Question 1

What was a key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) The withdrawal of victorious Russian armies from lands conquered during the campaign against Nazism 
B) Raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals into areas of the former Third Reich under Russian control 
C) Stalin's desire to establish pro-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffer zone against possible western attacks on the Soviet Union 
D) The domination of Austrian and Italian politics by popular pro-Communist parties 
E) The threat to continued instability by the rise of neo-fascist parties 
A) The withdrawal of victorious Russian armies from lands conquered during the campaign against Nazism 
B) Raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals into areas of the former Third Reich under Russian control 
C) Stalin's desire to establish pro-Soviet governments in the countries of Eastern Europe to serve as a buffer zone against possible western attacks on the Soviet Union 
D) The domination of Austrian and Italian politics by popular pro-Communist parties 
E) The threat to continued instability by the rise of neo-fascist parties

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-consumer society

Accepted Answer

A consumer society is a social and econo

Question 3

The Truman Doctrine pledged U.S. intervention to prevent

Accepted Answer

A) a second Great Depression 
B) communist expansion. 
C) decolonization. 
D) military coups. 
E) global epidemics. 
A) a second Great Depression 
B) communist expansion. 
C) decolonization. 
D) military coups. 
E) global epidemics.

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-Marshall Plan

Accepted Answer

The Marshall Plan, officially known as t

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-de-Stalinization

Accepted Answer

De-Stalinization refers to the process o

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Truman Doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 7

What best describes Canada in the postwar world?

Accepted Answer

A) Canada experienced many of the same developments as the United States. 
B) Canada saw much of the economic growth financed by European investors. 
C) Canada refused to join NATO. 
D) Canada did not become a member of the North American Air Defense Command (NORA
D) . 
E) Because of fear of being dominated by the United States, Canada refused to have any relations with its more powerful neighbor. 
A) Canada experienced many of the same developments as the United States. 
B) Canada saw much of the economic growth financed by European investors. 
C) Canada refused to join NATO. 
D) Canada did not become a member of the North American Air Defense Command (NORA
D) . 
E) Because of fear of being dominated by the United States, Canada refused to have any relations with its more powerful neighbor.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-European Coal and Steel Community

Accepted Answer

The European Coal and Steel Community (E

Question 9

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

Accepted Answer

American policymakers felt it was necess

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Simone de Beauvoir

Accepted Answer

Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer,

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Abstract Expressionism

Accepted Answer

Abstract Expressionism is an art movemen

Question 12

For which development was the American artist Jackson Pollock most noted?

Accepted Answer

A) A return to extreme realism in his paintings 
B) Postmodernist sculptures 
C) Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture 
D) Neo-Cubism 
E) Abstract Expressionist paintings 
A) A return to extreme realism in his paintings 
B) Postmodernist sculptures 
C) Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture 
D) Neo-Cubism 
E) Abstract Expressionist paintings

Question 13

Ho Chi Minh was a(n) ____ nationalist and communist.

Accepted Answer

A) Korean 
B) Vietnamese 
C) Cambodian 
D) Indonesian 
E) Burmese 
A) Korean 
B) Vietnamese 
C) Cambodian 
D) Indonesian 
E) Burmese

Question 14

The United States intervened in Korea after the Soviets built missile launching sites in key North Korean cities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

Accepted Answer

A) It was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and the United States. 
B) It concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge. 
C) It was totally at odds with the confidence and prosperity of the post-war world. 
D) It was best expressed in the works of French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. 
E) It exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius." 
A) It was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and the United States. 
B) It concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge. 
C) It was totally at odds with the confidence and prosperity of the post-war world. 
D) It was best expressed in the works of French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. 
E) It exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius."

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Vietnam War

Accepted Answer

The Vietnam War, also known as the Secon

Question 17

What was Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War when he was president of France?

Accepted Answer

A) He closely aligned France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) He made France the "third" nuclear power and pursued a largely independent political course. 
C) He let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) He made France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) He joined the non-aligned third-world nations. 
A) He closely aligned France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) He made France the "third" nuclear power and pursued a largely independent political course. 
C) He let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) He made France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) He joined the non-aligned third-world nations.

Question 18

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist government fled to

Accepted Answer

A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Japan. 
A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Japan.

Question 19

Between 1945 and 1970, the ideals of ____ largely determined the patterns of American domestic politics.

Accepted Answer

A) the New Nationalism 
B) centralized economic planning 
C) rugged individualism 
D) conservative Republicans 
E) the New Deal 
A) the New Nationalism 
B) centralized economic planning 
C) rugged individualism 
D) conservative Republicans 
E) the New Deal

Question 20

Which city came to dominate the post-World War II art world?

Accepted Answer

A) New York City 
B) Paris 
C) Berlin 
D) London 
E) Rome 
A) New York City 
B) Paris 
C) Berlin 
D) London 
E) Rome

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

What was a key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe?

Please define the following key terms. -consumer society

The Truman Doctrine pledged U.S. intervention to prevent

Please define the following key terms. -Marshall Plan

Please define the following key terms. -de-Stalinization

Please define the following key terms. -Truman Doctrine

What best describes Canada in the postwar world?

Please define the following key terms. -European Coal and Steel Community

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

Please define the following key terms. -Simone de Beauvoir

Please define the following key terms. -Abstract Expressionism

For which development was the American artist Jackson Pollock most noted?

Ho Chi Minh was a(n) ____ nationalist and communist.

The United States intervened in Korea after the Soviets built missile launching sites in key North Korean cities.

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

Please define the following key terms. -Vietnam War

What was Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War when he was president of France?

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist government fled to

Between 1945 and 1970, the ideals of ____ largely determined the patterns of American domestic politics.

Which city came to dominate the post-World War II art world?

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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