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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did conservatives swear at the end of Chapter 17?

2. Whom did Yamin want Perkins to meet at the end of Chapter 18?

3. What job did Chavez hold after the worker strikes in Venezuela?

4. What did Perkins realize he was doing at the end of Chapter 23?

5. What was the Flowering Desert Project?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Iraq of interest to the United States?

2. What did Perkins learn from Farhad and Farhad's father?

3. What events surrounded President Roldos death?

4. Describe Perkin's interaction with Yamin.

5. Describe the United States' invasion of Panama.

6. What happened to Perkins after he quit MAIN the first time?

7. What controversy surrounded the Summer Institute of Linguistics.

8. Describe the intention of the Public Utility Regulatory Policy Act and what actually happened.

9. What would happen to the United States if it was asked to pay back its debts?

10. What was the purpose of the Dream Change Coalition?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the sentence, "Whoever controls Iraq holds the key to controlling the Middle East." What is the significance of the statement, and to what is it referring?

Essay Topic 2

Analyze the importance of the story The Prophecy of the Condor and Eagle. Why did Perkins choose this story to explain world politics? Do you think that Perkins lived by the message in the story? Why or why not? Cite examples from the text to support your position.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast communism, corporatocracy, and capitalism. Define each system and discuss the role it plays in Perkins' book. How are these systems similar and different?

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