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Crossing Borders practice questions with guidance for writing about world issues
This test bank contains 685 practice questions across all 12 chapters of the fifth edition of Crossing Borders. Each chapter includes multiple choice, true/false and fill in the blank questions with correct answers, plus essay questions with suggested responses or points to cover. In the chapter on political security, for example, you can write your own definition of realism and compare it with the suggested response.
Which edition of Crossing Borders does this cover?
This test bank follows the CQ Press fifth edition of Crossing Borders: International Studies for the 21st Century. Check your course book for paperback ISBN 9781071916308 or ebook ISBN 9781071916278. This edition lists Brenda M. Kauffman and Sasha Allgayer alongside Harry I. Chernotsky and Heidi H. Hobbs.
How can I check my answers?
The test bank gives a correct answer for each multiple choice and true/false question. For the essay practice questions, write your response first, then compare it with the explanation or points to cover. In the chapter on identity, for example, you can check whether your examples illustrate the ways people learn a culture.
| Question type | Count | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple choice | 383 | Correct answer |
| True/false | 115 | Correct answer |
| Fill in the blank | 115 | Correct answer |
| Essay | 72 | Suggested response or points to cover |
Find the chapter your class is reading
| Chapter | Questions |
|---|---|
| 1. Getting Your Global Bearings: Navigating the World | 60 |
| 2. Point of Departure: Planet Earth | 63 |
| 3. Jump-Starting the Trip: The Role of Technology | 53 |
| 4. Searching for Security: The Political World | 64 |
| 5. Challenges to Security | 56 |
| 6. Economic Prosperity: The Global Economy | 59 |
| 7. Challenges to Prosperity | 52 |
| 8. Protecting Identity: The People of the World | 56 |
| 9. Challenges to Identity | 52 |
| 10. Managing the World: Cooperation at the Global Level | 58 |
| 11. Challenges to Cooperation | 56 |
| 12. Connecting to the World: Where Do You Go from Here? | 56 |
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Choose your response before turning the card to check it.
A department combines geography, economics and cultural analysis to examine life across national boundaries. Which field best describes its program?
- A. Diplomatic history
- B. Public administration
- C. Comparative government
- D. International studies
Correct answer: D. International studies
A research team studies ocean waters beyond any single country's jurisdiction. What term describes resources shared in this way?
- A. Areas in a domestic reserve
- B. Areas in a regional trading bloc
- C. Areas under a national concession
- D. Areas in the global commons
Correct answer: D. Areas in the global commons
Nora runs a campaign that sends different online messages to retirees and people voting for the first time. What advantage of social media is she using?
- A. Reinforcing existing party loyalties
- B. Tailoring appeals to voter groups
- C. Coordinating volunteers across districts
- D. Publicizing endorsements from local leaders
Correct answer: B. Tailoring appeals to voter groups
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A seminar traces modern arguments about power back to the ancient historian who wrote about Athens and Sparta. Whose work should the class read?
- A. The histories of Herodotus
- B. The speeches of Demosthenes
- C. The writings of Xenophon
- D. The account by Thucydides
Correct answer: D. The account by Thucydides
An archivist is cataloging records from the last administration to govern Palestine under a League mandate. Which government produced those records?
- A. The Italian government
- B. The Ottoman government
- C. The British government
- D. The Belgian government
Correct answer: C. The British government
Families own most businesses in a small economy, and buyers and sellers set prices through exchange. Which economic system does this illustrate?
- A. A system of worker cooperatives
- B. A system of market capitalism
- C. A system of central planning
- D. A system of communal ownership
Correct answer: B. A system of market capitalism
Leila arrives abroad and feels both exhausted and unsettled as familiar social cues disappear. Which description best fits culture shock?
- A. Adopting local customs through observation
- B. Combining customs from neighboring societies
- C. Passing customs to younger generations
- D. Feeling distress in unfamiliar surroundings
Correct answer: D. Feeling distress in unfamiliar surroundings
A class is preparing a display about Malala Yousafzai. Which cause belongs at its center?
- A. Securing access to education for girls
- B. Extending voting rights to citizens overseas
- C. Protecting religious sites in disputed territories
- D. Providing safe refuge for displaced journalists
Correct answer: A. Securing access to education for girls
Several governments favor cleaner seas, yet each rejects limits that would cost its own fishing fleet money. What obstacle to cooperation does this illustrate?
- A. A clash between national and collective interests
- B. A shortage of data about fish populations
- C. A disagreement about the location of boundaries
- D. A gap in knowledge of maritime law
Correct answer: A. A clash between national and collective interests
Which student is taking part in study abroad?
- A. Ravi studies a foreign language at his local college.
- B. Mara works at a consulate in her hometown.
- C. Luis earns course credit at a university overseas.
- D. Ana volunteers locally with visiting exchange students.
Correct answer: C. Luis earns course credit at a university overseas.
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Questions about studying with Crossing Borders
- Can I use the test bank for the chapter on global cooperation on its own?
- Yes. Open the Chapter 10 Word file for Managing the World: Cooperation at the Global Level. Chapter 11 has a separate file for Challenges to Cooperation.
- Do the essay responses tell me what to include when I write about globalization?
- Yes. For example, the Chapter 7 guidance identifies perspectives to address when you discuss how globalization affects developing and developed countries.
- Does the final chapter have practice on study abroad and career choices?
- Yes. Chapter 12 includes questions about studying abroad and essay questions about graduate study and work in international studies.
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