protestants and Catholics raged in this country from the 1960s until the mid-1990s, when the Good Friday Agreement ended the fighting.
Northern Ireland
Great Britain
Ukraine
Yugoslavia
2000: _____ became president of Russia & rebuilt the economy, thanks to vast oil & gas resources.
Boris Yeltsin
Mikel Gorbachev
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
During what decade did the US government have an economic surplus?
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
The Dayton Accords were part of the UN's effort to end the violence and ethnic cleansing in countries that used to all be part of ____.
Valkenvania
Yugoslavia
The Soviet Union
The Warsaw Pact
The ____ includes the nations bordering the Pacific from Asia to North & South America.
NAFTA
Warsaw Pact
Pacific Rim
Asian Alliance
the process by which national economies, politics, cultures, and societies become closely linked with those of other nations around the world.
globalizatiton
networking
industrialization
imperialism
_______, (the process of sending work to outside enterprises to save money or increase efficiency) has grown in recent years. Many companies do this in India, Russia, China, and the Philippines.
interdependence
outsourcing
corporate strategerization
donation
What is ultimately most responsible for the 2008 worldwide financial crisis?
Real estate agents recommending homes to people that they cannot afford.
The Clinton administration's relaxation on banking regulations in the 1990s.
The stock market crashed due to overspeculation.
The Iraq War.
Which statement is true, according to the chart?
Nominal gas prices were higher in 1982 than in 2002.
Adjusted for inflation, the highest price for a gallon of gas shown, other than in 1918, was in 2008.
The nominal gas price is higher in 2016 than in 2010.
Nominal gas prices were the highest in 1918, but inflation adjusted gas prices were the lowest during the Great Depression.
Which of these organizations is an NGO?
The Red Cross
The United Nations
The World Bank
The International Monetary Fund
What is the Group of Twenty (G20)?
The 19 leading nations plus the AU.
The 19 leading nations plus the EU.
The 19 leading nations plus the US.
The 19 poorest countries plus the US, who acts as moderator and grants aid to those who plead their case as most deserving.
Which of the following are benefits of globalization?
Select all that apply:
lower prices
more jobs
introduction of new technologies worldwide
an end to world hunger
lack of competitiion
2005: _____ devastated the Louisiana & Mississippi Gulf Coast, killing over 1,800 people in New Orleans as the 30-foot storm surge broke the levees.
A tsunami
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Ivan
A series of tornadoes
A hurricane devastates an area in the southeastern United States. Because of this, building materials become increasingly scarce as people scramble to rebuild or repair their homes. The price of building materials goes up. Based on information from this chapter regarding Hurricane Sally, which of these results seems like a result that will take place?
The price of existing homes will fall.
The price of materials will continue to rise even after they catch up to demand.
The price of new homes will fall due to all of the newly repaired older ones.
The price of existing homes and new homes will rise, leading to more inflation.
Which disease has killed the most people worldwide as of 2022?
AIDS
Covid-19
SARS (Bird Flu)
H1N1 (Swine Flu)
How are the social and economic consequences of an epidemic in a developing country than the ones faced by a developed country?
It is easier to contain an epidemic in a developing country because they have brand new public health organizations with the newest technology versus a country thatis already developed
It is more difficult to contain an epidemic in a developing country because they have fewer treatment centers, less available vaccines, and not many public health organizations
It is easier to contain an epidemic in a developed country because every person is required by law to take part in public preparations programs offered by their local Health Department
It is more difficult to contain an epidemic in a developed country because the public health organizations are not as equipped to deal with such a large population of people
What characteristics do global and regional terrorist groups share, regardless of their various goals?
All terrorist groups wish to establish fundamentalist governments throughout the world
All terrorist groups have political goals that they try to achieve through violent means
All terrorist groups oppose the influence of the United States and its western allies
All terrorist groups have a religious goal that they believe must be achieved through violent means
Why did the President say "Justice has been done" regarding the man shown in this photograph?
He had launched terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians
He had instituted a policy of ethnic cleansing in Bosnia
He had masterminded an attack on the United States
He was involved in the illegal sale of nuclear weapons technology
Which statement best reflects the main idea of this 2009 cartoon?
World leaders have done all they can to address climate change
world leaders are considering the long-term impacts of climate change
climate change is not a serious problem and world leaders need to hold the course
pledges and meetings have resulted in little significant action on the issue of climate change
Which of the following countries was the first military target of the United States following the September 11th, 2001, terrorist attacks?
Iraq
Israel
Egypt
Afghanistan
What is one way the world has changed in recent decades as a result of sicence and technology?
Space exploration has halted since the end of the Cold War
Communications are slower as a result of increased usage
Life expectancies are higher due to medical advances
standards of living are lower because machines have taken over jobs
Which action represents an international response to terrorism?
Violence between ethnic groups has increased
security on international air travel has increased
international co-operation has decreased
restrictions on immigration have decreased
