Chapter 12 Reading Quiz

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. The Ford Escort embodied globalization because it

Was designed to appeal to people all over the world correct incorrect

Was made of parts manufactured all over the world correct incorrect

Was shipped from Detroit all over the world correct incorrect

Was universally hated correct incorrect

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. Mikhail Gorbachev’s attempt at restructuring the Soviet system to lift it out of stagnation was called

Globalization correct incorrect

Glassost correct incorrect

Perestroika correct incorrect

Capitalism correct incorrect

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. The global factory eventually moved to less-developed countries

For cheap labor correct incorrect

To be closer to their markets correct incorrect

To escape environmental regulations correct incorrect

To spread the wealth to poorer countries correct incorrect

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. American conservatives believed that __________ was the solution to all social ills

Law and order correct incorrect

Electing Ronald Reagan correct incorrect

Maintaining the right to own guns correct incorrect

Restoring the patriarchy correct incorrect

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. The search for natural laws that could govern both subatomic particles and the ever-expanding universe was called

The theory of relativity correct incorrect

The uncertainty principle correct incorrect

Unified field theory correct incorrect

String theory correct incorrect

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. Supporters of supply-side theory argued that tax cuts would

Hurt government’s ability to maintain social programs correct incorrect

Raise revenues by generating new economic activity correct incorrect

Reduce revenues and therefore reduce government correct incorrect

Allow government to take a more active role in the economy. correct incorrect

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. The US became a debtor nation in

1985 correct incorrect

2005 correct incorrect

1935 correct incorrect

1917 correct incorrect

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. Conservatives believed that a more equal society

Was necessary going forward into the 21st century correct incorrect

Was a political necessity for them correct incorrect

Led to inefficiency and stifled innovation correct incorrect

Was a liberal dream correct incorrect

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. What triggered the last round of increased Cold War tensions in the 1980s was

The election of Ronald Reagan correct incorrect

The election of Mikhail Gorbachev correct incorrect

The OPEC oil embargo correct incorrect

The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan correct incorrect

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. The Boland Amendment cut off funds for the Nicaraguan contras, because Congress

Did not want to support dictators correct incorrect

Did not want to support leftist revolutionaries correct incorrect

Did not want to subvert a freely elected foreign government correct incorrect

Did not want to deal with the regime in Iran correct incorrect