Question 1

What did E.F. Schumacher argue in his book, Small Is Beautiful?

Accepted Answer

A) That globalization made the world feel smaller 
B) That small businesses were more capable of innovation than large firms 
C) That children are the world's greatest natural resource 
D) That the new innovations in science and technology would wreak havoc with the world's ecology and natural resources 
E) That preservation was the key to saving the environment 
A) That globalization made the world feel smaller 
B) That small businesses were more capable of innovation than large firms 
C) That children are the world's greatest natural resource 
D) That the new innovations in science and technology would wreak havoc with the world's ecology and natural resources 
E) That preservation was the key to saving the environment

Question 2

What was the major trend in classical music since World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) Neo-classicism 
B) Serialism 
C) Post-modernism 
D) Minimalism 
E) Maximalism 
A) Neo-classicism 
B) Serialism 
C) Post-modernism 
D) Minimalism 
E) Maximalism

Question 3

In his ____, Richard Nixon tried to recruit formerly Democratic southern voters to the Republican party by focusing on law and order and racial issues.

Accepted Answer

A) sunbelt strategy 
B) beltway strategy 
C) white collar strategy 
D) southern strategy 
E) rainbow coalition strategy 
A) sunbelt strategy 
B) beltway strategy 
C) white collar strategy 
D) southern strategy 
E) rainbow coalition strategy

Question 4

Which American president journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972?

Accepted Answer

A) Lyndon Johnson 
B) Jimmy Carter 
C) John Kennedy 
D) Gerald Ford 
E) Richard Nixon 
A) Lyndon Johnson 
B) Jimmy Carter 
C) John Kennedy 
D) Gerald Ford 
E) Richard Nixon

Question 5

What is the main tenet of postmodernism?

Accepted Answer

A) The belief in an objective, fixed truth 
B) The belief in a divine power 
C) The rejection of an objective truth 
D) The belief in the power of art to change the world 
E) The belief in the need for strong central governments 
A) The belief in an objective, fixed truth 
B) The belief in a divine power 
C) The rejection of an objective truth 
D) The belief in the power of art to change the world 
E) The belief in the need for strong central governments

Question 6

The American people increasingly divided over the war in Vietnam after Johnson's troop escalation in 1968.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

East German leader Erich Honecker is best known for

Accepted Answer

A) ordering the construction ofthe Berlin Wall in 1961. 
B) establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. 
C) endorsing the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. 
D) leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. 
E) dismantling the Berlin Wall. 
A) ordering the construction ofthe Berlin Wall in 1961. 
B) establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. 
C) endorsing the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. 
D) leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. 
E) dismantling the Berlin Wall.

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-Willy Brandt and Ostpolitik

Accepted Answer

Willy Brandt was a German politician who

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Helsinki Accords (1975)

Accepted Answer

The Helsinki Accords, also known as the

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-the European Community/EC

Accepted Answer

The European Community (EC) was a region

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Timothy Leary and LSD

Accepted Answer

Timothy Leary was a psychologist and wri

Question 12

Which period marked the zenith of European economic growth?

Accepted Answer

A) 1789 to 1815 
B) 1851 to 1914 
C) 1921 to 1929 
D) 1945 to 1965 
E) 1973 to 1985 
A) 1789 to 1815 
B) 1851 to 1914 
C) 1921 to 1929 
D) 1945 to 1965 
E) 1973 to 1985

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Mao Zedong and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 14

As the European Community expanded in the 1970s and 1980s,

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain withdrew its membership. 
B) the United States sought to join as an honorary member. 
C) Greece, Spain, and Portugal joined its ranks. 
D) Denmark sought special status as a founding member. 
E) the EC began to exert its power to dwarf nonmember countries. 
A) Great Britain withdrew its membership. 
B) the United States sought to join as an honorary member. 
C) Greece, Spain, and Portugal joined its ranks. 
D) Denmark sought special status as a founding member. 
E) the EC began to exert its power to dwarf nonmember countries.

Question 15

What was the name of the Chinese communist movement in the 1960s and 1970s that aimed to crush "the four olds"?

Accepted Answer

A) "The Great Leap Forward" 
B) "Socialism in One Country" 
C) "All Power to the People" 
D) "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" 
E) "The May Fourth Movement" 
A) "The Great Leap Forward" 
B) "Socialism in One Country" 
C) "All Power to the People" 
D) "The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution" 
E) "The May Fourth Movement"

Question 16

What was the doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A) Containment 
B) Détente 
C) Mutually assured destruction (MA
D)  
D) Star Wars 
E) The domino theory 
A) Containment 
B) Détente 
C) Mutually assured destruction (MA
D)  
D) Star Wars 
E) The domino theory

Question 17

Which of these modern technologies was actually created during World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) Latex 
B) The computer 
C) Chemical fertilizer 
D) The microwave 
E) The radio 
A) Latex 
B) The computer 
C) Chemical fertilizer 
D) The microwave 
E) The radio

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Richard Nixon's "southern strategy"

Accepted Answer

Richard Nixon's "southern strategy" refe

Question 19

The "golden age of rock" refers to

Accepted Answer

A) the 1980s. 
B) the advent of MTV. 
C) the 1950s and 1960s. 
D) the creative flowering of music from 1967-1973. 
E) the end of the disco era. 
A) the 1980s. 
B) the advent of MTV. 
C) the 1950s and 1960s. 
D) the creative flowering of music from 1967-1973. 
E) the end of the disco era.

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-"evil empire"

Accepted Answer

The term "evil empire" was famously used

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

What did E.F. Schumacher argue in his book, Small Is Beautiful?

What was the major trend in classical music since World War II?

In his ____, Richard Nixon tried to recruit formerly Democratic southern voters to the Republican party by focusing on law and order and racial issues.

Which American president journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972?

What is the main tenet of postmodernism?

The American people increasingly divided over the war in Vietnam after Johnson's troop escalation in 1968.

East German leader Erich Honecker is best known for

Please define the following key terms. -Willy Brandt and Ostpolitik

Please define the following key terms. -Helsinki Accords (1975)

Please define the following key terms. -the European Community/EC

Please define the following key terms. -Timothy Leary and LSD

Which period marked the zenith of European economic growth?

Please define the following key terms. -Mao Zedong and the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

As the European Community expanded in the 1970s and 1980s,

What was the name of the Chinese communist movement in the 1960s and 1970s that aimed to crush "the four olds"?

What was the doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s?

Which of these modern technologies was actually created during World War II?

Please define the following key terms. -Richard Nixon's "southern strategy"

The "golden age of rock" refers to

Please define the following key terms. -"evil empire"

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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