Question 1

Under Brezhnev, economic incentives in the Soviet Union

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A)  were increased in an attempt to bolster a stagnant agriculture. 
B)  made it possible for globally acclaimed Russian writers like Alexander Solzhenitsyn to travel outside the country to promote their work. 
C)  loosened up the "one child" policy that went into effect immediately after World War II. 
D)  were rarely taken advantage of, as every Soviet citizen was guaranteed an opportunity to work by the constitution. 
E)  were non-existent. 
A)  were increased in an attempt to bolster a stagnant agriculture. 
B)  made it possible for globally acclaimed Russian writers like Alexander Solzhenitsyn to travel outside the country to promote their work. 
C)  loosened up the "one child" policy that went into effect immediately after World War II. 
D)  were rarely taken advantage of, as every Soviet citizen was guaranteed an opportunity to work by the constitution. 
E)  were non-existent.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"double shift"

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"double shift"...

Question 3

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Articles 39 and 62

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The terms "Articles 39 and 62" could ref

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
literature of the wounded

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The term "literature of the wounded" ref

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Ding Ling and The Sun Shines over the Sangan River

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Ding Ling was a prominent Chinese writer

Question 6

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

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The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolutio

Question 7

Charter 77 was a movement in Germany that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Compare and contrast the Russian era of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev and the Chinese era under Deng Xiaoping. Can the two rulers be considered equivalent in terms of their impact on their respective countries? Why or why not?

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The Russian era of perestroika under Mik

Question 9

Stalin's economic policy after World War II was more successful in providing consumer goods than in promoting the growth of heavy industry.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"mass line policy"

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The "mass line policy" is a political, o

Question 11

Though Nikita Khrushchev was a protégé of Stalin, he later became disenchanted with his mentor's leadership policies and sought to eradicate them once he himself rose to power. What specific Stalinist practices did Khrushchev seek to change and why? How successful was he?

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Nikita Khrushchev sought to change sever

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
commonwealth of independent states

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

Question 13

Mao's ____ superseded all other learning sources during the Cultural Revolution.

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A)  "four olds" 
B)  Little Red Book 
C)  "thought" 
D)  Great Leap Forward 
E)  "capitalist road" 
A)  "four olds" 
B)  Little Red Book 
C)  "thought" 
D)  Great Leap Forward 
E)  "capitalist road"

Question 14

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

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A)  enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. 
B)  attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." 
C)  created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools that stressed cogent thought and scientific training. 
D)  fostered literacy in rural China. 
E)  was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China. 
A)  enabled Mao to regain control of the party after the disastrous Great Leap Forward. 
B)  attempted to use conservative party members to "cleanse" China of "impure socialist elements." 
C)  created an academically more demanding curriculum in schools that stressed cogent thought and scientific training. 
D)  fostered literacy in rural China. 
E)  was directed mainly against middle-class Soviet technicians working in China.

Question 15

The saying "A revolution is not a dinner party" was first proclaimed by

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A)  Lenin. 
B)  Stalin. 
C)  Mao Zedong 
D)  Deng Xiaoping. 
E)  Liu Shaoqi. 
A)  Lenin. 
B)  Stalin. 
C)  Mao Zedong 
D)  Deng Xiaoping. 
E)  Liu Shaoqi.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Alexander Solzhenitsyn's...

Question 17

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

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A)  became much more conservative than they had been before he replaced Georgy Malenkov. 
B)  decreased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners. 
C)  were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance. 
D)  diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by abolishing dozens of government ministries in an effort to wipe out corruption. 
E)  opened up previously unfarmed land in the Balkans to further agricultural growth. 
A)  became much more conservative than they had been before he replaced Georgy Malenkov. 
B)  decreased Stalinist repression and freed all political prisoners. 
C)  were characterized by a program of de-Stalinization and broader intellectual tolerance. 
D)  diminished the spirit of rebellion in the Soviet satellites by abolishing dozens of government ministries in an effort to wipe out corruption. 
E)  opened up previously unfarmed land in the Balkans to further agricultural growth.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Georgy Malenkov

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Georgy Malenkov...

Question 19

One of the most significant reforms instituted by Gorbachev was to

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A)  allow women to divorce their husbands. 
B)  abolish communism as an economic system. 
C)  choose Boris Yeltsin as his vice president. 
D)  legalize the formation of political parties other than the Communist Party. 
E)  organize a coup d'état against the Soviet parliament. 
A)  allow women to divorce their husbands. 
B)  abolish communism as an economic system. 
C)  choose Boris Yeltsin as his vice president. 
D)  legalize the formation of political parties other than the Communist Party. 
E)  organize a coup d'état against the Soviet parliament.

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Four Modernizations

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Four Modernizations...

Exam 27: Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Under Brezhnev, economic incentives in the Soviet Union

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "double shift"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Articles 39 and 62

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). literature of the wounded

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Ding Ling and The Sun Shines over the Sangan River

What was the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution? What did its creator expect it to achieve? Why? Was it successful? If so, in what ways? If not, why not?

Charter 77 was a movement in Germany that led to the fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany.

Compare and contrast the Russian era of perestroika under Mikhail Gorbachev and the Chinese era under Deng Xiaoping. Can the two rulers be considered equivalent in terms of their impact on their respective countries? Why or why not?

Stalin's economic policy after World War II was more successful in providing consumer goods than in promoting the growth of heavy industry.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "mass line policy"

Though Nikita Khrushchev was a protégé of Stalin, he later became disenchanted with his mentor's leadership policies and sought to eradicate them once he himself rose to power. What specific Stalinist practices did Khrushchev seek to change and why? How successful was he?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). commonwealth of independent states

Mao's ____ superseded all other learning sources during the Cultural Revolution.

The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution

The saying "A revolution is not a dinner party" was first proclaimed by

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Alexander Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The Gulag Archipelago

After assuming control of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev's policies

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Georgy Malenkov

One of the most significant reforms instituted by Gorbachev was to

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Four Modernizations

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

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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

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