Practice Quiz: Chapter 01

. Which country has the highest GDP (largest economy), as of 2016?

. Which of the following is NOT one of the top 10 languages spoken and used in the world today?

. The Treaty of Westphalia ended which of the following wars?

. Which country was NOT colonized by England?

. Which country was originally colonized by Spain?

. Which country has the largest population in the world (as of 2017)?

. Which of the following is NOT one of the top 10 largest countries (by territory) in the world, as of 2017?

. Which of the following is an example of high culture?

. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a capitalist economic system?

. Who did Samuel Huntington see as "the next great enemy of Western civilization"?

. One shared characteristic that helps define a nation is speaking a common language.

. The largest country in the world today, by territory, is the United States.

. Hinduism is the world's largest religion today, by number of believers.

. Empires are about the domination and subjugation of the metropole by the colonies.

. Brazil was colonized by Portugal.

. The Global North refers to countries that are developing, or less developed.

. The Cold War was a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR).

. Communism is an important shared value of Western civilization.

. The only truly global hegemon today is China.

. India is considered a middle-income country.

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