Question 1

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Vietnam War

Accepted Answer

The Vietnam War was a conflict that took

Question 2

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Cuban Missile Crisis

Accepted Answer

The Cuban Missile Crisis was a 13-day co

Question 3

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
decolonization

Accepted Answer

Decolonization refers to the process by

Question 4

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

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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 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Mao Zedong

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 6

Kwame Nkrumah formed the first African political party in sub-Saharan Africa.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 8

All of the following is characteristic of the United States in the 1950s EXCEPT

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A) an economic boom. 
B) confidence in the American way of life. 
C) an intensification of the "Red Scare." 
D) the collapse of labor unions. 
E) a commitment to the traditions of the New Deal. 
A) an economic boom. 
B) confidence in the American way of life. 
C) an intensification of the "Red Scare." 
D) the collapse of labor unions. 
E) a commitment to the traditions of the New Deal.

Question 9

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) economic recovery 
B) medical aid 
C) military hardware 
D) the construction of U.S. military bases 
E) espionage and information gathering 
A) economic recovery 
B) medical aid 
C) military hardware 
D) the construction of U.S. military bases 
E) espionage and information gathering

Question 11

What did Mao hope to achieve with the Great Leap Forward? Why was it such a disaster?

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong hoped to achieve rapid indust

Question 12

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
EEC/Common Market

Accepted Answer

The EEC, or European Economic Community,

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Sputnik I

Accepted Answer

Sputnik I was the first artificial satel

Question 14

The United States involved itself in the fate of Vietnam soon after the close of World War II by supporting French efforts to take back Vietnam as a colony.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

An American-supported invasion of the Bay of Pigs in 1961 had as its mission

Accepted Answer

A) the assassination of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. 
B) the return of Chiang Kai-shek to mainland China. 
C) a military coup in support of King Farouk of Egypt. 
D) the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba. 
E) the assassination of Mao Zedong. 
A) the assassination of Fulgencio Batista in Cuba. 
B) the return of Chiang Kai-shek to mainland China. 
C) a military coup in support of King Farouk of Egypt. 
D) the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba. 
E) the assassination of Mao Zedong.

Question 16

The postwar emergence of the British welfare state included a variety of social welfare policies, but the Labour Party was unable to create a program of socialized medicine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What was the Great Leap Forward?

Accepted Answer

A) Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan 
B) The radicalization of the feminist movement 
C) Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism 
D) The missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union 
E) Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's early 1920s economic reforms 
A) Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan 
B) The radicalization of the feminist movement 
C) Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism 
D) The missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union 
E) Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's early 1920s economic reforms

Question 18

In 1951, ____ joined with five other countries to form the European Coal and Steel Community.

Accepted Answer

A) Britain 
B) Spain 
C) West Germany 
D) Portugal 
E) Greece 
A) Britain 
B) Spain 
C) West Germany 
D) Portugal 
E) Greece

Question 19

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
apartheid

Accepted Answer

Apartheid was a system of institutionali

Question 20

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) condemn the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war. 
B) call for $400 million in aid for nations threatened by aggression. 
C) assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey. 
D) express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe. 
E) announce the United States' intention to support "free peoples" throughout the world. 
A) condemn the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war. 
B) call for $400 million in aid for nations threatened by aggression. 
C) assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey. 
D) express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe. 
E) announce the United States' intention to support "free peoples" throughout the world.

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

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Vietnam War

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Cuban Missile Crisis

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. decolonization

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Mao Zedong

Kwame Nkrumah formed the first African political party in sub-Saharan Africa.

The Truman Doctrine pledged U.S. intervention to prevent

All of the following is characteristic of the United States in the 1950s EXCEPT

An increasing number of married women entered the workforce in the decades following World War II.

The Marshall Plan provided $13 billion for ____ in Europe.

What did Mao hope to achieve with the Great Leap Forward? Why was it such a disaster?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. EEC/Common Market

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Sputnik I

The United States involved itself in the fate of Vietnam soon after the close of World War II by supporting French efforts to take back Vietnam as a colony.

An American-supported invasion of the Bay of Pigs in 1961 had as its mission

The postwar emergence of the British welfare state included a variety of social welfare policies, but the Labour Party was unable to create a program of socialized medicine.

What was the Great Leap Forward?

In 1951, ____ joined with five other countries to form the European Coal and Steel Community.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. apartheid

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following 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

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

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

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