Chapter 36

Which of the following is an example of using a renewable resource to generate electricity?

Placing large wind turbines in areas with strong, steady winds

In 1987, hundreds of thousands of activists took part in the National March on Washington to demand that President Ronald Reagan do what?

Allow gays and lesbians to marry

In which country would women be most likely to have more rights?

Australia

Which title best completes this partial outline? Mass starvation in Ireland (1845-1850) Partition of India (1947) Latin Americans seeking jobs in the United States (post-World War I) Ethnic cleansing in the Balkans (1990s)

Causes of Global Migrations

What is the main idea of this cartoon?

Child labor in developing nations is used to produce goods for developed nations.

Which of the following does a school menu (American with foods from many differing cultural backgrounds) best reflect?

Diverse ethnic contributions to U.S. culture

Who is the third President to be impeached?

Donald Trump

What was given as a reason for the US invasion of Iraq?

Intelligence reports indicated there were weapons of mass destruction

This cartoon's implied message (An Iranian creating a nuclear bomb using countries) is critical of which of the following?

International efforts to prevent nuclear proliferation in Iran

What did NOT happen in Iraq after the US invaded in 2003?

Iraq quickly became a peaceful democracy

Which word describes the use of violence to strike fear into people and attain political goals?

Terrorism

The attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon had two maior immediate effects. What were they?

The War on Terror and the passage of the USA PATRIOT ACT.

Baseball becoming a major sport in Japan is an example of..

The diffusion of American culture

What do Hezbolla, Hamas, and the Taliban have in common?

They are militant Islamist groups in the Middle East willing to use terror to achieve their goals.

The changes shown in these photographs most likely (nonindustrialized florida vs modern, industrialized florida)

altered the makeup of natural ecosystems

One reason the 2008 presidential election was historically significant is that it was the first time

an African American won the presidency

In developing countries, the use of wood, charcoal, and dung as major sources of energy has created an increase in

deforestation and other environmental problems

The term Green Revolution refers to

increased agricultural production based on technological advancements

What is the definition of globalism?

interdependence of cultures and people in all part of the world

"the world is at a point where it can see the danger from terrorism but not the cure." The author of this 2006 passage concludes that terrorism

is extremely difficult to defeat

Who is Osama Bin Laden?

the Islamic extremist who founded Al Qaeda

What was the original reason that al-Qaeda was formed?

to train young men to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan

Which is NOT typically a reason for terrorist attacks?

to win elections

This cartoon (UN on a split world) raises the question as to whether the United Nations is able to

unite opposing forces and differing ideologies