Chapter 22: Twenty-First-Century Global Challenges, 2001-the Present
Match the commentary about the Paris Agreement and the global climate crisis to the individual or group who expressed it.
"Countries have put forth an agreement that helps strengthen national action by ensuring that the current commitments are the floor—not the ceiling—of ambition. -National Resources Defense Council "Even if the Paris Agreement were implemented in full, with total compliance from all nations, it is estimated it would only produce a two-tenths of one degree—think of that; this much—Celsius reduction in global temperature by the year 2100." -President Donald Trump "How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just 'business as usual' and some technical solutions?" -Greta Thunberg
Select the two lines in the graph that indicate the two countries that had the greatest decreases in greenhouse gas emissions per capita between 1990 and 2018.
- 25 - 20
Drag and drop the national rates of undernourishment on the six corresponding African countries labeled on the map.
- Algeria (very Low) -Liberia (Very high) -Nigeria (moderately low) -Sudan (no data, significant concern) -Kenya (high) -Angola (moderately high)
The - movement advocates for the rights of people who do not identify with heterosexual norms or the male/female gender binary. Breakthroughs such as the decriminalization of homosexuality in 2018 by - and the 2020 presidential campaign by - exist alongside continued - in countries around the world.
- LGBQT -India's Supreme Court -Pete Buttigieg -homophobia
In which country is life expectancy very high and population growth negative?
Germany
Identify the beliefs about the economy that reflect free market ideology.
Government interventions in the economy should be focused on monetary policy but not fiscal policy. It is not the responsibility of the government to limit economic inequality.
Place the recent estimates of HIV positivity within a population on the region where that population lives.
- Western / Central Europe (Fewer than 1 million people) - North Africa (More than 200,000) - Sub- (more than 25) -Asia (Approximately 5 million)
Globally, the emission of greenhouse gases has ( - ) since 1990, primarily driven by emissions in ( - ) .In 2015 the ( - ) was signed to coordinate a global effort to mitigate climate change caused by humans during ( - ) .
- increased -major developing countries -Paris Agreement -the Anthropocene
The crisis started because of dangerously risky investment practices concocted in ( - ) and the failure of ( - ) and other government entities to remedy these vulnerabilities. Although slow to act, the U.S. government decided to ( - ) major financial firms and inject hundreds of billions of dollars into the economy. This turn away from ( - ) helped to mitigate the disastrous fallout in the United States and around the globe.
- the financial sector - the Federal Reserve - bail out - free market ideology
Match the protest sign to the movement that employed it.
-Occupy Wall Street opposition to global corporations (picture with 99%) -opposition to President Trump's immigration policy (lady liberty) -Arab Spring opposition to antidemocratic leaders (man holding poster with two pictures) -opposition to the British referendum to leave the European Union (lady with stripped shirt) -Indian Sikh opposition to French policy on religious dress (people sitting on the ground)
Place these major events in the global war on terror led by the United States since 2001 in chronological order.
-U.S. and coalition forces invade Afghanistan. -The United States invades Iraq. -The United States assassinates Osama bin Laden. -The United States leads a global coalition to target ISIS.
Place the events from the Arab Spring in chronological order.
-Vegetable vendor Mohamed Bouazizi sets himself on fire to protest unfair treatment by the police. -Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali relinquishes control. -Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak relinquishes control. -Muammar al-Qaddafi is deposed and executed. -General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi seizes control of Egypt. -Syrian president Bashar al-Assad maintains his hold on power.
The economic relationship between the United States and China since the turn of the millennium is best reflected by what?
-an increasing U.S. trade deficit and anxiety about China's trade policy and business practices
Based on the content of this chapter, match the authoritarian ruler to the techniques of control that he has recently exerted over a population.
-seizing control of major media companies (Russian president Vladimir Putin) -using national security forces to wage war against domestic opposition movements (Syrian president Bashar al-Assad) -extending stricter extradition laws (Chinese president Xi Jinping)
Match each grievance to the organization or movement that has expressed it.
