18) Under the leadership of Mao Zedong, communism flourished in what country?
A)China
B)North Korea
C)South Korea
D)Vietnam
19) Osama bin Laden was BEST known for
A)invading oil-rich Kuwait in the 1990s.
B)founding an Islamic extremist terrorist group.
C)organizing the Taliban to resist Soviet occupation.
D)running the largest dictatorship in the Middle East.
20) Which European nation was the focus of a U.S., NATO, and United Nations military mission designed to end the country's civil war and ethnic cleansing?
A)Latvia
B)Bosnia
C)Armenia
D)Lithuania
21) Mao Zedong's "Great Leap Forward" could BEST be described as a program designed to change China's
A)economy.
B)military.
C)politics.
D)religion.
22) Which of these countries would have been "behind the Iron Curtain" during the Cold War?
A)France
B)Italy
C)Poland
D)Spain
23) What is the worldwide movement toward economic, financial, trade, and communications integration?
A)Globalization
B)Protectionism
C)Absolute Advantage
D)Consumer Sovereignty
24) Which world leader saw the launch of Sputnik I, the first man-made satellite to orbit the earth for his country?
A)Mao Zedong
B)Joseph McCarthy
C)Nikita Khrushchev
D)Dwight D. Eisenhower