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| 1 | Neil Howe and Richard Jackson, who believe that global aging is a major problem, predict a decade of population aging and population decline during the: |
 | A) | 2010s. |
| B) | 2020s. |
| C) | 2050s. |
| D) | 2060s. |
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| 2 | Calestous Juma, who does not believe that global aging is a major problem, sees the aging of the population as an opportunity for: |
| A) | innovation. |
| B) | stability. |
| C) | investment. |
| D) | wisdom. |
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| 3 | According to Divya Abhat et al., who believe that global urbanization leads primarily to undesirable consequences, internal migrants flock to the cities for all of the following reasons except that cities offer: |
| A) | hope for a better job. |
| B) | better healthcare. |
| C) | better housing. |
| D) | increased educational opportunities. |
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| 4 | The United Nations Habitat report, which argues that global urbanization does not lead primarily to undesirable consequences, notes that urban productivity is generally measured by: |
| A) | average annual income per capita. |
| B) | cost of government services provided subtracted from
manufacturing and business income. |
| C) | amount generated from both personal income and business taxes. |
| D) | gross domestic product (GDP) per capita. |
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| 5 | Paul B. Farrell, in describing 12 global time-bombs put forth by Jared Diamond, believes that environmentalists should continue to be alarmists and notes that Scientific American stated that the most overlooked and essential strategy for achieving long-term balance with the environment is |
| A) | conservation. |
| B) | population control. |
| C) | lifestyle changes. |
| D) | alternative energy sources. |
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| 6 | Ronald Bailey, who does not believe that environmentalists should continue to be alarmists, states that increases in agricultural productivity over the past half century have spared from being plowed up to produce food an area about the size of |
| A) | Manhattan. |
| B) | Idaho. |
| C) | Iceland. |
| D) | South America. |
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| 7 | Charles Godfray, who believes that the world will be able to feed itself in the foreseeable future, terms the difference between realized productivity and the best that can be achieved using current genetic material and available technologies as the: |
| A) | yield gap. |
| B) | progress coefficient. |
| C) | reality differential. |
| D) | unrealized ideal. |
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| 8 | Lester Brown, who does not believe that the world will be able to feed itself in the foreseeable future, notes that in years past, what has caused a spike in the price of commodities is: |
| A) | short selling. |
| B) | transportation costs. |
| C) | weather. |
| D) | increased demand. |
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| 9 | Bill McKibben, who believes that the threat of global warming is real, reports that an even more potent greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide is |
| A) | nitrous oxide. |
| B) | methane. |
| C) | ozone. |
| D) | argon. |
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| 10 | Richard Lindzen, who does not believe that the threat of global warming is real, asserts that well-meaning individuals who accept the alarmist view of anthropogenic climate change have at stake their |
| A) | psychic welfare. |
| B) | economic well-being. |
| C) | liberal credentials. |
| D) | integrated worldview. |
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| 11 | William Wheeler, who believes that the global community can successfully confront the global water shortage, notes that of all the water on Earth, usable fresh water makes up just: |
| A) | 1 percent. |
| B) | 2.5 percent. |
| C) | 14 percent. |
| D) | 33 percent. |
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| 12 | Stewart M. Patrick, who does not believe that the global community can successfully confront the global water shortage, points out that the vast majority of fresh water consumption is used for: |
| A) | agriculture. |
| B) | drinking. |
| C) | manufacturing. |
| D) | power production. |
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| 13 | The UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which believes that the global community can win the drug war, states that the most widely used illicit substance is: |
| A) | cocaine. |
| B) | cannabis. |
| C) | heroin. |
| D) | methamphetamine. |
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| 14 | The Global Commission on Drug Policy, which does not believe that the global community can win the drug war, quotes UN figures suggesting that of the 250 million drug users worldwide, those who can be classified as dependent or problem drug users total no more than: |
| A) | 40 percent. |
| B) | 25 percent. |
| C) | 10 percent. |
| D) | 3 percent. |
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| 15 | The Council on Foreign Relations, which believes that the international community is adequately prepared to address global health pandemics, notes that the primary organization involved in global health is the: |
| A) | United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). |
| B) | Group of Eight. |
| C) | World Health Organization. |
| D) | Pan American Health Organization. |
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| 16 | Heath A. Kelly et al., who do not believe that the international community is adequately prepared to address global health pandemics, study social distancing as a method of delaying or preventing the spread of a disease by examining: |
| A) | church closure. |
| B) | mall closure. |
| C) | restaurant closure. |
| D) | school closure. |
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| 17 | Luis CdeBaca, who argues that adequate strategies exist to combat human trafficking, notes that the international agreement to prevent, suppress, and punish trafficking in persons is also known as the: |
| A) | Palermo Protocol. |
| B) | Oslo Accord. |
| C) | Liverpool Agreement. |
| D) | Beijing Brief. |
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| 18 | As profiled by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, the most common area of exploitation for trafficked persons is: |
| A) | forced labor. |
| B) | organ removal. |
| C) | illegal adoption. |
| D) | sexual exploitation. |
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| 19 | The United Nations, which believes that the international community is making progress in addressing natural disasters, points out that probably the greatest global outcome of environmental inequity is |
| A) | industrial smog. |
| B) | contaminated drinking water. |
| C) | climate change. |
| D) | soil erosion. |
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| 20 | David Rothkopf, who does not believe that the international community is making progress in addressing natural disasters, says that the most shocking thing about the earthquake in Haiti was that it was so |
| A) | sudden. |
| B) | predictable. |
| C) | unpredictable. |
| D) | horrific in its human toll. |
