Question 1

François Mitterrand's career involved

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A) nationalization of banks and industries. 
B) abandoning the Gaullist perspective in government. 
C) working with the Green Peace party to end nuclear power in France. 
D) leading the opposition party, but not participating in government. 
E) leading the French Communists. 
A) nationalization of banks and industries. 
B) abandoning the Gaullist perspective in government. 
C) working with the Green Peace party to end nuclear power in France. 
D) leading the opposition party, but not participating in government. 
E) leading the French Communists.

Question 2

Gorbachev's twin policies of openness and restructuring were primarily intended to

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A) bring a slow but definite breakup of the Soviet Union. 
B) disorient the population as the ruling elites regrouped. 
C) generate genuine civic cooperation with the Communist government to revitalize the Soviet system. 
D) defuse the growing grass-roots discontent in Eastern Europe embodied in Poland's Solidarity movement. 
E) revitalize the stagnating economy without changing the Soviet political system. 
A) bring a slow but definite breakup of the Soviet Union. 
B) disorient the population as the ruling elites regrouped. 
C) generate genuine civic cooperation with the Communist government to revitalize the Soviet system. 
D) defuse the growing grass-roots discontent in Eastern Europe embodied in Poland's Solidarity movement. 
E) revitalize the stagnating economy without changing the Soviet political system.

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 OPEC

Accepted Answer

OPEC stands for the Organization of the

Question 4

Chancellor Willy Brandt's "opening toward the East"

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A) resulted in the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. 
B) led to a massive influx of guest workers especially from Turkey. 
C) resulted in the Federal Republic of Germany leaving the NATO alliance and declaring neutrality. 
D) contributed to a temporary increase of Cold War tensions. 
E) none of the above 
A) resulted in the dismantling of the Berlin Wall. 
B) led to a massive influx of guest workers especially from Turkey. 
C) resulted in the Federal Republic of Germany leaving the NATO alliance and declaring neutrality. 
D) contributed to a temporary increase of Cold War tensions. 
E) none of the above

Question 5

Which of the following years is referred to as the "Year of Liberation"?

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A) 1985 
B) 1987 
C) 1989 
D) 1991 
E) 2001 
A) 1985 
B) 1987 
C) 1989 
D) 1991 
E) 2001

Question 6

The year 1989 saw all of these events EXCEPT

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A) fall of the Berlin Wall. 
B) collapse of communism in Romania and Czechoslovakia. 
C) resignation of Gorbachev. 
D) 340,000 people leaving Eastern Europe through Hungary and Czechoslovakia. 
E) resignation of Tedor Zhivkov in Bulgaria. 
A) fall of the Berlin Wall. 
B) collapse of communism in Romania and Czechoslovakia. 
C) resignation of Gorbachev. 
D) 340,000 people leaving Eastern Europe through Hungary and Czechoslovakia. 
E) resignation of Tedor Zhivkov in Bulgaria.

Question 7

In the arms and space races, the

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A) America's geographical invulnerability was ended by intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
B) United States was the first to launch a man-made satellite. 
C) first man in space was an American. 
D) Soviet backed down in the Cuban Missile Crisis without any concession from the United States . 
E) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed within ten years of the bombing of Hiroshima. 
A) America's geographical invulnerability was ended by intercontinental ballistic missiles. 
B) United States was the first to launch a man-made satellite. 
C) first man in space was an American. 
D) Soviet backed down in the Cuban Missile Crisis without any concession from the United States . 
E) Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was signed within ten years of the bombing of Hiroshima.

Question 8

Alexander Dub  
Ek and "socialism with a human face"

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A) replaced Khrushchev and his experimentalism in the Soviet Union. 
B) were part of the dissident movement in Czechoslovakia known as the Prague Spring. 
C) were part of the Communist establishment in Czechoslovakia that successfully earned public goodwill and encouraged the fall of Communism less than two years later. 
D) were the first sign of a dissident movement in the Soviet Union itself. 
E) liberalized the Czechoslovak Communist regime, gained genuine popular support, and were ousted by the Soviet-led invasion in 1968. 
A) replaced Khrushchev and his experimentalism in the Soviet Union. 
B) were part of the dissident movement in Czechoslovakia known as the Prague Spring. 
C) were part of the Communist establishment in Czechoslovakia that successfully earned public goodwill and encouraged the fall of Communism less than two years later. 
D) were the first sign of a dissident movement in the Soviet Union itself. 
E) liberalized the Czechoslovak Communist regime, gained genuine popular support, and were ousted by the Soviet-led invasion in 1968.

Question 9

When hardline Communists attempted a coup against Gorbachev that would re-establish the Communist dictatorship

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A) Muscovites applauded the action. 
B) he was quickly hustled off to Siberia for six months. 
C) they lost the support of the KGB to Yeltsin. 
D) he emerged as an even stronger leader of the Soviet Union. 
E) they succeeded in delaying the disintegration of the Soviet Union for two years. 
A) Muscovites applauded the action. 
B) he was quickly hustled off to Siberia for six months. 
C) they lost the support of the KGB to Yeltsin. 
D) he emerged as an even stronger leader of the Soviet Union. 
E) they succeeded in delaying the disintegration of the Soviet Union for two years.

Question 10

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Iron Curtain

Accepted Answer

The Iron Curtain refers to the symbolic

Question 11

How did the Soviet Union change after Khrushchev's forced retirement?

