_____ are treaties aimed at limiting the spread of nuclear weapons.
"Mutually assured destruction" treaties
"Mutually agreed peace" treaties
"Non-proliferation" treaties
"Armament enhancement" treaties
The late 1960s and early 1970s witnessed the era of détente between the Soviet Union and the United States during which overt aggression _____.
was stepped up despite diplomatic, social, and cultural interactions
was downplayed in favor of competition through diplomatic, social, and cultural means
saw no noticeable change in policy enforcement
was completely abandoned in favor of appeasement policies
The _____in the fall of 1973 abruptly ended the era of détente.
Egyptian and Syrian surprise attack on Israel
Israeli surprise attack on Egypt
Israeli surprise attack on Syria
Egyptian surprise attack on Syria
The sweeping set of reforms introduced in Czechoslovakia in 1968, aimed at decentralization and a loosening of censorship restrictions, came to be known as the_
"Prague Spring"
"Prague Manifesto"
"Prague Holocaust"
"Prague Crusade"
The fall of the infamous _____took place on the night of November 9, 1989, and marked the symbolic end of East Germany's Communist regime.
Berlin Wall
Munich Wall
West German Wall
East German Wall
The Soviet Union ended officially on Christmas Day 1991 and was replaced by the_____, with a now democratic Russia under Boris Yeltsin at its center.
Commonwealth of Satellite States (CSS)
Commonwealth of Former Republics (CFR)
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
Commonwealth of Satellite Republics (CSR)
The massive mobilization of Americans during ________ accelerated civil rights efforts to combat segregation in the United States.
World War I
World War II
The Korean War
The Vietnam War
Che Guevara's assassination
the fall of the Bautista regime in Cuba
Soviet Cold War propaganda
the Cuban Missile Crisis
President _____secured the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
President Johnson's comprehensive program aimed at eradicating poverty in America was referred to as_____.
the "Great Deal"
the "New Hope"
the "New Society"
the "Great Society"
stagflation
superflation
destagnation
superstagnation
In 1966, Chairman Mao launched a violent critique of the direction of China's Communist Party, a phenomenon which became known as_____.
The Great Communist Revolution
The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution
The Great Communist Student Revolution
The Great Student Revolution
The Four Modernizations
The Five Emancipations
The Four Pillars
The Five Great Hopes
"Money equals respect."
"Capitalism is not the enemy!"
"To get rich is glorious!"
"The path to riches is the only path."
"no-child-left-behind policy"
"one-child policy"
"abstention policy"
"no-child policy"
In 2010, China surpassed _____as the second largest economy in the world, after the United States.
France
The United Kingdom
Germany
Japan
The Khmer Rouge was a _____which launched a national campaign of genocide against religious and political opponents in the 1970s.
Vietnamese revolutionary group
Laotian revolutionary group
Korean revolutionary group
Cambodian revolutionary group
In 1964, Yasir Arafat and other Palestinian nationalists founded_____, whose militant wing, Fatah, began a guerilla war against Israel and its backers.
The Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO)
Al-Qaeda
The Muslim Brotherhood
Palestinian Movement Organization (PMO)
10 billion
7 billion
6 billion
1 billion
Iraq
Afghanistan
Iran
Somalia
Former KGB officer_____________________ was president of Russia 2000-2008 and became president again after 2012.
Vladimir Putin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Dmitry Medvedev
Boris Yeltsin
Suicide statistics
Murder statistics
HIV infections
Women's liberation movements
The 2008 presidential campaign led to the election of _____________________, a law professor and the first African American president of the United States.
Colin Powell
Barack Obama
William Jefferson Clinton
John McCain
In the 1990s, _________________ became an entirely new branch of industry.
commercial airline travel
locally produced commodities
information technology
computers
Which of the following was NOT a component of the criticism related to globalization?
The loss of the traditional nuts and bolts manufacturing.
Sacrificing American sovereignty to foreign investors and markets.
Exclusion of poorer countries in the global capitalist system.
The opening of foreign markets to U.S. investors.
The first set of regional crises related to globalism in 1997-1998 affected which countries?
Mexico, China, and Russia
Mexico, Thailand, and Russia.
Mexico, Greece, and Iceland
Russian, China, and the U.S.
In 2010, India's middle class included anyone with:
a cell phone, motorized transportation, and a color TV.
a salary of between $30,000 and $50,000 per year.
IT experience.
none of these.
A series of agreements made in Kyoto, Warsaw, and Paris between 1997 and 2015 formulated targets for governments to begin reducing _______ by 2020.
nuclear weapons stockpiles
greenhouse gas emissions
the ozone hole
populations