Chapter 28 Quiz A with Explanations

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. How did Prime Minister Margret Thatcher help revive economic growth in Britain in the late 1970s and 1980s?

She supported massive government spending to end stagflation. correct incorrect

She supported strict regulation of banking to encourage lending. correct incorrect

She supported policies based on supply-side economic theory. correct incorrect

She supported policies that increased trade with former colonies. correct incorrect

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. What was the purpose of Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's program of perestroika?

It sought to allow Soviet citizens freer speech. correct incorrect

It sought to reform the economy and promote growth. correct incorrect

It sought to introduce more technology in the military. correct incorrect

It sought to increase agricultural exports. correct incorrect

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. In 1989, how was the fall of communism different in Romania than in Czechoslovakia?

Romania's leadership managed to retain power while Czechoslovakia's did not. correct incorrect

The West intervened in Romania but not in Czechoslovakia. correct incorrect

Romania's uprising was violent while Czechoslovakia's revolution was bloodless. correct incorrect

Citizens led the revolution in Romania while the army did so in Czechoslovakia. correct incorrect

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. Since gaining independence in the 1940s, India has experienced trouble in

moving from agriculture to industrialization. correct incorrect

establishing commercial ties with Western nations. correct incorrect

integrating its various religious and ethnic minorities. correct incorrect

maintaining a functioning democratic society. correct incorrect

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. What led to a major health crisis in South Africa following the end of apartheid in the early 1990s?

The spread of HIV/AIDS correct incorrect

Malnutrition caused by declining food supplies correct incorrect

the rapid spread of malaria correct incorrect

The lack of clean drinking water in the countryside correct incorrect

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. What contributed to India becoming a major recipient of service-sector jobs outsourced by Western nations in the early twenty-first century?

New global banking laws correct incorrect

The growth of the internet correct incorrect

Shortages of skilled labor correct incorrect

The growth of multinational corporations correct incorrect

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. An important tenet of neoliberalism is that profit and investment increase through

government programs. correct incorrect

better worker training. correct incorrect

taxation and tariffs. correct incorrect

downsizing the workforce. correct incorrect

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. Which 1994 agreement eliminated almost all tariffs on goods traded between Canada, the United States, and Mexico?

The North American Free Trade Agreement correct incorrect

The Maastrict Treaty correct incorrect

ASEAN correct incorrect

Mercosur correct incorrect

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. Gabriel García Márquez's novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), exemplify what type of literary style?

Magical realism correct incorrect

Liberation theology correct incorrect

Danglut correct incorrect

Feminist realism correct incorrect

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. In popular music during the twentieth century, African, Latin American and African American traditions combined and formed the new genres of rap, salsa, and

danglut. correct incorrect

raï. correct incorrect

chutney. correct incorrect

hip-hop. correct incorrect

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. By the end of the twentieth century, excess amounts of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), carbon dioxide, and other atmospheric pollutants had led to

a cooling of the Earth. correct incorrect

El Niño. correct incorrect

global warming. correct incorrect

growing glacial ice. correct incorrect

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. Beginning in the late 1970s, how did Wangari Maathai work to improve the environment of Kenya's capital city of Nairobi?

By encouraging strict pollution controls on industry in the city correct incorrect

by appealing to international organizations and NGOs for help correct incorrect

By appealing to government to subsidize low-emission vehicles correct incorrect

By creating green belts in the city to counter deforestation correct incorrect

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. How did the Chinese government control population growth starting in 1979?

It introduced a one-child policy for urban families. correct incorrect

It instituted a policy of forced sterilization in cities. correct incorrect

It provided free contraceptives to its citizens. correct incorrect

It encouraged later marriage for couples. correct incorrect

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. At the start of the twenty-first century, what was the major motivation for over 190 million Chinese to migrate from the countryside to Chinese cities and millions more to move to foreign countries such as Malaysia?

To escape famine correct incorrect

To seek employment correct incorrect

To avoid civil war correct incorrect

To escape coercion correct incorrect

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. In 1972, where did Palestinian terrorists kidnap and kill eleven Israelis?

At the Olympic Games in Munich correct incorrect

In Tokyo correct incorrect

At the World Trade Center in New York City correct incorrect

In Oklahoma City correct incorrect

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. The 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the U.S. Pentagon led the United States to

invade the country of Saudi Arabia. correct incorrect

establish closer ties with Israel. correct incorrect

declare a "war on terror." correct incorrect

end diplomatic relations with Pakistan. correct incorrect

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. The global economic crisis that began in 2008 was precipitated by

large government budget deficits. correct incorrect

a sharp decline in Chinese exports. correct incorrect

a steep rise in the price of oil. correct incorrect

a collapse in the availability of credit. correct incorrect

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. In 1993, Zapatista activists in the Chiapas state of Mexico began a rebellion in order to protect their indigenous culture and to

support political change in Mexico City. correct incorrect

reverse the impoverishment of their state. correct incorrect

promote environmental awareness. correct incorrect

encourage an end to drug violence. correct incorrect