World history/WHME103/Developing nations/Review

Developing Nations in Modern Times Multiple Choice Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• All of the below statements about the events in Tiananmen Square in June 1989, except:
  • The Chinese were caught unprepared by the student demonstrations, which had never previously occurred
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Unarmed student demonstrators were fired on and killed by the Chinese military
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Tiananmen Square in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • The US imposed sanctions on China in the aftermath of the incident
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Tiananmen Square in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Many hundreds, and likely thousands, of students were killed in the massacre
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Tiananmen Square in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The 'Asian Tigers' is a term given to Asian nations that have experienced strong economic growth, including:
  • Japan, Hong Kong and Singapore
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on economic development in East Asia to help you find the correct answer.
  • Japan, South Korea and Singapore
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on economic development in East Asia to help you find the correct answer.
  • Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activity on economic development in East Asia to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Dayton Peace Accords:
  • helped bring the war in Bosnia-Herzegovina to an end
    • Correct. Well done!
  • concluded the NATO bombing in Kosovo
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the breakup of Yugoslavia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • were an unsuccessful attempt to end the violence in the former Yugoslavia
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the breakup of Yugoslavia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • none of the above answers are correct
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the breakup of Yugoslavia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Since the end of World War Two, developing countries:
  • have experienced the fastest economic growth compared to other countries
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on growth in developing countries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • have experienced greatly increased poverty
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on growth in developing countries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • have largely remained stagnant in their economies
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on growth in developing countries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • none of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• Growth in developing countries is most likely to be:
  • linear
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on growth in developing countries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • non-linear
    • Correct. Well done!
  • exponential
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on growth in developing countries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • logistic
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on growth in developing countries in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.

Developing Nations in Modern Times True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• According to the East Asian development model a country begins with the export of inexpensive products, then educates its workforce and moves to more lucrative industries.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on economic development in East Asia to help you find the correct answer.
• UNPROFOR, the UN Protection Force in Bosnia, failed to prevent a genocidal massacre of over 8000 men and boys in Srebrenica in July 1995.
  • True
    • Correct. This was the worst massacre in Europe since the Holocaust.
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the breakup of Yugoslavia in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Typically, economic growth in East Asia according to the East Asian development model has occurred in robust democracies.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on economic development in East Asia to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Chinese government declared martial law in Beijing weeks prior to the massacre of students in Tiananmen Square.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Tiananmen Square in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Fukuyama's book, The End of History argued that, in the aftermath of the Cold War, liberal democracy and a market-oriented economic order were the only viable options for modern societies.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity 'A Contested Future' in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.