Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-apartheid

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The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-apartheid...

Question 2

In addition to the devastation of the countries, cities, peoples, and cultures of Europe, what did World War II destroy?

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A) American commitment to globalism in foreign policy 
B) European supremacy in world affairs 
C) Any commitment of old and new nations around the globe to supranational bodies of diplomacy and conflict resolution 
D) The capacity of western European nations to forge lasting economic and cultural ties in the post-war world 
E) The trans-Atlantic partnership 
A) American commitment to globalism in foreign policy 
B) European supremacy in world affairs 
C) Any commitment of old and new nations around the globe to supranational bodies of diplomacy and conflict resolution 
D) The capacity of western European nations to forge lasting economic and cultural ties in the post-war world 
E) The trans-Atlantic partnership

Question 3

Indonesia gained its independence from Britain in the late 1940s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The British partition of India was a response to conflict between

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A) Hindus and Muslims. 
B) southern and northern Indians. 
C) Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. 
D) secularists and religious fundamentalists. 
E) India's largest ethnic communities. 
A) Hindus and Muslims. 
B) southern and northern Indians. 
C) Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. 
D) secularists and religious fundamentalists. 
E) India's largest ethnic communities.

Question 5

What was the last Eastern European country to fall under one-party Soviet domination after World War II due to its strong democratic traditions?

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A) Bulgaria 
B) Poland 
C) Hungary 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Romania 
A) Bulgaria 
B) Poland 
C) Hungary 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Romania

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Fidel Castro

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary a

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Hungarian uprising

Accepted Answer

The Hungarian Uprising, also known as th

Question 8

Where did the Soviet Union install a pro-Soviet regime in the immediate aftermath of World War II?

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A) Finland 
B) Iraq 
C) Poland 
D) Yugoslavia 
E) Turkey 
A) Finland 
B) Iraq 
C) Poland 
D) Yugoslavia 
E) Turkey

Question 9

Khrushchev transformed the Soviet economy, producing record annual rates of growth.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What was life like in the Soviet Union under Stalin in the years immediately following World War II?

Accepted Answer

Life in the Soviet Union under Stalin in

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Martin Luther King and "white backlash"

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent c

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-socialized medicine

Accepted Answer

Socialized medicine refers to a healthca

Question 13

What is NATO?

Accepted Answer

A) A trade agreement 
B) A fabrication designed by the Central Intelligence Agency to mislead the Soviets 
C) An emergency relief agency 
D) A military alliance 
E) An international banking system 
A) A trade agreement 
B) A fabrication designed by the Central Intelligence Agency to mislead the Soviets 
C) An emergency relief agency 
D) A military alliance 
E) An international banking system

Question 14

What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

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A) The improvement of communications between the U.S. and Soviet Union to prevent nuclear war 
B) The installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba 
C) The overthrow of Cuba's Soviet-supported government by the U.S. 
D) John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Nikita Khrushchev 
E) Fidel Castro giving up his military authority, but not his political control, in the Cuban government 
A) The improvement of communications between the U.S. and Soviet Union to prevent nuclear war 
B) The installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba 
C) The overthrow of Cuba's Soviet-supported government by the U.S. 
D) John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Nikita Khrushchev 
E) Fidel Castro giving up his military authority, but not his political control, in the Cuban government

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-Bay of Pigs

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The Bay of Pigs refers to a location on

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-mutual deterrence

Accepted Answer

Mutual deterrence is a concept in intern

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-decolonization

Accepted Answer

Decolonization refers to the process of

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Great Leap Forward

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-Great Leap...

Question 19

The French welfare state became the model for most European states after the war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Between 1950 and 1965, ____ in West Germany.

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A) the economy stagnated 
B) the military controlled the government 
C) real wages doubled 
D) inflation skyrocketed out of control 
E) the population steadily declined 
A) the economy stagnated 
B) the military controlled the government 
C) real wages doubled 
D) inflation skyrocketed out of control 
E) the population steadily declined

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

Please define the following key terms. -apartheid

In addition to the devastation of the countries, cities, peoples, and cultures of Europe, what did World War II destroy?

Indonesia gained its independence from Britain in the late 1940s.

The British partition of India was a response to conflict between

What was the last Eastern European country to fall under one-party Soviet domination after World War II due to its strong democratic traditions?

Please define the following key terms. -Fidel Castro

Please define the following key terms. -Hungarian uprising

Where did the Soviet Union install a pro-Soviet regime in the immediate aftermath of World War II?

Khrushchev transformed the Soviet economy, producing record annual rates of growth.

What was life like in the Soviet Union under Stalin in the years immediately following World War II?

Please define the following key terms. -Martin Luther King and "white backlash"

Please define the following key terms. -socialized medicine

What is NATO?

What was the result of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962?

Please define the following key terms. -Bay of Pigs

Please define the following key terms. -mutual deterrence

Please define the following key terms. -decolonization

Please define the following key terms. -Great Leap Forward

The French welfare state became the model for most European states after the war.

Between 1950 and 1965, ____ in West Germany.

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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