Answer Key to one version of Quiz 21:

1)_B_ Perestroika and glasnost are terms that refer to:

A) totalitarianism and intolerance for ideas that are critical of the government

B) increasing capitalism and freedom of expression

C) military readiness and nationalistic sentiment

D) the power of the masses and religious ideology

2)_A_ A population has reached zero population growth (ZPG) when, on average, there is/are __________ children born to each woman.

A) 2.1 B) 4.3 C) zero D) one

3)_B_ The populations of Germany and Japan are both:

A) increasing at a rate of 2% a year B) decreasing

C) stable and unchanging D) doubling every 23 years

4)_B_ Anthropologist Gerald Murray found that the process of deforestation in Haiti could be reversed by:

A) government ownership of all trees

B) encouraging peasants to plant fast-growing hardwood trees

C) planting indigenous slow-growth trees

D) not allowing peasants to harvest the trees they plant

5)_D_ Which of the following countries is characterized by declining rates in both fertility and mortality?

A) India B) Mexico C) Kenya D) Japan

6)_D_ Which of the following countries is likely to have the lowest per capita energy consumption?

A) Japan B) Mexico C) Canada D) Sudan

7)_B_ The principal factor that has worked against China's one-child population policy has been:

A) birth control education and services B) traditional patriarchal family structure

C) government propaganda D) acceptance of the policy by urban populations

8)_B_ The number of refugees is estimated to be:

A)100 million B) 17 million

C)too numerous to count D) 3 million

9)_D_ Since Mao Zedong's death, China's leaders have:

A) relied on Communist party cadres to instill egalitarian ideals

B) endorsed and attained political reforms

C) outlawed students from gaining degrees in the United States

D) abolished the commune system

10)_C_ The collapse of the former Soviet Union was characterized by:

A) the spread of Communism throughout Eastern Europe

B) "federalism" and increased solidarity of the states that had been joined to create the Union

C) declaration of independence by non-Russian republics

D) the disappearance of perestroika and glasnost