Reference no: EM132262340
1. Apartheid was a policy that legally segregated
A. blacks and other people of color from whites.
B. Christians from non-Christians.
C. blacks, but not other people of color, from whites.
D. native Africans from European colonials.
2. A common trigger for U.S. intervention in Latin American affairs recently has been
A. human trafficking.
B. sales of pirated DVDs.
C. establishment of terrorist training camps.
D. drug cartels.
3. Under Castro, the Cuban government
A. concentrated on agricultural improvements.
B. allowed farmers to retain their land.
C. built massive industrial centers.
D. nationalized the island's mineral wealth.
4. An immediate result of al Qa'ida's September 11th 2001 attacks on the United States was
A. the landing of UN troops in Israel.
B. U.S. economic sanctions against Iraq.
C. the U.S. and British invasion of Iran.
D. the U.S. military overthrow of the Taliban government in Afghanistan.
5. According to a 1980 Supreme Court ruling, still in force today, government regulation of commercial speech
a) is permissible if the speech concerns an illegal activity
b) is not permissible if the speech involves merely misleading advertising
c) both a & b
d) neither a nor b
6. Which of the following statements is accurate regarding unilateral action taken by President Clinton in the area of civil rights for gays?
a) Clinton vetoed federal legislation that refused to recognize same-sex marriages
b) Clinton ordered the U.S. military to allow openly gay individuals to serve in the U.S. armed forces
c) both a & b
d) neither a nor b