Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
existentialism

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Existentialism is a philosophical moveme

Question 2

By the 1970s, Latin American governments attempted to maintain their failing economies by borrowing from abroad, particularly from banks in Europe and the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which country in 2004 prohibited female students from wearing the hijab (headscarf) to school?

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A)  United States 
B)  Iraq 
C)  Sweden 
D)  France 
E)  Great Britain 
A)  United States 
B)  Iraq 
C)  Sweden 
D)  France 
E)  Great Britain

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Angela Merkel

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

Question 5

The movement for civil rights in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s

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A)  was strongly opposed by Malcolm X, a white political leader from Illinois. 
B)  inspired a "white backlash" which aided a national trend toward greater political conservatism. 
C)  received no governmental support until 1974. 
D)  was a catalyst which energized the Indian and black minorities, who together composed thirty-four percent of the nation's population. 
E)  finally achieved the right to vote for all black American adults as a result of the Proclamation of 1953. 
A)  was strongly opposed by Malcolm X, a white political leader from Illinois. 
B)  inspired a "white backlash" which aided a national trend toward greater political conservatism. 
C)  received no governmental support until 1974. 
D)  was a catalyst which energized the Indian and black minorities, who together composed thirty-four percent of the nation's population. 
E)  finally achieved the right to vote for all black American adults as a result of the Proclamation of 1953.

Question 6

Popular culture

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A)  is, to a significant degree, created in the United Kingdom and then, in part at least, spread to other Western areas and beyond. 
B)  has proven unexpectedly resistant to exploitation by commercial interests. 
C)  became, in the area of sports, highly commercialized during the second half of the twentieth century. 
D)  is mainly Asian in emphasis. 
E)  has had little influence on most of the world's peoples. 
A)  is, to a significant degree, created in the United Kingdom and then, in part at least, spread to other Western areas and beyond. 
B)  has proven unexpectedly resistant to exploitation by commercial interests. 
C)  became, in the area of sports, highly commercialized during the second half of the twentieth century. 
D)  is mainly Asian in emphasis. 
E)  has had little influence on most of the world's peoples.

Question 7

Student campus activism was fueled by all of these concerns EXCEPT

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A)  anti-Vietnam War . 
B)  anti-communism. 
C)  irrelevant educational requirements. 
D)  increased materialism in the Western world. 
E)  overcrowded classrooms and uncaring professors and administrators. 
A)  anti-Vietnam War . 
B)  anti-communism. 
C)  irrelevant educational requirements. 
D)  increased materialism in the Western world. 
E)  overcrowded classrooms and uncaring professors and administrators.

Question 8

Charles de Gaulle returned to power in France as a result of the crisis in Vietnam.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Juan and Eva Perón

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

Question 10

After World War I, countries such as Sweden, Britain, Poland and Czechoslovakia rewarded women's wartime contributions by granting them the right to vote.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
ethnic cleansing

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Ethnic cleansing is a term used to descr

Question 12

The term "ethnic cleansing" is associated with the tragedy in which occurred in

Accepted Answer

A)  the Czech Republic, with the breakup of Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Bosnia, during the breakup of Yugoslavia. 
C)  Poland, with the overthrow of the Communist government by Solidarity. 
D)  the Ukraine, with the atomic explosion at Chernobyl. 
E)  East Germany, with the fall of the Berlin Wall. 
A)  the Czech Republic, with the breakup of Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Bosnia, during the breakup of Yugoslavia. 
C)  Poland, with the overthrow of the Communist government by Solidarity. 
D)  the Ukraine, with the atomic explosion at Chernobyl. 
E)  East Germany, with the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Question 13

Because of the feminist movement, by the 1960s, working-class women were making salaries equal to those of men performing equivalent work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Have the major social and economic changes in Latin American societies made them more or less alike? Is it still accurate to treat them individually, or is it now more appropriate to analyze them regionally? Why or why not, in the light of developments since 1945?

Accepted Answer

The major social and economic changes in

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"the consumer society

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

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia

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

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex

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"The Second Sex" is a seminal work by th

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Lyndon B. Johnson and the War on Poverty.

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

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Willi Brandt and Ostpolitik

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

Question 20

All of these statements about consumer society are correct EXCEPT

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A)  the number of blue collar workers increased after the 1960s. 
B)  there was an increase in real wages for many. 
C)  the number of people engaged in agriculture dropped significantly. 
D)  installment plan buying increased. 
E)  there was a growth mass leisure. 
A)  the number of blue collar workers increased after the 1960s. 
B)  there was an increase in real wages for many. 
C)  the number of people engaged in agriculture dropped significantly. 
D)  installment plan buying increased. 
E)  there was a growth mass leisure.

Exam 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). existentialism

By the 1970s, Latin American governments attempted to maintain their failing economies by borrowing from abroad, particularly from banks in Europe and the United States.

Which country in 2004 prohibited female students from wearing the hijab (headscarf) to school?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Angela Merkel

The movement for civil rights in the United States during the 1950s and 1960s

Popular culture

Student campus activism was fueled by all of these concerns EXCEPT

Charles de Gaulle returned to power in France as a result of the crisis in Vietnam.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Juan and Eva Perón

After World War I, countries such as Sweden, Britain, Poland and Czechoslovakia rewarded women's wartime contributions by granting them the right to vote.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). ethnic cleansing

The term "ethnic cleansing" is associated with the tragedy in which occurred in

Because of the feminist movement, by the 1960s, working-class women were making salaries equal to those of men performing equivalent work.

Have the major social and economic changes in Latin American societies made them more or less alike? Is it still accurate to treat them individually, or is it now more appropriate to analyze them regionally? Why or why not, in the light of developments since 1945?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "the consumer society

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Marshal Tito and Yugoslavia

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Lyndon B. Johnson and the War on Poverty.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Willi Brandt and Ostpolitik

All of these statements about consumer society are correct EXCEPT

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

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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