Question 1

define the following term:
-the birth control pill

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The answer of define the following term:
-the birth control pill...

Question 2

The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in

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A) 1949. 
B) 1952. 
C) 1955. 
D) 1957. 
E) 1960. 
A) 1949. 
B) 1952. 
C) 1955. 
D) 1957. 
E) 1960.

Question 3

The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and who remained confident about the human condition was

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A) Albert Camus. 
B) Gabriel García Márquez. 
C) Thomas Mann. 
D) James Joyce. 
E) Milan Kundera. 
A) Albert Camus. 
B) Gabriel García Márquez. 
C) Thomas Mann. 
D) James Joyce. 
E) Milan Kundera.

Question 4

An important figure in the development of an early computer and the inventor of the computer language COBOL was

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A) J. Robert Oppenheimer. 
B) Karl Barth. 
C) Grace Hopper. 
D) William Gates. 
E) Ludwig Wittgenstein. 
A) J. Robert Oppenheimer. 
B) Karl Barth. 
C) Grace Hopper. 
D) William Gates. 
E) Ludwig Wittgenstein.

Question 5

By the mid-1960s, the primary concern of the United States was

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A) inflation. 
B) drugs. 
C) China. 
D) global warming. 
E) the Soviet Union. 
A) inflation. 
B) drugs. 
C) China. 
D) global warming. 
E) the Soviet Union.

Question 6

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

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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 7

define the following term:
-Falklands Island and the Falklands War

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The Falkland Islands, also known as the

Question 8

The American president who made the decision to bomb North Vietnam and who significantly increased the number of American troops in the Second Vietnam War was

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A) Dwight Eisenhower. 
B) Harry Truman. 
C) John Kennedy. 
D) Richard Nixon. 
E) Lyndon Johnson. 
A) Dwight Eisenhower. 
B) Harry Truman. 
C) John Kennedy. 
D) Richard Nixon. 
E) Lyndon Johnson.

Question 9

Herbert Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man

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A) argued that productive political change could come only from the eiltes. 
B) posited that capitalism was responsible for heightening the discontent of the masses. 
C) theorized that unindoctrinated students could liberate the masses from their elite oppressors. 
D) sought to quell student rebellions by proposing a revised curriculum that emphasized practical, real-world knowledge. 
E) inspired successful protests by German university students. 
A) argued that productive political change could come only from the eiltes. 
B) posited that capitalism was responsible for heightening the discontent of the masses. 
C) theorized that unindoctrinated students could liberate the masses from their elite oppressors. 
D) sought to quell student rebellions by proposing a revised curriculum that emphasized practical, real-world knowledge. 
E) inspired successful protests by German university students.

Question 10

define the following term:
-Watergate

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Watergate was a major political scandal

Question 11

define the following term:
-Second Vietnam War

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The Second Vietnam War, also known as th

Question 12

The Ohio National Guard killed four student protesters in 1970 at

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A) the Ohio State University. 
B) the University of Ohio. 
C) Bowling Green State University. 
D) the University of Toledo. 
E) Kent State University. 
A) the Ohio State University. 
B) the University of Ohio. 
C) Bowling Green State University. 
D) the University of Toledo. 
E) Kent State University.

Question 13

define the following term:
-the "evil empire"

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The term "evil empire" was famously used

Question 14

define the following term:
-Brezhnev Doctrine

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The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet forei

Question 15

The literary work employing "magic realism" is

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A) Small is Beautiful . 
B) One Hundred Years of Solitude . 
C) The Unbearable Lightness of Being . 
D) One-Dimensional Man . 
E) all of the above. 
A) Small is Beautiful . 
B) One Hundred Years of Solitude . 
C) The Unbearable Lightness of Being . 
D) One-Dimensional Man . 
E) all of the above.

Question 16

The Solidarity movement in Poland

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A) was temporarily crushed by General Lech Wa ³ê sa in 1981. 
B) failed to gain massive support due to stiff opposition from the conservative Catholic church. 
C) was formed by Wladyslaw Gomulka in 1956. 
D) lacked cohesion and quickly disintegrated and disappeared in 1980. 
E) was outlawed in 1981 and its leaders arrested. 
A) was temporarily crushed by General Lech Wa ³ê sa in 1981. 
B) failed to gain massive support due to stiff opposition from the conservative Catholic church. 
C) was formed by Wladyslaw Gomulka in 1956. 
D) lacked cohesion and quickly disintegrated and disappeared in 1980. 
E) was outlawed in 1981 and its leaders arrested.

Question 17

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

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It is difficult to provide a definitive

Question 18

define the following term:
-Nixon, Zedong and a "strategic relationship"

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Nixon and Zedong had a complex and often

Question 19

define the following term:
-E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful

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E.F. Schumacher's "Small is Beautiful" i

Question 20

define the following term:
-University of Nanterre, 1968

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The University of Nanterre, also known a

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

define the following term: -the birth control pill

The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in

The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and who remained confident about the human condition was

An important figure in the development of an early computer and the inventor of the computer language COBOL was

By the mid-1960s, the primary concern of the United States was

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

define the following term: -Falklands Island and the Falklands War

The American president who made the decision to bomb North Vietnam and who significantly increased the number of American troops in the Second Vietnam War was

Herbert Marcuse's One-Dimensional Man

define the following term: -Watergate

define the following term: -Second Vietnam War

The Ohio National Guard killed four student protesters in 1970 at

define the following term: -the "evil empire"

define the following term: -Brezhnev Doctrine

The literary work employing "magic realism" is

The Solidarity movement in Poland

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

define the following term: -Nixon, Zedong and a "strategic relationship"

define the following term: -E.F. Schumacher's Small is Beautiful

define the following term: -University of Nanterre, 1968

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