Chapter 28 Student Quiz

. The struggles faced by major world powers in the 1970s included _____.

Competition from oil-producing states.

Increasing costs of military interventions.

Competition from growing economies in Asia.

All of the above.

. Gorbachev's economic reform package was called _____.

Glasnost.

Perestroika.

Neoliberalism.

Communism.

. The end of the Cold War brought both advantages and disadvantages.

True.

False.

. Nations like Brazil, India, and South Africa rebuilt prosperity in the post-Cold War world by ____.

Focusing on commodity production for export.

Building their base of heavy industry.

Encouraging small farms and craft production.

Taking advantage of global technology and markets.

. Globalization created a global market for products and services, but labor remained regionalized or localized.

True.

False.

. Globalization created global activism, which sometimes protested globalization itself.

True.

False.

. The environmental effects of global warming include ____.

An ozone hole over the Antarctic.

More frequent and stronger hurricanes.

Deforestation of the Amazon rain forest.

All of the above.

. One of the results of increased migration was an increasing tendency of politicians to blame migrants for economic and social problems.

True.

False.

. The worldwide financial crisis which followed the 2008 bursting of a real estate bubble in the US encouraged _____.

Increased globalization and cooperation.

Increased regulation of the global marketplace to bring benefits to all.

The rise of authoritarian figures promising easy solutions.

The overthrow of dictators around the world.

. Separatist movements emerged in _____.

Sri Lanka.

Catalonia.

Scotland.

All of the above.

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