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1
As claimed in "Aztecs: A New Perspective," to the Aztec people, the ritual of next-laualli was seen as:
A)human sacrifice.
B)the spoils of war.
C)a sacred debt payment to the gods.
D)retribution for stolen land.
2
As explained in "Aztecs: A New Perspective," the Chichimecs were a peaceful people until:
A)their land was overrun by neighboring tribes.
B)they became divinely inspired to fulfill a destiny of conquest.
C)the Spaniards arrived and began slaughtering them.
D)their religious temple was destroyed by an act of a vengeful god.
3
As noted in "Aztecs: A New Perspective," the term "Aztec" has been applied to a culture that was, in reality, highly ethnically diverse.
A)True
B)False
4
As claimed in "The Peopling of Canada," from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, European immigration to Canada was:
A)rapid, due to plentiful fisheries and opportunities for fur trapping.
B)limited, because only men were allowed to immigrate.
C)slow, due to limited economic opportunities.
D)nearly impossible, because the French monarchy prohibited it.
5
As outlined in "The Peopling of Canada," at least one-third of the total colonists of early New France were:
A)women.
B)soldiers.
C)slaves.
D)merchants.
6
As noted in "The Peopling of Canada," one of the difficulties in creating large colonies in early New France was that women outnumbered men by two to one.
A)True
B)False
7
According to "400 Years of the East India Company," the English East India Company was:
A)primarily a military organization.
B)a missionary organization.
C)a trading organization.
D)a humanitarian organization.
8
As discussed in "400 Years of the East India Company," the English East India Company governed its empire from:
A)Bombay.
B)Calcutta.
C)London.
D)Singapore.
9
According to "400 Years of the East India Company," the English East India Company pursued both private and public interests.
A)True
B)False
10
As claimed in "The Ottomans in Europe," the Ottoman Empire in the sixteenth century made all of Europe "quake with fear" for all of the following reasons except that its:
A)capital city was larger than Paris.
B)people were strongly united in their Christian faith.
C)army was the largest in Europe.
D)navy ruled the eastern Mediterranean shipping lanes.
11
As explained in "The Ottomans in Europe," the event that allowed the advancing Ottomans to begin complete domination of the eastern Mediterranean was the:
A)murder of Holy Roman Emperor Charles V.
B)severe weather conditions in Europe that made it impossible for Vienna to defend itself.
C)seizure of Belgrade by Suleiman the Magnificent.
D)defeat of Hungary in the Long War.
12
As noted in "The Ottomans in Europe," under Turkish rule, Balkan peasants were forced to become feudal slaves.
A)True
B)False
13
As presented in "Death on the Nile," the Suez Canal was considered vital to the British because control of it:
A)allowed Britain to dominate Africa.
B)guaranteed Britain's access to its greatest imperial possession--India.
C)permitted Britain to exploit the riches of Egypt.
D)carried great prestige.
14
According to "Death on the Nile," whoever controlled the Sudan could threaten Egypt because:
A)Sudan provided Egypt's leaders.
B)Sudan's large army could easily conquer Egypt.
C)the Nile River passed through Sudan before entering Egypt.
D)Sudan's population was so much larger than Egypt's.
15
As pointed out in "Death on the Nile," the forces of the Mahdi never won an actual battle against a British-led force.
A)True
B)False
16
According to "Coffee, Tea, or Opium?" the opium trade:
A)allowed Western nations to reduce the trade imbalance with China to less than one half its prior size.
B)allowed the Chinese to expand their advantage over Westerners regarding the balance of trade.
C)allowed the Western nations to shift the balance of trade in their favor.
D)had little effect on the balance of trade between China and Western nations.
17
It is noted in "Coffee, Tea, or Opium?" that, prior to the trade of opium, Western countries obtained Chinese goods mainly with:
A)woolen and cotton cloth.
B)the skins of animals not native to China, such as sealskin and muskrat pelts.
C)tobacco.
D)Spanish silver dollars.
18
As noted in "Coffee, Tea, or Opium?" the British exported opium to China even though opium use was illegal in England.
A)True
B)False
19
According to "After Centuries of Japanese Isolation," one of the most important reasons for the United States wanting to open up Japan was:
A)to promote trade.
