Question 1

The Great Leap Forward was

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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 economic reforms in the early 1920s. 
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 economic reforms in the early 1920s.

Question 2

The partition of the Indian subcontinent into the states of India and Pakistan in 1947 was accomplished with almost no violence or bloodshed.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

As president of France, Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War was to

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A) closely align France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) make France the "third" nuclear power and pursue a largely independent political course. 
C) let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) make France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) join the non-aligned third-world nations. 
A) closely align France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) make France the "third" nuclear power and pursue a largely independent political course. 
C) let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) make France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) join the non-aligned third-world nations.

Question 4

Khrushchev's unpopularity with the Communist Party reached its apex

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A) after his rash plan to place missiles in Cuba. 
B) when he ordered the execution of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 
C) when he granted Hungary its independence in 1956. 
D) following his institution of forced-labor camps in the Ukraine. 
E) with the food riots that stemmed from his agricultural policies. 
A) after his rash plan to place missiles in Cuba. 
B) when he ordered the execution of Alexander Solzhenitsyn. 
C) when he granted Hungary its independence in 1956. 
D) following his institution of forced-labor camps in the Ukraine. 
E) with the food riots that stemmed from his agricultural policies.

Question 5

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

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A) worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B) declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C) tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D) started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E) ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union. 
A) worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B) declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C) tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D) started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E) ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union.

Question 6

A leading voice in the postwar women's liberation movement was Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

define the following term:
-Ho Chi Minh

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Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) was a Vietnamese

Question 8

Following World War II, the country that dominated the art world was

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A) the United States. 
B) France. 
C) West Germany. 
D) Britain. 
E) Spain. 
A) the United States. 
B) France. 
C) West Germany. 
D) Britain. 
E) Spain.

Question 9

define the following term:
-massive retaliation

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The answer of define the following term:
-massive retaliation...

Question 10

define the following term:
-women's liberation movement

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The women's liberation movement, also kn

Question 11

Discuss the events that divided the world into two heavily armed camps capable of obliterating one another with nuclear weapons carried by intercontinental missile systems.

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The events that divided the world into t

Question 12

In 1961, the West constructed the Berlin Wall to prevent East German communists from emigrating to western Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

define the following term:
-socialized medicine

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Socialized medicine refers to a healthca

Question 14

Existentialism stressed

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A) the need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning. 
B) a return of God to the universe. 
C) the human need to find the sole and true meaning and purpose of the world. 
D) a complete withdrawal from an active, involved life. 
E) defeatist nihilism: there is no hope. 
A) the need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning. 
B) a return of God to the universe. 
C) the human need to find the sole and true meaning and purpose of the world. 
D) a complete withdrawal from an active, involved life. 
E) defeatist nihilism: there is no hope.

Question 15

define the following term:
-Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, and Federico Fellini

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Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, and F

Question 16

define the following term:
-Mao Zedong

Accepted Answer

Mao Zedong was a Chinese communist revol

Question 17

Truman and his Western European allies responded to Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948 by

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A) building the Berlin Wall. 
B) airlifting supplies into Berlin. 
C) bombing Moscow. 
D) sending a UN force to reopen the access routes. 
E) threatening nuclear war. 
A) building the Berlin Wall. 
B) airlifting supplies into Berlin. 
C) bombing Moscow. 
D) sending a UN force to reopen the access routes. 
E) threatening nuclear war.

Question 18

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

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A) massive retaliation. 
B) containment. 
C) appeasement. 
D) curtailment. 
E) mutually assured destruction (MA
D) . 
A) massive retaliation. 
B) containment. 
C) appeasement. 
D) curtailment. 
E) mutually assured destruction (MA
D) .

Question 19

All of the following statements regarding women in the post-war era are correct except

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A) many more married women joined the work force than before. 
B) working women received equal pay with men by the 1960s. 
C) working-class women continued to receive less pay than men. 
D) the post-war "baby boom" declined in the 1960s, in part due to "the pill." 
E) much of the theoretical foundation for the women's liberation movement was found in the work of Simone de Beauvoir. 
A) many more married women joined the work force than before. 
B) working women received equal pay with men by the 1960s. 
C) working-class women continued to receive less pay than men. 
D) the post-war "baby boom" declined in the 1960s, in part due to "the pill." 
E) much of the theoretical foundation for the women's liberation movement was found in the work of Simone de Beauvoir.

Question 20

The Berlin Air Lift was initiated by the Soviet Union to provide provisions to East Berlin after a blockade by the United States, Great Britain, and France.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

The Great Leap Forward was

The partition of the Indian subcontinent into the states of India and Pakistan in 1947 was accomplished with almost no violence or bloodshed.

As president of France, Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War was to

Khrushchev's unpopularity with the Communist Party reached its apex

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

A leading voice in the postwar women's liberation movement was Simone de Beauvoir, author of The Second Sex.

define the following term: -Ho Chi Minh

Following World War II, the country that dominated the art world was

define the following term: -massive retaliation

define the following term: -women's liberation movement

Discuss the events that divided the world into two heavily armed camps capable of obliterating one another with nuclear weapons carried by intercontinental missile systems.

In 1961, the West constructed the Berlin Wall to prevent East German communists from emigrating to western Europe.

define the following term: -socialized medicine

Existentialism stressed

define the following term: -Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, and Federico Fellini

define the following term: -Mao Zedong

Truman and his Western European allies responded to Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948 by

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

All of the following statements regarding women in the post-war era are correct except

The Berlin Air Lift was initiated by the Soviet Union to provide provisions to East Berlin after a blockade by the United States, Great Britain, and France.

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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

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The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

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A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

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