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Unit 2 Exam 10-2
Unit 2 Exam 10-2
Name:_____________
You have the whole class to work on this exam. Read each question carefully and answer
each one to the best of your ability. There is no chance you will lose marks for guessing, so don’t
leave any blanks on the test. I will be around so please ask any questions that you may have, and
I will do my best to help you. Good luck and you may begin.
Multiple Choice Section: Choose the answer that best fits the question. If you are unsure, skip
the question and come back to it. Remember to look for clues from questions to help you with
others. (each question is worth 1 mark)
1) According to the cartoon, who benefits the most from cultural contact?
a) Europeans
b) First Nations
c) Neither group
d) The relationship is mutually beneficial
2) Greenpeace is a group that works to influence world governments to act more responsibly
for the environment. They are an example of a:
a) UN agency
b) Non-profit organization
c) Multinational Corporation
d) Non-Governmental Organization (NGO)
5) Of the people listed below, who is most likely to have said “the scramble for Africa was a
story of greed and terror.”
a) European monarch
b) African tribal leader
c) 19th-century European student
d) Owner of the British East India Company
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7) Nelson Mandela was part of a rebel group that fought against the South African
Government because:
a) the government had racist policies.
b) he was imprisoned for being too violent.
c) there was an unfair military dictatorship.
d) he wanted his group to establish a military dictatorship.
8) Christopher Columbus:
a) wanted spices from North America.
b) was a hero to all who know about him.
c) is celebrated by some and not by others.
d) established the date of historical globalization.
10) During the imperial era, which of the following places was most abused by Europeans?
a) Africa
b) Australia
c) Central Europe
d) South America
11) Which of the following groupings benefitted the most economically from the impact of
historical globalization?
a) colonists, explorers, and the Church.
b) First Nations, monarchs, and explorers.
c) industrialists, colonists, and the Church.
d) monarchs, industrialists, and First Nations.
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Use the following source to answer question 13
“In the mid-fifteenth century, it is estimated that there were approximately 100 million
aboriginal people in North America. This represented about 1/6 of the entire human
race at that time. What is now Mexico, may have had as many as 10 million
inhabitants before the arrival of Europeans. By the early twentieth century, there were
less than one million aboriginal people in Canada and the United States combined.”
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14) Ethnocentrism:
a) has mostly disappeared from everyday life.
b) has not played a major role in world history.
c) is a problem in some places, but not Canada.
d) was one of the main reasons for imperialism.
15) The above map of the African continent shows regions experiencing unrest or conflict
since 1980. The high degree of conflict in Africa has a root cause in the:
a) social policy of racial segregation called apartheid.
b) struggle to obtain resources in resource-poor Africa.
c) political, social, and economic impacts of imperialism and historic globalization.
d) geographical and climatic changes in Africa due to global warming which is
increasing droughts, famines, and competition for food.
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Matching Section: Match each answer in the word bank to the correct definition. If you are
unsure, skip the question and come back to it. Remember to look for clues from questions to help
you with others. (each question is worth 1 mark)
Word Bank
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7) _____________________________: a form of labour in which a person is contracted to
work without salary for a specific number of years.
14) _____________________________: the belief that the only valid worldview is your
own. Your own race or culture is the center of your thoughts.
16) _____________________________: the task that white colonizers believed they had to
impose their civilization on the black inhabitants of their colonies.
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18) _____________________________: the exploitation of children through any form of
work that deprives children of their childhood, interferes with their ability to attend
regular school, and is mentally, physically, socially and morally harmful.
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Short answer section: Answer each question to the best of your ability. If you don’t know the
answer put one anyway! If the question is worth 5 marks put 5 points. Answer each question in
full sentences.
1) Give a positive and negative aspect of NGOs. Name a specific NGO and list its main
objective. Answer the question: Are NGOs effective? Why or why not? (5 marks)
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2) What is imperialism? What are 2 ways it affected Africa? (3 marks)
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3) The UN peacekeepers in Rwanda were ordered to keep civilians safe but not get
involved. Do you think the international community should be condemned for failing to
stop the genocide in Rwanda? Why or why not? (2 marks)
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