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Chapter 32: Changing Global Patterns

Changing Global Patterns

1
Which invention paved the way for the personal computer?
A)microprocessor
B)hypertext transfer protocol
C)Hubble Space Telescope
D)stored memory
2
Which of the following did NOT experience an ecological disaster?
A)Bhopal
B)Chernobyl
C)Rio de Janeiro
D)Alaska
3
Which of these was a weapon of bioterrorists in 1995?
A)"super germs"
B)chemical pesticides
C)sarin gas
D)plague-infested corpses
4
What is one shortcoming of the Green Revolution?
A)the high cost of new crop strains
B)unusual strains of grains
C)the low yield of new crop strains
D)the high cost of fertilizers
5
Rachel Carson alerted the world to the dangers of _____.
A)deforestation
B)pesticides
C)fertilizers
D)the greenhouse effect
6
Which of these UN agencies includes representatives from all member nations?
A)General Assembly
B)Security Council
C)International Atomic Energy Agency
D)World Bank
7
Which of these has the United Nations NOT been successful at?
A)providing aid to address economic and social problems
B)organizing conferences on issues such as population growth
C)avoiding stalemates in the Security Council
D)supervising truces
8
The population in Western Europe is _____.
A)increasing slowly
B)graying
C)doubling every ten years
D)migrating
9
Nongovernmental organizations formed to address global concerns include _____.
A)disarmament groups
B)the World Health Organization
C)the UN Security Council
D)UNESCO
10
The World Trade Organization has been criticized for _____.
A)halting trade agreements
B)encouraging trade disputes
C)ignoring health concerns
D)undermining tariffs
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