7 big themes

Question 1

recognizing the contributions of all the cultures in the development of the world

Answer 1

multiculturalism

Question 2

A strong feeling of pride in and devotion to one’s country or “sub culture”

Answer 2

nationalism

Question 3

Nations must depend on and cooperate with each other for survival

Answer 3

global interdependence

Question 4

the selfish domination f the nation or people over another nation or people

Answer 4

imperialism

Question 5

concept that what happens in one part of the world effects other parts of the world

Answer 5

globalization

Question 6

the mistaken belief that one culture is superior to another

Answer 6

ethnocentrism

Question 7

the borrowing and sharing of differing cultural ideas and materials

Answer 7

cultural diffusion

Question 8

Saddam Hussein invaded wealthy Kuwait in 1990 because his country Iraq was economically drained by an 8-
year war with Iran and he needed money

Answer 8

imperialism

Question 9

Native Americans showed the colonizers of the New World how to grow corn and cultivate tobacco.

Answer 9

cultural Diffusion

Question 10

Many nations of the world are working together to attempt to end world hunger.

Answer 10

global interdependence

Question 11

The news of one country’s stock market affects all countries of the world

Answer 11

globalization

Question 12

The enslavement of Africans by Western countries demonstrated this

Answer 12

imperialism

Question 13

Genocide, or the massive murdering of thousands of people within a given country by another country or group of
people demonstrates this.

Answer 13

imperialism

Question 14

OPEC, or the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, which controls the price of oil in the world is an
example of this.

Answer 14

globalization

Question 15

The United Nations clearly demonstrates this. It was formed for this very purpose

Answer 15

global interdependence

Question 16

Early China built the Great Wall to keep foreigners out so that their culture would remain purely Chinese because
they thought outsiders would contaminate or ruin it.

Answer 16

ethnocentrism

Question 17

Peanuts & sweet potatoes originated in South America and cacao originated in Africa but we enjoy them here in
the U.S. today

Answer 17

cultural diffusion

Question 18

European nations, without any regard for Africans, redrew African boundaries forcing many different tribes into
single colonies that later became nations

Answer 18

imperialism

Question 19

China called itself the “Middle Kingdom” because they felt their culture was superior to all others and they were
the center of the world

Answer 19

Nationalism

Question 20

Adolph Hitler mistakenly believed that the Aryan race was superior to all others.

Answer 20

nationalism

Question 21

All cultures have made wonderful contributions to the development of the world

Answer 21

multiculturalism

Question 22

The Olympic Games demonstrate this idea

Answer 22

cultural diffusion