B)religious persecution of Japanese Christians.
C)to obtain coal.
D)to prevent European countries from controlling Asia.
20
Matthew Perry's expedition to Japan, as noted in "After Centuries of Japanese Isolation," occurred in:
A)1733.
B)1853.
C)1903.
D)1927.
21
As stated in "After Centuries of Japanese Isolation," the only Westerners allowed to trade with Japan prior to Perry's expedition were the Dutch.
A)True
B)False
22
According to "Chinese Burns: Britain in China, 1842-1900," the Boxer Rising was a protest against:
A)Japanese occupation of parts of China.
B)the British opium trade in China.
C)foreign missionaries and their converts in China.
D)the Qing rulers of China.
23
As noted in "Chinese Burns: Britain in China, 1842-1900," in 1900, China's Qing court took the Boxers as allies and declared war on:
A)Japan.
B)communism.
C)Russia.
D)imperialism.
24
As noted in "Chinese Burns: Britain in China, 1842-1900," overseas Britons typically created a fiercely independent settler culture, rather than assimilating.
A)True
B)False
25
As concluded in "New Light on the 'Heart of Darkness,'" Conrad's novel:
A)reflected both a truth and a horror at the core of Empire.
B)had little effect in promoting humanitarianism.
C)is no longer considered relevant.
D)was seen as fantasy without basis in fact when it was published.
26
As maintained in "New Light on the 'Heart of Darkness,'" the novel is set in:
A)South Africa.
B)Madagascar.
C)the Congo Free State, also known as the Belgian Congo.
D)Kenya.
27
As recounted in "New Light on the 'Heart of Darkness,'" retired British diplomat Sir Roger Casement was executed by the British for supporting the Irish rebellion of 1916.
A)True
B)False
28
As argued in "The First Feminist," the essence of Mary Wollstonecraft's thought was that:
A)the traditional roles of women, as wives and mothers, are not worthwhile.
B)the male-dominated society should be overthrown.
C)a woman's mind is as good as a man's.
D)women do not need to be "reasonable creatures."
29
All of the following, as related in "The First Feminist," characterize an eighteenth-century Englishwoman except that she could not:
A)be divorced.
B)own property.
C)keep earned wages.
D)be guaranteed education.
30
According to "The First Feminist," Wollstonecraft founded the women's rights movement.
A)True
B)False
31
According to "Benjamin Franklin: An American in London," Benjamin Franklin's great optimism about the connection between England and America stemmed from:
A)the knowledge that the rate of population increase was much greater in the New World than in the old.
B)the wealth of natural resources in North America.
C)their common language.
D)the strength of the Anglican church.
32
As noted in "Benjamin Franklin: An American in London," the Ohio Scheme failed because of:
A)questions about slavery.
B)opposition of Lord Hillsborough.
C)opposition of George Washington.
D)problems with Native Americans.
33
As pointed out in "Benjamin Franklin: An American in London," Benjamin Franklin seriously underestimated the importance of the West.
A)True
B)False
34
To George Mason, according to "George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights," what was "that slow Poison?"
A)Slavery
B)The "Bablers"
C)The Constitution of the United States
D)The House of Burgesses
35
According to "George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights," George Mason's real education came from:
A)the expansive home library of John Mercer, Mason's caretaker uncle.
B)his friend George Washington.
C)his slaves.
D)his first wife, Ann Eilbeck.
36
Mason, according to "George Mason: Forgotten Founder, He Conceived the Bill of Rights," was the only delegate to the Constitutional Convention who disapproved of parts of the proposed Constitution.
A)True
B)False
37
As described in "This is Not a Story and Other Stories," Diderot's decision to write his own encyclopedia was the result of his:
A)desire for the fame and fortune that other authors were experiencing.
B)need to clarify difficult words for his uneducated community.
C)father's rejection of Diderot's chosen career as a sermon writer.
D)assignment to translate someone else's encyclopedia.
38
As portrayed in "This is Not a Story and Other Stories," before going off to find his own destiny, Denis Diderot rejected the longstanding vocations of his family, which were:
A)journalism and art.
B)farming and cooking.
C)cutlery and religious commitment.
D)translation and publishing.
