Question 1

Which nation embraced the political party called Solidarity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poland 
B)  Estonia 
C)  Latvia 
D)  Lithuania 
E)  Hungary 
A)  Poland 
B)  Estonia 
C)  Latvia 
D)  Lithuania 
E)  Hungary A

Question 2

Postmodern thought believed that political reform could only be accomplished from within, as those were the only observers who truly understood it.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Chernobyl

Accepted Answer

City in Soviet Ukraine where the greatest nuclear disaster to date occurred in April 1986, resulting in widespread nuclear contamination

Question 4

What was one of the most important points underscored by the energy crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Economic processes were becoming increasingly globalized. 
B)  Industrialized nations needed to look to third world countries for energy alternatives. 
C)  The need for Green Party inclusion in policy making decisions. 
D)  Americans decided to increase domestic oil production. 
E)  Third-world countries with oil could suddenly become economically and politically powerful. 
A)  Economic processes were becoming increasingly globalized. 
B)  Industrialized nations needed to look to third world countries for energy alternatives. 
C)  The need for Green Party inclusion in policy making decisions. 
D)  Americans decided to increase domestic oil production. 
E)  Third-world countries with oil could suddenly become economically and politically powerful.

Question 5

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Velvet Revolution

Accepted Answer

The peaceful fall of

Question 6

Simone de Beauvoir was the author of ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Second Sex 
B)  The Feminine Mystique 
C)  The Manifesto of the 343 
D)  "The Nation of the Sisterhood" 
E)  Our Bodies, Ourselves 
A)  The Second Sex 
B)  The Feminine Mystique 
C)  The Manifesto of the 343 
D)  "The Nation of the Sisterhood" 
E)  Our Bodies, Ourselves

Question 7

Gorbachev's biggest problem in initiating economic reforms was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  getting the Communist Party to agree to a consumer market 
B)  getting the factory managers and workers to follow the central dictates of the party 
C)  rapidly rising inflation at the same time that savings were devalued 
D)  union protests for fixed wage increases the government could not afford 
E)  creating a streamlined method of production to eliminate inefficiency 
A)  getting the Communist Party to agree to a consumer market 
B)  getting the factory managers and workers to follow the central dictates of the party 
C)  rapidly rising inflation at the same time that savings were devalued 
D)  union protests for fixed wage increases the government could not afford 
E)  creating a streamlined method of production to eliminate inefficiency

Question 8

The German chancellor who sought normalization of relations between East and West Germany was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Helmut Kohl 
B)  Helmut Schmidt 
C)  Konrad Adenauer 
D)  Willy Brandt 
E)  Angela Merckel 
A)  Helmut Kohl 
B)  Helmut Schmidt 
C)  Konrad Adenauer 
D)  Willy Brandt 
E)  Angela Merckel

Question 9

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Yom Kippur War

Accepted Answer

War in 1973 between Egypt and

Question 10

How did Boris Yeltsin demonstrate his support for reform?

Accepted Answer

A)  He stood atop a tank that was supposed to separate the Duma from the population. 
B)  He flew to Riga to support protesters. 
C)  He asked for the support of the lower army members. 
D)  He outlawed the Communist Party. 
E)  All of these. 
A)  He stood atop a tank that was supposed to separate the Duma from the population. 
B)  He flew to Riga to support protesters. 
C)  He asked for the support of the lower army members. 
D)  He outlawed the Communist Party. 
E)  All of these.

Question 11

What factors led to the collapse of communism?

Accepted Answer

Answers to this question can vary greatl

Question 12

Significant opposition to nuclear power was demonstrated after the malfunction of which power plant?

Accepted Answer

A)  San Onofre 
B)  Chernobyl 
C)  Fukushima 
D)  Greenham Common 
E)  None of these. 
A)  San Onofre 
B)  Chernobyl 
C)  Fukushima 
D)  Greenham Common 
E)  None of these.

Question 13

Italian Communism succeeded in becoming a nationalist movement in the 1970s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The first democratically elected president in Russia was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Mikhail Gorbachev 
B)  Boris Yeltsin 
C)  Vladimir Putin 
D)  Maxim Litvinov 
E)  Andrei Sakharov 
A)  Mikhail Gorbachev 
B)  Boris Yeltsin 
C)  Vladimir Putin 
D)  Maxim Litvinov 
E)  Andrei Sakharov

Question 15

Havel's best-known act of opposition was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  standing in front of the tanks during the Prague Spring 
B)  going into exile in the United States 
C)  self-immolation 
D)  coauthoring Charter 77 
E)  leading a hunger strike in Wencelas Square 
A)  standing in front of the tanks during the Prague Spring 
B)  going into exile in the United States 
C)  self-immolation 
D)  coauthoring Charter 77 
E)  leading a hunger strike in Wencelas Square

Question 16

The guest worker program encouraged immigration from former European colonies in Africa, Asia, and the West Indies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What were the problems faced by the Eastern bloc nations in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The most significant

Question 18

In response to the demographic decline in the 1970s and 1980s, Europe tried to regain laborers through ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  extensive training programs for the unemployed 
B)  offering opportunities for work but not citizenship to guest workers 
C)  extending the age of retirement to seventy-five 
D)  decreasing taxes to attract more émigrés 
E)  active recruitment at universities in Third World nations 
A)  extensive training programs for the unemployed 
B)  offering opportunities for work but not citizenship to guest workers 
C)  extending the age of retirement to seventy-five 
D)  decreasing taxes to attract more émigrés 
E)  active recruitment at universities in Third World nations

Question 19

A significant transition in communist economies was demonstrated with what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Agreement to the Strategic Arms Limitations reductions negotiated by Kissinger 
B)  Discarding the command economy model 
C)  Shifting to production of consumer goods 
D)  Lifting Soviet embargos with China 
E)  Perestroika 
A)  Agreement to the Strategic Arms Limitations reductions negotiated by Kissinger 
B)  Discarding the command economy model 
C)  Shifting to production of consumer goods 
D)  Lifting Soviet embargos with China 
E)  Perestroika

Question 20

What were Margaret Thatcher's political priorities?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Thatcher brought a to

Exam 29: Lifting the Iron Curtain

Which nation embraced the political party called Solidarity?

Postmodern thought believed that political reform could only be accomplished from within, as those were the only observers who truly understood it.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Chernobyl

What was one of the most important points underscored by the energy crisis?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Velvet Revolution

Simone de Beauvoir was the author of ______________.

Gorbachev's biggest problem in initiating economic reforms was ______________.

The German chancellor who sought normalization of relations between East and West Germany was ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Yom Kippur War

How did Boris Yeltsin demonstrate his support for reform?

What factors led to the collapse of communism?

Significant opposition to nuclear power was demonstrated after the malfunction of which power plant?

Italian Communism succeeded in becoming a nationalist movement in the 1970s.

The first democratically elected president in Russia was ______________.

Havel's best-known act of opposition was ______________.

The guest worker program encouraged immigration from former European colonies in Africa, Asia, and the West Indies.

What were the problems faced by the Eastern bloc nations in the 1970s and 1980s?

In response to the demographic decline in the 1970s and 1980s, Europe tried to regain laborers through ______________.

A significant transition in communist economies was demonstrated with what?

What were Margaret Thatcher's political priorities?

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