Question 1

Women gained a significant foothold on the election to European and national offices in the period between 1970 and 1990.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

As a means of economic retaliation, the Arab oil embargo protested ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the consolidation of the European Economic Committee into the European Union 
B)  American withdrawal from Vietnam 
C)  Western support of a monarchy in Iran 
D)  Western support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War 
E)  the United States oil contracts with South China 
A)  the consolidation of the European Economic Committee into the European Union 
B)  American withdrawal from Vietnam 
C)  Western support of a monarchy in Iran 
D)  Western support of Israel in the Yom Kippur War 
E)  the United States oil contracts with South China

Question 3

Solidarity was established in Czechoslovakia to negotiate better working conditions and wages for laborers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What was the breaking point of détente under Willy Brandt?

Accepted Answer

A)  His repression of immigration from across the eastern border 
B)  His involvement in a series of espionage scandals that made the west look inattentive to Soviet spy campaigns 
C)  The economic downturn of the 1970s 
D)  The west German population objected to the military installments of foreign nations in their country 
E)  The assassination of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich gave the impression of lack of vigilance 
A)  His repression of immigration from across the eastern border 
B)  His involvement in a series of espionage scandals that made the west look inattentive to Soviet spy campaigns 
C)  The economic downturn of the 1970s 
D)  The west German population objected to the military installments of foreign nations in their country 
E)  The assassination of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich gave the impression of lack of vigilance

Question 5

Which two countries responded to the collapse of the Soviet system with continued violence?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary and Czechoslovakia 
B)  Romania and Poland 
C)  Romania and Czechoslovakia 
D)  Hungary and Poland 
E)  Romania and Yugoslavia 
A)  Hungary and Czechoslovakia 
B)  Romania and Poland 
C)  Romania and Czechoslovakia 
D)  Hungary and Poland 
E)  Romania and Yugoslavia

Question 6

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

Accepted Answer

Organization started in the la

Question 7

What was Ostpolitik?

Accepted Answer

A)  The policy that forced East Germany to remain culturally isolated from West Germany. 
B)  A means of reconciling West Germany's policies with the Communist East German government. 
C)  The perpetuation of the arms race between East and West. 
D)  A cultural program that elevated Eastern Germany sports, academics, and arts above the West. 
E)  The law that students in East Germany could temporarily study "abroad" in Western European nations. 
A)  The policy that forced East Germany to remain culturally isolated from West Germany. 
B)  A means of reconciling West Germany's policies with the Communist East German government. 
C)  The perpetuation of the arms race between East and West. 
D)  A cultural program that elevated Eastern Germany sports, academics, and arts above the West. 
E)  The law that students in East Germany could temporarily study "abroad" in Western European nations.

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Anwar El Sadat

Accepted Answer

President of Egypt w

Question 9

Who was the feminist leader of the Green Party in West Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  Andrea Hacker 
B)  Nina Schmidt 
C)  Augusta Heimhoffer 
D)  Petra Kelly 
E)  Claudia Behren 
A)  Andrea Hacker 
B)  Nina Schmidt 
C)  Augusta Heimhoffer 
D)  Petra Kelly 
E)  Claudia Behren

Question 10

Gorbachev's policy of perestroika was universally successful.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The most important Slovenian thinker of the postmodernist movement was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Michel Foucault 
B)  Hayden White 
C)  Jacques Derrida 
D)  Slavoj Žižek 
E)  Albert Camus 
A)  Michel Foucault 
B)  Hayden White 
C)  Jacques Derrida 
D)  Slavoj Žižek 
E)  Albert Camus

Question 12

What was the purpose of the Yom Kippur War of 1973?

Accepted Answer

A)  Palestinian rebels took arms against the Israeli settlements on the West bank. 
B)  Arab sympathizers in Syria began an assault on Israeli occupied territory. 
C)  An alliance of Arab nations renewed warfare against Israel as a protest of American involvement in Iran. 
D)  Egypt attacked Israel to regain territory it lost in a war in 1967. 
E)  None of these. 
A)  Palestinian rebels took arms against the Israeli settlements on the West bank. 
B)  Arab sympathizers in Syria began an assault on Israeli occupied territory. 
C)  An alliance of Arab nations renewed warfare against Israel as a protest of American involvement in Iran. 
D)  Egypt attacked Israel to regain territory it lost in a war in 1967. 
E)  None of these.

Question 13

As part of Cold War suspicions, what was the American interpretation of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan?

Accepted Answer

A)  Saw it as an attempt to expand Communist influence into central Asia 
B)  Viewed American policies as weak in not declaring war 
C)  Moved American missiles in western Europe to Defcon 1 
D)  Read it as a challenge to the balance of power in the Persian Gulf. 
E)  Saw a massive conspiracy between Islamic fundamentalists allying with hardline communists. 
A)  Saw it as an attempt to expand Communist influence into central Asia 
B)  Viewed American policies as weak in not declaring war 
C)  Moved American missiles in western Europe to Defcon 1 
D)  Read it as a challenge to the balance of power in the Persian Gulf. 
E)  Saw a massive conspiracy between Islamic fundamentalists allying with hardline communists.

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Michel Foucault

Accepted Answer

French philosopher a

Question 15

The attempt to end reform in the Soviet Union by communist hard-liners was called ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  the October Days 
B)  the August Coup 
C)  the September Morn 
D)  the Decembrist Revolution 
E)  None of these. 
A)  the October Days 
B)  the August Coup 
C)  the September Morn 
D)  the Decembrist Revolution 
E)  None of these.

Question 16

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Détente

Accepted Answer

Easing of political

Question 17

The Helsinki Final Act of 1975 was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  committed to ensuring the human rights of all the signatories' citizens 
B)  an international agreement to ban above-ground nuclear testing 
C)  the negotiated end of the Vietnam War 
D)  the creation of the European Union 
E)  the recognition of the final terms of Berlin's occupation at the end of World War II 
A)  committed to ensuring the human rights of all the signatories' citizens 
B)  an international agreement to ban above-ground nuclear testing 
C)  the negotiated end of the Vietnam War 
D)  the creation of the European Union 
E)  the recognition of the final terms of Berlin's occupation at the end of World War II

Question 18

The last western European country to decriminalize abortion was ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  Italy 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Spain 
E)  Austria 
A)  France 
B)  Italy 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Spain 
E)  Austria

Question 19

Compare and contrast Charter 77 with Solidarity?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The Czechoslovaks fou

Question 20

What challenges did Gorbachev face in implementing economic reform?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. By the time Gorbachev

Exam 29: Lifting the Iron Curtain

Women gained a significant foothold on the election to European and national offices in the period between 1970 and 1990.

As a means of economic retaliation, the Arab oil embargo protested ______________.

Solidarity was established in Czechoslovakia to negotiate better working conditions and wages for laborers.

What was the breaking point of détente under Willy Brandt?

Which two countries responded to the collapse of the Soviet system with continued violence?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association

What was Ostpolitik?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Anwar El Sadat

Who was the feminist leader of the Green Party in West Germany?

Gorbachev's policy of perestroika was universally successful.

The most important Slovenian thinker of the postmodernist movement was ______________.

What was the purpose of the Yom Kippur War of 1973?

As part of Cold War suspicions, what was the American interpretation of the USSR invasion of Afghanistan?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Michel Foucault

The attempt to end reform in the Soviet Union by communist hard-liners was called ______________.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Détente

The Helsinki Final Act of 1975 was ______________.

The last western European country to decriminalize abortion was ______________.

Compare and contrast Charter 77 with Solidarity?

What challenges did Gorbachev face in implementing economic reform?

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