WEEK TWELVE QUIZ
Due 5-7-2009
Please be sure to check off only one response.
Student's Name
A Glasnost
B the Prague Spring
C Solidarity
D Charter 77 2.) After the fall of communism in Europe which area saw violent confrontations?
A Czechoslovakia
B East Germany
C Poland
D the former Yugoslavia 3.) The leader of black resistance to white rule in Rhodesia was
A Nelson Mandela
B Ian Smith
C Robert Mugabe
D Kofi Annan 4.) During the 1990s financial volatility occurred in
A East Asia
B Great Britain
C Germany
D Canada 5.) The region that saw the biggest increase in its share of world trade in the last half of the 20th century was
A Europe
B North America
C East Asia
D South Asia 6.) At the end of th 20th century which was the most valuable export in world trade
A textiles
B hi-tech products
C utomobiles
D entertainment 7.) Which of the following industrialized nations has had the relatively easiest time absorbing immigrants since the 1970s
A France
B the United States
C Japan
D Russia 8.) According to the textbook, the largest group of immigrants in the United States today [circa 2005] come from
A China
B Canada
C India
D Mexico 9.) Reggae's origins are in
A Great Britain
B the urban United States
C the Caribbean
D North Africa 10.) Which of the following is not a manifestation of new media since 1975
A cable television
B radio
C ipods
D the internet
11.) Today's world's population is roughly how many billions
A 2
B 3
C 6
D 8 12.) The nation that resorted to a "one-child family" policy to slow overall growth was
D Nigeria
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