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1
According to "Global Trends 2025," by the year 2025, the international system will be:
A)unipolar, with the United States as the central power.
B)similar to the system as it existed prior to World War II.
C)global and multipolar.
D)comprised of major gaps in national power between developed and developing countries.
2
As claimed in "Global Trends 2025," the country that will have the most impact on the world over the next 20 years will be:
A)the United States.
B)India.
C)Russia.
D)China.
3
As noted in "Global Trends 2025," China, Russia, and India are currently following the Western liberal model for self-development.
A)True
B)False
4
According to "The New Geopolitics of Food," the world's soaring food prices have contributed to
A)revolutions and upheaval in Africa and the Middle East.
B)a golden era of worldwide international cooperation.
C)a bountiful global grain economy.
D)the worldwide banning of "land grabs."
5
As reported in "The New Geopolitics of Food," the Middle East is the first geographic region whose population continues to grow as
A)water tables are rising.
B)water tables are falling.
C)grain production has peaked and begun to decline.
D)agricultural progress makes it easier to meet increased demand.
6
As noted in "The New Geopolitics of Food," soil erosion is a result of global warming.
A)True
B)False
7
According to "Navigating the Energy Transition," one of the biggest problems we now face with the need to transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources is:
A)convincing governments of the need for the transition.
B)getting from where we are now to where we need to be.
C)envisioning a world without fossil fuels.
D)documenting the need to transition to renewable energy sources.
8
As explained in "Navigating the Energy Transition," the fossil fuel that causes the most carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and will eventually become a rising source of energy as other sources dwindle is:
A)oil.
B)wood.
C)natural gas.
D)coal.
9
As reported in "Navigating the Energy Transition," the Department of Energy (DOE) predicts that, in 2050, fossil fuels will provide about the same share of world energy that they do now.
A)True
B)False
10
According to "Asia's Rise," the theory that best explains shifts in international power is probably the "uneven rate of development" put forth by:
A)Spengler.
B)Lenin.
C)McNeill.
D)Marx.
11
The author notes at the beginning of "Asia's Rise" that he was frequently asked in Japan about a theory of international politics based on:
A)economic growth.
B)the model of strong leadership.
C)the rise of a strong middle class.
D)ever-moving-westward power.
12
As put forth in "Asia's Rise," Europe seems to be responding to Asia's rise with resigned acquiescence coupled with the assumption that it will all work out well in the end.
A)True
B)False
13
As reported in "China's Search for a Grand Strategy," from ancient times, the ruling regime of China has often been brought down by a combination of internal uprising and:
A)external invasion.
B)economic woes.
C)governmental corruption.
D)epidemic diseases.
14
According to "China's Search for a Grand Strategy," Chairman Mao's "three worlds theory" postulated that China's main external threats came from the United States and:
A)Japan.
B)India.
C)the Soviet Union.
D)Great Britain.
15
As stated in "China's Search for a Grand Strategy," China's only officially stated foreign policy issue has to do with Taiwan.
A)True
B)False
16
According to "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," twenty-first-century international security will depend on:
A)how many people inhabit the world.
B)whether or not the world will be able to produce enough food for its populations.
C)how the world's population is composed and distributed.
D)the ability of global income to increase more than global population.
17
As noted in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," the extreme population growth in Europe reversed after World War I because:
A)the Industrial Revolution encouraged Europeans to take their skills to poorer countries.
B)a high percentage of young men of reproductive age died in the war.
C)many Europeans were lured to North America with the promise of better conditions.
D)basic healthcare and sanitation began to spread to poorer countries, increasing life expectancy there.
18
As claimed in "The New Population Bomb: The Four Megatrends That Will Change the World," over the next four decades, the vast majority of the world's GDP growth will occur in Europe and North America.
A)True
B)False
19
According to "Population & Sustainability," the key to long-term environmental sustainability is to:
A)initiate population-control programs to reduce global population growth.
B)control consumption, particularly in high-population areas.
C)act on both population growth and consumption simultaneously.
D)immediately reduce carbon-dioxide emissions in the United States and European Union by a uniform percentage.
20
As explained in "Population & Sustainability," disparities in the population growth and consumption patterns of different nations indicate that the climate would be better served if:
A)India emulated U.S. population growth.
B)the United States emulated Indian consumption patterns.
C)developing nations emulated China's one-child policy.
D)each individual, wherever he or she lived, took responsibility for his or her environmental footprint.
