Chapter 31 Quiz

A Fragile Capitalist-Democratic World Order, 1991-2020
. During the 1990s, the sovereign countries in the world, formed a(n) _________________.

. In 2000, about one-fifth of the world's population of _____________lived in fully industrialized countries, two-thirds in middle-income countries, and 15 percent in poor countries.

. In 1992, with UN backing, US and coalition troops evicted the Iraqis from ___________ .

. In March 2003, President George W. Bush espoused the unilateralist cause and ordered a preemptive invasion without UN Security Council backing against ______________, declaring that it had become a regional threat.

. Former KGB officer_____________________ was president of Russia 2000-2008 and became president again after 2012.

. In 2014, ________ seized the Crimea from Ukraine.

. In the United States anger grew out of financial panic in the economic crisis of 2008. Resentment of corporate greed and federal economic stimulus packages created the new political party, ___________ made up mostly of white, middle-class, older, and evangelical Christian voters.

. The Affordable Care Act which provided health care insurance to all American citizens was passed during the presidency of _________________.

. Slobodan Milosevic was an ethnic______.

. In the attempt to boost East Asian economies and thwart the advance of communism, the United States became an import _______________.

. In the 1990s, _________________ became an entirely new branch of industry.

. Which of the following was NOT a component of the criticism related to globalization?

. What started the recession of 2008-2011?

. Which of the following European countries were especially impacted by the recession of 2008-2011?

. Islamists achieved breakthroughs in which two Middle Eastern countries/territories in the first decade of the 21st century?

. Which Middle Eastern country has largely escaped Islamist militancy?

. A major reason for the continuation of poverty in India has been:

. President Hugo Chávez's oil funded state socialism in ________ fell apart during the oil price slump of 2014-2016.

. Which of the signers of the Kyoto Protocol in 1997 is on track to meet the benchmarks for greenhouse gas reductions?

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A map shows the global balance of trade in 2008. China has the most surplus at positive 440 billion dollars, and United States has the most deficit at negative 673 billion dollars. The global trade of balance from most surplus to least surplus are China, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, central and North European countries, most West Asian countries, northern South America, northern Africa and southeastern Africa, and Nigeria. The countries with least deficit to most deficit are countries in central and southeast Asia, Central America, east European countries, western and northern Africa, India, most parts of South America, central and western Europe, including Spain, Canada, Australia, Mexico, and the United States.


A major factor in the United States' trade deficit shown above is:

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A photo is shown of a man walking past a monument in honor of Mohamed Bouazizi.




The above memorial is to Mohamed Bouazizi who helped spark the "Arab Spring." In which two countries did the "Arab Spring" succeed in ousting their long-time rulers?

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A photo is shown of a man walking past a monument in honor of Mohamed Bouazizi.


Coal-fired powerplants, like the one pictured above, emit large amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. Pollutants and carbon dioxide that are emitted into the atmosphere are commonly called:

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