Question 1

Which statement about increased permissiveness in Western society is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Permissiveness dropped significantly after 1955. 
B)  Sexual habits have not been affected by the new attitudes. 
C)  Increased drug consumption became a part of modern permissiveness for many. 
D)  No relationship can be discovered between pornography, prostitution, and modern attitudes of permissiveness. 
E)  Political consciousness and youth protest has shown no relationship to rising permissiveness. 
A)  Permissiveness dropped significantly after 1955. 
B)  Sexual habits have not been affected by the new attitudes. 
C)  Increased drug consumption became a part of modern permissiveness for many. 
D)  No relationship can be discovered between pornography, prostitution, and modern attitudes of permissiveness. 
E)  Political consciousness and youth protest has shown no relationship to rising permissiveness.

Question 2

What did Thatcherism do?

Accepted Answer

A)  It increased the benefits of the welfare state. 
B)  It restricted union power. 
C)  It increased the power of the labor unions. 
D)  It resulted in high unemployment in southern England. 
E)  It ended capitalism in Britain. 
A)  It increased the benefits of the welfare state. 
B)  It restricted union power. 
C)  It increased the power of the labor unions. 
D)  It resulted in high unemployment in southern England. 
E)  It ended capitalism in Britain.

Question 3

After 1946, higher education in Western Europe

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A)  continued to draw students from the wealthier classes until the 1990s. 
B)  saw fees increased in a number of universities and enrollment grew dramatically. 
C)  experienced an influx of students from the middle and lower classes. 
D)  declined because of a severe economic recession. 
E)  heavily emphasized vocational education rather than the traditional curriculum. 
A)  continued to draw students from the wealthier classes until the 1990s. 
B)  saw fees increased in a number of universities and enrollment grew dramatically. 
C)  experienced an influx of students from the middle and lower classes. 
D)  declined because of a severe economic recession. 
E)  heavily emphasized vocational education rather than the traditional curriculum.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Tony Blair

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

Question 5

Which Canadian leader sought to privatize many of Canada's state-run corporations?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pierre Trudeau 
B)  Lester Pearson 
C)  Jean Chrétien 
D)  Brian Mulroney 
E)  Stephen Harper 
A)  Pierre Trudeau 
B)  Lester Pearson 
C)  Jean Chrétien 
D)  Brian Mulroney 
E)  Stephen Harper

Question 6

Jackson Pollock was a practitioner of

Accepted Answer

A)  Existentialism. 
B)  Absurdism. 
C)  Pop Art. 
D)  Abstract Expressionism. 
E)  Postmodernism. 
A)  Existentialism. 
B)  Absurdism. 
C)  Pop Art. 
D)  Abstract Expressionism. 
E)  Postmodernism.

Question 7

Richard Nixon

Accepted Answer

A)  pursued a "northern strategy," making civil rights a central plank in his political platform. 
B)  ordered the killing of four students at Ohio's Kent State University by army soldiers. 
C)  refused to end the Vietnam War. 
D)  used illegal methods to obtain information from his political rivals. 
E)  made minor mistakes, but he was careful not to lie to Congress or the people. 
A)  pursued a "northern strategy," making civil rights a central plank in his political platform. 
B)  ordered the killing of four students at Ohio's Kent State University by army soldiers. 
C)  refused to end the Vietnam War. 
D)  used illegal methods to obtain information from his political rivals. 
E)  made minor mistakes, but he was careful not to lie to Congress or the people.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Treaty of Rome/European Economic Community (EEC)

Accepted Answer

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

Question 9

The greatest human-made environmental disaster of the second half of the twentieth century occurred at

Accepted Answer

A)  Samarkand. 
B)  Chernobyl. 
C)  Aswan. 
D)  the Three Gorges. 
E)  Agra. 
A)  Samarkand. 
B)  Chernobyl. 
C)  Aswan. 
D)  the Three Gorges. 
E)  Agra.

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
personal computer and the Internet

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's popularity declined because of his support of the United States war in Iraq.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Is the growth of "American" pop culture the most important change in Western society since the 1930s? Why or why not? How does its influence compare with that of the "welfare state" during this period? What evidence causes you to think as you do?

