Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) was a Vietnamese

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-Pope John XXIII

Accepted Answer

Pope John XXIII, born Angelo Giuseppe Ro

Question 3

Who was the first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic?

Accepted Answer

A) Helmut Kohl 
B) Helmut Schmidt 
C) Willy Brandt 
D) Konrad Adenauer 
E) Walter Ulbricht 
A) Helmut Kohl 
B) Helmut Schmidt 
C) Willy Brandt 
D) Konrad Adenauer 
E) Walter Ulbricht

Question 4

Which country was a member of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)?

Accepted Answer

A) Poland 
B) West Germany 
C) Turkey 
D) Hungary 
E) France 
A) Poland 
B) West Germany 
C) Turkey 
D) Hungary 
E) France

Question 5

What did Khrushchev do at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956?

Accepted Answer

A) He pardoned Stalin for his crimes. 
B) He insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely. 
C) He urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power. 
D) He called for a cessation of the Cold War. 
E) He condemned Stalin. 
A) He pardoned Stalin for his crimes. 
B) He insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open indefinitely. 
C) He urged the Party to adopt a limited form of capitalism in order to stay in power. 
D) He called for a cessation of the Cold War. 
E) He condemned Stalin.

Question 6

How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved? What changes were made in its aftermath?

Accepted Answer

The Cuban missile crisis was resolved th

Question 7

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Palestine Liberation Organization

Accepted Answer

The Palestine Liberation Organization (P

Question 9

What policy did George Kennan propose the U.S. adopt towards communism?

Accepted Answer

A) Massive retaliation 
B) Containment 
C) Appeasement 
D) Curtailment 
E) Mutually assured destruction (MA
D)  
A) Massive retaliation 
B) Containment 
C) Appeasement 
D) Curtailment 
E) Mutually assured destruction (MA
D)

Question 10

Josip Broz (Tito) led the effort to create an independent communist state in

Accepted Answer

A) Romania. 
B) Albania. 
C) Yugoslavia. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Bulgaria. 
A) Romania. 
B) Albania. 
C) Yugoslavia. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Bulgaria.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Andy Warhol and Pop Art

Accepted Answer

Andy Warhol was a leading figure in the

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-Cuban Missile Crisis

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day co

Question 13

What is an example of the relaxation of repressive Stalinism during Khrushchev's regime?

Accepted Answer

A) The publication of his own autobiography 
B) The publication of Stalin's Last Will and Testament 
C) The publication of Trotsky's Dr. Zhivago 
D) The publication of Solzhenitsyn's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 
E) The publication of the Bible and the Koran for the first times since the Revolution of 1917 
A) The publication of his own autobiography 
B) The publication of Stalin's Last Will and Testament 
C) The publication of Trotsky's Dr. Zhivago 
D) The publication of Solzhenitsyn's A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 
E) The publication of the Bible and the Koran for the first times since the Revolution of 1917

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Mao Zedong

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-CENTO and SEATO

Accepted Answer

CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) and

Question 16

What statement best describes the impact of Stalin's economic policies?

Accepted Answer

A) They completely overtaxed a war-damaged industrial plant. 
B) They were unrealistic since Russia lacked accessible natural resources and fossil fuels. 
C) They managed to produce both "guns and butter," that is rearmed the Soviet military while providing cheap and plentiful consumer goods. 
D) They instituted modified free-market capitalism in all economic areas but heavy industry. 
E) They emphasized the development of heavy industry and the production of modern weapons and space vehicles. 
A) They completely overtaxed a war-damaged industrial plant. 
B) They were unrealistic since Russia lacked accessible natural resources and fossil fuels. 
C) They managed to produce both "guns and butter," that is rearmed the Soviet military while providing cheap and plentiful consumer goods. 
D) They instituted modified free-market capitalism in all economic areas but heavy industry. 
E) They emphasized the development of heavy industry and the production of modern weapons and space vehicles.

Question 17

Who championed the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) Harry Truman 
B) Strom Thurmond 
C) George Wallace 
D) Lyndon Johnson 
E) John F. Kennedy 
A) Harry Truman 
B) Strom Thurmond 
C) George Wallace 
D) Lyndon Johnson 
E) John F. Kennedy

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Berlin blockade

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Blockade was a major internat

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-African National Congress

Accepted Answer

The African National Congress (ANC) is a

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-containment

Accepted Answer

Containment is a strategic concept often

Exam 28: Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Please define the following key terms. -Ho Chi Minh

Please define the following key terms. -Pope John XXIII

Who was the first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic?

Which country was a member of the Central Treaty Organization (CENTO)?

What did Khrushchev do at the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956?

How was the Cuban missile crisis resolved? What changes were made in its aftermath?

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

Please define the following key terms. -Palestine Liberation Organization

What policy did George Kennan propose the U.S. adopt towards communism?

Josip Broz (Tito) led the effort to create an independent communist state in

Please define the following key terms. -Andy Warhol and Pop Art

Please define the following key terms. -Cuban Missile Crisis

What is an example of the relaxation of repressive Stalinism during Khrushchev's regime?

Please define the following key terms. -Mao Zedong

Please define the following key terms. -CENTO and SEATO

What statement best describes the impact of Stalin's economic policies?

Who championed the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s?

Please define the following key terms. -Berlin blockade

Please define the following key terms. -African National Congress

Please define the following key terms. -containment

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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