4.13 Quiz Steps Forward And Steps Back

Question: What is one way World War II affected Western women?

Answer: the war pushed women to question their role in society.

Question: Who do you think said the following?

“The more I learned about the use of pesticides, the more appalled I became… What I discovered was that everything which meant most to me as a naturalist was being threatened…”?

Answer: Rachel Carson

Question: How did the “second wave of feminism” affect society?

Answer: Many more women went to college or entered the workforce.

Question: What was the feminine mystique?

Answer: the idea that only women devoted solely to their husbands, children, and homes were feminine

Question: Who was the first woman to travel in space?

Answer: Valentina Tereshkova

Question: When did the world begin a steady movement toward widespread representative government?

Answer: after the American and French Revolutions

Question: Why did Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia have an easier time transitioning to democracy than the other republics of the former Soviet Union?

Answer: They had a tradition of democratic government.

Question: How has the Chinese government responded to calls for freedom since the demonstration in Tiananmen Square?

Answer: It has allowed more economic freedom.

Question: On which of the following continents do people experience the greatest political freedom?

Answer: Europe

Question: When Nigeria became independent in 1960 it seemed poised for prosperity and a strong democratic government. Why did democracy stumble in Nigeria?

Answer: Ethnic rivalries erupted and plunged the country into civil war.