-the Arab Spring Repressive government elites disregarded the welfare and will of the people. -Occupy Wall Street Corporations unjustly benefit from globalization at the people's expense. -al-Qaeda American imperialism threatens Muslim life in the Middle East.
Which of the following developments could be said to reflect life in the Anthropocene?
-the prospect that one out of eight species of plants and animals could soon face extinction -expanded logging in the Amazon forest
Identify the factors that exacerbated the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in different countries.
-underinvestment in health care -dependence on foreign trade -dependence on remittances
Select the historical inflection point on this chart when scientists Crutzen and Stoermer (2000) argue that the Anthropocene can be said to begin.
Beginning of In. Rev
Match the change in total greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2018 to the country or bloc of countries that emitted them.
China - More than a 300 % increase United States - a slight increase India - more than a 100 % increase European Union - a slight decline
Select the portion of the passage below from the NRDC Summary of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015) that reflects awareness of the unequal effects of both climate change and climate change mitigation policies on different countries.
Countries will continue to provide climate finance to help the most vulnerable adapt to climate change
In response to the Great Recession of 2008, U.S. officials at the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury were motivated mainly by the free market economic theories of Friedrich Hayek and Milton Friedman.
F
Since the turn of the millennium, the spread of liberal democracy has coincided with the spread of economic growth and global competitiveness in countries around the world.
False
In the following statement by President Donald Trump in 2017 on the Paris Climate Accord, select the excerpt that most clearly reflects the populism that was typical of his "America First" political rhetoric.
In short, the agreement doesn't eliminate coal jobs, it just transfers those jobs out of America and the United States and ships them to foreign countries.
Match the fertility rate and gross domestic product per capita to the country where it exists.
Italy 1.3 fertility rate and high GDP per capita Chad 6.4 fertility rate and low GDP per capita Indonesia 2.4 fertility rate and lower middle GDP per capita Brazil 1.7 fertility rate and upper middle GDP per capita
Which countries suffer from very high levels of undernourishment?
Liberia Haiti North Korea
Drag and drop the combatants to the swath of territory that each held in 2017, in the midst of the Syrian civil war.
Syrian and Iraqi Kurdish forces - (brown) Syrian rebels -(bluish Green) Syrian government -(purple) Iraqi government -(green) Islamic State (ISIS) -(pink)
Place the popular movements in the United States in the order of when they formed during the presidency of Barack Obama.
Tea Party movement Occupy Wall Street Black Lives Matter
Since the global financial crisis of 2007 to 2009, the 2016 election of President Donald Trump in the United States and the 2016 referendum on Brexit demonstrated what shared belief about international relations?
The need to prioritize national sovereignty over cooperation with other countries.
In terms of gross domestic product per capita, the wealthiest regions of the world are in the Global North, not the Global South.
True
Recently, historians have tended to date the start of the Anthropocene to the twentieth century.
True
The Anthropocene has seen a dramatic decline in global biodiversity.
True
In contrast with Japan, immigration policy in numerous western European countries has been complicated by what?
a number of terrorist attacks carried out by individuals from populations linked to immigration
In this address to the United Nations by climate activist Greta Thunberg, select the section that reflects the most direct critique of the theory associated with Milton Friedman.
all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth
Anti-globalist sentiment and politics have only gained traction in those developing countries where global inequality has been harshest and globalization least beneficial.
f
Which of the following political phenomena have been observable in both the United States and the European Union since 2010?
stigmatization of certain immigrant populations antagonism to international cooperation and integration
Between 1950 and 2016 global fertility rates declined by around 50 percent.
t
Which of the following movements has expressed discontent with the unjust exercise of government power over individuals' rights?
the Umbrella Movement Black Lives Matter
So far, what has been a major impediment to the success of both the Paris Agreement on Climate Change (2015) and the Iranian nuclear deal (2015)?
the decision by signatories to leave the agreement or not comply with it
Al-Qaeda justified its 9/11 terrorist attack on the United States as a response to what?
the imposition of American power in the Middle East
Which developments sparked the rise of the Islamic State (ISIS) prior to its sharp decline by 2020?
the weakening of some states in the Middle East the control of a territorial state within Iraq
