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| 6677261636 | To what does the "Brazilian Solution" refer? | combination of dictatorship, violent repression, and government promotion of industrialization in brazil | 0 | |
| 6677265595 | Salvador Allende sought to implement socialist reforms in what country? | Chile | 1 | |
| 6677265596 | What was the first Latin American nation to experience conservative reaction to the Cuban revolution? | Brazil | 2 | |
| 6677268572 | The "Dirty War" was fought in __________. | Argentina | 3 | |
| 6677275798 | "Dirty war" was so deemed because it was characterized by _____ and _____ by the military. | torture/executions | 4 | |
| 6677376044 | Which United States president worked to reestablish Panamanian sovereignty in the Canal Zone? | President Jimmy Carter | 5 | |
| 6677380937 | Who were the "Contras"? | counterrevolutionaries financed by the Reagan administration to oppose the Sandinistas | 6 | |
| 6677383283 | What 4 events contributed to the end of the Contra-led faction in El Salvador? | A) The murder of Father Oscar Romero B) The U.S, Congress refusing to support Reagan's guns-for-Contras policy C) The collapse of the Soviet Union D) Lack of popular support in the country ALL OF THESE | 7 | |
| 6677383284 | Neo-liberalism was the policy of doing what? | The free-market policies reduced protections afforded local industries, government welfare policies, and public-sector employment. | 8 | |
| 6677383285 | Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led an Iranian revolt in 1979 against the former shah and then implemented what kind of government? | a parliamentary republic with strict control by religious officials. | 9 | |
| 6677453079 | The Shah of Iran was supported strongly by which country? | US | 10 | |
| 6677453094 | One of the reasons for the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq war was Saddam Husain's fear that the revolutionary government of Iran would do this. Do what? | would incite Iraq's Shi'ites to rebellion | 11 | |
| 6677455607 | In order to finance arms to Iran to secure the release of American hostages, President Ronald Reagan illicitly sold arms and financed the war against who? | Sandistas | 12 | |
| 6677455675 | Which country was engaged in an "unwinnable war" with Afghanistan in the 1980s? | USSR | 13 | |
| 6677458903 | List the "Asian Tigers." | Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea | 14 | |
| 6677461186 | What was the keiretsu? | Alliances of corporations and banks that dominate Japanese economy | 15 | |
| 6677463835 | What were crucial to the success of the Japanese economy in the 1970s and 1980s? | Tariffs and import regulations restricting foreign competition | 16 | |
| 6677466867 | Under the leadership of Deng Xiaoping, what 2 economic advances did China experience? | experienced economic growth because of freeing industries from the state-run system. permitted foreign investment for the first time since 1949. | 17 | |
| 6677469404 | What did the Chinese government do as a response to the protests that culminated in Tiananmen Square? | used force | 18 | |
| 6677481461 | What was the condition of the communist states by the 1980s and 1990s? | communism was falling apart; divisions were also forming between some communist states | 19 | |
| 6677877451 | The policy of restructuring the Soviet Union as authorized by Mikhail Gorbachev was known as _____________. | perestroika | 20 | |
| 6677877452 | List 4 elements of Solidarity. | a. a labor union of Polish shipyard workers. b. supported by the Catholic Church in Poland. c. a union that caused the Polish government to impose martial law. d. a potent force with nationally recognized leaders. all of these | 21 | |
| 6677879248 | Who was the playwright who was elected president of Czechoslovakia in 1990? | Vaclav Havel | 22 | |
| 6677882922 | In what year was East Germany united with West Germany? | 1990 | 23 | |
| 6677882923 | What powerful force ultimately caused the USSR to dissolve? | nationalism | 24 | |
| 6689564592 | List 4 results of the hard-line Communist coup against Gorbachev. | a. Boris Yeltsin led popular resistance to the coup. b. disgust with communism boiled over. c. the Russian Republic effectively took the place of the USSR. d. the coup failed. . All of these | 25 | |
| 6689564593 | In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve? | 1991 | 26 | |
| 6689566022 | After the fall of the Soviet Union, nationalism and diversity undermined which Balkan nation? | Yugoslavia | 27 | |
| 6689568208 | Ethnic cleansing in the Balkans occurred between ________ and ________. | Christian Serbians and Muslims | 28 | |
| 6689568209 | NATO forces were dispatched to the Balkans and used air strikes against Serbia to stop ethnic cleansing in which country? | Kosovo. | 29 | |
| 6689853535 | In 1798, Thomas Malthus argued that ____________ would outstrip _______________. | population growth would outstrip food production. | 30 | |
| 6689853536 | Societies that have made the "demographic transition" have lowered _____________. | fertility rates | 31 | |
| 6689856274 | Industrialized nations questioning the rapid population growth in third world countries did so because of what 4 factors? | a. racism b. religious outlooks. c. fear of greater power through greater population. d. fear of strain on global resources. none of these | 32 | |
| 6689856275 | World population between 1950-1985 increased by what percent? | increased by 100% | 33 | |
| 6689858107 | In 1994, genocide was perpetrated by _____________ against ___________. | Rwandan Hutus against Tutsis | 34 | |
| 6690059275 | Twenty-eight million of the 40 million people infected with the HIV virus live on what continent? | Africa | 35 | |
| 6690082152 | List 4 factors associated with the low birthrates of older industrial nations. | *Not "Environmental pollution " | 36 | |
| 6690082153 | What two nations account for approximately one-third of the world's population? | India and China | 37 | |
| 6690084036 | List 4 factors that have contributed to the declining life expectancy in eastern Europe. | Decreased social services, food shortages, unemployment, low incomes *Not "Famine" | 38 | |
| 6690088004 | To what are increases in global immigration largely due? | growing populations in developing nations. | 39 | |
| 6690193139 | Despite the unprecedented global economic growth since 1945, the majority of the world's population remain in __________. | poverty | 40 | |
| 6690193140 | What was a positive result of internal migration in developing nations? | Migrants enjoying a better life in the cities | 41 | |
| 6690195993 | Although immigrants from developing nations bring many benefits to a new country, what do they often face? | Anti immigrant discrimination and resentment | 42 | |
| 6690195994 | To what are anti-immigrant feelings in industrialized nations mostly due? | Ethically derived sense of nationality | 43 | |
| 6690197344 | List 4 characteristics of technological innovation after World War II. | It caused a decline in agricultural production due to focus on technology, leading to widespread starvation | 44 | |
| 6690238684 | As Western economies recovered from World War II, what did most consumers seek? | new goods to purchase | 45 | |
| 6690240369 | What has been the most influential technology of the last three decades? | the computer | 46 | |
| 6690241391 | The primary agent of technological change is the _________ _________. | transnational corporation | 47 | |
| 6690244759 | What 4 factors have contributed to the globalization of fast food? | Later marriage ages in modern industrial societies, greater cultural promotion in various media, busy schedules meaning less family meals, increased immigration and travel | 48 | |
| 6690246256 | Which country has arguably the worst environmental record? | the former USSR(Soviet union) | 49 | |
| 6690250426 | List 4 efforts (including specific acts/laws) to preserve the environment. | Clean water act, clean air act, endangered species, promoting use of solar and wind power, manufacturing efficient cars, recycling efforts | 50 |
