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The Twentieth Century Cover Image
The Twentieth Century: A Brief Global History, 6/e
Richard Goff, Eastern Michigan University
Janice Terry, Eastern Michigan University
Walter Moss, Eastern Michigan University
Jiu Hwa Upshur, Eastern Michigan University
The Post-Cold War Period

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

1. The Russian financial crisis was triggered by declining demand for their primary hard-currency export:

A)

a. Vodka

B)

b. Caviar

C)

c. Crude oil

D)

d. Ladas

2

2. Boris Yeltsin's successor was:

A)

a. Vladimir Putin

B)

b. Boris Berezovsky

C)

c. Mikhail Gorbachev

D)

d. Viktor Chernomyrdin

3

3. The first two countries to declare their independence from the Yugoslav State were:

A)

a. Bosnia and Croatia

B)

b. Montenegro and Bosnia

C)

c. Serbia and Slovenia

D)

d. Slovenia and Croatia

4

4. How many countries made up the EU in the year 2000?

A)

a. Twelve

B)

b. Fifteen

C)

c. Eighteen

D)

d. Nine

5

5. The primary goal of the Kosovo Liberation Army was to obtain:

A)

a. Federal status for Kosovar Albanians

B)

b. Multiculturalism in Yugoslavia

C)

c. Independence from Yugoslavia

D)

d. Reunification with Albania

6

6. In February 2000 the Russians captured Grozny, the capital of this breakaway province:

A)

a. Ukraine

B)

b. Kazakhstan

C)

c. Kosovo

D)

d. Chechnya

7

7. The primary economic problem among developed EU states in the 1990s was:

A)

a. Hyperinflation

B)

b. Unemployment

C)

c. Recession

D)

d. Labor shortage

8

8. Which of these nations was added to NATO during the first round of NATO expansion in 1999?

A)

a. Czech Republic

B)

b. Slovakia

C)

c. Russia

D)

d. Ukraine

9

10. The impeachment charges against U.S. President Bill Clinton were based on:

A)

a. Fraudulent real estate deals

B)

b. Perjury and obstruction of justice

C)

c. Sexual harassment

D)

d. Illegal campaign contributions

10

11. Legal and social discrimination against Maya Amerindians gave rise to this guerilla organization:

A)

a. Shining Path

B)

b. Tupac Amaru

C)

c. Villaists

D)

d. Zapatistas

11

12. Disagreement over this region continued to plague Indian politics in the 1990s:

A)

a. Nepal

B)

b. Kashmir

C)

c. Bangladesh

D)

d. Sri Lanka

12

13. During the 1980s and 1990s this country led the way in terms of Asian economic growth rates:

A)

a. Japan

B)

b. Taiwan

C)

c. China

D)

d. India

13

14. The status of this city remains the most contentious problem in the current Israeli-Palestinian dispute:

A)

a. Ramallah

B)

b. Jericho

C)

c. Bethlehem

D)

d. Jerusalem

14

15. Throughout the Middle East and Africa Islamist movements were most often supported by:

A)

a. Urban elites and intellectuals

B)

b. Disaffected students and the working classes

C)

c. The military

D)

d. Women

15

16. The Lusaka Accords of 1994 were supposed to end a twenty-year civil war in:

A)

a. Angola

B)

b. Burundi

C)

c. Zaire

D)

d. Rwanda

16

17. This organization was established to investigate the crimes of the apartheid era in South Africa:

A)

a. Crime and Violence Committee

B)

b. Truth and Reconciliation Commission

C)

c. Organization of African States

D)

d. Organization of African Unity

17

18. U.S. development of this technology threatens to destabilize the nuclear balance of power:

A)

a. Neutron bomb

B)

b. International space station

C)

c. Chemical weapons

D)

d. Missile defense shield

18

19. "Global warming" is produced primarily by:

A)

a. Methane emissions from cattle

B)

b. Burning fossil fuels

C)

c. Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)

D)

d. Nuclear energy

19

20. Approximately ninety percent of the world's population lives on what percentage of the land?

A)

a. Twenty

B)

b. Forty

C)

c. Ten

D)

d. Thirty









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