Question 1

define the following term:
-existentialism and Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus

Accepted Answer

Existentialism is a philosophical moveme

Question 2

Television did not become readily available until

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A) the 1930s. 
B) the 1940s. 
C) the 1950s. 
D) the 1960s. 
E) the 1970s. 
A) the 1930s. 
B) the 1940s. 
C) the 1950s. 
D) the 1960s. 
E) the 1970s.

Question 3

The Cold War policy adopted in the mid-1950s by the Eisenhower administration was

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A) containment. 
B) détente. 
C) MAD (mutually assured destruction). 
D) massive retaliation. 
E) all of the above. 
A) containment. 
B) détente. 
C) MAD (mutually assured destruction). 
D) massive retaliation. 
E) all of the above.

Question 4

define the following term:
-Warsaw Pact

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The Warsaw Pact was a military alliance

Question 5

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

define the following term:
-Truman Doctrine

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The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 7

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

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A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Tokyo. 
A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Tokyo.

Question 8

What attitudes and actions sparked the Cold War? Was one of the superpowers more responsible for its start than the other? Why or why not?

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The Cold War was sparked by a combinatio

Question 9

Postwar Italian politics was characterized by

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A) the dominance of the Communist party. 
B) the demise of the Christian Democrats. 
C) the hegemony of the Christian Democrats with backing from the Catholic Church. 
D) the rapid rise and fall of Communist-dominated coalition governments. 
E) frequent military coups. 
A) the dominance of the Communist party. 
B) the demise of the Christian Democrats. 
C) the hegemony of the Christian Democrats with backing from the Catholic Church. 
D) the rapid rise and fall of Communist-dominated coalition governments. 
E) frequent military coups.

Question 10

The Truman Doctrine was a consequence of Truman's alarm over

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A) a civil war in Yugoslavia. 
B) the weakness of the British in the eastern Mediterranean. 
C) Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia. 
D) the failure of the Marshall Plan. 
E) the slow pace of denazification in Germany. 
A) a civil war in Yugoslavia. 
B) the weakness of the British in the eastern Mediterranean. 
C) Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia. 
D) the failure of the Marshall Plan. 
E) the slow pace of denazification in Germany.

Question 11

The Hungarian revolt in 1956 resulted in political reforms and independence under the leadership of János Kádár.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

define the following term:
-Christian Democratic parties

Accepted Answer

Christian Democratic parties are politic

Question 13

define the following term:
-"missile gap"

Accepted Answer

The "missile gap" was a term used during

Question 14

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

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A) Yasir Arafat. 
B) King Farouk. 
C) Anwar al-Sadat. 
D) the Shah of Iran. 
E) Gamal Abdul Nasser. 
A) Yasir Arafat. 
B) King Farouk. 
C) Anwar al-Sadat. 
D) the Shah of Iran. 
E) Gamal Abdul Nasser.

Question 15

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

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A) that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth." 
B) that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior. 
C) that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God. 
D) that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry. 
E) that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western civilization. 
A) that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth." 
B) that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior. 
C) that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God. 
D) that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry. 
E) that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western civilization.

Question 16

The Common Market was

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A) primarily a military alliance of certain European countries. 
B) a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems. 
C) founded for economic reasons, including to promote free trade among member nations. 
D) established for cultural reasons to combat American materialism. 
E) founded with the intent to include all the nations of Europe, including the Soviet Union, as well as the United States, in the organization. 
A) primarily a military alliance of certain European countries. 
B) a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems. 
C) founded for economic reasons, including to promote free trade among member nations. 
D) established for cultural reasons to combat American materialism. 
E) founded with the intent to include all the nations of Europe, including the Soviet Union, as well as the United States, in the organization.

Question 17

How did the policies of the United States affect Western Europe in the period from 1945 and 1965?

Accepted Answer

The policies of the United States had a

Question 18

Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic histories of Eastern Europe and Western Europe in the postwar decades. What factors account for the differences?

Accepted Answer

The political, social, and economic hist

Question 19

define the following term:
-social security

Accepted Answer

Social security is a government program

Question 20

define the following term:
-Fidel Castro

Accepted Answer

Fidel Castro was a Cuban revolutionary a

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

define the following term: -existentialism and Jean Paul Sartre and Albert Camus

Television did not become readily available until

The Cold War policy adopted in the mid-1950s by the Eisenhower administration was

define the following term: -Warsaw Pact

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.

define the following term: -Truman Doctrine

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to

What attitudes and actions sparked the Cold War? Was one of the superpowers more responsible for its start than the other? Why or why not?

Postwar Italian politics was characterized by

The Truman Doctrine was a consequence of Truman's alarm over

The Hungarian revolt in 1956 resulted in political reforms and independence under the leadership of János Kádár.

define the following term: -Christian Democratic parties

define the following term: -"missile gap"

The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism and who advocated a sharing of Middle Eastern oil wealth equally among the Arab states was

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

The Common Market was

How did the policies of the United States affect Western Europe in the period from 1945 and 1965?

Compare and contrast the political, social, and economic histories of Eastern Europe and Western Europe in the postwar decades. What factors account for the differences?

define the following term: -social security

define the following term: -Fidel Castro

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The Hellenistic World

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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

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An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

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The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

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