Chapter 10 Practice Quiz

Politics in Developing States
. In October 2001, a month after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania, NATO forces began the war on ________.

. In 2002, Colombian President ________ took on the FARC rebels.

. The Mexican government's program to encourage education for children is controversial because ________.

. The concept that suggests that as a country develops economically, income distribution will become more unequal before it becomes more equal is known as ________.

. The Brundtland Commission's 1987 report was titled "Our Common ________."

. The dominant political party in China is the ________.

. The 1958 Chinese program of economic policies designed to revolutionize rural production was called the Great ________.

. Immediately following the death of Mao Zedong, ________ came to power and had the "Gang of Four" arrested.

. The date of 4 June 1989 marks the ________.

. In 1991, the government of India made the decision to start ________.

. Mexico's political system is structured very similarly to that of ________.

. Canadian Armed Forces were stationed in Afghanistan between.

. The majority of people who live in Afghanistan are based in ________.

. A major problem facing Mexico today is ________.

. India's federal government is a ________ system.

. Mexico's Congress is divided into lower and upper chambers called the ________.

. Mexico's history as an independent country began in 1821 with the end of the war of independence against ________.

. The independence movement in India was headed by the ________.

. It is claimed that Mexico has the world's highest number of ________ per capita.

. Starting in the late 1970s, the Chinese government opened China's economy to foreign trade and investment through the ________.

. Afghan presidents are elected using the ________voting system.

. The future of Afghanistan depends largely on the results of ________.

. China's HDI value increased by ________ between the years of 1990 and 2017.

. One of the most common values sought by developing country governments is ________.

. Democracy cannot on its own rectify deep social divisions or guarantee ________.

. According to the United Nations, over 33 million people worldwide live with HIV.

. According to its national census, Nigeria's population is in decline.

. Globally, population growth is highest in Europe and North America.

. Manmohan Singh started a non-violent resistance movement in India.

. China's communist leader in 1949 was Deng Xiaoping.

. The "Asian Tigers" are Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, and Taiwan.

. The Asian economic crisis began in 1997.

. China is the world's largest holder of US dollars in reserve.

. Mexico was colonized by Portugal.

. Mexico's taxation and revenue system is highly decentralized to the states.

. It is expected that India's population will surpass China's in the near future.

. Mali's major export is petroleum products.

. Mexico's oil exports enabled it to avoid the Latin American debt crisis.

. Afghanistan is an ancient civilization with archaeological evidence suggesting human life there as far back as 50,000 years.

. In recent years, the Beijing government has fired missiles toward Taiwan in an attempt to destabilize and weaken the government.

. The Afghanistan war is the longest in U.S. history.

. The Chinese government censors the arts to prevent criticism of its own activities and has been active in prohibiting Internet access.

. A perennial issue for many developed countries has been the military's role in politics.

. The majority of developing countries have failed to develop effective public education systems.

. The high rate of maternal death is connected to the relatively high rate of unwanted pregnancies in the developing world.

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