Question 1

What was the only European Communist country to resist Soviet domination after 1945?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary 
B)  Yugoslavia 
C)  Czechoslovakia 
D)  Romania 
A)  Hungary 
B)  Yugoslavia 
C)  Czechoslovakia 
D)  Romania

Question 2

What was the dominant dynamic in the social and political upheavals of 1968?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Pressures

Question 3

Decolonization after World War II was a process of political decolonization combined with economic neocolonialism. Explain how that is possible.

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
By the 196

Question 4

Use the following to answer questions :
-liberation theology

Accepted Answer

A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 5

Use the following to answer questions :
-Common Market

Accepted Answer

A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 6

What was the central premise of Raúl Prebisch's dependency theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  That many countries remained borrowers of capital and technology and producers of primary commodities 
B)  That many countries were dependent on the military power of the United States 
C)  That newly independent countries were dependent on great leadership 
D)  That many nations depended on the generosity of the international community 
A)  That many countries remained borrowers of capital and technology and producers of primary commodities 
B)  That many countries were dependent on the military power of the United States 
C)  That newly independent countries were dependent on great leadership 
D)  That many nations depended on the generosity of the international community

Question 7

How did Charles de Gaulle moderate calls for independence in French African colonies?

Accepted Answer

A)  He threatened violent resistance to rebellions. 
B)  He insisted that all Africans leave France and return to strengthen African independence movements. 
C)  He forbade French settlers from returning from Africa. 
D)  He divided French colonies in Africa into thirteen separate governments. 
A)  He threatened violent resistance to rebellions. 
B)  He insisted that all Africans leave France and return to strengthen African independence movements. 
C)  He forbade French settlers from returning from Africa. 
D)  He divided French colonies in Africa into thirteen separate governments.

Question 8

Workers who came to Europe after the war to fill low-paying jobs were known as what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Migrants 
B)  Day laborers 
C)  Guest workers 
D)  Indentured servants 
A)  Migrants 
B)  Day laborers 
C)  Guest workers 
D)  Indentured servants

Question 9

What were the effects of the American occupation of Japan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan remained politically divided. 
B)  Japanese people became increasingly anti-American. 
C)  Japanese culture became increasingly traditional as Japanese people resisted occupation. 
D)  Japan became an economic power and a strong American ally. 
A)  Japan remained politically divided. 
B)  Japanese people became increasingly anti-American. 
C)  Japanese culture became increasingly traditional as Japanese people resisted occupation. 
D)  Japan became an economic power and a strong American ally.

Question 10

Use the following to answer questions :
-Marshall Plan

Accepted Answer

A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 11

What were the roots of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
The politi

Question 12

After World War II, the Soviet Union presented itself as the global defender of the rights of

Accepted Answer

A)  workers. 
B)  party members. 
C)  liberals. 
D)  capitalists. 
A)  workers. 
B)  party members. 
C)  liberals. 
D)  capitalists.

Question 13

In 1946, real power in Japan was in the hands of

Accepted Answer

A)  Japanese businessmen. 
B)  the emperor. 
C)  General Douglas MacArthur. 
D)  Japanese military officials. 
A)  Japanese businessmen. 
B)  the emperor. 
C)  General Douglas MacArthur. 
D)  Japanese military officials.

Question 14

What was the goal of Pan-Africanist thinkers?

Accepted Answer

A)  They sought political revolutions in the West that might free Africa. 
B)  They sought to unite Africa under a single strong ruler. 
C)  They sought to spread African values into Europe and North America. 
D)  They sought black solidarity and self-government for Africans. 
A)  They sought political revolutions in the West that might free Africa. 
B)  They sought to unite Africa under a single strong ruler. 
C)  They sought to spread African values into Europe and North America. 
D)  They sought black solidarity and self-government for Africans.

Question 15

How can American military involvement in Vietnam be characterized?

Accepted Answer

A)  It never had much support in the general population. 
B)  Intervention in Vietnam was based on U.S. imperialism. 
C)  It grew out of the ideology of containment. 
D)  It was part of a larger strategy to destroy the Soviet Union. 
A)  It never had much support in the general population. 
B)  Intervention in Vietnam was based on U.S. imperialism. 
C)  It grew out of the ideology of containment. 
D)  It was part of a larger strategy to destroy the Soviet Union.

