Global History (H4) Regents Practice Teachers' Answer Key

Base your answer to question 37 on the map below

and on your knowledge of social studies.
37 Which statement about the European Union

(EU) is most accurate?

(1) All European nations were members.

(2) Membership has increased since 1957.

(3) All members were also members of the

Warsaw Pact.

(4) Interdependence between Europe and the

Americas was promoted.

European Union

Regents Practice
Aug. 2005

33 Which statement about the European Union

(EU) is most accurate?

(1) The European Union dissolved because of

disagreements among its members.

(2) The goal of the European Union is to

improve the economic prosperity of Europe.

(3) Some nations are now being forced to

become members of the European Union.

(4) The European Union has recently expanded

to include North African nations.
Jan. 2006

35 • Organization of American States (OAS)

• European Union (EU)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

examples of

(1) political isolation

(2) military alliances

(4) collective security

25 The main cause of the mass starvation in Ireland

during the 19th century was the

(1) British blockade of Irish ports

(3) war between Protestants and Catholics in

northern Ireland

(4) environmental damage caused by coal mining

Base your answer to question 40 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

40 This 1998 cartoon depicts religious tensions in which nation?

(1) Israel (3) Iran

Ireland__Regents_Practice_June_2002'>Ireland'>(2) Ireland (4) India
June 2002

45 In the 1990s, the troubled relations between

Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland

and between Serbs, Croats, and Muslims in the

Balkans helped illustrate the

(1) difficulties of resolving ethnic and religious conflicts

(2) inequalities created by expanding free markets

and global trade

(3) conflict created by the collapse of the Warsaw Pact

(4) results of the failure of dictatorial governments
Ireland

Regents Practice
June 2002

49 • Failure of the potato crop contributes to

famine in Ireland.

• Continued drought overtakes farmlands in

Africa.

• Herders search for an oasis for their animals.

(1) People can control their environments to suit their needs.

(3) Geography has a positive impact on people.

(4) Climatic conditions have led to an even distribution

of population.

47 Which title best completes this partial outline?

I. _____________________________

A. Mass starvation in Ireland (1845–1850)

B. Partition of India (1947)

C. Latin Americans seeking jobs in the

United States (post–World War II)

D. Ethnic cleansing in the Balkans (1990s)

(2) Causes of Industrialization

(3) Reasons for Colonialism

(4) Reasons for Cultural Borrowing

25 Since the late 1940s, Northern Ireland, India, and

Israel have all faced which common problem?

(1) the need to adjust to a post-communist

political system

(2) continued violent confrontations between

different religious groups

(3) economic depression that resulted from rapid

industrialization

(4) overpopulation of urban centers

27 Between 1845 and 1860, which factor caused a

large decline in Ireland’s population?

(1) famine (3) plague

(2) civil war (4) war against Spain

33 Which area was once controlled by Britain,

suffered a mass starvation in the 1840s, and

became an independent Catholic nation in 1922?

(1) Scotland (3) Ghana

(2) India (4) Ireland

21 What was the primary reason that large numbers

of people left Ireland in the 1840s and 1850s?

(1) The people faced mass starvation.

(2) A political revolution had started.

(3) A smallpox epidemic broke out in the country.

(4) The people sought better educational opportunities.

28 Which political trend exists in present-day Latin

America?

1 Most countries are becoming military juntas.

2 Communism is spreading throughout the region.

3 Democracy is replacing dictatorship.

4 Religious leaders are making government policy.

37 In Latin America, the deforestation of the

Amazon rain forest has led to

1 the maintenance of a traditional way of life

2 the discovery of new medicines

3 overpopulation in rural regions

38 In recent years, companies from industrialized

nations have been building production facilities

in Latin American nations. This economic change

is mostly due to the region’s

1 favorable climate

3 capital resources

4 political stability
Jan. 2002

39 The main purpose of the European Union (EU)

and the North American Free Trade Agreement

(NAFTA) is to

(1) reduce the spread of nuclear weapons

(2) address the problem of international political corruption

(3) increase educational opportunities for underdeveloped

nations

44 “North Americans are always among us, even

when they ignore us or turn their back on us.

Their shadows cover the whole hemisphere. It is

the shadow of a giant.”

— Octavio Paz, Mexican poet

(1) need for North Americans to provide economic

aid to Mexico

(2) effects of free trade between Canada,

Mexico, and the United States

(3) borrowing of Latin American culture by the

United States

(4) influence of the United States on Latin America
Latin America - Problems

Regents Practice
Aug. 2003

33 Which concept led to the formation of the North

American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and

the European Union (EU)?

(1) nationalism (3) interdependence

(2) imperialism (4) socialism

39 What is the primary reason that increasing numbers

of Latin American citizens have immigrated to the

United States over the last three decades?

(1) escape from the threat of communism

(2) desire for religious freedom

(3) fear of natural disasters

(4) hope for economic opportunities
June 2004

40 The main purpose of the North American Free

Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the European

Union (EU) is to

(1) increase the authority of the United Nations

(2) encourage increased economic development

(3) promote peace between nations

(4) establish and enforce military alliances
June 2004

49 The Panama Canal and Suez Canal are similar in

that both

(1) shortened shipping routes between major

bodies of water

(2) were built by the British to expand their empire

(3) replaced the Silk Road as the world’s main trade route

(4) directly connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans

37 What was a major cause of the civil wars in many

Central American nations in the 1970s and 1980s?

(1) economic differences between social classes

(2) end of slavery in the encomienda system

(3) rapid economic reform

(4) oil production policies

35 • Organization of American States (OAS)

• European Union (EU)

• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)

examples of

(1) political isolation

(2) military alliances

(4) collective security

39 How do some Latin American governments

justify the destruction of the rain forests?

(1) Cattle raising, farming, and mining in the rain

forest will help the economy.

(2) Manufacturers no longer use the latex

produced by the trees of the rain forest.

(3) People who live in the rain forest are moving

to the cities.

(4) Drug trafficking will decrease when the

protection of the rain forests is gone.
June 2006

49 • The Nazi Party controls Germany.

• Khmer Rouge rules in Cambodia.

• The Sandinistas control Nicaragua.

situations?

(1) Civil liberties were promoted.

(2) Voting rights were extended to women.

Latin America - Problems