World History Public Schools of Robeson County
Unit 6 Assessment
Global Trends 1945-present
1. How did British taxes on salt contribute to the growth of Indian nationalism?
a. The tax triggered violence against the Salt March, which inspired a wider civil disobedience movement in India.
b. The resistance against the tax on salt required Indian national forces to stop the rebellion.
c. The imposition of the tax demonstrated that India was not capable of self-government due to the lack of native leadership.
d. The tax demonstrated the absolute control exercised by the British as colonial rulers in India.
2. What was the most noticeable trend in Latin America in the 1980s and early 1990s?
a. Movements toward democracy
b. Movement toward communism
c. Embrace of US economic involvement
d. Decreasing national debt loans
3. _____ in Colombia used bribes and violence to force government cooperation in illegal drug trafficking.
a. Peasants
b. Cartels
c. Caudillos
d. Contras
4. Which South American country had an “economic miracle” in the late 1960s and early 1970s making it the most stable economy in all of Latin America?
a. Chile
b. Peru
c. Argentina
d. Brazil
5. ______, a system of racial segregation, was practiced in South Africa.
a. Apartheid
b. Achebe
c. Pan-Africanism
d. Wabenzi
6. Which disease is caused by the HIV virus?
a. Influenza
b. Hemophilia
c. Lupus
d. AIDS
7. Who was South Africa’s first black president?
a. Jomo Kenyatta
b. F.W. de Klerk
c. Julius Nyerere
d. Nelson Mandela
8. Why do many African nations still depend on their former colonial powers?
a. They need financial aid to develop their countries.
b. The must import oil from the West.
c. They need markets for their manufactured goods.
d. They have few raw materials on which to base their industry.
9. In 1979, what policy did the Chinese government put in place to try to control population growth?
a. Family-planning
b. Late-marriage
c. Pro-abortion
d. One-child
10. What characteristic of South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, and Hong Kong led to their nickname of the “Asian Tigers?”
a. Military strength
b. Imperialist ambitions
c. Ruthless battle tactics
d. Economic strength
11. Which shared purpose explains the operations of the groups in the regions below?
-Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) in Israel
- Chechen rebels in Russia
-Irish Republican Army (IRA) in the United Kingdom
a. to create vast land empires across Eurasia
b. to destroy capitalist and democratic systems
c. to create independent nations under their authority
d. to control petroleum exports to Western nations
12. Terrorism [takes] us back to ages we thought were long gone if we allow it a ree hand to corrupt democratic societies and destroy the basic rules of international life. (Jacques Chirac)
But for these problems [a terrorist’s] only solution is the demolition of the whole structure of society. No partial solution, not even the total redressing of the grievance he complains of, will satisfy him—until our social system is destroyed or delivered into his hands. (Benjamin Netanyahu)
According to the quotes, how have terrorist groups and their movements impacted society in various countries?
a. Terrorists create panic by breaking basic rules of society and attempting to destroy the social systems of target countries.
b. Terrorists create tensions by bringing adversaries together to resolve differences in democratic processes.
c. Terrorist groups have influenced many governments to join their efforts and create their own terrorist networks.
d. Terrorist groups have caused governments to eliminate corruption and to apply laws equally within societies.
13. Which action from United States history is most consistent with the concept of civil disobedience?
a. On August 11, 1965 race riots broke out in the Watts district of Los Angeles, California.
b. Stokely Carmichael of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) advocated black power.
c. In February of 1960, African-American students staged a peaceful sit-in at a Woolworth’s department store in Greensboro, NC.
d. Malcolm X declared that racial segregation was a “positive good” with many benefits for African Americans.
14. –The principal aim of the Organization shall be the coordination and the unification of the petroleum policies of Member Countries and the determination of the best means for safeguarding their interests, individuality, and collectively.
-The Organization shall devise ways and means of ensuring the stabilization of prices in international oil markets with a view of eliminations harmful and unnecessary fluctuations.
-Due regard shall be given at all times to the interests of the producing nations and to the necessity of securing a steady income to the producing countries; an efficient, economic, and regular supply of petroleum to consuming nations; and a fair return on their capital to those investing in the petroleum industry.
Based on the excerpt, from the OPEC Statutes of 1961, what impact would OPEC have on global trade?
a. It would control prices of oil throughout the world.
b. It would limit the amount of oil sent to Western countries.
c. It would increase the amount of oil used by Middle Eastern countries.
d. It would regulate the amount of oil sent to Europe.
15. “Over the past few years, dealing with HIV/AIDS and its effects has become one of the major public policy issues in most southern African countries. While it is fundamentally a health issue, the impact of HIV/AIDS goes far beyond health because of its widespread human, social, and economic effects. Southern Africa has the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world; several countries in the region have HIV prevalence rates over 20 percent of the adult population, with the highest reported adult HIV prevalence rates of over 30 percent. As a result, it is estimated that nearly two-thirds of all HIV-positive people in the world live in sub-Saharan Africa, while South Africa, along with India, has the highest number of HIV-positive people of any country in the world.” World Health Organization, 2006
What can be concluded about the impact of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in southern Africa as of 2006?
a. AIDS cases have had the same effect in southern African countries as in other countries.
b. AIDS has had a limited social impact on people living in southern African countries.
c. The number of deaths from AIDS has created many political crises and unresolved issues in southern African countries.
d. The increasing number of AIDS cases in southern African countries has had negative social and economic consequences.
16. The technology revolution has contributed to ______, or the process by which people and nations have become more interdependent.
a. Secularization
b. Sustainable government
c. Bioterrorism
d. Globalization
17. What is the main goal of the Irish Republican Army?
a. To help Great Britain in time of war.
b. To form a Protestant-Catholic coalition.
c. To unite Northern Ireland in with the Irish Republic.
d. To make Southern Ireland an independent state.
18. What would be a global economic effect if a war or revolution occurred in the Middle East?
a. Devaluation of the Euro
b. Increase in the price of oil
c. Recession or depression
d. Drop in the market price of grains
19. In India and Pakistan, feelings of nationalism are intertwined with religious conflict between
a. Buddhists and Hindus
b. Christians and Muslims
c. Taoists and Buddhists
d. Muslims and Hindus
20. The Arab oil embargo against the United States in 1973 was initiated because of US support for
a. Egypt
b. Iraq
c. Israel
d. Greece
21. The statement that best describes terrorism is
a. It is used only against foreign nations
b. It is caused by ethnic and religious conflicts
c. It seeks to change policies through force or threat
d. It uses weapons of mass destruction
22. The modern conception of “terrorism,” as well as the first use of the term itself, was first developed in what period?
a. Middle Ages
b. French Revolution
c. World War I
d. Post-World War II
23. Prior to September 11, 2001, which was considered the deadliest terrorist attack on the United States?
a. 1910 Los Angeles Times bombing
b. 1920 Wall Street bombing
c. 1993 World Trade Center bombing
d. 1995 Oklahoma City Bombing
24. The terrorist organization Hezbollah’s name means “Party of God.” What is the Hezbollah’s religious affiliation?
a. Alawite
b. Christian
c. Jewish
d. Muslim
25. Citizens of what nation were behind the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland killing 270 people?
a. Iran
b. Iraq
c. Libya
d. Syria