Question 1

How did Pope John Paul II influence Polish political shifts?

Accepted Answer

The decline of communism in Poland occur

Question 2

One of the results of the sexual revolution was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  looser morals 
B)  the advent of the AIDS epidemic 
C)  earlier sexual activity and more partners 
D)  less availability of contraception 
E)  later age at marriage 
A)  looser morals 
B)  the advent of the AIDS epidemic 
C)  earlier sexual activity and more partners 
D)  less availability of contraception 
E)  later age at marriage

Question 3

The first socialist head of government in France since Léon Blum was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Charles de Gaulle 
B)  François Mitterand 
C)  Jacques Chirac 
D)  George Pompidou 
E)  Nicholas Sarkozy 
A)  Charles de Gaulle 
B)  François Mitterand 
C)  Jacques Chirac 
D)  George Pompidou 
E)  Nicholas Sarkozy

Question 4

What was the left-wing terrorist organization that invoked radical action in Italy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Christian Democrats 
B)  Black Shirts 
C)  Carbonari 
D)  Red Brigade 
E)  Ordino Nuov 
A)  Christian Democrats 
B)  Black Shirts 
C)  Carbonari 
D)  Red Brigade 
E)  Ordino Nuov

Question 5

What was Richard Nixon's policy toward communism?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Richard Nixon pursued

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-François Mitterand

Accepted Answer

French president fro

Question 7

The Antiballistic Missile Treaty was intended to ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  check the growth of nuclear weapons 
B)  restrict the ownership of nuclear weapons to members of the UN Security Council 
C)  outlaw certain types of nuclear weapons 
D)  promote disarmament of each side 
E)  do all of these 
A)  check the growth of nuclear weapons 
B)  restrict the ownership of nuclear weapons to members of the UN Security Council 
C)  outlaw certain types of nuclear weapons 
D)  promote disarmament of each side 
E)  do all of these

Question 8

Nicolae Ceauşescu maintained successful economic growth in Romania after declaring independence from the west and the east.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Who was elected president of Czechoslovakia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Václav Havel 
B)  Boris Yeltsin 
C)  Nikolai Ceaușescu 
D)  Ion Iliescu 
E)  Slavoj Žižek 
A)  Václav Havel 
B)  Boris Yeltsin 
C)  Nikolai Ceaușescu 
D)  Ion Iliescu 
E)  Slavoj Žižek

Question 10

Discuss the guest-worker program in Europe and how it affected self-identification .

Accepted Answer

As a result of significant population de

Question 11

One of the groups that rose through grassroots politics to influence the environment was the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Green Party 
B)  Red Brigade 
C)  Black Panthers 
D)  Rainbow Coalition 
E)  Blue Riders 
A)  Green Party 
B)  Red Brigade 
C)  Black Panthers 
D)  Rainbow Coalition 
E)  Blue Riders

Question 12

The Velvet Revolution brought down the communist Czechoslovakian government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The signs that communism was weakening in the 1980s included ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  inflation and underproduction 
B)  brutal repression of anticommunist protests in the satellite states 
C)  aid to the underground from those in official state positions 
D)  strikes among unhappy trade unions over the cost of living 
E)  All of these. 
A)  inflation and underproduction 
B)  brutal repression of anticommunist protests in the satellite states 
C)  aid to the underground from those in official state positions 
D)  strikes among unhappy trade unions over the cost of living 
E)  All of these.

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Globalization

Accepted Answer

Increasing global connections

Question 15

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

Soviet leader betwee

Question 16

Thatcher's appeal to British imperialism was best demonstrated in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the Falklands War 
B)  England's fight for unity in Ireland and Scotland 
C)  her support of striking coal miners 
D)  an open emigration policy for all former British imperial territories 
E)  her support of apartheid in South Africa 
A)  the Falklands War 
B)  England's fight for unity in Ireland and Scotland 
C)  her support of striking coal miners 
D)  an open emigration policy for all former British imperial territories 
E)  her support of apartheid in South Africa

Question 17

The policy that Nixon engineered as a major shift in international politics was called ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  détente 
B)  Ostpolitik 
C)  rapprochement 
D)  isolation 
E)  bilateral accords 
A)  détente 
B)  Ostpolitik 
C)  rapprochement 
D)  isolation 
E)  bilateral accords

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Red Brigades

Accepted Answer

Radical communist group in Ita

Question 19

Fatima Mernissi was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  raised in a harem 
B)  educated in Morocco, the Sorbonne, and the United States 
C)  a scholar of the Quran 
D)  a feminist and a practicing Muslim 
E)  All of these . 
A)  raised in a harem 
B)  educated in Morocco, the Sorbonne, and the United States 
C)  a scholar of the Quran 
D)  a feminist and a practicing Muslim 
E)  All of these .

Question 20

The traditional leftist party politics remained strong in the 1980s.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 29: Lifting the Iron Curtain

How did Pope John Paul II influence Polish political shifts?

One of the results of the sexual revolution was ______________.

The first socialist head of government in France since Léon Blum was ______________.

What was the left-wing terrorist organization that invoked radical action in Italy?

What was Richard Nixon's policy toward communism?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -François Mitterand

The Antiballistic Missile Treaty was intended to ______________.

Nicolae Ceauşescu maintained successful economic growth in Romania after declaring independence from the west and the east.

Who was elected president of Czechoslovakia?

Discuss the guest-worker program in Europe and how it affected self-identification .

One of the groups that rose through grassroots politics to influence the environment was the ______________.

The Velvet Revolution brought down the communist Czechoslovakian government.

The signs that communism was weakening in the 1980s included ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Globalization

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Mikhail Gorbachev

Thatcher's appeal to British imperialism was best demonstrated in ______________.

The policy that Nixon engineered as a major shift in international politics was called ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Red Brigades

Fatima Mernissi was ______________.

The traditional leftist party politics remained strong in the 1980s.

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From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

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Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

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