Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Helmut Kohl and German reunification

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

Question 2

The Cuban Revolution

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A)  provided help only for the large ranchers and owners of sugar plantations. 
B)  achieved success in programs related to health and education. 
C)  ended Cuba's reliance on sugar production. 
D)  has not been affected by the economic impact of the fall of Communism in Europe and the Soviet Union. 
E)  led to a steep decline in the nation's health and education standards. 
A)  provided help only for the large ranchers and owners of sugar plantations. 
B)  achieved success in programs related to health and education. 
C)  ended Cuba's reliance on sugar production. 
D)  has not been affected by the economic impact of the fall of Communism in Europe and the Soviet Union. 
E)  led to a steep decline in the nation's health and education standards.

Question 3

Canada

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A)  had only a cautious, minimal subsidy program to private insurance companies to cover catastrophic health insurance for its citizens until 1999. 
B)  like Latin America, has an economy based entirely on the export of raw materials. 
C)  has only a poor working class with an average income considerably lower than that of blue-collar workers in Latin America. 
D)  supported a free-trade agreement with the U.S. that was unpopular with many voters. 
E)  has three official languages: English, French and Cree. 
A)  had only a cautious, minimal subsidy program to private insurance companies to cover catastrophic health insurance for its citizens until 1999. 
B)  like Latin America, has an economy based entirely on the export of raw materials. 
C)  has only a poor working class with an average income considerably lower than that of blue-collar workers in Latin America. 
D)  supported a free-trade agreement with the U.S. that was unpopular with many voters. 
E)  has three official languages: English, French and Cree.

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
the war on terrorism and the Department of Homeland Security

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

Question 5

The European Community was primarily

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A)  an economic union. 
B)  a political union. 
C)  a military alliance. 
D)  restricted to the nations of southern and eastern Europe. 
E)  a passing phenomena, which disappeared after the ending of the Cold War. 
A)  an economic union. 
B)  a political union. 
C)  a military alliance. 
D)  restricted to the nations of southern and eastern Europe. 
E)  a passing phenomena, which disappeared after the ending of the Cold War.

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
permissive society

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A permissive society is a term used to d

Question 7

The founding of the European Economic Community (EEC)

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A)  initially received strong encouragement from the Soviet Union, which played a leading role until the Cold War erupted. 
B)  established a customs union for its six member states. 
C)  initially embraced the Benelux countries, along with Sweden and Czechoslovakia. 
D)  was initially designed with the hope it would stabilize employment for the working classes, but this hope was soon shown to be impossible. 
E)  was publicly opposed by the United States and the Soviet Union, both of whom threatened military action. 
A)  initially received strong encouragement from the Soviet Union, which played a leading role until the Cold War erupted. 
B)  established a customs union for its six member states. 
C)  initially embraced the Benelux countries, along with Sweden and Czechoslovakia. 
D)  was initially designed with the hope it would stabilize employment for the working classes, but this hope was soon shown to be impossible. 
E)  was publicly opposed by the United States and the Soviet Union, both of whom threatened military action.

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Treaty on European Union, 1994

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

Question 9

What have been the most important developments in Canada since 1945? In what ways has national unity been challenged from within? What role has ideas about excessive United States influence in Canada played in shaping that nation's foreign and domestic policies?

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Since 1945, Canada has experienced sever

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
"...to Americanize the world"

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

Question 11

Existentialists believed that

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A)  there was a transcendent being who gave meaning to life. 
B)  God was the Prime Mover and First Cause, and not merely a Christian, Jewish, or Islamic God. 
C)  humankind had a preordained destiny. 
D)  the world was without meaning. 
E)  Marxist socialism was preferable to democratic capitalism. 
A)  there was a transcendent being who gave meaning to life. 
B)  God was the Prime Mover and First Cause, and not merely a Christian, Jewish, or Islamic God. 
C)  humankind had a preordained destiny. 
D)  the world was without meaning. 
E)  Marxist socialism was preferable to democratic capitalism.

Question 12

Because of the growth of sexual permissiveness, there was a trend towards larger families beginning in the 1960s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of these statements accurately describes developments relating to Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

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A)  President Johnson authorized the CIA to train Cuban exiles to invade the island. 
B)  The Bay of Pigs disaster resulted in a Soviet decision to place Soviet missiles in Cuba. 
C)  Fidel Castro was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista. 
D)  Ché Guevara successfully established a communist government in Bolivia. 
E)  Fidel Castro withdrew Cuba from the United Nations. 
A)  President Johnson authorized the CIA to train Cuban exiles to invade the island. 
B)  The Bay of Pigs disaster resulted in a Soviet decision to place Soviet missiles in Cuba. 
C)  Fidel Castro was overthrown by Fulgencio Batista. 
D)  Ché Guevara successfully established a communist government in Bolivia. 
E)  Fidel Castro withdrew Cuba from the United Nations.

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Konrad Adenauer

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

Question 15

The two writers who were closely associated with existentialism were

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A)  Jackson Pollock and Simone de Beauvoir. 
B)  Samuel Beckett and Timothy Leary. 
C)  Alan Turing and J. Robert Oppenheimer. 
D)  E. F. Schumacher and Bob Dylan. 
E)  Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus. 
A)  Jackson Pollock and Simone de Beauvoir. 
B)  Samuel Beckett and Timothy Leary. 
C)  Alan Turing and J. Robert Oppenheimer. 
D)  E. F. Schumacher and Bob Dylan. 
E)  Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

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The answer of Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Mexico's Institutional...

Question 17

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Vincente Fox

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Vicente Fox is a Mexican businessman and

Question 18

The Reagan Revolution included all of the following measures EXCEPT

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A)  strong support for labor unions and war on poverty programs. 
B)  a decrease in spending on social welfare programs. 
C)  a reduction in job training initiatives. 
D)  an increase in military expenditures. 
E)  huge growth in federal budget deficits. 
A)  strong support for labor unions and war on poverty programs. 
B)  a decrease in spending on social welfare programs. 
C)  a reduction in job training initiatives. 
D)  an increase in military expenditures. 
E)  huge growth in federal budget deficits.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
war in Iraq

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The term "war in Iraq" typically refers

Question 20

Which country took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960s?

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A)  France 
B)  United States 
C)  Britain 
D)  Spain 
E)  Sweden 
A)  France 
B)  United States 
C)  Britain 
D)  Spain 
E)  Sweden

Exam 28: Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Helmut Kohl and German reunification

The Cuban Revolution

Canada

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the war on terrorism and the Department of Homeland Security

The European Community was primarily

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). permissive society

The founding of the European Economic Community (EEC)

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Treaty on European Union, 1994

What have been the most important developments in Canada since 1945? In what ways has national unity been challenged from within? What role has ideas about excessive United States influence in Canada played in shaping that nation's foreign and domestic policies?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). "...to Americanize the world"

Existentialists believed that

Because of the growth of sexual permissiveness, there was a trend towards larger families beginning in the 1960s.

Which of these statements accurately describes developments relating to Cuba in the late 1950s and early 1960s?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Konrad Adenauer

The two writers who were closely associated with existentialism were

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Mexico's Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Vincente Fox

The Reagan Revolution included all of the following measures EXCEPT

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). war in Iraq

Which country took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960s?

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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