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Chapter 27: An Interdependent World

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The trade agreement between the United States, Mexico, and Canada is referred to as _____.
A)NAFTA
B)UNICEF
C)OSHA
D)WHO
2
The sale of _____ is one of Saudi Arabia's major sources of income.
A)desalinated water
B)oil
C)sand
D)glass
3
The United States, Japan, and Great Britain are all examples of _____.
A)developing nations
B)non-industrial nations
C)EU nations
D)developed nations
4
Limiting the use of polluting resources is called _____.
A)recycling
B)reusing
C)conservation
D)the greenhouse effect
5
Sulfur dioxide gas mixed with water vapor falls to the earth as _____.
A)snow
B)hail
C)freezing rain
D)acid rain
6
The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council are _____.
A)United States, China, Russia, France, and Great Britain
B)China, France, Germany, Great Britain, and Japan
C)Russia, Great Britain, United States, Canada, and Japan
D)United States, Great Britain, Egypt, Brazil, and Japan
7
For many years, a political system called ____ kept non-white South Africans separate from white South Africans.
A)segregation
B)apartheid
C)discrimination
D)separatism
8
Firms that do business or have offices and factories in many countries are called _____.
A)corporations
B)international monetary firms
C)multinationals
D)international unions
9
The struggle between democratic nations and Communist nations after World War II was known as the ____.
A)Cold War
B)War Against Terror
C)Global War
D)War to End All Wars
10
The deliberate killing of a racial or cultural group is called _____.
A)homicide
B)ethnicide
C)genocide
D)apartheid
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