21
As claimed in "Population & Sustainability," population growth in any one area has an immediate, but short-term, effect on the environment.
A)True
B)False
22
According to "Why Migration Matters," one reason migration matters more today than ever before is because:
A)migration is far more of a global process today.
B)the majority of the world's population is composed of migrants.
C)internal migration has all but disappeared in light of international migration.
D)migrant numbers have fallen dramatically in recent decades.
23
As explained in "Why Migration Matters," the significance of U.S. firms Kodak, Atlantic Records, RAC, Google, Yahoo, eBay, and several others is that they all:
A)prefer to hire migrant workers.
B)hire workers in foreign countries to prevent migration.
C)have been charged with hiring workers who are in the United States illegally.
D)were founded or co-founded by migrants.
24
As noted in "Why Migration Matters," the sex industry and "mail-order bride" industry have increased the number of female migrants, particularly from Asia.
A)True
B)False
25
As profiled in "The Blue Food Revolution," Kona Blue Water Farms produces a sushi-grade:
A)salmon.
B)carp.
C)yellowtail.
D)tilapia.
26
As noted in "The Blue Food Revolution," nations exercise sole rights to manage waters out to:
A)200 nautical miles from their shores.
B)100 nautical miles from their shores.
C)25 nautical miles from their shores.
D)3 nautical miles from their shores.
27
As stated in "The Blue Food Revolution," farmed fish are fed small fish that are themselves farmed specifically for their use as feed.
A)True
B)False
28
As claimed in "Climate Change," the current position in the scientific community with regard to climate change is that:
A)no specific cause of climate change can be identified.
B)many scientists disagree on the cause and effects of climate change, so no definitive statements can be made.
C)climate change is simply a natural fluctuation, the type of which can be documented throughout Earth's history.
D)climate change is dangerous and is caused by humans.
29
As argued in "Climate Change," the toughest part of the climate-change equation is the:
A)disagreement in the scientific community about global warming.
B)speed with which global warming is occurring and how little time is left to make changes.
C)refusal of governments to consider or act on remedies for global warming.
D)false sense of urgency that computer models reflect with regard to a global-warming timetable.
30
As reported in "Climate Change," while global warming will hurt some areas of the world, it will help other areas with extended growing seasons, allowing those areas to ease global food shortages over the long term.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "The Other Climate Changers," when compared to carbon dioxide, black carbon and ozone:
A)have a greater effect on global warming.
B)are more expensive to eliminate.
C)will provide more immediate rewards if eliminated.
D)remain in the atmosphere far longer.
32
As explained in "The Other Climate Changers," the majority of black-carbon emissions are associated with the:
A)use of diesel fuels in cars and trucks.
B)release of carbon dioxide.
C)production of agriculture.
D)burning of biomass.
33
As claimed in "The Other Climate Changers," technologies to significantly limit black-carbon and ozone-precursor emissions already exist.
A)True
B)False
34
As identified in "The Big Melt," the plateau known as "The Roof of the World," the highest and largest plateau in the world, is the:
A)Antarctic Plateau.
B)Andean Plateau.
C)Colorado Plateau.
D)Tibetan Plateau.
35
According to "The Big Melt," China angered Indochina by damming the:
A)Yangtze River.
B)Brahmaputra River.
C)Mekong River.
D)Ganges River.
36
As quoted in "The Big Melt," Chinese glaciologist Yao Tandong believes that the shrinkage of the glaciers will lead to ecological catastrophe.
A)True
B)False
37
As claimed in "Troubled Waters," the negative impact that human activity is having on the sea is increasingly noticeable:
A)throughout the depth and breadth of the sea.
B)on the coastland surrounding the sea.
C)in the surface and coastal waters of the sea.
D)60 miles offshore.
38
As described in "Troubled Waters," the marine life affected most drastically by human activities is:
A)predatory species of fish.
B)coral reefs.
C)dolphins and whales.
D)plant life on the sea floor.
39
As noted in "Troubled Waters," humans' negative impact on the sea began as soon as the human species emerged.
A)True
B)False
40
As put forth in "Asian Carp, Other Invasive Species Make a Splash," Asian carp are not the most dangerous invasive species to threaten the Great Lakes; that distinction would go to:
A)quagga mussels.
B)sea lamprey.
C)flathead catfish.
D)Eurasian ruffe.