39
As noted in "This is Not a Story and Other Stories," despite attempts by censors to eradicate his work, all volumes of Diderot's Encyclopaedia were published as written and available widely in bookstores throughout Europe.
A)True
B)False
40
As related in "From Mercantilism to 'The Wealth of Nations'," a hallmark of mercantilism was the:
A)emergence of a global trade network.
B)appearance of merchants.
C)practice of imperial rivalry among European powers over global trade.
D)study of economics.
41
According to "From Mercantilism to 'The Wealth of Nations'," the epitome of the Age of Discovery was the emergence of:
A)small merchants.
B)a landed aristocracy.
C)a global trade network.
D)the study of economics.
42
According to "From Mercantilism to 'The Wealth of Nations'," in Western Europe in the period 1500-1750, by far most of the income of the working poor was spent on food.
A)True
B)False
43
As noted in "The Return of Catherine the Great," Catherine the Great's political and management skills are evidenced by the fact that she was able to:
A)maintain political stability in Russia for more than 30 years.
B)suppress the constant threat of revolt by her subjects.
C)rule Russia even though she was originally a German citizen.
D)gain all of Europe's acceptance of her philosophies.
44
As outlined in "The Return of Catherine the Great," Catherine believed that social progress and responsible society were based on all of the following except:
A)reason.
B)moral conduct.
C)common sense.
D)democracy.
45
As mentioned in "The Return of Catherine the Great," Catherine's creation of Russia's first girls' school demonstrated her belief that women were equal contributors in the process of civilizing society.
A)True
B)False
46
According to "As Good as Gold?" the "secret meaning" of money is indicated by the term:
A)wampum.
B)generally accepted.
C)bullion.
D)specie.
47
As noted in "As Good as Gold?" in the Western world, legal-tender paper money was first issued in 1690 by:
A)England.
B)France.
C)Massachusetts.
D)the New York Stock Exchange.
48
As noted in "As Good as Gold?" after the Civil War, banks became "the medium of the medium of exchange," even in rural areas.
A)True
B)False
49
As revealed in "A Woman Writ Large in Our History and Hearts," George Sand wished to pave the way for future generations of women to:
A)make marriage more of a business arrangement between families.
B)avoid marriage altogether.
C)give up the romantic ideal of the "embrace of twin souls."
D)live more honestly and more independently.
50
As asserted in "Eyes Wide Open," the single most influential idea of the millennium has been the:
A)direct observation of data, or the experimental method.
B)theory of evolution.
C)theory of relativity.
D)mapping of the unconscious.
51
In attempting to solve the riddle of light, according to "Eyes Wide Open," the Arab scientist Ibn al-Haytham concluded that:
A)light necessarily travels from the eye to an observed object.
B)light necessarily travels from an observed object to the eye.
C)light travels in both directions, both to the eye and from the eye.
D)the question of whether light travels to or from the eye cannot be answered empirically.
52
As discussed in "Eyes Wide Open," the origin of the idea of visual perspective in Italian art can be traced to Ibn al-Haytham's optics research.
A)True
B)False
53
According to "In God's Place," the most important thing about Isaac Newton's work Principia was:
A)his law of gravity.
B)his theories about force and inertia.
C)the universality and unbounded application of the law of gravity.
D)its introspection.
54
As noted in "In God's Place," the philosopher associated with the phrase "I think, therefore I am" is:
A)Isaac Newton.
B)St. Thomas Aquinas.
C)Rene Descartes.
D)Mary Shelley.
55
As explained in "In God's Place," Descartes' space "vortices" theory finally was proven to be workable.
A)True
B)False
56
According to "The Workshop of a New Society," all of the following factors served Britain well in the Industrial Revolution except:
A)easy access to the sea.
B)unusual political turbulence.
C)light regulation of trade.
D)a highly specialized workforce.
57
As noted in "The Workshop of a New Society," the aspect of factory life that was universally hated by the Industrial Revolution workforce in Britain was its:
A)regulation.
B)strenuous work.
C)lack of regular hours.
D)abundance of work breaks.
58
As explained in "The Workshop of a New Society," the Industrial Revolution actually had little impact on British society.
A)True
B)False
59
According to "The X Factor," in the eleventh century, the Chinese had both of the two key elements of an industrial revolution-mass production and:
A)bureaucracy.
