Question 1

What did the philosophical doctrine of existentialism stress?

Accepted Answer

A) The need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning 
B) A return of God to the universe 
C) The human need to find universal values and beliefs 
D) A complete withdrawal from an active, involved life 
E) Defeatist nihilism 
A) The need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning 
B) A return of God to the universe 
C) The human need to find universal values and beliefs 
D) A complete withdrawal from an active, involved life 
E) Defeatist nihilism

Question 2

What was the Truman Doctrine? How did it shape U.S. foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a policy announc

Question 3

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Italy 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Poland 
A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Italy 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Poland

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier

Question 5

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) economic recovery 
B) medical aid 
C) military hardware 
D) the construction of U.S. military bases 
E) espionage and information gathering 
A) economic recovery 
B) medical aid 
C) military hardware 
D) the construction of U.S. military bases 
E) espionage and information gathering

Question 6

Which area witnessed the first conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War?

Accepted Answer

A) Scandinavia 
B) Western Europe 
C) North Africa 
D) Eastern Europe 
E) East Asia 
A) Scandinavia 
B) Western Europe 
C) North Africa 
D) Eastern Europe 
E) East Asia

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Warsaw Pact

Accepted Answer

The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-EEC/Common Market

Accepted Answer

The European Economic Community (EEC), a

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-welfare state

Accepted Answer

A welfare state refers to a form of gove

Question 10

Kwame Nkrumah formed the first African political party in sub-Saharan Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What was De Gaul's vision for France? What steps did he take to try to make that vision a reality?

Accepted Answer

Charles de Gaulle's vision for France wa

Question 12

In the late 1940s, Clement Atlee and the Labour Party enacted reforms that created

Accepted Answer

A) an all-volunteer army. 
B) a blue print for decolonization. 
C) a framework for free trade with the U.S. 
D) private hospitals, banks, and prisons. 
E) a modern welfare state. 
A) an all-volunteer army. 
B) a blue print for decolonization. 
C) a framework for free trade with the U.S. 
D) private hospitals, banks, and prisons. 
E) a modern welfare state.

Question 13

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What was the primary vehicle for the diffusion of American popular culture in the years immediately following World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) Movies 
B) Newspapers 
C) Magazines 
D) Television programs 
E) Radio programs 
A) Movies 
B) Newspapers 
C) Magazines 
D) Television programs 
E) Radio programs

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Accepted Answer

Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Be

Question 16

Which European social group grew during the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) Industrial workers 
B) Rural, agricultural laborers 
C) Independent farmers 
D) Military personnel 
E) White-collar management and administrative personnel 
A) Industrial workers 
B) Rural, agricultural laborers 
C) Independent farmers 
D) Military personnel 
E) White-collar management and administrative personnel

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-rapprochement

Accepted Answer

Rapprochement refers to the establishmen

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic

Accepted Answer

Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic was a

Question 19

Compare and contrast the struggle for independence in Algeria and Ghana. How would you explain the differences you note?

Accepted Answer

The struggle for independence in Algeria

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-George Kennan

Accepted Answer

George Kennan was an American diplomat a

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

What did the philosophical doctrine of existentialism stress?

What was the Truman Doctrine? How did it shape U.S. foreign policy?

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Please define the following key terms. -Berlin Wall

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

Which area witnessed the first conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War?

Please define the following key terms. -Warsaw Pact

Please define the following key terms. -EEC/Common Market

Please define the following key terms. -welfare state

Kwame Nkrumah formed the first African political party in sub-Saharan Africa.

What was De Gaul's vision for France? What steps did he take to try to make that vision a reality?

In the late 1940s, Clement Atlee and the Labour Party enacted reforms that created

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

What was the primary vehicle for the diffusion of American popular culture in the years immediately following World War II?

Please define the following key terms. -Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Which European social group grew during the 1950s and 1960s?

Please define the following key terms. -rapprochement

Please define the following key terms. -Charles de Gaulle's Fifth Republic

Compare and contrast the struggle for independence in Algeria and Ghana. How would you explain the differences you note?

Please define the following key terms. -George Kennan

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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