Question 1

What technological innovation changed how people experienced music and mass sports?

Accepted Answer

A) The newspaper 
B) The television 
C) The radio 
D) The iPad 
E) The internet 
A) The newspaper 
B) The television 
C) The radio 
D) The iPad 
E) The internet

Question 2

What best describes the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev?

Accepted Answer

A) It was completely shut off from Western influences. 
B) It stressed worker incentives and increased efficiency in industrial production. 
C) It saw heavy industry decline with improvement in agriculture. 
D) It threatened to go to war against the People's Republic of China. 
E) It had reached parity with the U.S. in nuclear arms, and it allowed some access to Western music and art. 
A) It was completely shut off from Western influences. 
B) It stressed worker incentives and increased efficiency in industrial production. 
C) It saw heavy industry decline with improvement in agriculture. 
D) It threatened to go to war against the People's Republic of China. 
E) It had reached parity with the U.S. in nuclear arms, and it allowed some access to Western music and art.

Question 3

Mitterrand improved conditions for workers in France by

Accepted Answer

A) increasing the minimum wage. 
B) decreasing costly social benefits. 
C) lowering taxes nationwide. 
D) nationalizing the steel industry. 
E) guaranteeing all workers four weeks of paid vacation. 
A) increasing the minimum wage. 
B) decreasing costly social benefits. 
C) lowering taxes nationwide. 
D) nationalizing the steel industry. 
E) guaranteeing all workers four weeks of paid vacation.

Question 4

In the late 1970s, punk rock music was exemplified by

Accepted Answer

A) the Sex Pistols. 
B) the Rolling Stones. 
C) the Beatles. 
D) Grandmaster Flash. 
E) U2. 
A) the Sex Pistols. 
B) the Rolling Stones. 
C) the Beatles. 
D) Grandmaster Flash. 
E) U2.

Question 5

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 6

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 7

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 8

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 9

East German leader Erich Honecker is best known for

Accepted Answer

A) ordering the construction of the 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 of the 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 10

The American president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by aiding anti-Soviet insurgents was

Accepted Answer

A) Richard Nixon. 
B) Ronald Reagan. 
C) George H.W. Bush. 
D) Bill Clinton. 
E) George W. Bush. 
A) Richard Nixon. 
B) Ronald Reagan. 
C) George H.W. Bush. 
D) Bill Clinton. 
E) George W. Bush.

Question 11

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
the European Community/EC

Accepted Answer

The European Community (EC) refers to an

Question 12

The terrorist group who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games was the

Accepted Answer

A) IRA. 
B) Red Army. 
C) Baader-Meinhof Gang. 
D) Black September. 
E) Taliban. 
A) IRA. 
B) Red Army. 
C) Baader-Meinhof Gang. 
D) Black September. 
E) Taliban.

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Helsinki Accords (1975)

Accepted Answer

The Helsinki Accords, also known as the

Question 14

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
France's François Mitterrand

Accepted Answer

François Mitterrand was a French politic

Question 15

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Antiwar protests and Kent State

Accepted Answer

Antiwar protests refer to the widespread

Question 16

What is true of the "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia?

Accepted Answer

A) It permanently ended communism. 
B) It successfully established a long-lasting democratic government. 
C) It was shortly brought to an end by the Red Army. 
D) It received support and sympathy from East Germany and Romania. 
E) It had the support of Mikhail Gorbachev. 
A) It permanently ended communism. 
B) It successfully established a long-lasting democratic government. 
C) It was shortly brought to an end by the Red Army. 
D) It received support and sympathy from East Germany and Romania. 
E) It had the support of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Question 17

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
University of Nanterre, 1968

Accepted Answer

The University of Nanterre, also known a

Question 18

The "permissive society" is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) sexual freedom. 
B) experimentation with drugs. 
C) decriminalization of homosexuality. 
D) increasing rates of divorce. 
E) declining rates of divorce. 
A) sexual freedom. 
B) experimentation with drugs. 
C) decriminalization of homosexuality. 
D) increasing rates of divorce. 
E) declining rates of divorce.

Question 19

Gustáv Husák implemented far-reaching reforms and new freedoms when he came to power in Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier

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

What technological innovation changed how people experienced music and mass sports?

What best describes the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev?

Mitterrand improved conditions for workers in France by

In the late 1970s, punk rock music was exemplified by

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

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

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

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

East German leader Erich Honecker is best known for

The American president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by aiding anti-Soviet insurgents was

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. the European Community/EC

The terrorist group who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games was the

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Helsinki Accords (1975)

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. France's François Mitterrand

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Antiwar protests and Kent State

What is true of the "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. University of Nanterre, 1968

The "permissive society" is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT

Gustáv Husák implemented far-reaching reforms and new freedoms when he came to power in Czechoslovakia in 1968.

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

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