LAST CHAPTERS

Question 0

THIS OCCURRED IN 1956 WHEN EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT GAMAL NASSER SEIZED CONTROL OF CERTAIN FRENCH AND BRITISH BUSINESS INTERESTS IN EGYPT

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SUEZ CRISIS

Question 1

THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO A 1917 LETTER FROM A BRITISH FOREIGN SECRETARY WHO SEEMED TO MAKE PROMISES TO BOTH ZIONISTS AND PALESTINES

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BALFOUR DECLARATION

Question 2

THIS RESULTED IN ISRAEL’S 1967 ANNEXATION OF THE SINAI PENINSULA, THE GOLAN HEIGHTS, JERUSALEM, AND THE WEST BANK

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SIX-DAY WAR

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IN 1978, THIS ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER SIGNED THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS AND AGREED TO RETURN THE SINAI PENINSULA TO EGYPT

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MENACHEM BANK

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THE EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT SIGNED THE CAMP DAVID ACCORDS AND RECOGNIZED ISRAEL AS A LEGITIMATE STATE, ENRAGING MANY ARABS

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ANWAR SADAT

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THIS EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT TOOK OFFICE AFTER THE ASSASSINATION OF ANWAR SADAT BY MUSLIM EXTREMISTS IN 1981; HE KEPT THE PEACE WITH ISRAEL

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HOSNI MUBARAK

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IN THE 1970S AND 1980S, THIS GROUP’S MILITARY WING CONDUCTED A VIOLENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST ISRAEL, WHICH, IN TURN, BOMBED PALESTINIAN TOWNS THOUGHT TO BE THE GROUP’S STRONGHOLDS

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PLO

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IN THE LATE 1980S, PALESTINIANS BEGAN THIS “UPRISING” A CAMPAIGN OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE THAT SUCCEEDED IN PUTTING INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE ON ISRAEL

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INTIFADA

Question 8

THIS PALESTINIAN LEADER TOOK PART IN REACHING THE OSLO PEACE AGREEMENT

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YASIR ARAFAT

Question 9

BEFORE 1990, THE MOST POWERFUL POLICY-MAKING BODY IN THE SOVIET UNION WAS

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THE POLITBURO

Question 10

THE REFORMS THAT LED TO DEMOCRATIZATION OF THE SOVIET UNION WERE BEGUN BY

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MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

Question 11

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING OCCURRED IN RESPONSE TO GLASNOST EXCEPT

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THE PRIVATIZATION OF SMALL BUSINESSES

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THE PURPOSE OF PERESTROIKA WAS TO

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REVIVE THE SOVIET ECONOMY

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THE END RESULT OF THE AUGUST COUP ATTEMPT WAS TO INCREASE THE POWER OF

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BORIS YELTSIN

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MEMBERS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES, OR CIS, HAD ALL FORMERLY BEEN

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PART OF THE UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

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YELTSIN’S “SHOCK THERAPY” PLAN REQUIRED THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO

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DRAMATICALLY REDUCE ITS INVOLVEMENT IN THE ECONOMY

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AFTER THE COMMUNIST PARTY IN HIS NATION LOST POWER, LECH WALESA BECAE THE FIRST FREELY ELECTED LEADER OF

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POLAND

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ALTHOUGH THE GROUP KNOWN AS SOLIDARITY EVENTUALLY OBTAINED WIDE PUBLIC SUPPORT AND POLITICAL POWER, IT BEGAN AS SIMPLY AN ORGANIZATION OF

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WORKERS

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SOME EUROPEAN NATIONS WERE HESITANT TO SUPPORT THE REUNIFICATION OF GERMANY BECAUSE OF FEARS THAT IT WOULD

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ATTEMPT TO DOMINATE EUROPE

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VACLAV HAVEL WAS ELECTED PREZ OF

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CZECHOSLOVAKIA

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YUGOSLAVIA WAS LED FROM 1945 TO 1980 BY

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JOSIP TITO

Question 21

THE BRUTAL POLICY OF ETHNIC CLEANSING WAS MOST WIDELY USED AGAINST

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BOSNIAN MUSLIMS

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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF THE CULTURAL REVOLUTION WAS TO

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PRESERVE REVOLUTIONARY COMMUNIST VALUES

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THE CHINESE PREMIER WHO MADE THE FIRST OVERTURES TOWARD ESTABLISHING A MORE OPEN RELATIONSHIP WITH THE WEST WAS

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ZHOU ENLAI

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THE PROGRAM THAT DENG XIAOPING EMBRACED AND REFERRED TO AS THE "SECOND REVOLUTION" INCLUDED THE GOALS OF THE

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FOUR MODERNIZATIONS

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THE STUDENTS WHO WERE KILLED IN TIANANMEN SQUARE WERE PROTESTING THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT'S

