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1

A new method has been developed to measure the comprehensive wealth of each nation. This method, which is an alternative to the more common measures of Gross National Product and Gross Domestic Product, was developed by:
A)Harvard economists
B)John Maynard Keynes
C)the World Bank
D)the State Department
2

Which of the responses below identifies the school of thought that espouses the principle that human rights are derived from sources external to human society?
A)relativist
B)universalist
C)positivist
D)nihilist
3

What does the acronym WHO represent?
A)Watchdog of Human Oppression
B)World Humanity Observers
C)World Health Organization
D)World Hunger Organization
4

Economic nationalism combined with a particular slant on the idea of evolution produced an ideology known as:
A)Social Darwinism
B)Libertarianism
C)Monism
D)Nationalism
5

Fauziya Kassindja sought asylum in the United States in order to avoid returning to which of the following countries?
A)Iran
B)Benin
C)Ghana
D)Togo
6

The term Fourth World is used to refer to:
A)less developed countries
B)non-communist totalitarian nations
C)former communist nations of Eastern Europe
D)indigenous peoples collectively
7

According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, how many refugees were living outside their native countries at the beginning of 2000?
A)7 million
B)2 million
C)11.5 million
D)0.4 million
8

What year was designated as the Universal Year of the Child?
A)1979
B)1995
C)2000
D)2002
9

The controversial 2001 World Conference on Racism was held in:
A)Beijing, China
B)Durban, South Africa
C)Tehran, Iran
D)Jakarta, Indonesia
10

Of the 10 million tons of grains and other foodstuffs donated to hungry nations each year, approximately what percent comes from the United States?
A)10 percent
B)30 percent
C)40 percent
D)65 percent





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