41
As depicted in "Asian Carp, Other Invasive Species Make a Splash," the 19-pound Asian carp netted in Lake Calumet suggests that, despite efforts to keep it out of the Great Lakes area, it had gotten past:
A)a dam on the upper Mississippi River.
B)spotters monitoring the entrance to Lake Calumet.
C)an underwater electric fence.
D)poisons designed to target Asian carp DNA.
42
As explained in "Asian Carp, Other Invasive Species Make a Splash," invasive species such as the Asian carp have led to tough new federal regulations to help stop these species from spreading any farther.
A)True
B)False
43
As discussed in "Globalization And Its Contents," the globalizing process has its pros and cons, but generally it can be argued that economic globalization has had a positive impact on living standards and purchasing power in:
A)most of the world.
B)the wealthier nations.
C)most of the United States.
D)the poorer countries.
44
As pointed out in "Globalization And Its Contents," the invention and application of mass-production technology, together with surplus capital and the free-market economy, are at the root of:
A)human misery.
B)modern prosperity.
C)economic vicissitudes.
D)the globalizing process.
45
Even 50 years ago, the prospect of economically integrating both the communist and the impoverished Third World economies was promising and realistic.
A)True
B)False
46
The author of "It's A Flat World, After All" came to the conclusion that globalization was a reality while he was:
A)surfing the Internet late one night.
B)helping his daughters with their homework.
C)visiting Bangalore, India.
D)attempting to buy goods made in America.
47
As claimed in "It's A Flat World, After All," when the world is flat, you can innovate without having to:
A)emigrate.
B)translate.
C)graduate.
D)obfuscate.
48
As asserted in "It's A Flat World, After All," if Wal-Mart were a country, it would be China's eighth-largest trading partner.
A)True
B)False
49
As asserted by the author of "Why the World Isn't Flat," buying into the version of an integrated world that assumes that economics matter more and more and that politics matter less and less is not only unproductive, it is also:
A)naïve.
B)backward.
C)dangerous.
D)intuitive.
50
According to "Why the World Isn't Flat," globalization is a booming cottage industry based on the:
A)number of books about it that have been published.
B)growth of home businesses with a presence on the Internet.
C)amount of money that now crosses national borders in trade.
D)percentage of service industries that can be based anywhere around the world.
51
As reported in "Why the World Isn't Flat," during a recent television interview, the author was asked why he thinks the world is flat.
A)True
B)False
52
As postulated in "Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?" the UN Millennium Project intends to reduce extreme poverty by introducing programs from:
A)the Industrial Revolution.
B)a new kind of development economics.
C)the Green Revolution of the 1960s.
D)influential global businesses.
53
According to "Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?" public opinion in the rich parts of the world frequently attributes extreme poverty to mistakes made by the:
A)United States.
B)United Nations.
C)impoverished countries themselves.
D)affluent nations themselves.
54
As stated in "Can Extreme Poverty Be Eliminated?" Americans usually underestimate the amount of foreign aid supplied by the United States.
A)True
B)False
55
As identified in "Gazing Across the Divides," the country that has decided that now is the time to enact austerity is:
A)the United States.
B)China.
C)Japan.
D)Germany.
56
The author of "Gazing Across the Divides" postulates that a workable mechanism for ensuring global cataclysm may have been discovered in the:
A)incorrigible combustion of coal and oil.
B)unwarranted flirtation with nuclear power.
C)centuries of religiously motivated conflict.
D)first-world addiction to high-protein diets.
57
As cited in "Gazing Across the Divides," the Millennium Development Goals report states that the world has halted and begun to reverse the spread of HIV.
A)True
B)False
58
As reported in "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," in recent years, U.S. companies embarrassed about calling rewards to executives "performance bonuses" felt compelled to change the name to:
A)"cash incentives."
B)"retention bonuses."
C)"dividend distributions."
D)"additional executive compensation."
59
As spelled out in "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," the upper 1 percent of Americans every year take in:
A)about 5 percent of the nation's income.
B)nearly 10 percent of the nation's income.
C)nearly a quarter of the nation's income.
D)almost half of the nation's income.
60
As noted in "Of the 1%, by the 1%, for the 1%," while the top 1 percent of Americans have seen their incomes rise 18 percent over the past decade, those in the middle class have had to be content with a mere 5 percent increase.
A)True
B)False
61
As argued in "The Case Against the West," the West has become the most powerful force in the world for:
A)solving problems.
B)creating change.
C)helping other nations prosper.
D)preventing change.