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LACK OF POLITICAL FREEDOM

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THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THE PROTEST IN TIANANMEN SQUARE RESULTED IN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING EXCEPT

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THE DISRUPTION OF CHINA'S ECONOMIC PROGRESS

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MAO ZEDONG, ZHOU ENLAI, AND DENG XIAOPING WERE ALL

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PARTICIPANTS IN THE WAR BETWEEN COMMUNISTS AND NATIONALISTS

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NASA AND THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY COOPERATED IN THE LAUNCH OF

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THE HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

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THE INTERNET WAS ORIGINALLY DEVELOPED FOR USE IN

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

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THE TERM "GENETIC ENGINEERING" REFERS TO

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MODIFYING THE HEREDITARY UNITS IN AN ORGANISM

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THE SUCCESSFUL CLONING OF AN ORGANISM WOULD, BY DEFINITION, RESULT IN A NEW ORGANISM THAT WAS

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GENETICALLY IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL

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THE "GREEN REVOLUTION" WAS AN EFFORT TO

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PRODUCE FOOD MORE EFFICIENTLY

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A DEVELOPED NATION IS USUALLY LOWER THAN AN EMERGING NATION WITH RESPECT TO

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POLITICAL INSTABILITY

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IN THE GULF WAR, SOME 39 ALLIED NATIONS FOUGHT AGAINST THE NATION OF

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IRAQ

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THE TERM "GLOBAL ECONOMY" REFERS TO FINANCIAL INTERACTIONS THAT

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CROSS INTERNATIONAL BORDERS

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THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DAMAGE TO THE ATMOSPHERE'S OZONE LAYER IS CAUSED BY

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CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS

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A NATION THAT OPPOSED THE PRINCIPLES OF FREE TRADE WOULD

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ESTABLISH IMPORT TAXES

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A MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION IS ONE THAT

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OPERATES IN A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES

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THE PURPOSE OF THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY CAN BE FOUND IN ITS NAME, IN WHICH PROLIFERATION REFERS TO THE

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SPREAD OF SOMETHING

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WHOSE TRADITIONAL HOMELAND CROSSES THE BORDERS OF TURKEY, IRAN, AND IRAQ?

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KURDS

Question 41

WHAT EVENT DO YOU THINK PROMPTED THE UN TO ISSUE THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

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THE HOLOCAUST IN EUROPE

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WHICH WORLD REGION HAS SUFFERED THE MOST FROM THE AIDS EPIDEMIC

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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

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PUSH FACTORS OF MIGRATION INCLUDE LASK OF FOOD DUE TO DROUGHT, NATURAL DISASTERS, AND

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POLITICAL OPPRESSION

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THE MAJOR GOAL OF RADICAL RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL TERRORIST GROUPS IS THE DESTRUCTION OF

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WHAT THEY CONSIDER THE FORCES OF EVIL

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WHY DO GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS FIND THE USE OF CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL AGNETS IN TERRORIST ATTACKS PARTICULARLY WORRISOME

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BECAUSE BIOCHEMICAL AGENTS ARE RELATIVELY EASY TO ACQUIRE

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TERRORISM THAT INVOLVES POLITICALLY MOTIVATED ATTACKS ON INFO SYSTEMS IS KNOWN AS

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CYBERTERRORISM

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OSAMA BIN LADEN USED MOUNTAIN HIDEOUTS IN AFGHANISTAN AS A BASE OF OPERATIONS FOR HIS GLOBAL NETWORK OF TERRORISTS KNOWN AS

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AL-QAEDA

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ONE CRITICISM LEVELED AT THE USA PATRIOT ACT IS THAT IT

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ALLOWS THE GOVERNMENT TO INFRINGE ON PEOPLE'S CIVIL RIGHTS

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THE CULTURAL TRAIT LEAST LIKELY TO BE SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTED BY POPULAR CULTURE IS

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RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

Question 50

THE PRODUCT MOST LIKELY TO BE FOUND IN AN AMERICAN HOUSEHOLD IS

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A TELEVISION

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ENGLISH IS REFERRED TO AS THE "PREMIER INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGE" BECAUSE

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IT IS THE MOST WIDESPREAD OF ANY LANGUAGE

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THE DEFINITION OF MATERIALISM AS THE THE WORD WORD IS USED IN THIS CHAPTER IS THE

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"MIDSET OF PLACING A HIGH VALUE ON ACQUIRING MATERIAL POSSESIONS"

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WHAT METHODS MIGHT A COUNTRY USE TO ENSURE THAT GLOBAL POPULAR CULTURE DOES NOT OVERWHELM ITS NATIONAL CULTURE AND TRADITIONS

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ALL OF THE ABOVE set aside tv broadcast time for national programming, take western tv shows and rework them according to national culture and traditions, strictly censor the mass media to keep out the unwanted ideas