Question 16

Use the following to answer questions :
-Arab socialism

Accepted Answer

A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union. 
A) The belief, held in countries such as the United States in the mid-twentieth century, that all countries evolved in a linear progression from traditional to mature. 
B) People who, through a movement beginning in 1919, sought black solidarity and envisioned a vast self-governing union of all African peoples. 
C) A movement within the Catholic Church to support the poor in situations of exploitation that emerged with particular force in Latin America in the 1960s. 
D) A 1948 American plan for providing economic aid to Europe to help it rebuild after World War II. 
E) The 1945 American policy of preventing the spread of Communist rule.
F)Political party founded in 1906 in colonial India that advocated for a separate Muslim homeland after independence.
G)Mao Zedong's acceleration of Chinese development in which industrial growth was to be based on small-scale backyard workshops run by peasants living in gigantic self-contained communes.
H)An anti-Soviet military alliance of Western nations, formed in 1949.
I)Mass protests in Africa's Gold Coast in the 1930s by producers of cocoa who refused to sell their beans to British firms and instead sold them directly to European and American chocolate manufacturers.
J)The anticolonial movement in Algeria, which began a war against the French in 1954 and won independence in 1962.
K)A modernizing, secular, and nationalist project of nation building in the Middle East aimed at economic development and the development of a strong military.
L)A movement launched in 1965 by Mao Zedong that attempted to recapture the revolutionary fervor of his guerrilla struggle.
M)The use of trade barriers to keep certain products out of one's country so that domestic industry can emerge and produce the same goods.
N)The belief, formulated in Latin America in the mid-twentieth century, that development in some areas of the world locks other nations into underdevelopment.
O)The European Economic Community created in 1957.
P)Created in 1964, a loose union of Palestinian refugee groups opposed to Israel and united in the goal of establishing a Palestinian state.
Q)The post-World War II conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Question 17

What were the key drivers of western Europe's economic recovery? Were these the same factors that drove Japan's recovery?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Much of Eu

Question 18

The central feature of the Marshall Plan was

Accepted Answer

A)  a formal military alliance. 
B)  food and economic aid. 
C)  the provision of nuclear armaments. 
D)  military aid to African states. 
A)  a formal military alliance. 
B)  food and economic aid. 
C)  the provision of nuclear armaments. 
D)  military aid to African states.

Question 19

How did migrant labor reshape western European society?

Accepted Answer

Answer would ideally include:
Laborers f

Question 20

In 1947, what happened when the United Nations proposed partitioning Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states?

Accepted Answer

A)  The proposal was accepted by both sides. 
B)  The proposal was accepted by the Jews but rejected by the Arabs. 
C)  The proposal was accepted by the Arabs but rejected by the Jews. 
D)  The proposal was rejected by both sides. 
A)  The proposal was accepted by both sides. 
B)  The proposal was accepted by the Jews but rejected by the Arabs. 
C)  The proposal was accepted by the Arabs but rejected by the Jews. 
D)  The proposal was rejected by both sides.

Exam 31: Review

What was the only European Communist country to resist Soviet domination after 1945?

What was the dominant dynamic in the social and political upheavals of 1968?

Decolonization after World War II was a process of political decolonization combined with economic neocolonialism. Explain how that is possible.

Use the following to answer questions : -liberation theology

Use the following to answer questions : -Common Market

What was the central premise of Raúl Prebisch's dependency theory?

How did Charles de Gaulle moderate calls for independence in French African colonies?

Workers who came to Europe after the war to fill low-paying jobs were known as what?

What were the effects of the American occupation of Japan?

Use the following to answer questions : -Marshall Plan

What were the roots of the Cold War?

After World War II, the Soviet Union presented itself as the global defender of the rights of

In 1946, real power in Japan was in the hands of

What was the goal of Pan-Africanist thinkers?

How can American military involvement in Vietnam be characterized?

Use the following to answer questions : -Arab socialism

What were the key drivers of western Europe's economic recovery? Were these the same factors that drove Japan's recovery?

The central feature of the Marshall Plan was

How did migrant labor reshape western European society?

In 1947, what happened when the United Nations proposed partitioning Palestine into separate Arab and Jewish states?

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