Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Bai Hua's Bitter Love and MoYan's The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

Accepted Answer

The terms you've provided are titles of

Question 2

A leading Soviet writer of the 1950s and winner of the Nobel Prize was

Accepted Answer

A) Vaclav Havel. 
B) Gennady Zhuganov. 
C) Leo Tolstoy. 
D) Boris Pasternak. 
E) Gunter Grass. 
A) Vaclav Havel. 
B) Gennady Zhuganov. 
C) Leo Tolstoy. 
D) Boris Pasternak. 
E) Gunter Grass.

Question 3

The Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of perhaps fifteen million people because of starvation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The Berlin Wall was a fortified barrier

Question 5

Nikita Khrushchev

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A) was determined to follow in Stalin's path, avoiding even the appearance of innovation. 
B) was known as "old stone butt" by Western leaders. 
C) was mocked as "Cottonman" by many Russians. 
D) encouraged more freedom for writers. 
E) praised Stalin at the Thirty-First Party Congress. 
A) was determined to follow in Stalin's path, avoiding even the appearance of innovation. 
B) was known as "old stone butt" by Western leaders. 
C) was mocked as "Cottonman" by many Russians. 
D) encouraged more freedom for writers. 
E) praised Stalin at the Thirty-First Party Congress.

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
Tibet and Xinjiang province

Accepted Answer

Tibet and Xinjiang are two distinct regi

Question 7

"On the left" in the Soviet Union referred to

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A) overtime pay received by unionized communist workers. 
B) extra labor required of inhabitants of the gulag. 
C) the ideology of hard-line communists who were opposed Gorbachev's reforms. 
D) buying scarce goods in the black market. 
E) Soviet secret police's extra assignment as reserve infantry soldiers. 
A) overtime pay received by unionized communist workers. 
B) extra labor required of inhabitants of the gulag. 
C) the ideology of hard-line communists who were opposed Gorbachev's reforms. 
D) buying scarce goods in the black market. 
E) Soviet secret police's extra assignment as reserve infantry soldiers.

Question 8

The end of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution occurred when​

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A) Deng Xiaoping ascended to power and changed the emphasis of Communism to economic modernization. 
B) Pro-democracy forces within China rebelled against the Red Guards. 
C) The Helsinki Accords documented brutalities by the Red Guard. 
D) Moderate forces within the government denounced it as a propaganda movement like Socialist Realism. 
E) Democracy was introduced to China. 
A) Deng Xiaoping ascended to power and changed the emphasis of Communism to economic modernization. 
B) Pro-democracy forces within China rebelled against the Red Guards. 
C) The Helsinki Accords documented brutalities by the Red Guard. 
D) Moderate forces within the government denounced it as a propaganda movement like Socialist Realism. 
E) Democracy was introduced to China.

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
China's family planning

Accepted Answer

China's family planning policy, historic

Question 10

Characteristic of Stalin's domestic policies after World War II was

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A) the end of collectivization. 
B) an emphasis on the growth of heavy industry. 
C) an emphasis on consumer goods. 
D) the imprisonment of two million returning soldiers, accused of "capitalist subversion." 
E) exiling hundreds of thousands of former czarist officials. 
A) the end of collectivization. 
B) an emphasis on the growth of heavy industry. 
C) an emphasis on consumer goods. 
D) the imprisonment of two million returning soldiers, accused of "capitalist subversion." 
E) exiling hundreds of thousands of former czarist officials.

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
agricultural "collectivization"

Accepted Answer

Agricultural collectivization refers to

Question 12

The first democratically elected president in Russia was​

Accepted Answer

A) Mikhail Gorbachev 
B) Boris Yeltsin 
C) Dmitri Medvedev 
D) Yury Luzhkov 
E) Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
A) Mikhail Gorbachev 
B) Boris Yeltsin 
C) Dmitri Medvedev 
D) Yury Luzhkov 
E) Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following terms. 
"taking the capitalist road"

Accepted Answer

The term "taking the capitalist road" re

Question 14

Mao's Little Red Book

Accepted Answer

A) became available only after Deng Xiaoping assumed power. 
B) superseded all other learning sources during the Cultural Revolution. 
C) was banned during the Cultural Revolution. 
D) codified specific scientific theorems and postulates. 
E) was a secret document which would lead to capitalism in China. 
A) became available only after Deng Xiaoping assumed power. 
B) superseded all other learning sources during the Cultural Revolution. 
C) was banned during the Cultural Revolution. 
D) codified specific scientific theorems and postulates. 
E) was a secret document which would lead to capitalism in China.

Question 15

Which of the following was not characteristic of Soviet society during the Brezhnev years?

