Which answer best evaluates the impact of globalization on China?(1 point)
Responses
China created political reforms to transform into a democracy.
China created political reforms to transform into a democracy.
China increased their wealth and became a world trading power.
China increased their wealth and became a world trading power.
China began to promote individual rights, such as freedom of speech.
China began to promote individual rights, such as freedom of speech.
China allowed women to work.
China allowed women to work.
China increased their wealth and became a world trading power.
Identify the concept that refers to how much workers are paid by their company. (1 point)
Responses
opportunity costs
opportunity costs
comparative advantage
comparative advantage
absolute advantage
absolute advantage
cost of labor
cost of labor
Cost of labor.
Which phrase describes what bauxite, copper, calcium carbonate, gold, marble, and hydropower are to Haiti?(1 point)
Responses
absolute advantage
absolute advantage
opportunity costs
opportunity costs
cost of labor
cost of labor
natural resources
Natural resources.
Compare how pessimism and existentialism are similar to each other. (1 point)
Responses
Both are intellectual movements that focus on negativity.
Both are intellectual movements that focus on negativity.
Both are intellectual movements that focus on positivity.
Both are intellectual movements that focus on positivity.
Both are intellectual movements that were created in the twentieth century.
Both are intellectual movements that were created in the twentieth century.
Both are intellectual movements that were prominent post-World War II.
Both are intellectual movements that were prominent post-World War II.
Both are intellectual movements that focus on negativity.
How did new technology create a “global village?"(1 point)
Responses
It allowed rapid communications and exchange of music, television shows, and more throughout the world.
It allowed rapid communications and exchange of music, television shows, and more throughout the world.
It enabled large, international companies to gain control of local artists producing books, music, and movies.
It enabled large, international companies to gain control of local artists producing books, music, and movies.
It allowed Western companies that made television and movies to impose Western culture on the rest of the world.
It allowed Western companies that made television and movies to impose Western culture on the rest of the world.
It empowered local artists (musicians, writers, actors) to dominate their home markets.
It empowered local artists (musicians, writers, actors) to dominate their home markets.
It allowed rapid communications and exchange of music, television shows, and more throughout the world.
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Define genocide, according to the United Nations.(1 point)
Responses
imprisoning or killing political dissidents who oppose a country’s government
imprisoning or killing political dissidents who oppose a country’s government
launching an unjust war to extend a country’s territory
launching an unjust war to extend a country’s territory
systematically targeting civilians during wartime to achieve military objectives
systematically targeting civilians during wartime to achieve military objectives
systemic action designed to harm any national, ethnical, racial, or religious group
systemic action designed to harm any national, ethnical, racial, or religious group
Systemic action designed to harm any national, ethnical, racial, or religious group.
Summarize the aftermath of the Armenian genocide.(1 point)
Responses
Armenians rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.
Armenians rebelled against the Ottoman Empire.
Turks controlled areas formerly inhabited by Armenians, which made the organization of modern Turkey easier.
Turks controlled areas formerly inhabited by Armenians, which made the organization of modern Turkey easier.
The Turks eventually renounced the policies that had led to genocide and paid reparations to the Armenians.
The Turks eventually renounced the policies that had led to genocide and paid reparations to the Armenians.
Russians advanced deep into Turkey to rescue the Armenians.
Russians advanced deep into Turkey to rescue the Armenians.
Turks controlled areas formerly inhabited by Armenians, which made the organization of modern Turkey easier.
Compare the international reactions to the Rwandan genocide and the 9/11 attacks. Which of the following statements best describes how they compare?(1 point)
Responses
The 9/11 attacks did not receive international coverage until the war on terror was declared, and the Rwandan genocide was not known about until after aid workers discovered the murders.
The 9/11 attacks did not receive international coverage until the war on terror was declared, and the Rwandan genocide was not known about until after aid workers discovered the murders.
The international community immediately responded to both incidents because they received comparable media coverage.
The international community immediately responded to both incidents because they received comparable media coverage.
The UN intervened in the Rwandan genocide early on in order to keep it from escalating, and the international community did not anticipate the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but reacted quickly.
The UN intervened in the Rwandan genocide early on in order to keep it from escalating, and the international community did not anticipate the 9/11 terrorist attacks, but reacted quickly.
The international community immediately responded to 9/11 but did not react to Rwanda until after the genocide occurred, based largely on differences in geography, culture, and political systems.
The international community immediately responded to 9/11 but did not react to Rwanda until after the genocide occurred, based largely on differences in geography, culture, and political systems.
The international community immediately responded to 9/11 but did not react to Rwanda until after the genocide occurred, based largely on differences in geography, culture, and political systems.
When we discuss the perpetuation of international terrorism, what role has the media played?(1 point)
Responses
The media plays no role in perpetuating terrorism because events would happen regardless of what was reported.
The media plays no role in perpetuating terrorism because events would happen regardless of what was reported.
Media coverage instills fear in the public, gives the terrorists credibility, and provides them with the opportunity to spread their agenda.
Media coverage instills fear in the public, gives the terrorists credibility, and provides them with the opportunity to spread their agenda.
The media is paid by terrorist organizations to create stories that make the terrorists look good.
The media is paid by terrorist organizations to create stories that make the terrorists look good.
The media doesn’t perpetuate terrorism because they are reporting facts about what is happening everywhere and it is up to governments to take action.
The media doesn’t perpetuate terrorism because they are reporting facts about what is happening everywhere and it is up to governments to take action.
Media coverage instills fear in the public, gives the terrorists credibility, and provides them with the opportunity to spread their agenda.
How did journalists finally capture the attention of an international audience when covering the Bosnian War?(1 point)
Responses
They reported from inside the refugee camps and took pictures of the abuses.
They reported from inside the refugee camps and took pictures of the abuses.
They began using words that described the Holocaust to draw attention to the similarities in Bosnia.
They began using words that described the Holocaust to draw attention to the similarities in Bosnia.
They published pictures of suffering refugees in the camps that people pitied.
They published pictures of suffering refugees in the camps that people pitied.
They interviewed the Serbian dictator and he told them about the ethnic cleansing
How did journalists finally capture the attention of an international audience when covering the Bosnian War?(1 point)
Responses
They reported from inside the refugee camps and took pictures of the abuses.
They reported from inside the refugee camps and took pictures of the abuses.
They began using words that described the Holocaust to draw attention to the similarities in Bosnia.
They began using words that described the Holocaust to draw attention to the similarities in Bosnia.
They published pictures of suffering refugees in the camps that people pitied.
They published pictures of suffering refugees in the camps that people pitied.
They interviewed the Serbian dictator and he told them about the ethnic cleansing.