62
As detailed in "The Case Against the West," Western policies have been most harmful in:
A)the United States.
B)the Middle East.
C)Asia.
D)South America.
63
As stated in "The Case Against the West," Asian progress should be seen as a desire to dominate the West.
A)True
B)False
64
As depicted in "Bolivia and Its Lithium," Bolivia's Salar de Uyuni contains rich deposits of minerals embedded in:
A)salt.
B)limestone.
C)oil.
D)quartz.
65
As noted in "Bolivia and Its Lithium," the current global focus on lithium is about its potential as a key ingredient in a new generation of:
A)computer laptop batteries.
B)cell phones.
C)electric car batteries.
D)ceramics.
66
As given in "Bolivia and Its Lithium," one of the advantages of lithium production as a major industry for Bolivia is that processing lithium can be easily accomplished without negative effects on the air, water, and soil of Bolivia.
A)True
B)False
67
According to "Supply and Demand," the problem with preferring the term "human trafficking" to "slave trade" or "forced labor" is that the former term:
A)reduces the issue to one of economics.
B)focuses on the criminal rather than the victim.
C)is too old-fashioned.
D)focuses on the movement rather than the exploitation involved.
68
The author of "Supply and Demand" reports that he visited a former slave-trading post in Badagry, a town in:
A)Egypt.
B)Kenya.
C)Nigeria.
D)Somalia.
69
As reported in "Supply and Demand," from 12 to 13 million West Africans were once transported across the Atlantic to the Americas as slave labor.
A)True
B)False
70
As stated in "More Aid Is Not the Answer," aid dependency can be measured by looking at aid as a:
A)component of a recipient country's budget.
B)percentage of a recipient country's GDP.
C)percentage of a donor country's budget.
D)percentage of a recipient country's public-assistance expenses.
71
As set forth in "More Aid Is Not the Answer," every year, poor African countries lose far more than they receive in aid through:
A)interest payments on World Bank loans.
B)healthcare costs because of the AIDS epidemic.
C)paying industrialized countries for weapons.
D)capital flight to tax havens.
72
As noted in "More Aid Is Not the Answer," because of the world's economic difficulties, aid to Africa has decreased every year since 2000.
A)True
B)False
73
As profiled in "It's Still the One," Cushing, Oklahoma, is a significant player in the new global oil industry because:
A)it contains the largest oil supplies in the world.
B)it possesses the only oil reserves traded in the stock market.
C)its oil is the benchmark against which other oils are priced.
D)its oil prices are not dependent on global market swings.
74
As explained in "It's Still the One," one of the most problematic aspects of the new age of oil for consumers is the:
A)volatility of the oil market that is reflected in prices at the gas station.
B)shortage of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil, the only oil appropriate for everyday use.
C)fact that all U.S. oil is being traded globally, leaving a shortage in the United States.
D)low quality of the oil that is being produced in the United States.
75
According to "It's Still the One," state-owned oil companies and governments now control more than 80 percent of the world's oil reserves.
A)True
B)False
76
As claimed in "Seven Myths about Alternative Energy," when it comes to promoting alternative energy, the world should:
A)do everything possible to find solutions.
B)invest as much as is feasible in a range of speculative technologies.
C)take as much time as is necessary to come up with reasonable solutions.
D)try to achieve the biggest emissions reductions for the least money in the shortest time.
77
According to "Seven Myths about Alternative Energy," major problems with the concept of "renewable fuels" include all of the following except:
A)fuel crops displace vegetation that soaks up even more carbon than fuel crops do.
B)the process of clearing peatland to grow fuel crops results in serious carbon emissions that can cause long-term environmental damage.
C)it is impossible to grow fuel crops in most types of soil.
D)fuel crops take up valuable land that could be used for growing food.
78
As noted in "Seven Myths about Alternative Energy," "second-generation" biofuels, such as those derived from switchgrass, are a promising new development for controlling global warming.
A)True
B)False
79
According to "The End of Easy Oil," the top source of oil imported into the United States will soon be:
A)Canada's tar sands.
B)North Sea oil from Scottish waters.
C)Argentina.
D)Saudi Arabia.
80
As explained in "The End of Easy Oil," the raw material extracted from tar sands from which oil is derived is called:
A)shale.
B)anthracite.
C)bitumen.
D)squalane.
81
As revealed in "The End of Easy Oil," the Whole Foods grocery chain threw its weight behind a campaign to boycott companies that use fuel generated from the oil sands.
