Contemporary Global Issues

Which of the following best describes population density

• How intelligent a group of people are

• The number of people living within a certain land area

• The number of people living in the world today

• How the working class population grows quicker than the upper class

Which of the following areas would have the largest population density?

• a school

• a rural area

• a village

• a city

Which of the following is an example of a democratic change?

• the Arab Spring in the Middle East and North Africa

• China’s transition to a market economy

• the creation of the IMF and the World Bank

• perestroika in the Soviet Union

What statement best describes fertility rate?

• The amount of land that is used for agriculture.

• The number of times a person marries in their lifetime

• The number of children a woman will bear in her lifetime

• The number of men who are not able to have children

Countries that usually have high birth and fertility rates are considered to be…

• democratic countries.

• developed countries.

• developing countries.

• industrialized nations.

Which of the following was named for the popular upheavals that swept Arab countries of North Africa and the Middle East in 2011 pushing these countries towards democracy?

• Autumn Uprising

• Arab Spring

• Freedom Summer

• The Winter of Our Discontent

Which of the following best describes a multinational corporation?

• A local restaurant, like Seoul Taco, with locations in St. Louis and Chicago.

• A company, like Savvis, located in Town & Country which serves the southern U.S.

• A company, like Toyota, which has factories around the world.

• A restaurant, like Shoney’s, operating in Tennessee.

Which of the following best describes the Green Revolution?

• Western countries who gave aid to Asian countries in the form of machinery, fertilizers and pesticides in order to have better crop production.

• European countries who gave aid to African countries in order to create recycling programs throughout the continent.

• A program in South America which pushed to reduce the amount of water bottles going into landfills.

• Western countries who continued to push for flow energy resources.

Which of the following best describes terrorism?

• The act of your teacher giving a test on a Monday.

• The act of carrying out unlawful violence against civilian targets in order to instill fear and advance political goals.

• The act of denying the rights of others.

• The act of carrying out military orders.

Companies who send jobs out of our country in order to save themselves money is known as…

• broadbanding.

• cost-cutting.

• downsizing.

• outsourcing.