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A) There was a short but intense return to the harshest years of Stalinism. 
B) Oligarchic rule emerged stressing reasoned decisions and more restrained authoritarianism. 
C) After a short period of confusion, the Soviet Union embarked on a program of liberalization comparable to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. 
D) Nothing fundamental changed. Khrushchev was simply replaced by Brezhnev. 
E) none of the above 
A) There was a short but intense return to the harshest years of Stalinism. 
B) Oligarchic rule emerged stressing reasoned decisions and more restrained authoritarianism. 
C) After a short period of confusion, the Soviet Union embarked on a program of liberalization comparable to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. 
D) Nothing fundamental changed. Khrushchev was simply replaced by Brezhnev. 
E) none of the above

Question 12

The end of the Fourth Republic and the establishment of the Fifth Republic in France came about because of the

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A) threat of a right-wing military coup due to troubles in Algeria. 
B) threat of a Communist revolution. 
C) French defeat in Vietnam. 
D) student-worker riots of 1968. 
E) requirements of the European Economic Community. 
A) threat of a right-wing military coup due to troubles in Algeria. 
B) threat of a Communist revolution. 
C) French defeat in Vietnam. 
D) student-worker riots of 1968. 
E) requirements of the European Economic Community.

Question 13

When the Red Army occupied Eastern Europe

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A) no one knew how Stalin would treat the conquered people. 
B) Western European countries and the United States became alarmed. 
C) the Soviet Union regarded Eastern Europe as a buffer against invasion. 
D) it contributed to the outbreak of the Cold War. 
E) all of the above 
A) no one knew how Stalin would treat the conquered people. 
B) Western European countries and the United States became alarmed. 
C) the Soviet Union regarded Eastern Europe as a buffer against invasion. 
D) it contributed to the outbreak of the Cold War. 
E) all of the above

Question 14

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 decolonization

Accepted Answer

Decolonization refers to the process of

Question 15

Each of the following statements about West Germany is correct EXCEPT

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A) the Cold War acted as a restraint on the West German economy. 
B) the Federal Republic was in a militarily strategic position in terms of the Cold War. 
C) West Germany was much larger than East Germany. 
D) the Federal Republic was quickly integrated into the new postwar Europe. 
E) West Germany was able to let go of its old nationalist hatreds. 
A) the Cold War acted as a restraint on the West German economy. 
B) the Federal Republic was in a militarily strategic position in terms of the Cold War. 
C) West Germany was much larger than East Germany. 
D) the Federal Republic was quickly integrated into the new postwar Europe. 
E) West Germany was able to let go of its old nationalist hatreds.

Question 16

Among the problems Italy had in the postwar period were all of the following EXCEPT

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A) a rapid change of governments. 
B) a sharp contrast between north and south. 
C) a tremendous influx of immigrant labor. 
D) a sluggish economic recovery in the north. 
E) the power of the Mafia in Sicily. 
A) a rapid change of governments. 
B) a sharp contrast between north and south. 
C) a tremendous influx of immigrant labor. 
D) a sluggish economic recovery in the north. 
E) the power of the Mafia in Sicily.

Question 17

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Vietcong

Accepted Answer

Who?
The Vietcong, also known as the Nat

Question 18

By 2009, social welfare spending in France consumed what percent of the GDP?

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A) 10 percent 
B) 20 percent 
C) 30 percent 
D) 40 percent 
E) 50 percent 
A) 10 percent 
B) 20 percent 
C) 30 percent 
D) 40 percent 
E) 50 percent

Question 19

Which of the following statements about Simone de Beauvoir is NOT accurate?

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A) De Beauvoir was a leading existentialist. 
B) Her 1949 book, The Second Sex , became a feminist classic. 
C) Her polemical work, The Coming of Age (1972), is about the liberation of the individual from authority and the awesome burden of true freedom. 
D) De Beauvoir was a pacifist and a strong critic of French colonial rule in Algeria. 
E) She believed that an individual is solely responsible for who she becomes. 
A) De Beauvoir was a leading existentialist. 
B) Her 1949 book, The Second Sex , became a feminist classic. 
C) Her polemical work, The Coming of Age (1972), is about the liberation of the individual from authority and the awesome burden of true freedom. 
D) De Beauvoir was a pacifist and a strong critic of French colonial rule in Algeria. 
E) She believed that an individual is solely responsible for who she becomes.

Question 20

The attack on Stalin in 1956

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A) discredited Stalinists throughout the Soviet bloc. 
B) encouraged moderates that changes were coming. 
C) revived discussions against intellectuals. 
D) aroused visions of national self-determination. 
E) all of the above 
A) discredited Stalinists throughout the Soviet bloc. 
B) encouraged moderates that changes were coming. 
C) revived discussions against intellectuals. 
D) aroused visions of national self-determination. 
E) all of the above

Exam 32: Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

François Mitterrand's career involved

Gorbachev's twin policies of openness and restructuring were primarily intended to

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? OPEC

Chancellor Willy Brandt's "opening toward the East"

Which of the following years is referred to as the "Year of Liberation"?

The year 1989 saw all of these events EXCEPT

In the arms and space races, the

Alexander Dub Ek and "socialism with a human face"

When hardline Communists attempted a coup against Gorbachev that would re-establish the Communist dictatorship

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Iron Curtain

How did the Soviet Union change after Khrushchev's forced retirement?

The end of the Fourth Republic and the establishment of the Fifth Republic in France came about because of the

When the Red Army occupied Eastern Europe

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? decolonization

Each of the following statements about West Germany is correct EXCEPT

Among the problems Italy had in the postwar period were all of the following EXCEPT

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Vietcong

By 2009, social welfare spending in France consumed what percent of the GDP?

Which of the following statements about Simone de Beauvoir is NOT accurate?

The attack on Stalin in 1956

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Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

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Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

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The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

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