B)vertical organization.
C)the wheel.
D)mechanization.
60
As suggested in "Samurai, Shoguns & The Age of Steam," the Japanese fear of the outside world prior to the mid-1800s was evidenced by the fact that they:
A)attacked any foreign ships that approached their borders.
B)refused trading licenses even to the Chinese.
C)executed most of their own sailors who returned from foreign lands.
D)battled with Commodore Matthew Perry and the U.S. Navy, who had approached them in friendship.
61
As noted in "Samurai, Shoguns & The Age of Steam," one of the goals of Japanese involvement with modern Western technology was to:
A)stand up to the West after using the technology they had learned from it.
B)join with the West to establish a lucrative trading system.
C)use new technology against the Chinese.
D)sabotage the railway system that foreigners forced them to build.
62
As mentioned in "Samurai, Shoguns & The Age of Steam," the demise of the first accepted Japanese railway project turned out to be positive for the Japanese.
A)True
B)False
63
As noted in "The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable," the first messages sent by transatlantic telegraph cable from England to the United States were exciting for their:
A)unexpected clarity of transmission.
B)immediacy.
C)amplification of details about social news.
D)revelation that World War I had begun.
64
According to "The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable," the U.S. Civil War:
A)directly delayed the transatlantic-cable project.
B)had no impact on the transatlantic-cable project.
C)strengthened the desire for a transatlantic cable.
D)resulted in the first successful transmission of a transatlantic cable.
65
As noted in "The Transatlantic Telegraph Cable," the Red Sea cable project was a huge success for the British government and the cable's investors.
A)True
B)False
66
As outlined in "A Tale of Two Reputations," Charles Darwin and Sigmund Freud shared all of the following qualities except the ability to:
A)create new conceptual frameworks.
B)synthesize information from many different fields.
C)present their ideas convincingly.
D)foresee and assimilate future discoveries into their work.
67
As explained in "A Tale of Two Reputations," Darwin was able to make an overwhelming case for natural selection, while his contemporary, Alfred Wallace, was not because:
A)Wallace's theories relied heavily on creationism.
B)Darwin's work was published first.
C)Darwin drew his evidence from many fields of study.
D)Wallace was not able to write as convincingly as Darwin.
68
As noted in "A Tale of Two Reputations," although Freud's concepts are still heralded by many professionals, most laymen are unfamiliar with any of them.
A)True
B)False
69
As claimed in "The 20th-Century Scientific-Technical Revolution," the Scientific Revolution of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries merits the label of "revolution" because:
A)it occurred during a time of revolt against elite society.
B)scientists of that time saw themselves as political revolutionaries.
C)no true scientific procedures existed before this time.
D)the institutionalization of many scientific procedures at that time gave rise to today's scientific practices.
70
As explained in "The 20th-Century Scientific-Technical Revolution," at its core, the Industrial Revolution involved:
A)revolutionary innovations in agriculture.
B)the move from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy.
C)the development of the atomic bomb.
D)a move away from industry and towards technology.
71
As defined in "The 20th-Century Scientific-Technical Revolution," the Scientific-Technical Revolution is so named because of the current domination of technology over science.
A)True
B)False
72
As asserted in "On the Turn--Japan, 1900," the event in 1894 that signaled a major turning point in the relationship between Japan and the West was:
A)Japan's defeat of Russia.
B)the death of the Emperor Meiji.
C)the passage of the Meiji constitution, establishing a bicameral parliament similar to the German model.
D)the agreement by Britain to abolish consular jurisdiction within five years.
73
According to "On the Turn--Japan, 1900," the object of modernizing Japan was to:
A)distinguish the rule of Emperor Meiji from that of his predecessor.
B)obtain equal treatment by the Western nations.
C)enable the country to win its war with Korea.
D)reduce tension between Japan and Russia.
74
As noted in "On the Turn--Japan, 1900," the ie concept of the extended family was based on a matriarchal hierarchy.
A)True
B)False
75
As discussed in "Home at Last," the 1998 burial of the Romanovs sparked controversy when doubt was expressed about the authenticity of the remains by:
A)President Boris Yeltsin.
B)the media.
C)the Russian Orthodox Church.
D)50 Romanov descendants.
