Question 1

Talk about:
-Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier

Question 2

Yugoslavia from World War II through 1960 was characterized by

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A)  its close alliance with the West in the Cold War. 
B)  a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism. 
C)  the leadership of Tito, who asserted Yugoslavia's independence from the Soviet Union. 
D)  its adoption of a Maoist rather than the Stalinist model of communism. 
E)  its complete rejection of Marxian economics. 
A)  its close alliance with the West in the Cold War. 
B)  a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism. 
C)  the leadership of Tito, who asserted Yugoslavia's independence from the Soviet Union. 
D)  its adoption of a Maoist rather than the Stalinist model of communism. 
E)  its complete rejection of Marxian economics.

Question 3

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts. 
B)  the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation in public schools in 1954. 
C)  the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
D)  saw the Supreme Court approve the concept of "separate but equal" in public schools. 
E)  the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King. 
A)  race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts. 
B)  the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation in public schools in 1954. 
C)  the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. 
D)  saw the Supreme Court approve the concept of "separate but equal" in public schools. 
E)  the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King.

Question 4

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

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A)  a return to extreme realism in his paintings. 
B)  Postmodernist sculptures. 
C)  Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture. 
D)  Neo-Cubism. 
E)  Abstract Expressionist paintings. 
A)  a return to extreme realism in his paintings. 
B)  Postmodernist sculptures. 
C)  Pop Art, which celebrated the whims of popular culture. 
D)  Neo-Cubism. 
E)  Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Question 5

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 these are correct. 
A)  containment. 
B)  détente. 
C)  MAD (mutually assured destruction). 
D)  massive retaliation. 
E)  All of these are correct.

Question 6

Talk about:
-uhuru

Accepted Answer

Uhuru is a Swahili word that means "free

Question 7

Talk about:
-West Germany's "economic miracle" and guest workers

Accepted Answer

West Germany's "economic miracle" refers

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

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 9

The founding members of NATO included all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  Canada. 
B)  Iceland. 
C)  Luxembourg. 
D)  Albania. 
E)  Norway. 
A)  Canada. 
B)  Iceland. 
C)  Luxembourg. 
D)  Albania. 
E)  Norway.

Question 10

In her path-breaking text  The Second Sex , the influential French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir argued that

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A)  women should renounce all contact with men and set up their own self-governing communes. 
B)  women were always and wrongly defined by their differences from men and consequently seen as second-class beings. 
C)  the Second World War had legitimated the political advantages and hegemonic power of males. 
D)  a "sexual revolution" was impossible and discouraged women outside of France from taking up her ideas. 
E)  there was absolutely no hope in improving the status of women in the near future. 
A)  women should renounce all contact with men and set up their own self-governing communes. 
B)  women were always and wrongly defined by their differences from men and consequently seen as second-class beings. 
C)  the Second World War had legitimated the political advantages and hegemonic power of males. 
D)  a "sexual revolution" was impossible and discouraged women outside of France from taking up her ideas. 
E)  there was absolutely no hope in improving the status of women in the near future.

Question 11

Talk about:
-the birth-control pill

Accepted Answer

The birth control pill, also known as th

Question 12

Television did not become readily available until

Accepted Answer

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 13

Talk about:
-apartheid

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk about:
-apartheid...

Question 14

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  condemn the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war. 
B)  call for $400 million in aid for nations threatened by aggression. 
C)  assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey. 
D)  express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe. 
E)  announce the United States' intention to support "free peoples" throughout the world. 
A)  condemn the victory of the Communists in the Chinese civil war. 
B)  call for $400 million in aid for nations threatened by aggression. 
C)  assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey. 
D)  express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe. 
E)  announce the United States' intention to support "free peoples" throughout the world.

Question 15

Eastern Europe was the first area of disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

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 17

Talk about:
-Truman Doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

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 19

Talk about:
-the consumer society

Accepted Answer

The consumer society refers to a society

Question 20

Talk about:
-Nikita Khrushchev

Accepted Answer

Nikita Khrushchev was a prominent Soviet

Talk about: -Berlin Wall

Yugoslavia from World War II through 1960 was characterized by

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following EXCEPT

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

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

Talk about: -uhuru

Talk about: -West Germany's "economic miracle" and guest workers

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 founding members of NATO included all of the following EXCEPT

In her path-breaking text The Second Sex , the influential French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir argued that

Talk about: -the birth-control pill

Television did not become readily available until

Talk about: -apartheid

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

Eastern Europe was the first area of disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.

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

Talk about: -Truman Doctrine

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

Talk about: -the consumer society

Talk about: -Nikita Khrushchev

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Exam 16: Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Talk about: -Berlin Wall

Yugoslavia from World War II through 1960 was characterized by

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following EXCEPT

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

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

Talk about: -uhuru

Talk about: -West Germany's "economic miracle" and guest workers

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 founding members of NATO included all of the following EXCEPT

In her path-breaking text The Second Sex , the influential French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir argued that

Talk about: -the birth-control pill

Television did not become readily available until

Talk about: -apartheid

The Truman Doctrine did all of the following EXCEPT

Eastern Europe was the first area of disagreement between the United States and the Soviet Union after the end of World War II.

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

Talk about: -Truman Doctrine

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

Talk about: -the consumer society

Talk about: -Nikita Khrushchev

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

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

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

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

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

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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