Question 1

Mikhail Gorbachev

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A)  was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation. 
B)  was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter. 
C)  had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978. 
D)  had spent many years as a farmer. 
E)  had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev. 
A)  was the well-placed son of the head of the state oil-refining corporation. 
B)  was picked for political leadership because of his record as a KGB data interpreter. 
C)  had moved up rapidly since his appointment to the Party Central Committee in 1978. 
D)  had spent many years as a farmer. 
E)  had supported Mao Zedong against Nikita Khrushchev.

Question 2

Lech Walesa was the leader of the

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A)  Committee on Government Security. 
B)  Twentieth Congress. 
C)  Solidarity movement. 
D)  Politburo. 
E)  Charter 77. 
A)  Committee on Government Security. 
B)  Twentieth Congress. 
C)  Solidarity movement. 
D)  Politburo. 
E)  Charter 77.

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Committee on Government Security

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The Committee on Government Security, al

Question 4

In the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Mao was following his belief in "uninterrupted revolution."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
János Kádár

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János Kádár was a Hungarian communist le

Question 6

The initial program of land collectivization in Communist China was

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A)  modeled after that created in India after 1947. 
B)  instituted before the first Five-Year industrial plan was begun. 
C)  done in a much less confrontational manner than Stalin had used in the Soviet Union. 
D)  able to achieve the increases in agricultural output that Mao had expected. 
E)  a highly successful attempt to increase China's agricultural production. 
A)  modeled after that created in India after 1947. 
B)  instituted before the first Five-Year industrial plan was begun. 
C)  done in a much less confrontational manner than Stalin had used in the Soviet Union. 
D)  able to achieve the increases in agricultural output that Mao had expected. 
E)  a highly successful attempt to increase China's agricultural production.

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
From "Serve the people" to "Create wealth for the people"

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The terms "Serve the people" and "Create

Question 8

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

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A)  was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B)  moved slowly, at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C)  gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D)  was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E)  was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror." 
A)  was designed to expel the Turkic population from western China. 
B)  moved slowly, at first, in order not to alienate the peasants. 
C)  gave private land to five percent of peasant families, to increase collectivization. 
D)  was patterned on Stalin's "Open Society" plan. 
E)  was modeled upon that found in France during the "Terror."

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Red Guard

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The Red Guards were a mass paramilitary

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
ten-thousand-dollar households

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The term "ten-thousand-dollar households

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Little Emperors

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The term "Little Emperors" refers to the

Question 12

An unanticipated by-product of glasnost was

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A)  the establishment of a black market. 
B)  an increase in violent crimes. 
C)  a resurgence of ethnic tensions. 
D)  the return to a Stalinist regime. 
E)  a booming pornography industry. 
A)  the establishment of a black market. 
B)  an increase in violent crimes. 
C)  a resurgence of ethnic tensions. 
D)  the return to a Stalinist regime. 
E)  a booming pornography industry.

Question 13

The new policies advanced by Deng

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A)  were largely counterproductive, as employment and food production went down in the 1980s. 
B)  roughly doubled China's per capita income during the 1980s 
C)  combined economic collectivization and retaining political power in Communist hands. 
D)  re-enforced the economic policies of Mao Zedong. 
E)  "followed the socialist path." 
A)  were largely counterproductive, as employment and food production went down in the 1980s. 
B)  roughly doubled China's per capita income during the 1980s 
C)  combined economic collectivization and retaining political power in Communist hands. 
D)  re-enforced the economic policies of Mao Zedong. 
E)  "followed the socialist path."

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Andrei Sakharov

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Andrei Sakharov...

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
agricultural collectivization

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
agricultural collectivization...

Question 16

Major problems facing the Soviet system, in the view of Gorbachev, included

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A)  low agricultural productivity, which he compared to that of high-achieving Canadian farmers. 
B)  the unexpected reappearance of collective patriotism among the ninety-two ethnic groups in the Soviet Union. 
C)  the demand of conservative members of the military and political elite to bring about changes they felt necessary to protect social stability and their statuses. 
D)  the United States threat to use nuclear weapons against Communist Cuba. 
E)  hyperinflation as the consequence of the Soviet Union's consumer boom. 
A)  low agricultural productivity, which he compared to that of high-achieving Canadian farmers. 
B)  the unexpected reappearance of collective patriotism among the ninety-two ethnic groups in the Soviet Union. 
C)  the demand of conservative members of the military and political elite to bring about changes they felt necessary to protect social stability and their statuses. 
D)  the United States threat to use nuclear weapons against Communist Cuba. 
E)  hyperinflation as the consequence of the Soviet Union's consumer boom.

Question 17

What changes came about for Chinese women and in Chinese family life as a result of a) the establishment of communism and b) the demise of China's Maoist era?

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a) The establishment of communism in Chi

Question 18

In East Germany

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A)  Communist repression was nonexistent. 
B)  huge influxes of people from the West occurred in the 1980s. 
C)  the Christian Democrats achieved little electoral success in 1990. 
D)  the fall of Communism resulted in political reunification with West Germany in 1990. 
E)  there was great fear and loathing in Germany at the prospect of German unification. 
A)  Communist repression was nonexistent. 
B)  huge influxes of people from the West occurred in the 1980s. 
C)  the Christian Democrats achieved little electoral success in 1990. 
D)  the fall of Communism resulted in political reunification with West Germany in 1990. 
E)  there was great fear and loathing in Germany at the prospect of German unification.

Question 19

To limit its population growth, by 1970 China had established its

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A)  birth control incentive program. 
B)  one-child rule. 
C)  acceptance of divorce. 
D)  marriage choice law. 
E)  little emperors program. 
A)  birth control incentive program. 
B)  one-child rule. 
C)  acceptance of divorce. 
D)  marriage choice law. 
E)  little emperors program.

Question 20

In 2010, more cars were sold in China than in the U.S.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Mikhail Gorbachev

Lech Walesa was the leader of the

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Committee on Government Security

In the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, Mao was following his belief in "uninterrupted revolution."

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). János Kádár

The initial program of land collectivization in Communist China was

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). From "Serve the people" to "Create wealth for the people"

Mao Zedong's New Democracy

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Red Guard

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). ten-thousand-dollar households

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Little Emperors

An unanticipated by-product of glasnost was

The new policies advanced by Deng

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Andrei Sakharov

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). agricultural collectivization

Major problems facing the Soviet system, in the view of Gorbachev, included

What changes came about for Chinese women and in Chinese family life as a result of a) the establishment of communism and b) the demise of China's Maoist era?

In East Germany

To limit its population growth, by 1970 China had established its

In 2010, more cars were sold in China than in the U.S.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

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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