APWH - Unit 9

Historians argue that the twentieth century marks a significant break in world history for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

Low-wage laborers migrated from continent to continent

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

The policies pursued by the Chinese government starting in the 1980's, 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?

Economic liberalization

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

Which of the following was the most recent to experience rapid growth in industrial output

Brazil

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

A decline in family size

Which of the following economic developments in the late twentieth century could be best 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 standards of living for their populations

The rise of economic prominence of many East Asian nations in the 1980s and 1990s entailed

The emphasis on producing high-value consumer goods for export

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

Which of the following was the most immediate cause of global economic integration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century?

Decreases in the cost of long distance communication and transportation

Which of the following is characteristic of the Green Revolution of the 1960s through the 1980s?

it used new technologies to increase agricultural yields in developing regions

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

Industrial production increased

Katni'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 examples best represents the philosophy of liberation theology as expressed by Guitierrez in the passage?

Latin American religious clergy fought for economic and social justice.

The documents is best understood in the context of which of the following global developments after 1900?

Greater freedom of women to make professional and personal choices.

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

International efforts to promote peace and security.

Which of the following factors contributed most women gaining the right to vote in industrialized countries between 1912 and 1950?

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

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.

Which of the following aspects of the development os inter national business 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 he cultural preferences and consumption patterns worldwide.

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

The world wars and decolonization.

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.

Protesters at a meeting of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Seattle, Washington 1999 would have had a strong reaction to…

Rising economic and cultural globalization.

The most likely explanation for uninterrupted population growth in non industrialized countries is…

Children are a more important source of labor in agricultural than industrial societies

Why would A. Babayev support drying up the Aral Sea rather than Preserving it?

Desertification and competition for natural resources.

Anti malarial programs are illustrative of health care efforts to combat which type of diseases?

Diseases associated with poverty

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

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

Which most directly led to the increase in food supply as part of the Green Revolution?

the crossbreeding and genetic engineering of crops, such as wheat, rice, and other grains

Which of the following can be best inferred about countries with the lowest rates of tuberculosis infection?

Medical workers control the spread of tuberculosis with antibiotics.

Which of the following best explains the relationship of developed and developing countries in regard to climate change?

Developing and developed countries have agreed to allow China and the United States to continue emissions at current levels

Based on the image of a poor child wearing a "I hate mondays" t-shirt, which of the following can be inferred?

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

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

Which of the following was a major factor that contributed to changes in family dynamics in both Great Britain and japan during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries?

The increased number of women in the workforce.

"When one realizes the influence that the practice of physical exercises may have on the future of a country, and on the force of a whole race, one is tempted to wonder whether Greece is not likely to date a new era from the year 1896". Which of the following is the best interpretation of the passage above?

The use of sports to project national and social aspirations.

Which best describes the historical context in which the United Nations was founded?

The causes and effects of both World War I and World War II