Question 1

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

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A)  Nazis
B)  Communists
C)  Christian Democrats
D)  Green Party
E)  LibertariansF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 2

define the following term:
-globalization

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Question 3

define the following term:
-Vladimir Putin

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Question 4

define the following term:
-Anselm Kiefer's Departure from Egypt

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Question 5

define the following term:
-perestroika

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Question 6

define the following term:
-al-Qaeda

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Question 7

What major economic challenges have plagued the West from the 1980s through the early twenty-first century?

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The major economic challenges that have ...

Question 8

Experts believe that one of the most important vehicles for addressing global issues presently and in the future are

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A)  NGOs.
B)  human rights organizations.
C)  global banking institutions.
D)  women's and men's liberation movements.
E)  environmental activist groups.F) D) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 9

define the following term:
-Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

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Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy are b...

Question 10

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today? Why or why not?

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Capitalism is indeed the dominant force ...

Question 11

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

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A)  Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time.
B)  Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation.
C)  Nothing was accomplished.
D)  Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on.
E)  Bosnia agreed to join the European Community.F) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

What do critics accuse the World Bank and International Monetary Fund of?

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A)  Seeking to undermine national sovereignty
B)  Engaging in widespread corruption
C)  Pushing Western economic practices on non-Western nations, leading to increased poverty and debt
D)  Promoting non-Western economic needs at the expense of its Western member nations
E)  Charging excessively high interest rates on loans to poorer countriesF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

In Islam, the term ____ typically means a return to traditional values and can also be a label for more radical movements.

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A)  jihad
B)  fundamentalism
C)  Taliban
D)  Shi'ites
E)  hijabF) B) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 14

Scientists tend to agree that ____ is contributing to droughts, the melting of the polar ice caps, and rising sea levels.

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A)  toxic dumping in the world's waterways
B)  fossil fuel emissions
C)  the greenhouse effect
D)  overpopulation worldwide
E)  biodiversityF) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 15

"Globalization is going to be the salvation of civilization." Do you agree or disagree? Explain, citing evidence to make your case.

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I disagree with the statement that "Glob...

Question 16

define the following term:
-World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

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Question 17

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-Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction

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Question 18

Which group most brutally employed the tactic of "ethnic cleansing," the murder or forcible removal of ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia?

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A)  Serbs
B)  Croatians
C)  Bosnians
D)  Herzgovenians
E)  SlovenesF) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 19

define the following term:
-global economy

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Question 20

define the following term:
-multiculturalism

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