Unit 3: Toward a Global Civiliation

Question 1

By 2002 more than 29 million people in Africa lived with what disease?

Answer 1

AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

Question 2

Despite the success of the four modernizations, many Chinese people believed that advances were still needed in what?

Answer 2

democracy

Question 3

In 1986 where did a nuclear explosion release radiation that killed hundreds of people?

Answer 3

Chernobyl, Russia

Question 4

Increasing demands for what leads to deforestation?

Answer 4

Increasing demand for new farmlands

Question 5

Kwame Nkrumah helped what country become the first of many sub-Saharan African countries to become independent?

Answer 5

Ghana

Question 6

Modern African cultures are characterized by the tension between what?

Answer 6

traditional and modern culture

Question 7

Serbia refused to allow what country to remain autonomous after its war with Bosnia?

Answer 7

Kosovo

Question 8

The people of Pakistan are primarily members of what religion?

Answer 8

Muslim

Question 9

What characterizes U.S. policy toward Latin America since WWII?

Answer 9

The United States has used trade embargos, trade agreements and military action to influence Latin American countries

Question 10

What country has been influenced by drug cartels and drug production?

Answer 10

Columbia

Question 11

What did most leaders of the newly independent African nations come from?

Answer 11

urban middle class

Question 12

What does the term cooperative refer to?

Answer 12

a farm organization owned and operated for the benefit of the farmers

Question 13

What event led to the reestablishment of the Republic of China?

Answer 13

The establishment of the People’s Republic of China led to the reestablishment of the Republic of China

Question 14

What is magic realism characterized by?

Answer 14

a form of expression unique to Latin American literature; it combines realistic events with dreamlike or fantastic backgrounds

Question 15

What nation held 52 americans hostage for over a year?

Answer 15

Iran

Question 16

What nation was ruled by the oppressive military regime known as Khmer Rouge?

Answer 16

Cambodia

Question 17

What was a problem Gorbachev faced as he sought to reform the Soviet Union?

Answer 17

the multi-ethnic makeup of the Soviet Union

Question 18

What was the Exxon Valdez involved in?

Answer 18

1989, Oil spill in Alaska that devastated the environment

Question 19

What year did American astronauts land on the moon?

Answer 19

1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Question 20

What year was Palestine divided into a Jewish state and an Arab state?

Answer 20

1948

Question 21

Which book led to the movement to protect the environment?

Answer 21

“Silent Spring”

Question 22

Which group of nations was involved in the Suez War of 1956?

Answer 22

Israel, Great Britain, France and Egypt

Question 23

Who became the first black president of South Africa?

Answer 23

Nelson Mandela

Question 24

Why did the Chinese government decide to improve relationship with the United States in the 1970s?

Answer 24

because China faced a serious security threat from the Soviet Union

Question 25

Why did the economies of many African nations suffer?

Answer 25

forced to import technology from western nations