76
As asserted in "Home at Last," the only living descendant of the Romanovs who lays claim to the throne is:
A)Grand Duchess Maria.
B)Prince Nicholas.
C)Paul R. Ilyinsky.
D)Prince Rostislav.
77
According to "Gandhi and Nehru: Frustrated Visionaries?" although Gandhi and Nehru had many differences, the one thing they both fervently agreed on was that India should be governed by:
A)British authority.
B)self-rule.
C)a ruling elite.
D)the principles of Western capitalism.
78
As explained in "Gandhi and Nehru: Frustrated Visionaries?" in Gandhi's pamphlet Hind Swaraj, he extolled the virtue of:
A)wealth.
B)modern civilization.
C)one religion for all of India.
D)a moral society.
79
As noted in "Gandhi and Nehru: Frustrated Visionaries?" for Gandhi, non-violence was the only means of following one's own truth.
A)True
B)False
80
As presented in "The Roots of Chinese Xenophobia," the Chinese considered guo chi, or national humiliations, to have been caused by:
A)Chinese rebels.
B)religious leaders.
C)foreign powers.
D)domestic economic forces.
81
As explained in "The Roots of Chinese Xenophobia," the event that culminated in a paradigm shift in U.S. policy was the:
A)first Gulf War.
B)Japanese sneak attack on Pearl Harbor
C)Civil War.
D)Vietnam War.
82
According to "The Roots of Chinese Xenophobia," the defeat of the Boxers helped fuel the flames of nationalism in China.
A)True
B)False
83
The word referred to in the title "The Dirty A-Word" is:
A)attack.
B)appropriate.
C)allies.
D)appeasement.
84
As stated in "The Dirty A-Word," Neville Chamberlain's name became synonymous with all of the following except:
A)diplomatic feebleness.
B)treason.
C)lack of resolve.
D)military tardiness.
85
As described in "The Dirty A-Word," historian A.J.P. Taylor initiated the revisionist consideration of the Munich Agreement.
A)True
B)False
86
According to "Women in the Third Reich," the term "duds in population politics" was applied to women who:
A)were not married.
B)did not have children.
C)had more than four children.
D)had children born with "abnormalities."
87
As explained in "Women in the Third Reich," among the main "groups" of women during the Third Reich were all of the following except:
A)resisters to the Nazis.
B)adversaries of the resisters, women who misused their power over defenseless victims.
C)those who just went along with things.
D)women in the Nazi Party's top leadership.
88
As noted in "Women in the Third Reich," German women were pivotal in helping Adolf Hitler to power in 1933.
A)True
B)False
89
As claimed in "Exposing the Rape of Nanking," the Rape of Nanking did not penetrate world consciousness in the same manner as the Jewish Holocaust or Hiroshima because:
A)no one believed the victims when they spoke up, and the matter was quickly forgotten.
B)the media were not aware of what had happened.
C)the atrocities committed by the Japanese only affected soldiers, not civilians.
D)the victims remained silent, and politics ensured that the silence continued.
90
In taking the city of Nanking, according to "Exposing the Rape of Nanking," the Japanese relied heavily on:
A)superior manpower.
B)deception.
C)Nazi assistance.
D)blocking supply lines into the city.
91
Before the Japanese reached Nanking, as stated in "Exposing the Rape of Nanking," they had to fight a long, drawn-out battle for control of Shanghai.
A)True
B)False
92
According to "His Finest Hour," the young Winston Churchill had all of the following except sufficient:
A)connections.
B)privilege.
C)bravery.
D)money.
93
As noted in "His Finest Hour," Winston Churchill was known for all of the following except his:
A)academic excellence.
B)writing talent.
C)physical bravery.
D)wide popularity with his peers in the military.
94
As discussed in "His Finest Hour," Adolf Hitler believed that Britain would not be able to oppose his demands.
A)True
B)False
95
As discussed in "Judgment at Nuremberg," the Nuremberg trials of Nazi war criminals:
A)were a means of vengeance against the Nazis.
B)imposed collective guilt on the Germans.
C)invoked the rule of law to punish the atrocities of war.
D)ensured that all Nazi war crimes were punished.
96
According to "Judgment at Nuremberg," the only Nazi defendant who blamed neither others nor himself for the horrific facts presented in the Nuremberg trials was:
A)Rudolf Hoss.
