Chapter 20 Test

Question 1

The human population is projected to reach ________ by 2050

Answer 1

9.5 billion

Question 2

This man was executed by the Iraqi government

Answer 2

Saddam Hussein

Question 3

The world naturally undergoes cycles of ________ ________

Answer 3

temperature change

Question 4

Research using adult stem cells is more moral than embryonic stems cells because

Answer 4

it does not involved taking of human life

Question 5

Embryonic stem cell research _________ commonly used to treat diseases

Answer 5

is NOT

Question 6

Iraq invaded this country in 1990 and seized its oil reserves

Answer 6

Kuwait

Question 7

The number of Christians in Africa is ____________

Answer 7

growing rapidly

Question 8

Most European countries are experiencing a _______ in population

Answer 8

decline

Question 9

Coal, oil, and solar and wind energy are all used to produce ______

Answer 9

electricity

Question 10

Eight out of ten of the largest cities in the world are located here

Answer 10

Asia and Latin America

Question 11

This is an economic and political alliance of European nations

Answer 11

European Union

Question 12

These are Muslim religious schools

Answer 12

Madrassas

Question 13

This is the natural cycle of changes that occurs on the earth that many insist man is causing

Answer 13

Climate change

Question 14

The latest extremist group in the Middle East

Answer 14

ISIS

Question 15

On September 11, 2001, terrorists flew planes into these locations

Answer 15

Twin Towers and the Pentagon

Question 16

The regions of Latin America, India, China, and Africa are part of this

Answer 16

Global South

Question 17

This energy resource is the least expensive

Answer 17

coal

Question 18

Wahhabism is a radical branch of this religion

Answer 18

Islam

Question 19

This religious group persecutes Christians in Nigeria, Egypt, and Sudan

Answer 19

Muslims

Question 20

Afghanistan came under control of this radical Muslim group in the 1990s

Answer 20

the Taliban

Question 21

The Saudi extremist that built a terrorist network known al al Qaeda

Answer 21

Osama bin Laden

Question 22

Enables states to trade with one another without restriction

Answer 22

Single Market

Question 23

Common currency of the European Union

Answer 23

euro

Question 24

Trade areas without quotas and tariffs

Answer 24

Free trade areas

Question 25

Common currency of West Africa

Answer 25

CFA franc

Question 26

West African organization that promotes trade cooperation

Answer 26

West African Economic and Monetary Union