AP World History Chapter 23 Reading Quiz

Which of the following factors contributed to economic globalization during the 20 c

B) Technological advances that lowered transportation costs dramatically

What effect did Bretton Woods system have on globalization after World War II?

A) It established rules for commercial and financial dealings among major capitalist countries

Which of the following reflects a neo-liberal aproach to economic development

C) Privatization of state run companies

Beginning in the 1960s, which of the following were identified as key issues in western feminism by women of color

D) Ending racism and proverty

Which of the following has been a contentious issue between the Global North and Global south since 1945?

D) The availability of and terms for foreign aid

Which of the following represents a pattern of global migration since 1960?

A) The movement of people from developing countries to the industrial world

Which of the following describes the effect of economic globalization on wealthy nation like the US?

C) A shifting global division of labor resulted in the loss of many manufacturing jobs

What do those who speak of an "American Empire" point to in support of their opinion?

C) American economic, military and cultural influence around the world

In contrast to feminist who fought for = rights, feminists who assumed the task of womens liberation?

B) challenged patriarchy through direct action.

Which of the following reflects a response of African feminists to western feminism in the 1970s and beyond?

D) They criticized western feminism as a form of cultural imperialism

Which of the following characterizes the response of religious fundamentalism to global modernity?

A) A selective rejection of certain aspect of modernity

Which of the following has been a goal of Islamic fundamentalist groups in the Muslim world since the 1970?

A) To create a distinctly islamic modernity not dependent on western ideas

What factor led Osama bin laden and the leaders of al-qaeda to declare the US as their enemy?

B) U.S military presence in Saudi Arabia after the defear of Iraq in 1991

Which of the following was a more central issue in environmental movements in developing countries than those in the industrial west?

B) Securing food supplies

Which of the following was a distinctive feature of environmental movements in the global south?

D) The involvement of poor people

Which of the following highlights the global mobility of capital in the world since 1945?

C) Foreign direct investment

In the permissive economic climate of the recent decades, transnational corporations frequently relocate their facilities in search of...

A) The least restrictive environmental regulations.

Which of the following opposed neo-liberal globalization and offered an alternative approach expressed in the slogan "Another world is possible"

D) World social forum

Refer to map 23.2 in the textbook. The map showing the global distrobution of McDonalds highlights which aspect of the so-called American empire?

B) "Soft Power"

Which of the following was the original meaning of the phrase "Third world"

C) An alternative to western capitalism and soviet communism

Which of the following issues was more central to women's movements in the Global South than in the industrial West?

A) Economic Survival

Which of the following is considered a success of the international women's movement?

D) International recognition that womens rights are human rights

How have modernity, science, and globalization been affected by the world's religions since 1945?

B) Religion offered a means to oppose elements of a secular and global modernity

What is a feature of religious fundamentalism?

A) Militant piety

What represents the use of religion as a basis to fight for social justice human rights and the end of poverty?

C) Liberation theology

What do the Gulen movement in Turkey and the Amman message issued in Jordan in 2005 share in common?

D) Both sought to encourage cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue

Describing the current era since the industrial revolution as the Anthropocentric Era calls attention to the

B) Lasting impact of human activity on the plant

Which of the following contributed to the environmental changes of twentieth century

A) The explosive increase in the world population

What did ninteenth-century strands of environmentalism share in common?

C) None of them had a mass following

Which movement in the world today has come to symbolize "One-world" thinking?

D) Global environmentalism