AP World History: Unit 9 Review

Was the leader of China during the 1980s. He was known for strengthening China's economy through the Four Modernizations.

• Deng Xiaoping
• Daniel Ortega
• Vladimir Putin
• Indira Gandhi

Why was the United Nations founded?

• To ensure that Germany would never become powerful again
• To ensure that another Holocaust could never happen
• To try and preserve peace and international cooperation
• To protect Europe against Russia

One significant result of the electronic information age is that

• English has become the primary language of global communications.

• politically repressive regimes such as that of China are trying to control the Internet.

• the gulf between the technological haves and have-nots has widened.

• All these answers are correct.

What is the Green Revolution?

• A dramatic increase of corn from 1951-1987
• a program that encourage farmers to adapt modern agriculture methods
• When plants turn green after winter
• The increase of plants because of artificial means

Why did the United States bomb and invade Afghanistan in 2001?

• Afghanistan invaded the country of Kuwait and threatened the United States supply of oil
• The United Nations asked the US to overthrow the Taliban government of Afghanistan.
• The United States was afraid that Afghanistan was working to develop nuclear weapons and they wanted to put a stop on the program.
• They believed the government was offering the safety to al-Qaeda, the organization that attacked the United States on September 11,2001.

Which of the following is NOT a good example of the Americanization of global culture?

• Subway

• Coca-Cola

• McDonald's

• Rolex watches

The purpose of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) was to

• regulate currency rates.

• attract emerging economies into trade alliances with the United States.

• eliminate barriers to free trade.

• set fair labor standards for the industrialized nations.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of modern terrorism?

• Modern terrorists routinely employ violence against civilian targets.

• Modern terrorists use sophisticated modern weapons and technologies.

• Modern terrorists are not confined to any one state and operate effectively across borders.

• Modern terrorists have been largely successful in achieving their political objectives.

Which of the following statements is NOT true of modern global consumption?

• Consumption becomes a means of self-expression as well as a source of personal identity.

• Modern consumption is shaped by wants and desires rather than by needs or necessities.

• Global consumption is entirely one way: the tastes of the United States are imposed on the rest of the world.

• Global consumerism threatens local and indigenous cultures.

The United Nations was created primarily to

• replace national governments with one world government
• support the spread of world communism
• improve international cooperation
• promote domestic disputes in member nations