Chapter 29 Quiz

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. Proponents of a post-Cold War 'peace dividend' hoped that the money not needed for _______ could be channeled into other, positive uses.

Social services correct incorrect

Nuclear deterrence correct incorrect

Propaganda campaigns correct incorrect

Decolonization correct incorrect

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. In 1989, the Exxon Valdez grounded and spilled millions of tons of oil in which US state?

Your response

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. The Kyoto Protocol, signed in 1997, was an international response to _______.

The Soviet threat correct incorrect

Global warming correct incorrect

Nuclear energy correct incorrect

Religious extremism correct incorrect

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. By the 1980s, the Communist Chinese government mostly commanded obedience by appeals to _______.

Marxist ideology correct incorrect

The benefits of Communism correct incorrect

nationalism correct incorrect

Religious unity correct incorrect

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. Members of the European Union must have _______.

A democratic government correct incorrect

A free market economy correct incorrect

Recognition of human rights and the rule of law correct incorrect

A common currency correct incorrect

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. One of the biggest struggles of European unification has been _______.

Unifying the currency correct incorrect

Controlling the flow of goods across borders correct incorrect

Directing capital to developing nations correct incorrect

Immigration between EU member states correct incorrect

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. The intergovernmental organization founded in 1995 to promote international trade is the _______

United Nations correct incorrect

World Bank correct incorrect

World Trade Organization correct incorrect

International Monetary Fund correct incorrect

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. Are the populations of Europe and the US growing or stagnating?

Your response

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. Slobodan Milosevic led the _______ in a campaign to create a nation-state and purge it of all other ethnic groups.

Serbians correct incorrect

Bosnians correct incorrect

Croats correct incorrect

Slovenians correct incorrect

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. Critics accused European countries of not supporting the Chechen independence movement because of their _______.

Support for Russia correct incorrect

Bias against Chechnya's Islamic religion correct incorrect

Ethnic bias against the Chechens correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. Were the greatest number of terrorist attacks made by domestic or foreign enemies in the 1990s?

Your response

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. ETA, a Basque separatist organization, sought independence from _______.

France correct incorrect

Great Britain correct incorrect

Spain correct incorrect

Greece correct incorrect

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. The two political parties that represent the Palestinians are _______.

Fatah correct incorrect

Likud correct incorrect

PLO correct incorrect

Hamas correct incorrect

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. The Arab Spring began with a spontaneous protest in _______.

Libya correct incorrect

Tunisia correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

Syria correct incorrect

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. The focus of women's rights activists from the non-Western world generally focused on _______ by the 1990s.

Political rights correct incorrect

Legal rights correct incorrect

violence correct incorrect

Economic equality correct incorrect

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. Women do not have the same opportunities to advance economically in the Arab world because of _______.

Qur'anic limits on women working outside the home correct incorrect

Arab countries' reliance on the oil industry correct incorrect

Arab countries' economic diversity correct incorrect

overpopulation correct incorrect

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. The 2008 financial crisis was caused by _______.

A weak European economy correct incorrect

A crash in the Japanese stock market correct incorrect

Bursting of a real estate bubble in the US correct incorrect

Chinese tariffs correct incorrect

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. The factors that increased the US national debt under the Bush administration were _______.

Unemployment resulting from the dot-com bubble correct incorrect

Tax cuts that reduced federal revenue correct incorrect

The need of an aging population for increased social services correct incorrect

Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, paid for on credit correct incorrect

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. The idea of redistributive taxation is that taxes should _______.

Force a broader distribution of wealth among society correct incorrect

Be as low as possible to encourage growth correct incorrect

Only pay for necessary services and infrastructure correct incorrect

Not exist at all correct incorrect

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. True or False: Liberal economists think that wealth should be redistributed in equal measure to all members of a society.

Your response

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. In the 21st century, Arab countries are becoming more _______.

Ethnically homogeneous correct incorrect

Religiously homogeneous correct incorrect

Democratic correct incorrect

unified correct incorrect

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. Tariq Ramadan, a Swiss Muslim, argues that _______.

Muslims should only follow Quranic law correct incorrect

The Qur'an is the ultimate authority in Islamic life correct incorrect

The Qur'an should be interpreted based on context correct incorrect

Muslims have an obligation to observe the laws of a secular state correct incorrect

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Based on Map 29.1, which of the following regions of the former USSR experienced violent ethnic conflict?

Georgia correct incorrect

Chechnya correct incorrect

Estonia correct incorrect

Kazakhstan correct incorrect

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Based on Map 29.7, in which of these countries were Arab Spring protests successful in toppling existing regimes?

Algeria correct incorrect

Libya correct incorrect

Egypt correct incorrect

Saudi Arabia correct incorrect

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The people in this photo are fleeing civil wars resulting from the _______ in North Africa

Your response