Unit 9 AP World History MCQ Test

On a global scale, which of the following directly prevented problems such as those alluded to in the map and graph from leading to population decline in the late twentieth century?

The increases in average agricultural yields per acre brought about by the Green Revolution

Which of the following contributed most to the demographic changes shown on the graph above?

Diffusion of Green Revolution technology

The primary technology shown in the table contributed most directly to advances in which of the following areas?

Energy production

In the late twentieth century, which of the following factors would most directly enable governments around the world to achieve the public policy goals outlined in Keshavarz’ article?

Advances in medicine, such as vaccines and antibiotics

A demographic trend in industrialized countries worldwide in the late twentieth century was

a decline in family size

In developed countries during the second half of the twentieth century, more effective methods of contraception contributed to which of the following?

Greater control by women over their own fertility

Which of the following statements is true about the world at the end of the twentieth century?

The pace and intensity of international contacts accelerated as a result of transportation and communication breakthroughs.

Based on the trends shown in the graph, which of the following best describes the populations of Sweden and Mexico at the end of the twentieth century?

Sweden’s population was stable, while Mexico’s population was still growing.

Which of the following was an important effect of the petroleum revolution from 1880 to 1920 ?

Industrial production increased.

Which of the following best explains the change in energy consumption in the time period from 1850 to 2000 C.E.?

New technologies that enhanced production through the use of petroleum and nuclear power

As outlined in the passage, the institutions involved in twentieth-century anti-malarial efforts best illustrate the link between global public health efforts and

the development of organizations to safeguard international peace

Based on the passage, anti-malarial programs in the twentieth century are broadly illustrative of health-care efforts to combat which of the following types of diseases?

Diseases associated with poverty

Which of the following best explains the differences in the major causes of death experienced by high-income countries versus low-income countries during the early twenty-first century?

Changing lifestyle habits and greater longevity in high-income countries

Based on the graph, which of the following events or processes in the twentieth century is associated with the greatest rate of decrease in Mexico’s birth rate?

Greater availability of more effective family-planning techniques after circa 1970

What was the leading cause of the unprecedented increase in global population in the twentieth century?

The impact of medical innovations and public health measures

Which of the following was the most direct consequence of the widespread availability of a reliable birth control pill during the twentieth century?

An increased participation of women in the workforce

Based on the discussion in the second paragraph, which of the following best describes the relationship between advances in medicine and public health efforts in the twentieth century?

Political and economic factors stood in the way of advances in medicine living up to their full global potential.

Which of the following best explains how the technological processes, reflected in the image, influenced the twentieth-century world?

The release of greenhouse gases contributed to debates about the nature of climate change.

The overall trend in global carbon dioxide emissions as shown in Graph 1 was primarily caused by the

increased use of petroleum and other fossil fuels

The chart and map best illustrate which of the following aspects of human interactions with the environment in the late twentieth century?

Economic development policies intensified competition over limited natural resources.

The evidence from all of the case studies most strongly illustrates which of the following developments in the twentieth century?

Human societies increasing cooperation and introducing new methods to address environmental challenges

The agricultural methods implemented in the third case study could be directly applied to reduce the threat from all of the following environmental or economic challenges that arose during the twentieth century EXCEPT

nuclear proliferation

The environmental processes illustrated by the two graphs are most closely associated with

A decline in air and water quality in many regions

Which of the following was the most direct result of the attitude toward the environment reflected in the passage?

Desertification and increased competition for natural resources

Which of the following best supports this argument?

The creation of a legal framework for privatization of previously state-owned enterprises in China

In which of the following twentieth-century historical contexts would artists have been most likely to display works that carry messages similar to that conveyed by Wang Guangyi’s painting?

Russia after the end of the Cold War

Which of the following economic developments in the late twentieth century could best be cited to explain a limitation of the path of economic development alluded to in the passage?

While economic liberalization in Asian states such as China made Asia a center of global manufacturing, Western states became knowledge economies, which allowed for higher wages and standards of living for their populations.

Based on the passage, FARC was most likely reacting against which of the following developments in the late twentieth century?

The extensive influence of global financial institutions on developing countries

Which of the following post-1945 processes in Western Europe was most directly inspired by the “sea-change” in Europeans’ political and social attitudes described by Mazower in the last sentence of the first paragraph?

The initial steps toward European economic and political integration

Artists such as Banksy would most likely argue that the conditions in Africa alluded to in Image 2 are in large part the result of which of the following?

International economic organizations imposing free-market reforms on African states

The policies pursued by the Chinese government starting in the 1980s, which led to the economic situation reflected in the painting, are best seen as an example of which of the following late-twentieth-century trends?

Regional economic integration

Which of the following was a major effect of the globalization of the world economy during the last decade of the twentieth and the first decade of the twenty-first century?

Rapid economic growth in many countries that lowered trade barriers and increased their participation in global trade

Since the late twentieth century many scientists have argued that the temperature trend after 1800 was most directly influenced by which of the following?

Industrialization and pollution

The trend in Graph 1 most directly led to which of the following?

