APWH Chapter 38 Multiple Choice Stem Question Study Guide

The Russian leader who brought massive reform to the Soviet Union beginning in 1985 was

Mikhail Gorbachev.

Solidarity was __________________.

a combined trade union and nationalist movement in Poland.

The "velvet revolution" brought change to ______________.

Czechoslovakia.

Mikhail Gorbachev's policy of "perestroika" referred to _____________________.

"restructuring".

When Mikhail Gorbachev discussed the opening of Soviet society to public criticism and admission of past mistakes, he used the term _______________.

"glasnost".

Which of these organizations has developed into a forum for settling international trade disputes?

World Trade Organization (WTO).

Which of the following was NOT one of the "little tigers"?

WAS NOT: Thailand

The Asian economic crisis began in 1997 in what country?

Thiland.

The most famous and most strongly integrated regional bloc is ______________.

the European Union.

What is OPEC?

one of the earliest/most successful alliances.

Americanization refers to the _______________________.

homogenizing aspect of global culture.

The spread of U.S. mass culture __________________.

threatened local/indigenous cultures everywhere.

Because of the rise of communication technology, observers have labeled today's era the ____________________.

the age of success.

The new age of global interconnectedness ___________________.

carries threat for mass media to act as a vehicle for cultural imperialism?

What has become the "universal tongue" of the twenty-first century?

English.

The term "wangguan" refers to

the "net wall".

In 2005, the population of the earth stood at ___________________.

6.5 billion.

The world's population increases by ________ every year.

Indira Gandhi.

It is estimated that by 2050 the population of the earth will

reach __________________________.

9 billion.

The 1997 agreement at Kyoto was aimed at controlling which of the following threats to the world's environment?

cut emissions blamed for global warming.

The area(s) of the world where child labor is most prominent is/are

south Asia and southeast Asia.

The United States' "war on terror" began in the wake of which of the following events?

the attack of the twin towers.

The earliest nongovernmental organization was

Red Cross.

Global recognition and acceptance of the concept of human rights grew after

World War II.

In the Islamic world, roughly what percentage of women is in the workforce?

ten percent.

By 2001, female literacy in India stood at ___________ percent.

fifty-four percent.

The Equal Rights Amendment in the United States _____________________.

failed to achieve ratification before the 1982 deadline and was never materialized.

The only countries that transformed their legal systems to ensure basic equality for women were _________________.

socialist or communist societies.

One unsuspected consequence of China's one-child family rule is

the disappearance of a large number of girls.

Dowry deaths are a major problem facing women in

India.

The Myanmar leader who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 is ________________.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

The first female president of Sri Lanka was ________________________.

Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga.