1)The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement relating to global warming, has
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1)The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement relating to global warming, has not been ratified by the United States. T or F?
2)Globalization has extended to criminal activities, as rapid communications and transportation have made possible the illegal trafficking of everything from weapons to human body parts. T or F?
3)Boris Yeltsin, who succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of Russia, was formerly the head of the KGB under the Soviet communist government.
T or F?
4) The Human Genome Project is a US-government financed research project dedicated to eradication of the AIDS virus. T or F?
5) The first ethnic minorities to secede from the Soviet Union were the predominately Muslim republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia. T or F?
6) Which of the following was not a symptom of the Japanese economic recession of the 1990? a) land value fell dramatically b) Japanese automobile sales declined worldwide c) the Japanese stock exchange lost 60 percent of its value d) Japanese corporations conducted corrupt accounting practices
7) In which of these religions did fundamentalists gain strength during the 1990s? a) Hinduism b) Christianity c) Islam d) all of these
8) The Medellin Cartel is a powerful organization in the international trafficking of a) weapons b) drugs c) illegal immigrants d) women and children
9) Which of these was not a major issue during Mikhail Gorbachev’s term as leader of the Soviet Union? a) bureaucracy b) Chechnya c) Chernobyl d) Afghanistan
10) In the US, religious affiliation is often equated with a) class b) political views c) gender d) geography
11) Liberation theology has been a feature chiefly of what region? a) Europe b) East Asia c) Latin America d) Africa
12) One of the most common criticisms of globalization is that it is a) a form of cultural imperialism b) not modern c) benefits only a few d) spreads disease
13) Probable reasons why Osama bin Laden was able to attract young Muslims to his cause include all of these except a) hatred of Israel b) fear of foreign influences c) contamination of the Islamic faith d) loss of Middle Eastern territory
14) Since 1991, Russia has had only two presidents. T or F?
15) A major problem in dealing with world ecological issues is that a) these issues affect very few people b) there are no enforceable international laws controlling the environment c) ecological regulations benefit only advanced industrial countries d) they are contrary to globalization
16) The first successful cloning was performed on a a) dog b) cat c) pig d) sheep
17) Since the 1990s, average living standards around the world have a) improved b) declined c) stayed the same d) been difficult to estimate
18) In terms of monetary value, the largest part of the global criminal economy is in a) drugs b) weapons c) illegal immigrants d) nuclear materials
19) One optimistic assessment of globalization regards it as a) a form of McDonald’s culture b) the dominance of rich countries c) a result of Confucianism d) benefitting both local and world culture
20) One of the major causes of the Asian financial crisis of 1997 was a) a weak Japanese currency b) the breakdown of global money markets c) local institutions’ lack of transparency d) IMF intervention
Explanation / Answer
1)The Kyoto Protocol, an international agreement relating to global warming, has not been ratified by the United States. T or F?
Answer - True
2)Globalization has extended to criminal activities, as rapid communications and transportation have made possible the illegal trafficking of everything from weapons to human body parts. T or F?
Answer - True
3)Boris Yeltsin, who succeeded Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of Russia, was formerly the head of the KGB under the Soviet communist government.
T or F?
Answer - False
4) The Human Genome Project is a US-government financed research project dedicated to eradication of the AIDS virus. T or F?
Answer - False
5) The first ethnic minorities to secede from the Soviet Union were the predominately Muslim republics of the Caucasus and Central Asia. T or F?
Answer - True
6) Which of the following was not a symptom of the Japanese economic recession of the 1990? a) land value fell dramatically b) Japanese automobile sales declined worldwide c) the Japanese stock exchange lost 60 percent of its value d) Japanese corporations conducted corrupt accounting practices
Answer - d) Japanese corporations conducted corrupt accounting practices
7) In which of these religions did fundamentalists gain strength during the 1990s? a) Hinduism b) Christianity c) Islam d) all of these
Answer - d) All of these
8) The Medellin Cartel is a powerful organization in the international trafficking of a) weapons b) drugs c) illegal immigrants d) women and children
Answer - b) drugs
9) Which of these was not a major issue during Mikhail Gorbachev’s term as leader of the Soviet Union? a) bureaucracy b) Chechnya c) Chernobyl d) Afghanistan
Answer - c) Chernobyl
10) In the US, religious affiliation is often equated with a) class b) political views c) gender d) geography
Answer - d) Geography
11) Liberation theology has been a feature chiefly of what region? a) Europe b) East Asia c) Latin America d) Africa
Answer - c) Latin America
12) One of the most common criticisms of globalization is that it is a) a form of cultural imperialism b) not modern c) benefits only a few d) spreads disease
Answer - a) a form of cultural imperialism
13) Probable reasons why Osama bin Laden was able to attract young Muslims to his cause include all of these except a) hatred of Israel b) fear of foreign influences c) contamination of the Islamic faith d) loss of Middle Eastern territory
Answer - c) contamination of the Islamic faith
14) Since 1991, Russia has had only two presidents. T or F?
Answer - False (Yeltsin, Putin, Medvedev)
15) A major problem in dealing with world ecological issues is that a) these issues affect very few people b) there are no enforceable international laws controlling the environment c) ecological regulations benefit only advanced industrial countries d) they are contrary to globalization
Answer - d) they are contrary to globalization
16) The first successful cloning was performed on a a) dog b) cat c) pig d) sheep
Answer - Sheep (Dolly - UK)
17) Since the 1990s, average living standards around the world have a) improved b) declined c) stayed the same d) been difficult to estimate
Answer - a) Improved
18) In terms of monetary value, the largest part of the global criminal economy is in a) drugs b) weapons c) illegal immigrants d) nuclear materials
Answer - a) drugs
19) One optimistic assessment of globalization regards it as a) a form of McDonald’s culture b) the dominance of rich countries c) a result of Confucianism d) benefitting both local and world culture
Answer - d) benefitting both local and world culture
20) One of the major causes of the Asian financial crisis of 1997 was a) a weak Japanese currency b) the breakdown of global money markets c) local institutions’ lack of transparency d) IMF intervention
Answer - c) local institutions' lack of transparency
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