World History: Journey Across Time

Chapter 22: Building Today's World

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The United States controlled copper mines in the Latin American countries of __________.
A)Haiti, Nicaragua, and the Dominican Republic
B)Mexico, Peru, and Bolivia
C)Chile and Peru
D)Honduras and Colombia
2
Drug dealers pay poor Colombian farmers more money to produce __________ than coffee.
A)sugar
B)bananas
C)coca
D)copper
3
__________ are people who flee to another country to escape persecution or disaster.
A)Apartheids
B)Intifadas
C)Refugees
D)Shahs
4
The first Islamic revolution took place in __________.
A)Iran
B)Iraq
C)Kuwait
D)Egypt
5
In the 1970s, the United States introduced __________, a Cold War policy that brought about the ""relaxation of tensions"" between it and the USSR.
A)glasnost
B)perestroika
C)détente
D)SALT
6
Which U.S. president made a historic visit to China to help improve diplomatic relations between the two countries during the 1970s?
A)Jimmy Carter
B)Ronald Reagan
C)George Bush
D)Richard Nixon
7
__________ replaced Mikhail Gorbachev after he was criticized by both hard-liners and reformers.
A)Boris Yeltsin
B)Vladimir Putin
C)Lech Walesa
D)Vaclav Havel
8
__________ implemented a plan known as the Four Modernizations.
A)Deng Xiaoping
B)Josip Broz Tito
C)Slobodan Milosevic
D)Mao Zedong
9
In a __________, countries depend on one another for raw materials to make goods and for markets in which to sell goods.
A)mixed economy
B)global economy
C)money market
D)free market
10
The terrorist group named __________ claimed responsibility for the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
A)Irish Republican Army
B)al-Qaeda
C)Red Brigades
D)Taliban
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