A)True
B)False
82
According to "Coming Soon to a Terminal Near You," companies such as Gazprom have had a strong hand in price negotiations because the company:
A)has some of the largest gas reserves in the world.
B)controls the pipeline supplying the gas.
C)has an exclusive government contract.
D)also controls oil supplies in the same area.
83
As defined in "Coming Soon to a Terminal Near You," the use of high-pressure liquids to crack up otherwise impenetrable shales to release natural gas is known as:
A)shaling.
B)liquefaction.
C)grappling.
D)fracking.
84
As reported in "Coming Soon to a Terminal Near You," the roots of China's rapid growth in the use of natural gas is found in China's centralized planning.
A)True
B)False
85
As given in "Nuclear Power After Fukushima," the need to replace the power capacity of Fukushima after the accident means that Japan will need to import huge amounts of:
A)natural gas.
B)coal.
C)oil.
D)kerosene.
86
As pointed out in "Nuclear Power After Fukushima," the amount of heat produced by a ton of coal can be produced by a fuel pellet the size of:
A)a quarter of a ton of coal.
B)a refrigerator.
C)a brick.
D)the tip of the author's pinkie finger.
87
As mentioned in "Nuclear Power After Fukushima," the contractor teams bidding to clean up the Fukushima facility estimate that it will require between three and five years to do the job right.
A)True
B)False
88
As claimed in "The Revenge of Geography," being a realist in today's world means:
A)valuing freedom above order.
B)focusing on universal ideals, rather than on particular distinctions.
C)recognizing and embracing those forces beyond our control.
D)concentrating on what unites humanity, rather than what divides it.
89
According to "The Revenge of Geography," the sea provides the inviolate border security that is needed to become:
A)a major world power.
B)obsessed with expanding and holding territory.
C)isolationist.
D)a democracy.
90
As stated in "The Revenge of Geography," religious faith is merely a function of geography.
A)True
B)False
91
As pointed out in "A Himalayan Rivalry," China's strength lies in manufacturing, while India's lies in:
A)service industries.
B)educational opportunities.
C)raw materials.
D)financial markets.
92
As defined in "A Himalayan Rivalry," the McMahon Line is:
A)a shipping line jointly owned by India and China.
B)a series of mountain peaks running through the Himalayas.
C)the line marking the border between China and India for 890 kilometers.
D)the British policy of non-involvement in India's affairs dating from India's independence.
93
As reported in "A Himalayan Rivalry," parts of the border between China and India are so ill-defined that there is a 10-kilometer margin for error.
A)True
B)False
94
As reported in "Living with a Nuclear Iran," the prospect of Iran's acquisition of nuclear capability has led to the threat of preemptive military action by:
A)the United States.
B)Iraq.
C)Israel.
D)Russia.
95
As stated in "Living with a Nuclear Iran," Kissinger wrote Nuclear Weapons and Foreign Policy only a few years after the most recent U.S. war, which at that time was:
A)World War II.
B)the Korean War.
C)the Vietnam War.
D)the first Gulf War.
96
As suggested by the author of "Living with a Nuclear Iran," revolutionary powers see negotiations as a tactic to gain time, not as a way to reduce tensions.
A)True
B)False
97
As put forth in "Drug Violence Isn't Mexico's Only Problem," the key determinant of the Mexican economy's main challenges is:
A)government.
B)central bank policies.
C)integration with the economies of the United States and Canada.
D)double-digit inflation.
98
As noted in "Drug Violence Isn't Mexico's Only Problem," South American countries in which the left gained power and uncompromising radical leaders implemented populist policies and rewrote the rules of the constitutional game, leading to polarization and a less stable democracy, include:
A)Chile, Brazil, and Uruguay.
B)Venezuela, Ecuador, and Bolivia.
C)Argentina, Columbia, and Guyana.
D)Peru, Paraguay, and Suriname.
99
According to "Drug Violence Isn't Mexico's Only Problem," the presidency in Mexico is now stronger than the Congress.
A)True
B)False
100
The author of "Demystifying the Arab Spring" compares the role of the military in the uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt, stating that the military of the respective countries was:
A)extremely influential in both Tunisia and Egypt.
B)less significant in Tunisia, very influential in Egypt.
C)very influential in Tunisia, less significant in Egypt.
D)caught by surprise and rendered insignificant in both Tunisia and Egypt.
