A | B |
Name 2 international organizations | UNITED NATIONS, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND |
What does WTO stand for? | WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION |
What does NAFTA do? | REDUCES TRADE BARRIERS BETWEEN NORTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES |
What does NAFTA stand for? | NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT |
What is an example of regional interaction in Europe? | THE EUROPEAN UNION |
Name a country where political freedom has produced a rising standard of living and strong middle class. | TAIWAN AND SOUTH KOREA |
Why are countries of the world today becoming more interdependent? | NEED FOR RAW MATERIALS, MARKETS, AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES |
(True/False) There is no relationship between economic and political freedom. | FALSE |
Name 3 social challenges in the world today. | POVERTY, POOR HEALTH STANDARDS, ILLITERACY, FAMINE, MIGRATION |
Name 4 environmental challenges in the world today. | POLLUTION, LOSS OF HABITAT, OZONE DEPLETION |
Name 3 things impacting the world’s envitonment. | ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND POPULATION GROWTH |
Name 4 distinguishing features between developed and developing nations today. | GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION, ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, SOCIAL CONDITIONS, POPULATION SIZE AND RATE OF GROWTH |
What is widening the gap between developed and developing nations today? | NEW TECHNOLOGIES LIKE COMPUTERS |
What group is migrating to European cities today? | GUEST WORKERS |
A nation which had little industry and a traditional economy is often seen as what kind of nation? | DEVELOPING |
A highly industrialized nation is often called what kind of nation? | DEVELOPED |
(True/False) The plight of refugees is not important in international conflicts today. | FALSE |
MIDDLE EAST | ARABS V. ISRAELIS |
NORTHERN IRELAND | PROTESTANTS V. CATHOLICS |
BALKANS | MUSLIMS AND CROATS V BOSNIAN SERBS |
AFRICA | 700 DIFFERENT ETHNIC GROUPS |
KASHMIR | INDIA V PAKISTAN |
ASIA | CHINA V TIBET |
ASIA | NORTH KOREA V SOUTH KOREA |
Name places where there are ethnic and religious conflicts today. | MIDDLE EAST, ASIA, NORTHERN IRELEAND, BOSNIA, AFRICA |
Who did the Bosnian Serbs try to exterminate in the former Yugoslavia? | MUSLIMS AND CROATS |
Who did the Hutu try to exterminate in Rwanda? | TUTSI MINORITY |
Who did Pol Pot attempt to exterminate in Cambodia? | ARTISTS, TECHNICIANS, FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, MONKS, EDUCATED, MINORITIES |
Who did Stalin attempt to exterminate? | PEASANTS, MEMBERS OF THE ELITE, GOVERNMENT AND MILITARY LEADERS |
What was the name of the genocide committed by Stalin? | THE GREAT PURGE |
Who attempted to exterminate the Armenians? | THE OTTOMAN TURKS |
What was the Final Solution? | HITLER’S PLAN TO ELIMINATE ALL THE JEWS OF EUROPE |
Define Genocide | The systematic and purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group |