B)Hermann Goring.
C)Hans Frank.
D)Wilhelm Keitel.
97
As noted in "Judgment at Nuremberg," collective guilt is the fuel of human barbarism.
A)True
B)False
98
As reported in "The Plan and the Man," the 1948 event that finally pushed Congress into passing the Marshall Plan was:
A)the Soviet blockade of Berlin.
B)Moscow cracking down on Czechoslovakia.
C)the launch of _Sputnik_, the first Soviet satellite.
D)a victory for the communists in Italy.
99
Of the following, as noted in "The Plan and the Man," the group of people that was the most supportive of the Marshall Plan was:
A)Democrats in Congress.
B)Republicans in Congress.
C)Wall Street bankers and diplomats with close ties to Europe.
D)Midwestern farmers.
100
As revealed in "The Plan and the Man," European leaders were electrified when they first heard of the Marshall Plan.
A)True
B)False
101
As noted in "Korea: Echoes of a War," U.S. president Harry Truman and his advisers interpreted the North Korean invasion on June 25, 1950, as a direct challenge to the United States by:
A)Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
B)North Korean president Kim Il Sung.
C)Japanese emperor Hirohito.
D)United Nations forces.
102
As shown in "Korea: Echoes of a War," the main issue of the Korean War was:
A)fighting the spread of communism.
B)how to restore unity to an ancient nation divided as a result of World War II.
C)how to protect free trade.
D)objection to the Soviet influence in North Korea.
103
As discussed in "Korea: Echoes of a War," Task Force Smith was a complete failure.
A)True
B)False
104
According to "Coming to Terms with the Past," since World War II, the battle over history and memory concerning Japan's war experience has largely been fought in:
A)secondary-school textbooks.
B)the daily newspapers.
C)the national legislature.
D)veterans' organizations.
105
As detailed in "Coming to Terms with the Past," as a result of Ienaga Saburo's lawsuits, Japanese secondary-school history textbooks now mention all of the following controversial subjects except:
A)Unit 731.
B)Japan's atomic bomb project.
C)comfort women.
D)the Rape of Nanjing.
106
As maintained in "Coming to Terms with the Past," Ienaga Saburo's motivation to write the truth about Japan in World War II was his failure to pursue the truth during the war.
A)True
B)False
107
As described in "Iraq's Unruly Century," in the 1920s, Iraq's new king found that his subjects were divided by all of the following except:
A)religion.
B)education.
C)geography.
D)ethnicity.
108
The British and King Faisal, as related in "Iraq's Unruly Century," favored the Sunni Muslims over Iraq's other groups because the Sunnis were:
A)more pro-Western.
B)wealthier.
C)more numerous.
D)more pious.
109
As presented in "Iraq's Unruly Century," during the 1920 uprising against British rule, the British overreacted.
A)True
B)False
110
As disclosed in "The USA in Vietnam," President Johnson fully committed U.S. troops to the Vietnam War because he:
A)could use the war as an excuse to raise taxes.
B)was convinced that American public opinion would support the war.
C)believed in containment and feared the consequences of the domino theory.
D)thought that it would help him politically in the 1968 election.
111
As reported in "The USA in Vietnam," NSC-68 referred to:
A)President Johnson's plan for the Vietnam War.
B)the Great Society program.
C)the global role of the United Nations.
D)the Cold War strategy of containing communism everywhere.
112
Throughout his presidency, as shown in "The USA in Vietnam," President Johnson was a committed hawk on war in Vietnam.
A)True
B)False
113
As shown in "The Common Currents of Imperialism," there are similarities between the Spanish-American War and the:
A)Vietnam War.
B)war in Iraq.
C)invasion of Grenada.
D)Korean War.
114
As listed in "The Common Currents of Imperialism," techniques in absorbing the Philippines included all of the following except:
A)subsidy payments.
B)domination.
C)propaganda.
D)occupation.
115
According to the author of "The Common Currents of Imperialism," during the Spanish-American War, most Americans understood that the United States had used the ruse of liberty and democracy to establish a Pacific base in the Philippines.