101
As put forth in "Demystifying the Arab Spring," Libyans' trust in their government and in one another eroded during Qaddafi's regime, and they took refuge in the solace of:
A)religion.
B)illegal drugs.
C)retreat from the cities to the countryside.
D)tribe and family.
102
The author of "Demystifying the Arab Spring" postulates that the important story about the 2011 Arab revolts in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya is how the activists used technology to share ideas and tactics.
A)True
B)False
103
As discussed in "Deliver Us from Evil," one reason Congo remains a battleground is that the country is rich in:
A)natural gas reserves.
B)minerals.
C)oil.
D)exotic and valuable plant life.
104
As reported in "Deliver Us from Evil," Patrice Lumumba, the first indigenous prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo, was:
A)assassinated by members of Congo's military within two years of taking office.
B)a beloved leader who left a void when he died after serving for nearly 30 years.
C)assassinated in a Belgian-U.S. plot only three months after taking office.
D)forced to leave office and flee the country because of widespread corruption in his government.
105
As revealed in "Deliver Us from Evil," Congo has a border with nine countries and seven of them have had armies on its soil in the past 30 years.
A)True
B)False
106
As claimed in "War in the Fifth Domain," the "fifth domain" of war is:
A)outer space.
B)air.
C)sea.
D)cyberspace.
107
As quoted in "War in the Fifth Domain," according to former spy chief Mike McConnell, the effects of a full-blown cyberwar would resemble the effects of:
A)a nuclear attack.
B)an aerial attack.
C)a tornado or hurricane.
D)the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
108
As noted in "War in the Fifth Domain," one of the more difficult aspects of a cyber attack is that the perpetrator often remains anonymous.
A)True
B)False
109
As set forth in "Climate Change after Copenhagen," critical brokers in the final political compromise in Copenhagen came from the countries that are collectively known as:
A)the European Union.
B)NATO.
C)the UN Security Council.
D)the BASIC countries.
110
As reported in "Climate Change after Copenhagen," the country that has been widely characterized as a villain in the negotiations in Copenhagen was:
A)Japan.
B)China.
C)the United States.
D)Iran.
111
As mentioned in "Climate Change after Copenhagen," energy companies such as E.ON and Centrica have said that, despite the failure of Copenhagen, they are committed to investing in clean power generation now.
A)True
B)False
112
As explained in "Geneva Conventions," the Geneva Conventions are a series of protections for soldiers and civilians in war zones that were established:
A)in ancient Greece.
B)after the Battle of Solferino.
C)after World War II.
D)as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States.
113
According to "Geneva Conventions," the fundamental bedrock of the Geneva Conventions is to:
A)protect children during wartime.
B)prevent suffering in war.
C)eliminate terrorism.
D)define acceptable methods of torture.
114
As claimed in "Geneva Conventions," given today's terrorist organizations and nuclear proliferation, the Geneva Conventions are seriously outdated and old-fashioned.
A)True
B)False
115
As reported in "America's Nuclear Meltdown towards 'Global Zero'," the United States has a stockpile of 5,113 nuclear warheads, while China's nuclear capabilities are estimated at:
A)12,527 warheads.
B)2,388 warheads.
C)240 warheads.
D)38 warheads.
116
According to "America's Nuclear Meltdown towards 'Global Zero'," the greatest influence over when India will begin nuclear-force reductions remains its assessment of the security threats emanating from:
A)China and Pakistan.
B)the United States and Russia.
C)Iran and Iraq.
D)Israel and Palestine.
117
As pointed out in "America's Nuclear Meltdown towards 'Global Zero'," one problem with the New START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) is that it covers deployed strategic warheads but places no limits on non-deployed nuclear warheads.
A)True
B)False
118
As put forth in "The 30 Years War," the HIV Prevention Trials Network announced that its most important project, the HPTN052 trial, was being terminated because it had:
A)failed.
B)succeeded.
C)run out of funding.
D)lost the lead scientist to AIDS.
119
As disclosed in "The 30 Years War," one result of the HPTN052 study was that people with HIV who did not show symptoms but who took anti-retroviral drugs anyway went on to develop fewer cases of:
A)tuberculosis.
B)Hodgkin's lymphoma.
C)pneumonia.
D)thrush.
120
As stated in "The 30 Years War," almost one in five of those put on anti-AIDS drugs stops taking them within the year.
A)True
B)False
121
As profiled in "Is Bigger Better?," BRAC is:
A)the social welfare arm of Bangladesh's government.