Debates regarding the causes and extent of humanity’s contributions to climate change

The overall trend in global carbon dioxide emissions as shown in Graph 1 was primarily caused by the

increased use of petroleum and other fossil fuels

A supporter of free-market policies in the late twentieth century would have most likely explained that the policy argued for in the passage did not sufficiently

liberalize the Chinese economy because only fourteen cities were opened to foreign investment and trade

All of the following statements about the 1980s and 1990s are factually accurate. Which could have best been cited at the time to explain a limitation in Deng Xiaoping’s arguments about the benefits of enacting the reforms proposed in the passage?

The Soviet Union collapsed in part because the implementation of economic liberalization policies exposed the weakness of its economy.

The trends for China and India in Graph 2 are best understood in the context of the

shift of industrial production toward Asia beginning in the late twentieth century

Based on the arguments in the passage, which of the following developments most likely influenced the ideas of the author?

Rights-based movements about ethnicity, class, and religion

Which of the following examples best represents the philosophy of liberation theology as expressed by Guitiérrez in the passage above?

Latin American religious clergy fought for economic and social justice.

Which of the following late-twentieth-century developments best explains why Mejía Godoy’s characterizations of Christ and Pontius Pilate in the poem might have resonated with people living in Nicaragua in the 1970s?

Economic inequalities between rich and poor countries increased.

The poem can best be seen as an example of the way in which literature and the arts in the late twentieth century became expressions of

activism and political engagement

Which of the following factors contributed most to women gaining the right to vote in industrialized countries between 1914 and 1950 ?

In the First and Second World Wars, women made highly visible contributions to the war effort.

Women won the right to vote primarily as a result of the women’s rights movement, but other factors were also important. Which of the following best helps explain the pattern in the bar graph above?

The world wars and decolonization

Based on the images, Banksy’s work best illustrates which of the following?

The spread of social protests against the inequalities of global economic integration

All of the following statements are factually accurate. Which would most directly support the claim in the first paragraph that “Scientists have reached general agreement in recognizing that mankind is one: that all men belong to the same species, Homo sapiens”?

The declaration was signed by experts from many countries with racially and culturally diverse populations.

The response by the author to the idea of being sent to Vietnam to “kill wretched people living far away” best exemplifies which of the following late-twentieth-century global processes?

Individuals challenging established racial and cultural assumptions

Research on which of the following subjects would be the best example of the approach described in the exerpt above?

The lives of Amerindians engaged in the North American fur trade

Which of the following offers the best interpretation of the passage above?

The use of sports to project national and social aspirations

Based on the image and its historical context, which of the following can best be inferred about the artist’s primary purpose in creating the painting?

To offer an ironic commentary on the triumph of Western consumer culture in communist China

Considering the context of the global economy in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, all of the following would represent corporate efforts to appeal cross-culturally to new consumers or audiences EXCEPT

a Brazilian television channel broadcasting a match of Brazil’s national soccer team playing in a tournament in Germany

Which of the following aspects of the development of international businesses in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries best explains why the Subway corporation chose to include the specific items shown on the menu?

International corporations sought to adjust to the cultural preferences of local or regional markets.

Kartini’s goals were most clearly advanced by which of the following during the early twentieth century?

New concepts of rights and citizenship

Which of the following types of sources would likely be most useful in evaluating the effectiveness of the 1950 marriage law in bringing about social change in China?

A private diary by a married woman describing her daily work and family-related responsibilities

The declaration is an example of which of the following post-Second World War developments?

The efforts of international organizations to promote human rights

Which of the following twentieth-century processes contributed most directly to the adoption of the system of cultural values to which Banksy alludes in Image 1 ?

Greater industrial productivity and new technologies led to increased availability of consumer goods.

Which of the following aspects of the historical situation in India at the beginning of the twenty-first century is most significant in understanding the menu items illustrated in the image?

The increasing globalization of consumer culture

The actions outlined in the last paragraph best illustrate which of the following weaknesses of the anti-globalization movement?

The anti-globalization movement encompassed too many different groups around the world and advocated too many different goals to be truly effective.

After the Second World War, countries around the world did which of the following to restore the global economy?

Established new financial institutions, such as the World Bank.

Which of the following types of data would most likely demonstrate a positive effect of economic globalization and thereby undermine the authors’ argument regarding free trade?

Data on employment levels and personal disposable income in Pacific Rim Asian countries in the 1990s

Which of the following is a similarity between the two historical interpretations above?

Both interpretations offer critical evaluations of the effectiveness of international organizations relative to their respective missions.

Which of the following international organizations were founded upon principles that were in direct opposition to the approach to international politics advocated in the second paragraph?

Collective security and cooperation organizations, such as the League of Nations and the United Nations

Changes in the overall number of nuclear weapons shown in the table contributed most directly to which of the following international developments?

International efforts to promote peace and security

Based on the passages, which of the following best explains why Luard’s assessment of the League of Nations in Source 1 differs from Gray’s assessment of the United Nations in Source 2 ?

Source 2 considers both intended and unintended effects, making it more nuanced than Source 1.