A)True
B)False
116
According to "Like Herrings in a Barrel," Thomas Malthus argued in 1798 that the ultimate effect of the "power of [human] population" on the capability of Earth to sustain people would be:
A)to improve technology's reach and effectiveness.
B)longer life spans for humans.
C)premature death for humans.
D)a decrease in crop yields.
117
As explained in "Like Herrings in a Barrel," among the "positive checks" on population are all of the following except:
A)delaying marriage.
B)wars.
C)famines.
D)plagues.
118
As noted in "Like Herrings in a Barrel," Malthus was correct in expecting populations to double every 25 years.
A)True
B)False
119
According to "The Weather Turns Wild," of the following, the country that is likely to be hardest hit by the effects of global warming is:
A)Bangladesh.
B)the United States.
C)Australia.
D)Venezuela.
120
As brought out in "The Weather Turns Wild," human society:
A)will actually benefit tremendously from global warming.
B)will be drastically affected by global warming.
C)is likely to become more peaceable and cooperative as a result of global warming.
D)will not be changed by global warming.
121
As explained in "The Weather Turns Wild," concern about greenhouse gases is a new phenomenon.
A)True
B)False
122
As noted in "Bombs, Gas and Microbes, The Desperate Efforts to Block the Road to" concerns about nuclear weapons intensified with:
A)suspected use of them in the Persian Gulf War.
B)widespread refusal to fulfill test-ban requirements.
C)spread of such technologies into Latin America.
D)nuclear tests by India and Pakistan.
123
As reported in "Bombs, Gas and Microbes, The Desperate Efforts to Block the Road to" nations that signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty included:
A)Brazil.
B)Cuba.
C)Iraq.
D)Pakistan.
124
As noted in "Bombs, Gas and Microbes, The Desperate Efforts to Block the Road to," the success of the Chemical Weapons Convention has been due to the frequency of short-notice challenge inspections.
A)True
B)False
125
As explained in "10 Million Orphans," most of the AIDS orphans are in:
A)Southeast Asia.
B)Latin America.
C)sub-Saharan Africa.
D)North America.
126
According to "10 Million Orphans," if AIDS orphans are taken in, it is usually by:
A)agencies of the Salvation Army.
B)agencies of the United Nations.
C)their extended families.
D)local, independently financed orphanages.
127
According to "10 Million Orphans," AIDS orphans are at far greater risk of malnutrition compared with children with parents.
A)True
B)False
128
As noted in "In God's Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century," the most pressing issue raised by the genocide in Rwanda is that of:
A)ethnic relations.
B)human nature.
C)religious beliefs.
D)governmental responsibility.
129
According to "In God's Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century," the Rwandan genocide cannot be impersonalized because the killings were committed:
A)in gas chambers similar to those of Nazi Germany.
B)by American military personnel stationed in Rwanda.
C)face-to-face by ordinary people.
D)by anti-Christian religious factions.
130
As claimed in "In God's Name: Genocide and Religion in the Twentieth Century," there is no evidence that the genocide in Rwanda could have been prevented.
A)True
B)False
131
As claimed in "Terror in the Name of God," the primary goal of recent religious terrorism is to:
A)provide a means for the terrorists to enter heaven.
B)provoke military action.
C)liberate the attacked country.
D)announce the terrorists' views through the media.
132
According to "Terror in the Name of God," negotiation with religious terrorists is impossible for all of the following reasons except that:
A)language barriers prevent any meaningful compromises.
B)the terrorists do not seek immediate rewards.
C)religious terrorists have no use for society's laws.
D)religion allows for absolute moral justification of the terrorist acts.
133
As noted in "Terror in the Name of God," the very real failure of the secular state is often a catalyst for religious terrorism.
A)True
B)False
134
As maintained in "A New Generation in the Middle East," members of the new generation:
A)are resigned to working at unskilled jobs.
B)plan to emigrate to Western countries.
C)have high expectations for their futures.
D)are devout Muslims who shun Western culture.
135
As stated in "A New Generation in the Middle East," half of the Arab world's total population today is:
A)over the age of 65.
B)under the age of 15.
C)illiterate.
D)in the growing middle class.
136
As claimed in "A New Generation in the Middle East," the shift from predominantly rural to predominantly urban life has taken place in just over 30 years.
A)True
B)False





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