Learning Curve Chapter 23 Strayer

Which of the following was a distinctive characteristic of environmentalism in developing countries?

It was more concerned with food security and health.

The international organization that regulates global commerce and promotes free trade is called the

World Trade Organization.

Which of the following statements best reflects the feminist movement after World War I?

The feminist movement globalized.

Which of the following statements best reflects fundamentalism's global impact in the twentieth century?

Fundamentalism has taken shape to some extent in every major religious tradition across the globe.

What caused the demographic spike in the twentieth century?

Green Revolution technologies

~Medical and sanitation improvements

Which of the following statements best reflects the U.S. position in the world in the early 2000s?

The United States possesses the most powerful military on the planet.

Which of the following statements best reflects the state of organized feminism in the West at the end of the 1920s?

The movement had lost momentum despite recent successes in securing voting rights.

What do fundamentalist Christians of the "religious right" in America and the followers of the Bharatiya Janata Party in India share?

Both represent the politicization of religion within a democratic context.

Which of the following factors had the least impact on the earth's ecological systems during the twentieth century?

World War I

Which of the following statements best reflects a distinctive priority for African American feminists?

Black women frequently sought solidarity with black men.

Which of the following was a criticism of Western feminism made by feminists in the Global South?

Western feminists were too interested in cultural matters.

~Feminists in the Global South found Western feminists to be too individualistic and too focused on sexuality.

~Women in the Global South felt that Western feminists were too concerned with individualism and not concerned enough with issues of motherhood and marriage.

Which of the following is a reason for the growth of Islamic fundamentalism in the twentieth century?

Awareness of the huge technological and economic gap between Islamic civilizations and the West

Which of the following was a reason why many women in the Global South felt disconnected from the Western feminist movement?

They found the Western feminist movement to be too focused on individualism and sexuality.

The U.S. global presence after World War II is most similar to which earlier relationship?

European powers in China and the Middle East during the nineteenth century

What best reflects government policy in Egypt, Pakistan, Indonesia, and Iraq once they achieved independence in the mid-twentieth century?

They pursued Western secular policies.

Which institution declared the next ten years the "Decade for Women" in 1975?

United Nations

What do Islamic renewal movements in the Muslim world share with the socially engaged Buddhism movement?

Both seek to address the needs of the poor by providing educational and health services.

Which of the following statements best reflects global labor migration after World War II?

Developed countries benefitted from migration by securing cheap labor and intellectual resources from poor countries.

Which of the following statements best reflects an impact of globalization on the United States at the opening of the twenty-first century?

Income erosion of the country's middle class has become a major issue in American political debate.

Which of the following individuals was a prominent opponent of the Equal Rights Amendment in the United States?

Phyllis Schlafly

Which of the following is a reason for the erosion of the American middle class over the last few decades?

Millions of manufacturing jobs have been lost to foreign factories.

Which of the following was a new division created by economic globalization after World War II?

A split between the rich nations of the Global North and the developing countries of the Global South has assumed unprecedented prominence in world affairs.

Which of the following statements best reflects the feminist movement after World War I?

The feminist movement globalized.

What distinguished the agenda of Western feminists in the 1960s from that of their nineteenth-century predecessors?

Women in the 1960s emphasized employment and education rights as their central concerns.

Which of the following statements best reflects attitudes in the Middle East to the establishment of Israel in 1948?

Israel was widely regarded as an outpost of the West.

Which of the following statements best reflects fundamentalism's global impact in the twentieth century?

Fundamentalism has taken shape to some extent in every major religious tradition across the globe.

Which of the following descriptions best describes the response of global fundamentalism to modernity?

A selective rejection that seeks an alternative, more religious modernity