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

Compare and contrast the American war in Vietnam and the Soviet Union's conflict in Afghanistan. What does each reveal about the relationship between the superpowers and the limits of their power?

What are the ideas associated with Marshall McLuhan's 1960s concept of the "global village"? Has he been an accurate forecaster of events from the vantage point of the early twenty-first century?

Eurocommunism was most successful in

define the following term: -the space race and Sputnik

In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"

define the following term: -Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach

An appropriate symbol of détente between Russia and America was the ABM Treaty of 1972 that

define the following term: -the European Community/EC

define the following term: -the Prague Spring

European Green movements

define the following term: -Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being

define the following term: -Antiwar protests and Kent State

define the following term: -Marshall McLuhan and the "global village"

Postmodernism in art could include all of the following except

The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled

The resignation of Antonín Novotný in Czechoslovakia was precipitated by

Under the U.S. presidency of Jimmy Carter, a major goal of American foreign policy was

In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be

define the following term: -Allen Kaprow and "happenings"

The most watched event on television is