Chapter 14 AP World

1. Which of the following provided the foundational knowledge for the technological advances of the twentieth century?

a.University-based scientific research

b.Governments in the United States, Europe, and Japan

c.Large corporations

d.Military researchers

a.University-based scientific research

2. During the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, access to fossil fuels provided which of the following?

a.Enormous wealth for the world's major powers

b.A steep decline in natural gas consumption

c.The foundation of the modern world economy

d.Trade surpluses for oil-exporting countries

c.The foundation of the modern world economy

3. Which of the following provided the world's number one source of energy during the second half of the twentieth century?

a.Coal

b.Natural gas

c.Nuclear power

d.Oil

d.Oil

4. The automobile industry in the United States was unique in the sense that it

a.was the first to provide cars for the masses.

b.was focused solely on the production of cars for the wealthy.

c.produced a large number of steam-power cars.

d.was the last to embrace the internal combustion engine.

a.was the first to provide cars for the masses.

5. Automobiles shared which of the following with electrification?

a.Both facilitated the growth of suburbs.

b.Both linked remote rural areas and national life.

c.Both conveyed a sense of personal empowerment.

d.Both were important markers of status.

b.Both linked remote rural areas and national life.

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

a.It established rules for commercial and financial dealings among major capitalist countries.

b.It placed political controls on the economic activity of countries within the communist bloc.

c.It created processes that made the globalized economy subject to public accountability.

d.It restricted the global movement of capital, increased tariffs, and subsidized state-run enterprises.

a.It established rules for commercial and financial dealings among major capitalist countries.

7. Which of the following reflects a neoliberal approach to economic development?

a.Government regulation of the economy

b.Promotion of global equality

c.Privatization of state-run companies

d.Increase in tariffs and taxes

c.Privatization of state-run companies

8. Beginning in the 1960s, which of the following was identified as a key issue in Western feminism by women of color?

a.Gaining the right to vote

b.Promoting cultural imperialism

c.Challenging patriarchal domination

d.Ending racism and poverty

d.Ending racism and poverty

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

a.The shrinking of the middle class

b.The violations of human rights

c.The demands of international feminism

d.The availability of and terms for foreign aid

d.The availability of and terms for foreign aid

10. Which of the following describes the effect of economic globalization on wealthy nations like the United States?

a.New openings in the global economy contributed to the expansion of the middle class.

b.Jobs in the low-wage service sector declined and jobs in manufacturing sharply increased.

c.A shifting global division of labor resulted in the loss of many manufacturing jobs.

d.Increased total world output diminished income disparities and created economic equality.

c.A shifting global division of labor resulted in the loss of many manufacturing jobs.

11. In contrast to feminists who fought for equal rights, feminists who assumed the task of women's liberation

a.demanded more rights for women than men.

b.challenged patriarchy through direct action.

c.emphasized employment and education.

d.preferred political lobbying and legislative reform.

b.challenged patriarchy through direct action.

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

a.They used Western feminism as a weapon to combat colonialism.

b.They incorporated the Western feminist emphasis on individualism.

c.They shared Western feminists' goal of ending female circumcision.

d.They criticized Western feminism as a form of cultural imperialism.

d.They criticized Western feminism as a form of cultural imperialism.

13. Which group of countries was the most successful in stimulating economic growth and industrialization in the late twentieth century?

a.North African countries

b.Middle Eastern countries

c.Sub-Saharan African countries

d.East Asian countries

d.East Asian countries

14. By the year 2000, approximately what percentage of the world's population was engaged in full-time farming?

a.20

b.45

c.66

d.80

a.20

15. Which of the following resulted from the advent of the moving assembly line?

a.Many jobs became more complex.

b.Scientific management was no longer relevant.

c.Workers lost control over the pace of their work.

d.Protests for workers' rights diminished.

c.Workers lost control over the pace of their work.

16. The consumerism of the 1920s was the product, in part, of which of the following?

a.The two-day weekend

b.The passage of minimum wage laws

c.Scientific management

d.Union protests

a.The two-day weekend

17. During the 1950s and 1960s, stable and well-paid industrial workforces were typical in which of the following countries?

a.Eastern Europe

b.China

c.Latin America

d.Japan

d.Japan

18. Which of the following was partially responsible for the "rusting out" of industry in the United States during the late twentieth century?

a.Manufacturing decline in the Global South

b.Liberalization of global trade

c.The displacement of skilled workers

d.The rise of unionism

b.Liberalization of global trade

19. Which of the following was a product of industrialization?

a.Opportunities for work outside the home dwindled.

b.Businesses provided families with financial security.

c.The number of family farms increased.

d.Education became the job of the state.

d.Education became the job of the state.

20. Which of the following is true regarding the impact of industrialization and urbanization on family life?

a.Family life grew less stable.

b.Divorce rates went into decline.

c.Single-generation households became more common.

d.Married couples had more children.

a.Family life grew less stable.