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Unit 7 Practice Questions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What organization was responsible for the attacks on 9/11?
a)
ISIS
b)
the Taliban
c)
Al Qaeda
d)
the Communists
2.
What is one of the key roles of improved technologies like computers, satellites, and televisions?
a)
Create more free time
b)
Provide a key source of information on pop culture
c)
Spread information faster to help stay up to date with global events
d)
Make radio and telephones obsolete
3.
What does not contribute to global warming?
a)
Automobile emissions
b)
Deforestation
c)
Planting trees
d)
Chemicals from factories
4.
What is the development of a world economic system where people and goods move freely from one country to another?
a)
Taxation
b)
Terrorism
c)
Trade
d)
Globalization
5.
What is an agreement among the United States, Canada, and Mexico that allows them to import and export goods with each other without paying taxes or fees?
a)
NAFTA
b)
OPEC
c)
UN
d)
FDIC
6.

A development that does not increase pressure on the planet's resources such as water, forests, land and the earth's atmosphere contributing to climate change.

a)

Sustainable Development

b)

Unsustainable Development

c)

Rural Development

d)

Urban Development

7.

What are some negatives of globalization?

a)

Workers are exploited in sweatshops

b)

Pollution and deforestation

c)

Low wages for factory workers in Asia and Africa

d)

All of the answers are correct

8.

Which of the following has been an important impact of globalization?

a)

local manufacturers face less competition from overseas

b)

people are less informed than in the past about foreign events

c)

it is more difficult for people to get a wide variety of consumer goods

d)

producers often make parts of an item in different countries to lower costs

9.

How were the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon in 2001 similar?

a)

both led to a world-wide economic depression

b)

both led to military conscription in the US

c)

both prompted the US to engage in armed conflicts

d)

both caused the US to cancel international trade agreements

10.

Why did the US join the Persian Gulf War?

a)

Iraq invaded Israel

b)

Persian invaded Kuwait

c)

Iraq invaded Kuwait

d)

Persian invaded Israel

11.

What eliminated tariffs for trade between Mexico, US and Canada

a)

WTO

b)

HUAC

c)

NAACP

d)

NAFTA

12.
Which word describes the use of violence to strike fear into people and attain political goals?
a)
Nihilism
b)
Despotism
c)
Terrorism
d)
Marxism
13.
What was given as a reason for the US invasion of Iraq?
a)
Saddam Hussein was planning an invasion of the US
b)
Intelligence reports indicated terrorist groups were ready to take action against Iraqis
c)
Iraqi students were holding US officials hostage
d)
Intelligence reports indicated there were weapons of mass destruction
14.

American computer software designer who Co-founded Microsoft and built it into one of the Largest computer software manufacturers

a)

Sam Walton

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Bob Johnson

d)

Lionel Sosa

15.

How did Arabs living in Palestine feel about the new state of Israel?

a)

They were unaffected by the new state

b)

They supported it fully

c)

They rejected it and thought it was unfair to them

d)

They were unhappy, but agreed to work it out

16.

Which international organization called for an embargo of oil sales to the United States in 1973?

a)

EU

b)

OPEC

c)

UN

d)

NAFTA

17.

Which country did Saddam Hussein rule?

a)

Afghanistan

b)

Kuwait

c)

Iraq

d)

Israel

18.

What county is number 17?

a)

Turkey

b)

Iran

c)

Iraq

d)

Saudi Arabia

19.

What country is number 10?

a)

Iran

b)

Saudi Arabia

c)

Turkey

d)

Syria

20.

What country is number 23?

a)

Israel

b)

Syria

c)

Afghanistan

d)

Iraq

21.

What country is number 16?

a)

Syria

b)

Turkey

c)

Iran

d)

Iraq

22.

What country is number 8?

a)

Turkey

b)

Syria

c)

Kuwait

d)

Israel

23.

One consequence of globalization is the loss of human language and culture across the globe.

a)

True

b)

False

24.

What is one effect of economic globalization in the twentieth century?

a)

An overall decline in living standards.

b)

Higher prices for imported goods.

c)

A wider choice of consumer products.

d)

Fewer international trade agreements.

25.

Americans who contracted and died from anthrax in 2001 were victims of...

a)

nuclear weapons

b)

friendly fire 

c)

a biological weapon

d)

a chemical weapon