Accepted Answer

A) A more restrictive attitude toward dissidents. 
B) An educational system focusing on rote memorization and political indoctrination. 
C) Preventing the Soviet people from exposure to harmful foreign ideas, including rock music. 
D) A restriction of free expression. 
E) A disregard for law and order. 
A) A more restrictive attitude toward dissidents. 
B) An educational system focusing on rote memorization and political indoctrination. 
C) Preventing the Soviet people from exposure to harmful foreign ideas, including rock music. 
D) A restriction of free expression. 
E) A disregard for law and order.

Question 16

Nikita Khrushchev managed to outmanoeuvre Malenkov in a struggle for power by calling for

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A) "Peace, bread, and land." 
B) alternative paths to Socialism. 
C) increased defense spending and perpetuation of heavy industry. 
D) economic hybridization under a policy of  perestroika . 
E) an alliance with Mao Zedong in promoting Communism to third world countries. 
A) "Peace, bread, and land." 
B) alternative paths to Socialism. 
C) increased defense spending and perpetuation of heavy industry. 
D) economic hybridization under a policy of  perestroika . 
E) an alliance with Mao Zedong in promoting Communism to third world countries.

Question 17

The "queue psychology" illustrates the surplus of consumer goods available in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev era.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Who was NOT considered a dissident under the Brezhnev years?​

Accepted Answer

A) Andrei Sakharov 
B) religiously devout individuals 
C) Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
D) ethnic minorities in republics in Central Asia 
E) Vladimir Zhirinovsky 
A) Andrei Sakharov 
B) religiously devout individuals 
C) Alexander Solzhenitsyn 
D) ethnic minorities in republics in Central Asia 
E) Vladimir Zhirinovsky

Question 19

What were the most important reasons for economic stagnation in the Soviet Union in the 1970's?  To what extent did this result from government policy versus the embedded structure of Communism in general? ​ Would Khrushchev's plan to modernize agriculture have had an impact on lessening the stagnation of a heavy-industry-based economy?

Accepted Answer

The most important reasons for economic

Question 20

This contemporary Chinese artist challenged the authority of the government and was taken into custody on charges of tax evasion.

Accepted Answer

A) Ai Wei-wei 
B) Mo Yan 
C) Yu Hua 
D) Ding Ling 
E) Zhang Xinxin 
A) Ai Wei-wei 
B) Mo Yan 
C) Yu Hua 
D) Ding Ling 
E) Zhang Xinxin

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Bai Hua's Bitter Love and MoYan's The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

A leading Soviet writer of the 1950s and winner of the Nobel Prize was

The Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of perhaps fifteen million people because of starvation.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Berlin Wall

Nikita Khrushchev

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Tibet and Xinjiang province

"On the left" in the Soviet Union referred to

The end of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution occurred when

Instructions: Identify the following terms. China's family planning

Characteristic of Stalin's domestic policies after World War II was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. agricultural "collectivization"

The first democratically elected president in Russia was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "taking the capitalist road"

Mao's Little Red Book

Which of the following was not characteristic of Soviet society during the Brezhnev years?

Nikita Khrushchev managed to outmanoeuvre Malenkov in a struggle for power by calling for

The "queue psychology" illustrates the surplus of consumer goods available in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev era.

Who was NOT considered a dissident under the Brezhnev years?

This contemporary Chinese artist challenged the authority of the government and was taken into custody on charges of tax evasion.

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The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

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

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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Exam 14: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Bai Hua's Bitter Love and MoYan's The Garlic Ballads and Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out

A leading Soviet writer of the 1950s and winner of the Nobel Prize was

The Great Leap Forward resulted in the deaths of perhaps fifteen million people because of starvation.

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Berlin Wall

Nikita Khrushchev

Instructions: Identify the following terms. Tibet and Xinjiang province

"On the left" in the Soviet Union referred to

The end of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution occurred when​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. China's family planning

Characteristic of Stalin's domestic policies after World War II was

Instructions: Identify the following terms. agricultural "collectivization"

The first democratically elected president in Russia was​

Instructions: Identify the following terms. "taking the capitalist road"

Mao's Little Red Book

Which of the following was not characteristic of Soviet society during the Brezhnev years?

Nikita Khrushchev managed to outmanoeuvre Malenkov in a struggle for power by calling for

The "queue psychology" illustrates the surplus of consumer goods available in the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev era.

Who was NOT considered a dissident under the Brezhnev years?​

This contemporary Chinese artist challenged the authority of the government and was taken into custody on charges of tax evasion.

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

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

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War II

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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The end of The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution occurred when

The first democratically elected president in Russia was

Who was NOT considered a dissident under the Brezhnev years?