Accepted Answer

The growth of "American" pop culture has

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"the white backlash"

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Poststructuralism or deconstruction

Accepted Answer

Poststructuralism and deconstruction are

Question 15

How have Western societies struggled to deal with the complex issues around immigration and guest workers? How have cultural differences fueled tensions and complicated new social policies? Give examples.

Accepted Answer

Western societies have struggled to deal

Question 16

Terrorists in the 1970s and 1980s primarily

Accepted Answer

A)  blew up buildings around the world. 
B)  focused their attacks on women. 
C)  wanted greater integration into mainstream culture. 
D)  hijacked planes and took hostages to gain attention to their demands. 
E)  considered suicide an honor. 
A)  blew up buildings around the world. 
B)  focused their attacks on women. 
C)  wanted greater integration into mainstream culture. 
D)  hijacked planes and took hostages to gain attention to their demands. 
E)  considered suicide an honor.

Question 17

The new prime minister of Great Britain immediately after World War II, Clement Attlee,

Accepted Answer

A)  included two Communist members in his cabinet. 
B)  was a leftist revolutionary, whom the king removed two months after he took office. 
C)  favored abolition of all private banks in the country. 
D)  established the welfare state in Britain. 
E)  blocked parliamentary consideration of a National Health Insurance Act. 
A)  included two Communist members in his cabinet. 
B)  was a leftist revolutionary, whom the king removed two months after he took office. 
C)  favored abolition of all private banks in the country. 
D)  established the welfare state in Britain. 
E)  blocked parliamentary consideration of a National Health Insurance Act.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Green parties and Chernobyl

Accepted Answer

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

Question 19

What was true of Helmut Kohl?

Accepted Answer

A)  He oversaw the reunification of Germany, with all its related economic concerns. 
B)  He was a Christian Socialist. 
C)  He was responsible for the collapse of the German economy. 
D)  He refused to raise taxes. 
E)  He was reelected in 1998. 
A)  He oversaw the reunification of Germany, with all its related economic concerns. 
B)  He was a Christian Socialist. 
C)  He was responsible for the collapse of the German economy. 
D)  He refused to raise taxes. 
E)  He was reelected in 1998.

Question 20

What did the disintegration of post-World War II Yugoslavia result in?

Accepted Answer

A)  the dictatorship of Marshal Tito 
B)  a union of Slovenia and Croatia 
C)  the peaceful merger of Serbia and Croatia 
D)  the triumph of Bosnia over Serbia 
E)  the Serbian policy of "ethnic cleansing" 
A)  the dictatorship of Marshal Tito 
B)  a union of Slovenia and Croatia 
C)  the peaceful merger of Serbia and Croatia 
D)  the triumph of Bosnia over Serbia 
E)  the Serbian policy of "ethnic cleansing"

Exam 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Which statement about increased permissiveness in Western society is accurate?

What did Thatcherism do?

After 1946, higher education in Western Europe

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Tony Blair

Which Canadian leader sought to privatize many of Canada's state-run corporations?

Jackson Pollock was a practitioner of

Richard Nixon

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Treaty of Rome/European Economic Community (EEC)

The greatest human-made environmental disaster of the second half of the twentieth century occurred at

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). personal computer and the Internet

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's popularity declined because of his support of the United States war in Iraq.

Is the growth of "American" pop culture the most important change in Western society since the 1930s? Why or why not? How does its influence compare with that of the "welfare state" during this period? What evidence causes you to think as you do?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "the white backlash"

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Poststructuralism or deconstruction

How have Western societies struggled to deal with the complex issues around immigration and guest workers? How have cultural differences fueled tensions and complicated new social policies? Give examples.

Terrorists in the 1970s and 1980s primarily

The new prime minister of Great Britain immediately after World War II, Clement Attlee,

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Green parties and Chernobyl

What was true of Helmut Kohl?

What did the disintegration of post-World War II Yugoslavia result in?

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

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