B)a grant program for poor nations funded by Shell Oil.
C)the largest antipoverty group in the world.
D)a Bangladesh training program for poor women and single mothers.
122
As noted in "Is Bigger Better?," BRAC's biggest early success was:
A)rebuilding Bangladesh cities destroyed by a cyclone.
B)reducing child mortality in Bangladesh.
C)uprooting corrupt Bangladesh government officials.
D)the redistribution of wealth in Bangladesh.
123
As claimed in "Is Bigger Better?," since BRAC came on the scene, the fertility rate in Bangladesh has more than doubled.
A)True
B)False
124
As put forth in "Humanitarian Workers," in a previous article, Lieutenant General Lillywhite urges humanitarians to protect a specific approach, while the authors, members of Medecins Sans Frontieres, question even continuing with the:
A)Militant Approach.
B)Comprehensive Approach.
C)Humanitarian Approach.
D)Egalitarian Approach.
125
As presented in "Humanitarian Workers," the view of Lieutenant General Lillywhite is that it is entirely rational for insurgents to perceive humanitarian operations as a key component of their enemy's approach, with the outcome being:
A)creation of their own aid organizations to serve the same purpose.
B)extraordinary close observation of the aid workers by insurgents.
C)increased violence against humanitarian workers.
D)preference given to aid organizations not affiliated with any particular government.
126
As reported in "Humanitarian Workers," what MSF is able to do in Somalia is dwarfed by the massive needs of those war-ravaged communities.
A)True
B)False
127
As given in "Humanity's Common Values: Seeking A Positive Future," the process of globalization can be positive, if societies reexamine and reemphasize:
A)the prospect of experiencing global culture.
B)their distinct values and cultural practices.
C)the positive values shared by all humans.
D)their religious belief systems.
128
As reported in "Humanity's Common Values: Seeking A Positive Future," local culture groups and proponents tend to view the emerging global culture as a threat, because they:
A)fear an impingement on their traditional culture.
B)are skeptical of change.
C)try to avoid contact with the larger world.
D)have had bad experiences already.
129
According to "Humanity's Common Values: Seeking A Positive Future," morality derives from human biological and physiological characteristics and from higher order capacities of choice and reasoning.
A)True
B)False
130
As profiled in "Visible Man," one of the most popular online sources of leaked government information is:
A)Twitter.
B)LinkedIn.
C)Amazon.
D)WikiLeaks.
131
According to "Visible Man," one of the first victories for "citizen surveillance" came in 1991, when George Holliday videotaped:
A)Los Angles police officers beating Rodney King.
B)New York police using tear gas on peaceful protesters.
C)several members of Congress accepting payoffs from lobbyists.
D)tobacco executives discussing the harmful effects of smoking.
132
As shown in "Visible Man," when utility companies send customers a comparison of their energy use with the average in their neighborhood, customers with above-average use reduce their consumption.
A)True
B)False
133
As quoted in "UN Women's Head Michelle Bachelet," former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan observed that there is no tool for development more effective than:
A)education.
B)small amounts of cash loaned to those starting businesses.
C)first ensuring good health care.
D)the empowerment of women.
134
As profiled in "UN Women's Head Michelle Bachelet," Bachelet was tortured and exiled from Chile, and, before returning to Chile and becoming president, trained as a:
A)university professor.
B)doctor.
C)lawyer.
D)pilot.
135
As depicted in "UN Women's Head Michelle Bachelet," Bachelet begins her interview with a British newspaper by apologizing for not being able to offer them whisky.
A)True
B)False
136
As pointed out in "The End of Men," one of the most startling changes in recent years is that, apparently:
A)more and more men are going into traditionally female professions, such as nursing and teaching.
B)wage inequality has finally ended, with women earning as much or more than men in similar jobs.
C)more couples who use sex selection are choosing to have girls than boys.
D)more women are choosing to wait until marriage to have children than in previous decades.
137
As profiled in "The End of Men," biologist Ronald Ericsson, who developed a method of sperm selection so couples could select the sex of their child, appropriately loaned out his ranch as a backdrop for ads featuring an iconic advertising symbol, the:
A)Marlboro Man.
B)Pillsbury Doughboy.
C)Juan Valdez.
D)Colonel Sanders.
138
As noted in "The End of Men," with few exceptions, the greater the power of women in a country, the greater the country's economic success.
A)True
B)False





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