Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-Lech Walesa and Solidarity

Accepted Answer

Lech Walesa is a prominent Polish politi

Question 2

In The Feminine Mystique, ____ argued that women in the 1950s were kept from reaching their full human potential.

Accepted Answer

A) Rachel Carson 
B) Betty Ford 
C) Simone de Beauvoir 
D) Kathleen Windsor 
E) Betty Friedan 
A) Rachel Carson 
B) Betty Ford 
C) Simone de Beauvoir 
D) Kathleen Windsor 
E) Betty Friedan

Question 3

Which nation took the initial lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960s?

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A) the United States 
B) France 
C) Italy 
D) Sweden 
E) the Soviet Union 
A) the United States 
B) France 
C) Italy 
D) Sweden 
E) the Soviet Union

Question 4

After the construction of the Berlin Wall, East Germany developed the strongest economy among the Soviet Union's Eastern European satellites.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

After his election as first secretary of the Communist party in Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubcek introduced reforms promoting

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A) freedom of speech and the press. 
B) free access to Western television shows, music and art. 
C) increased secret police activities. 
D) bans on travel abroad. 
E) censorship of all media. 
A) freedom of speech and the press. 
B) free access to Western television shows, music and art. 
C) increased secret police activities. 
D) bans on travel abroad. 
E) censorship of all media.

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique

Accepted Answer

Betty Friedan's "The Feminine Mystique"

Question 7

What ultimately sealed Jimmy Carter's defeat in the 1980 presidential election?

Accepted Answer

A) The collapse of oil prices 
B) His pardoning of Richard Nixon 
C) The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 
D) The troubled economy 
E) His inability to gain the release of American hostages held in Iran 
A) The collapse of oil prices 
B) His pardoning of Richard Nixon 
C) The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 
D) The troubled economy 
E) His inability to gain the release of American hostages held in Iran

Question 8

What best describes the European Green movements?

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A) They achieved notable political successes in most European countries. 
B) They were unsuccessful in mobilizing public support. 
C) They made average people aware of environmental problems and gained a variety of local and national political offices. 
D) They were primarily involved with the anti-nuclear movements in Europe. 
E) They were more successful in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe. 
A) They achieved notable political successes in most European countries. 
B) They were unsuccessful in mobilizing public support. 
C) They made average people aware of environmental problems and gained a variety of local and national political offices. 
D) They were primarily involved with the anti-nuclear movements in Europe. 
E) They were more successful in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.

Question 9

All of these statements about Margaret Thatcher are true EXCEPT

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A) she was the first female British prime minister. 
B) she pledged to increase social welfare programs. 
C) she was nicknamed the "Iron Lady." 
D) she broke the power of labor unions in England. 
E) she implemented economic programs that aided parts of England while others suffered. 
A) she was the first female British prime minister. 
B) she pledged to increase social welfare programs. 
C) she was nicknamed the "Iron Lady." 
D) she broke the power of labor unions in England. 
E) she implemented economic programs that aided parts of England while others suffered.

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-rap and Grandmaster Flash

Accepted Answer

Rap is a musical form and a component of

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-the "Reagan revolution" and "supply-side economics"

Accepted Answer

The "Reagan Revolution" refers to the si

Question 12

Between 1965 and 1985, did new technologies and new scientific discoveries do more to benefit or to harm the planet and its inhabitants? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Between 1965 and 1985, new technologies

Question 13

What did the ABM Treaty of 1972, an appropriate symbol of détente between Russia and America, accomplish?

Accepted Answer

A) It guaranteed massive American financial aid to the Russians. 
B) It allowed the Russians to catch up in their production of anti-ballistic missiles with the U.S. 
C) It enabled both countries to trade freely in aircraft and missiles. 
D) It pledged the two nations to limit their development of anti-ballistic missile systems thus avoiding a new arms race. 
E) It resulted in alliance between the Soviets and the United States directed against Communist China and Mao Zedong, with the letters ABM referring to "All But Mao." 
A) It guaranteed massive American financial aid to the Russians. 
B) It allowed the Russians to catch up in their production of anti-ballistic missiles with the U.S. 
C) It enabled both countries to trade freely in aircraft and missiles. 
D) It pledged the two nations to limit their development of anti-ballistic missile systems thus avoiding a new arms race. 
E) It resulted in alliance between the Soviets and the United States directed against Communist China and Mao Zedong, with the letters ABM referring to "All But Mao."

Question 14

How did some Europeans react to student protests there?

Accepted Answer

A) They detested what they saw as the lawlessness of the privileged. 
B) They blamed student radicals for large numbers of deaths during protests in 1968. 
C) They argued that even students within the antiwar movement began to have doubts about their actions. 
D) They wanted to see the full police powers of the states of Europe brought down upon the protesters. 
E) They demanded that universities withdraw their funding from student protestors. 
A) They detested what they saw as the lawlessness of the privileged. 
B) They blamed student radicals for large numbers of deaths during protests in 1968. 
C) They argued that even students within the antiwar movement began to have doubts about their actions. 
D) They wanted to see the full police powers of the states of Europe brought down upon the protesters. 
E) They demanded that universities withdraw their funding from student protestors.

Question 15

Who was the West German chancellor whose policy of Ostpolitik improved relations with East Germany?

Accepted Answer

A) Willy Brandt 
B) Konrad Adenauer 
C) Helmut Kohl 
D) Helmut Schmidt 
E) Walter Ulbricht 
A) Willy Brandt 
B) Konrad Adenauer 
C) Helmut Kohl 
D) Helmut Schmidt 
E) Walter Ulbricht

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach

Accepted Answer

Philip Glass's "Einstein on the Beach" i

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-the birth control pill

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

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-the United States and Vietnam

Accepted Answer

The terms "the United States" and "Vietn

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-Antiballistic Missile Treaty (1972)

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-Antiballistic Missile...

Question 20

College and university students in the 1960s opposed all of these conditions in higher education EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) declining enrollments. 
B) lack of relevant educational content. 
C) crowded classrooms. 
D) authoritarian administrators. 
E) inattentive professors. 
A) declining enrollments. 
B) lack of relevant educational content. 
C) crowded classrooms. 
D) authoritarian administrators. 
E) inattentive professors.

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

Please define the following key terms. -Lech Walesa and Solidarity

In The Feminine Mystique, ____ argued that women in the 1950s were kept from reaching their full human potential.

Which nation took the initial lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960s?

After the construction of the Berlin Wall, East Germany developed the strongest economy among the Soviet Union's Eastern European satellites.

After his election as first secretary of the Communist party in Czechoslovakia, Alexander Dubcek introduced reforms promoting

Please define the following key terms. -Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique

What ultimately sealed Jimmy Carter's defeat in the 1980 presidential election?

What best describes the European Green movements?

All of these statements about Margaret Thatcher are true EXCEPT

Please define the following key terms. -rap and Grandmaster Flash

Please define the following key terms. -the "Reagan revolution" and "supply-side economics"

Between 1965 and 1985, did new technologies and new scientific discoveries do more to benefit or to harm the planet and its inhabitants? Explain.

What did the ABM Treaty of 1972, an appropriate symbol of détente between Russia and America, accomplish?

How did some Europeans react to student protests there?

Who was the West German chancellor whose policy of Ostpolitik improved relations with East Germany?

Please define the following key terms. -Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach

Please define the following key terms. -the birth control pill

Please define the following key terms. -the United States and Vietnam

Please define the following key terms. -Antiballistic Missile Treaty (1972)

College and university students in the 1960s opposed all of these conditions in higher education EXCEPT

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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