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Terry M. Redding, who believes that the international community should attempt to curb population growth in the developing world, comments that former President Bill Clinton singled out population growth as the key issue avoided by |
| | A) | participants of the 2005 World Summit. |
| | B) | candidates in the 2008 presidential election. |
| | C) | Africa's sub-Saharan politicos. |
| | D) | the American media. |
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Stephen W. Mosher, in an interview by Michael J. Miller, notes that he does not believe that the international community should attempt to curb population growth in the developing world; Mosher argues that population growth ceases, even in Third World countries, when |
| | A) | the economy improves. |
| | B) | women receive college educations. |
| | C) | the mortality rate of infants and children is reduced. |
| | D) | contraception education is provided. |
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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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Mark L. Haas, who does not believe that global aging is a major problem, notes that more and more developed countries, including France and Germany, are spending the majority of their military budgets on |
| | A) | weapons development. |
| | B) | weapons purchases. |
| | C) | personnel. |
| | D) | upgrading facilities. |
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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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UNFPA, which does not believe that global urbanization leads primarily to undesirable consequences, contends that inadequate urban management, often based on inaccurate perceptions and information, can turn opportunity into |
| | A) | disaster. |
| | B) | prolonged anticipation. |
| | C) | wasted time and money. |
| | D) | disappointment. |
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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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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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Nansen G. Saleri, who believes that the world should continue to rely on oil as the major source of energy, identifies "the most vocal voice among the 'neo-peak-oil' club" as |
| | A) | Lester Brown. |
| | B) | M. King Hubbert. |
| | C) | Matthew Simmons. |
| | D) | Al Gore. |
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Lester R. Brown, who does not believe that the world should continue to rely on oil as the major source of energy, notes that the discovery of new oil reserves in the United States peaked around |
| | A) | 1930. |
| | B) | 1956. |
| | C) | 1970. |
| | D) | 1994. |
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Stephen Lendman, who believes that the world will be able to feed itself in the foreseeable future, reports that wheat shortages in Peru are acute enough to have the military make bread with |
| | A) | tapioca. |
| | B) | potato flour. |
| | C) | cornmeal. |
| | D) | rice flour. |
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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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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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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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Peter Rogers, who believes that the global community can successfully confront the global water crisis, states that the technologies required to conserve existing freshwater and acquire more of it are known; what is needed is |
| | A) | to share those technologies with less developed nations. |
| | B) | action. |
| | C) | commitment. |
| | D) | luck. |
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Mark Clayton, who does not believe that the global community can successfully confront the global water shortage, tells us that global population growth, pollution, and climate change are shaping a new view of water as a |
| | A) | "forbidden necessity." |
| | B) | "sacred life force." |
| | C) | "blue gold." |
| | D) | "liquid treasure." |
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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which believes that the global community can "win" the drug war, notes that in regions where illicit crops are grown, it is vital not just to eradicate drugs, but also to |
| | A) | maximize foreign-aid opportunities. |
| | B) | stop local demand for the drugs. |
| | C) | replace drug crops with equally valuable, legitimate ones. |
| | D) | eradicate poverty. |
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According to Mike Trace, who does not believe that the global community can "win" the drug war, many communities have moved away from the war on drugs to a focus on specific market or consumption-related problems, such as HIV/AIDS or |
| | A) | heroin addiction. |
| | B) | drug-related violence. |
| | C) | petty crime. |
| | D) | prescription-drug abuse. |
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According to the Global Influenza Programme, which holds that the international community is adequately prepared to address global health pandemics, better "disease intelligence" particularly concerns |
| | A) | attracting more disease experts to the medical field. |
| | B) | isolating the virus with more accuracy earlier on in a pandemic. |
| | C) | changes in the behavior of the virus. |
| | D) | realizing earlier how fast the virus will transmit across human populations. |
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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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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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The UN Office on Drugs and Crime, which does not believe that adequate strategies exist to combat human trafficking, reports that one problem is the confusion that exists between the trafficking in humans and the |
| | A) | exploitation of illegal aliens. |
| | B) | crime of prostitution. |
| | C) | trafficking in weapons or drugs. |
| | D) | smuggling of migrants. |
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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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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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Katsuhito Iwai, who believes that the global economic crisis is a failure of capitalism, makes the forecast that, if matters are mishandled in the period lying ahead, with stock prices continuing to move up and down violently, the world is on the brink of falling into |
| | A) | a bankrupt generation. |
| | B) | another Great Depression. |
| | C) | a lost decade. |
| | D) | an abyss of no return. |
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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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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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Evgeny Morozov, who does not believe that social media is becoming the most powerful force in global politics, is a native of |
| | A) | Belarus. |
| | B) | Ukraine. |
| | C) | Estonia. |
| | D) | Kyrgyzstan. |
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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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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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Shibley Telhami argues that an organization such as al-Qaeda presents a terrorist threat mainly because |
| | A) | the United States and other governments over-react to terrorism. |
| | B) | of their fundamental extremism. |
| | C) | they have been able to tap into strong anti-Western sentiment. |
| | D) | they are secretly funded by legitimate governments. |
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Some of the social issues that evangelical Christians have concerned themselves with since George W. Bush took office, according to Hussein Solomon, have included all of the following except |
| | A) | flag burning. |
| | B) | the teaching of intelligent design in schools. |
| | C) | same sex marriage. |
| | D) | euthanasia. |
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Dore Gold, who believes that a nuclear Iran is a global security threat, casts doubt on Iran's desire to develop nuclear power for electricity, noting that Iran has the world's third largest reserves of oil and |
| | A) | the world's fourth largest reserves of coal. |
| | B) | a growing solar power industry. |
| | C) | the world's second largest reserves of natural gas. |
| | D) | a flourishing wind-farm industry. |
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Scott Horton, who does not believe that a nuclear Iran is a global security threat, reports that Iran is a long-time signatory of the |
| | A) | Camp David Accords. |
| | B) | NATO treaty. |
| | C) | Convention on Cluster Munitions. |
| | D) | Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. |
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According to Shujie Yao, who believes that China will be the next superpower, the current success of China can be attributed to Deng Xiaoping's policies of reform and openness, which emphasized |
| | A) | nationalism. |
| | B) | military strength. |
| | C) | improving national education. |
| | D) | gradual steps. |
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Minxin Pei, who does not believe that China will be the next superpower, noted that China was poised to become the world's second-largest economy in 2010, overtaking |
| | A) | India. |
| | B) | Japan. |
| | C) | Russia. |
| | D) | Germany. |
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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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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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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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Adam Shatz, who does not believe that the Middle East is undergoing a democratic revolution, puts forth the idea that the first people to be surprised by the Egyptian uprising were the |
| | A) | American politicians. |
| | B) | Israelis. |
| | C) | Egyptians themselves. |
| | D) | Iranians. |
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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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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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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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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. |
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