Question 1
Since the 1970s, the primary goal of Islamic fundamentalists in the world has been to
A. modernize their economies.
B. encourage international funding and development in their home nations.
C. improve the political status of women.
D. defend their traditional cultures from the West.
E. reduce the levels of poverty within their societies.
Question 2
In the mid-1990s, medical treatment for AIDS in the United States
A. failed to significantly improve the health of most patients.
B. allowed for dramatic improvement for most patients through protease inhibitors.
C. led researchers to claim they had found a cure.
D. eliminated the disease entirely.
E. had made few advances since the mid-1980s.
Question 3
In 2001, regarding an international treaty signed in Kyoto, Japan, to reduce emissions in the atmosphere, President George W. Bush
A. reluctantly agreed to abide by the treaty.
B. refused to participate in the agreement.
C. wanted stronger controls on greenhouse emissions than the treaty provided for.
D. sent the treaty to Congress but was defeated by Republican opposition.
E. wholeheartedly endorsed the treaty.
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