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| 21 | The Council on Foreign Relations, which believes that the international community is making effective progress in securing global human rights, states that overall, the central global institution for developing international norms and legitimizing efforts to implement them remains: |
| A) | Amnesty International. |
| B) | the United Nations. |
| C) | the United States. |
| D) | the Red Cross. |
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| 22 | Amnesty International, which does not believe that the international community is making effective progress in securing global human rights, focuses its review of human rights on: |
| A) | sub-Saharan Africa. |
| B) | the Middle East. |
| C) | Southeast Asia. |
| D) | five regions, covering most of the world. |
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| 23 | John Bellamy Foster, who believes that the global economic crisis is a failure of capitalism, explains the title of economist Paul Krugman's book, "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008," as referring specifically to a return to the economics of: |
| A) | Milton Friedman. |
| B) | Ronald Reagan. |
| C) | John Maynard Keynes. |
| D) | Alexander Hamilton. |
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| 24 | Dani Rodrik, who does not believe that the global economic crisis is a failure of capitalism, characterizes capitalism as: |
| A) | self-sustaining. |
| B) | self-regulating. |
| C) | counter-cyclical. |
| D) | in need of stabilizing arrangements. |
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| 25 | Vandana Shiva, who believes that globalization does increase inequity, describes the Green Revolution in India, which was so-named because it: |
| A) | encouraged ecologically sound farming practices. |
| B) | was championed by India's Green Party. |
| C) | was placed in opposition to the "red" of communism. |
| D) | was meant to encourage "green," or cash, crops. |
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| 26 | Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gertz, who do not believe that globalization increases inequity, note that the Millennium Development Goal to halve global poverty by 2015 from its 1990 level: |
| A) | is unrealistic and unreachable. |
| B) | will most likely be reached by 2020 or so. |
| C) | is on target for 2015. |
| D) | was most likely reached several years ago. |
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| 27 | Clay Shirky, who believes that social media is becoming the most powerful force in global politics, says that while he discusses mechanisms through which citizens can coordinate group action, he failed initially to note the: |
| A) | use of the Internet by hate groups to gain supporters. |
| B) | ways that visible public action also provides new counter-moves to repressive regimes. |
| C) | lack of Internet access in many Third World countries. |
| D) | use of many traditional methods to organize opposition. |
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| 28 | Malcolm Gladwell, who does not believe that social media is becoming the most powerful force in global politics, illustrates the importance of personal connections among protesters in profiling the 1960 protests at: |
| A) | the Greensboro, South Carolina, lunch counter. |
| B) | Kent State University in Ohio. |
| C) | the march on the Pentagon. |
| D) | the sit-in at the University of California at Berkeley. |
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| 29 | Brian Michael Jenkins, who believes we are headed toward a nuclear 9/11, asserts that terrorism has increasingly become |
| A) | the subject to avoid in high places. |
| B) | an effective strategic weapon. |
| C) | a media favorite. |
| D) | “uninteresting” news. |
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| 30 | Graham Allison, who does not believe we are headed toward a nuclear 9/11, makes a case for the creation of |
| A) | a network of bomb-proof underground shelters. |
| B) | a global alliance against nuclear terrorism. |
| C) | an international military team trained in catastrophic first response. |
| D) | an alliance of Western scientists for the development of anti-nuclear systems. |
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| 31 | Jonathan Watts, who believes that China will be the next superpower, asserts that the primary driver for change in China has been the: |
| A) | movement of people. |
| B) | will of the government. |
| C) | effect of globalization. |
| D) | power vacuum left by the fall of the Soviet Union. |
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| 32 | Minxin Pei, who does not believe that China will be the next superpower, notes that China was poised to become the world’s second-largest economy in 2010, overtaking: |
| A) | India. |
| B) | Japan. |
| C) | Japan. |
| D) | Germany. |
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| 33 | Fareed Zakaria, who believes that al-Qaeda and its jihad against the United States has been defeated, maintains that in the United States, fanning the public’s fear of rampant jihadism continues to be a winning strategy in the minds of |
| A) | Democrats. |
| B) | Republicans. |
| C) | the top brass at the Pentagon. |
| D) | Muslims. |
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| 34 | Scott Stewart, who does not believe that al-Qaeda and its jihad against the United States has been defeated, identifies the set of skills required to conduct a terrorist attack as |
| A) | the terror toolkit. |
| B) | terrorist tradecraft. |
| C) | the art of military unconvention. |
| D) | classic cultism. |
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| 35 | Fareed Zakaria, who believes that the Middle East is undergoing a democratic revolution, noted that Hosni Mubarak traditionally responded to U.S. urgings for political reform with the objection that: |
| A) | Egypt’s citizens had shown no desire for such reforms. |
| B) | he himself could not force the pace of change. |
| C) | what works in the United States will not necessarily work in Egypt. |
| D) | if he pursued reform, Islamic fundamentalists would seize power. |
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| 36 | Daniel L. Byman, who does not believe that the Middle East is undergoing a democratic revolution, attributes the apparent success of free elections in Tunisia to the fact that the country is: |
| A) | virtually without armed forces. |
| B) | small, prosperous, and both ethnically and religiously homogenous. |
| C) | closely monitored by election observers from the West. |
| D) | historically, strongly allied with the United States and
dependent on it. |
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| 37 | Elliott Abrams, who believes that Israel should take preemptive action against Iran’s nuclear program, argues that the dangers Israel faces from an Iranian nuclear weapon are unique and: |
| A) | unanswerable. |
| B) | most likely already present. |
| C) | not the concern of the greater international community. |
| D) | a threat that no nation should be asked to accept. |
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| 38 | Colin H. Kahl, who does not believe that Israel should take preemptive action against Iran’s nuclear program, notes that Saddam Hussein probably would have gotten a nuclear bomb by the mid-1990s if he had not: |
| A) | gone to war with Iran. |
| B) | invaded Kuwait. |
| C) | opened Iraq to UN weapons inspectors. |
| D) | died. |