Environmental problems need global solutions.

The fall of the Soviet Union has caused severe environmental hazards.

Technology has helped the world stop polluting the environment

Only nations that create environmental problems will suffer from them.

Family planning was successful.

There was an absence of war and conflict.

New medicines and technology were discovered and applied.

Famine and other natural disasters increased.

The worldwide distribution of wealth is unequal.

Social mobility between social classes is increasing.

The communist movement is growing.

Economic self-sufficiency in less developed countries is increasing.

the fall of communist governments in Eastern Europe

the formation of oil cartels, such as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)

an increase in global interdependence resulting from modern technology and expanded trade agreements

a general decline in the standard of living for people in developing countries

Developing nations have easier access to the Internet than developed nations do.

A high standard of living in a nation is linked to high Internet usage.

Internet usage limits international cooperation.

Eastern Hemisphere nations use Internet connections more than Western Hemisphere nations do.

the Boers outnumbered the British in South Africa

the black population has decreased due to emigration

Asians controlled a greater proportion of income in

comparison to their population

whites continued to control the largest amount of income after the end of apartheid

demanding special charitable contributions from the Vatican to wipe out poverty

formation of a "liberation theology"

renunciation of Christianity in favor of orthodox Marxist socialism

implementing land reform policies through representation in national elections

Pacific rim

Latin America

Middle East and Central Asia

Western Europe

cocoa

coffee

diamonds

oil

it marked the end of British colonization in Iran

it overthrew a monarchy and installed a liberal democracy

it was guided by a non-Western ideology

its leaders withdrew Iran from OPEC

rising status of females

decreasing numbers of refugees in the developed world

declining importance of the IMF

rapid and haphazard urbanization

Western efforts to expand colonial holdings after WWII

post-WWII population boom in developing nations

economic dependence of developing nations after decolonization

colonization of Latin America after independence from Spain

regulate currency rates.

attract emerging economies into trade alliances with the United States.

eliminate barriers to free trade.

set fair labor standards for the industrialized nations.

Subway

Coca-Cola

McDonald's

Rolex watches

Consumption becomes a means of self-expression as well as a source of personal identity.

Modern consumption is shaped by wants and desires rather than by needs or necessities.

Global consumption is entirely one way: the tastes of the United States are imposed on the rest of the world.

Global consumerism threatens local and indigenous cultures.

English has become the primary language of global communications.

politically repressive regimes such as that of China are trying to control the Internet.

the gulf between the technological haves and have-nots has widened.

All these answers are correct.

natural variations in the global climate over time.

the rise in global temperatures caused by atmospheric pollution such as the emissions of cars and factories.

the risk of a nuclear war when the planet is politically "hot."

the increase in temperature caused by volcanic activity on the oceans' floors.

Modern terrorists routinely employ violence against civilian targets.

Modern terrorists use sophisticated modern weapons and technologies.

Modern terrorists are not confined to any one state and operate effectively across borders.

Modern terrorists have been largely successful in achieving their political objectives.