Question 1

Mikhail Gorbachev became the head of the Soviet state immediately following the retirement of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-Ayatollah Khomeini and American hostages

Accepted Answer

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was an Irani

Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-"peace and love"

Accepted Answer

Peace and love are two fundamental conce

Question 4

Please define the following key terms.
-"love-ins"

Accepted Answer

"Love-ins" were a form of peaceful prote

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Green parties

Accepted Answer

Green parties are political parties that

Question 6

Discuss the impact of the birth control pill and the sexual revolution upon western society. Give examples.

Accepted Answer

The birth control pill and the sexual re

Question 7

What is an important fact that both in the war in Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan reveal about the U.S. and Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A) The superpowers could never be at peace. 
B) There would always be sphere of influence in the world where the superpowers would be at conflict. 
C) The influence of large superpowers was limited against a strong nationalist and guerrilla-type opposition. 
D) The nuclear build-up of both countries would keep them in line. 
E) There could never be a military conflict between the superpowers. 
A) The superpowers could never be at peace. 
B) There would always be sphere of influence in the world where the superpowers would be at conflict. 
C) The influence of large superpowers was limited against a strong nationalist and guerrilla-type opposition. 
D) The nuclear build-up of both countries would keep them in line. 
E) There could never be a military conflict between the superpowers.

Question 8

What led to the post-World War II feminist movement? What were its goals?

Accepted Answer

The post-World War II feminist movement

Question 9

According to the ____ embraced by President Johnson and his policymakers, if Vietnam fell to the communists, other Asian countries would also fall.

Accepted Answer

A) Vietnamization policy 
B) containment policy 
C) troop escalation theory 
D) domino theory 
E) State Protection Authority Program 
A) Vietnamization policy 
B) containment policy 
C) troop escalation theory 
D) domino theory 
E) State Protection Authority Program

Question 10

Who wrote the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, an example of postmodern literature?

Accepted Answer

A) Albert Camus 
B) Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
C) Milan Kundera 
D) Karl Barth 
E) James Joyce 
A) Albert Camus 
B) Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
C) Milan Kundera 
D) Karl Barth 
E) James Joyce

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Margaret Thatcher

Accepted Answer

Margaret Thatcher, also known as the "Ir

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-marijuana

Accepted Answer

Marijuana, also known as cannabis, is a

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Postmodernism

Accepted Answer

Postmodernism is a philosophical and cul

Question 14

Which American president slowly withdrew U.S. troops stationed in Vietnam in a bid to end U.S. involvement there?

Accepted Answer

A) Jimmy Carter 
B) Harry Truman 
C) John Kennedy 
D) Richard Nixon 
E) Lyndon Johnson 
A) Jimmy Carter 
B) Harry Truman 
C) John Kennedy 
D) Richard Nixon 
E) Lyndon Johnson

Question 15

Please define the following key terms.
-France's François Mitterrand

Accepted Answer

François Mitterrand was a significant fi

Question 16

In the 1970s, a new, complex economic problem called ____ emerged, combining high inflation with high unemployment.

Accepted Answer

A) deregulation 
B) recession 
C) stagflation 
D) hyper-stimulation 
E) nonflation 
A) deregulation 
B) recession 
C) stagflation 
D) hyper-stimulation 
E) nonflation

Question 17

Which philosopher argued that all relationships were marked by power and oppression?

Accepted Answer

A) Michel Foucault 
B) Jacques Derrida 
C) Milan Kundera 
D) Philip Glass 
E) Michael Jackson 
A) Michel Foucault 
B) Jacques Derrida 
C) Milan Kundera 
D) Philip Glass 
E) Michael Jackson

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker

Accepted Answer

Walter Ulbricht was a German communist p

Question 19

The Reagan Revolution extended tax cuts to the rich to stimulate the economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-University of Nanterre, 1968

Accepted Answer

The University of Nanterre, also known a

Exam 29: Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

Mikhail Gorbachev became the head of the Soviet state immediately following the retirement of Nikita Khrushchev in 1964.

Please define the following key terms. -Ayatollah Khomeini and American hostages

Please define the following key terms. -"peace and love"

Please define the following key terms. -"love-ins"

Please define the following key terms. -Green parties

Discuss the impact of the birth control pill and the sexual revolution upon western society. Give examples.

What is an important fact that both in the war in Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan reveal about the U.S. and Soviet Union?

What led to the post-World War II feminist movement? What were its goals?

According to the ____ embraced by President Johnson and his policymakers, if Vietnam fell to the communists, other Asian countries would also fall.

Who wrote the novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, an example of postmodern literature?

Please define the following key terms. -Margaret Thatcher

Please define the following key terms. -marijuana

Please define the following key terms. -Postmodernism

Which American president slowly withdrew U.S. troops stationed in Vietnam in a bid to end U.S. involvement there?

Please define the following key terms. -France's François Mitterrand

In the 1970s, a new, complex economic problem called ____ emerged, combining high inflation with high unemployment.

Which philosopher argued that all relationships were marked by power and oppression?

Please define the following key terms. -Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker

The Reagan Revolution extended tax cuts to the rich to stimulate the economy.

Please define the following key terms. -University of Nanterre, 1968

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.

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

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

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