Question 1

The text summarizes Margaret Thatcher's program as British Prime Minister as

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A) expanding women's rights and assuring the entire population's access to health care. 
B) challenging the nuclear superiority of the U.S.S.R. and the United States . 
C) reduction of inflation and promotion of individual initiative and private enterprise. 
D) nationalization of the coal, steel, and railroad industries, and of the banks. 
E) pragmatic, moving from free market to state socialism according to circumstances. 
A) expanding women's rights and assuring the entire population's access to health care. 
B) challenging the nuclear superiority of the U.S.S.R. and the United States . 
C) reduction of inflation and promotion of individual initiative and private enterprise. 
D) nationalization of the coal, steel, and railroad industries, and of the banks. 
E) pragmatic, moving from free market to state socialism according to circumstances.

Question 2

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Reconsider the following quote from Václav Havel: The worst of it is that we live in a spoiled moral environment. We have become morally ill because we are used to saying one thing and thinking another. We have learned not to believe in anything, not to care about each other, to worry only about ourselves.... 
This observation was directed toward the Communist system that had just collapsed in Czechoslovakia. But can it also be applied to our own Western society? Reflect upon Havel's observation.

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Václav Havel's observation about living

Question 3

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

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Perestroika and glasnost were key terms

Question 4

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).   
 Draw in the Iron Curtain, and label each of the countries bordering the Curtain.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 5

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

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The Marshall Plan was a program initiate

Question 6

The country whose prosperity in the 1970s, though incredibly limited in contrast with Western Europe, made it the envy of Soviet-bloc countries was

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A) Romania. 
B) Turkey. 
C) Poland. 
D) Czechoslovakia. 
E) Hungary. 
A) Romania. 
B) Turkey. 
C) Poland. 
D) Czechoslovakia. 
E) Hungary.

Question 7

At the end of the war in 1945, Germany's

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A) economy and cities lay in ruin. 
B) political unity was shattered by its division among occupying powers. 
C) territory was substantially reduced. 
D) independence was suspended. 
E) all of the above 
A) economy and cities lay in ruin. 
B) political unity was shattered by its division among occupying powers. 
C) territory was substantially reduced. 
D) independence was suspended. 
E) all of the above

Question 8

Which of the following successfully defied Stalin in Eastern Europe?

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

Question 9

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

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ICBMs, or Intercontinental Ballistic Mis

Question 10

Which of the following fought a bloody war against Pakistan for independence?

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A) Bangladesh 
B) Laos 
C) Burma 
D) Sri Lanka 
E) all of the above 
A) Bangladesh 
B) Laos 
C) Burma 
D) Sri Lanka 
E) all of the above

Question 11

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).   
 Locate and label the following newly established or independent countries after World War II: Pakistan, India, Libya, the Philippines, and Israel.

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The answer of Instructions: Please use this outline map of...

Question 12

The "Polish October" demonstrated that

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A) the Polish capitalists could be easily threatened by Moscow. 
B) the Polish people had not lost their traditional values and sense of independence. 
C) Poles would fight for the freedom of their bishops. 
D) reform of a Communist system was impossible. 
E) the Soviet Union would not tolerate any deviation from the Soviet line. 
A) the Polish capitalists could be easily threatened by Moscow. 
B) the Polish people had not lost their traditional values and sense of independence. 
C) Poles would fight for the freedom of their bishops. 
D) reform of a Communist system was impossible. 
E) the Soviet Union would not tolerate any deviation from the Soviet line.

Question 13

The phrase "Cold War" was coined in 1947 by

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A) Harry S. Truman. 
B) George Kennan. 
C) Winston Churchill. 
D) Bernard Baruch. 
E) Franklin D. Roosevelt. 
A) Harry S. Truman. 
B) George Kennan. 
C) Winston Churchill. 
D) Bernard Baruch. 
E) Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 14

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did the Cold War, decolonization, and European unity all fundamentally alter the traditions of Western Civilization?

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The Cold War, decolonization, and Europe

Question 15

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Define each of the following terms: Cold War, containment, Iron Curtain, Soviet buffer zone, and détente. What do they indicate about the postwar world and Europe's place in the world?

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The Cold War was a period of geopolitica

Question 16

All of the following countries were original members of NATO EXCEPT

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A) Canada. 
B) Spain. 
C) Ireland. 
D) Iceland. 
E) Norway. 
A) Canada. 
B) Spain. 
C) Ireland. 
D) Iceland. 
E) Norway.

Question 17

Following World War II, Britain

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A) retained its position as one of the superpowers. 
B) struggled doggedly to maintain its colonial empire. 
C) extended government control over the economy. 
D) witnessed very conservative parties managing the government. 
E) stayed aloof from developments on the Continent. 
A) retained its position as one of the superpowers. 
B) struggled doggedly to maintain its colonial empire. 
C) extended government control over the economy. 
D) witnessed very conservative parties managing the government. 
E) stayed aloof from developments on the Continent.

Question 18

Between the 1950s and the 1980s

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A) production in Western Europe and the United States was record-breaking. 
B) a drastic increase in oil prices resulted in a setback in the postwar economic boom. 
C) economic successes in the West have supported constitutional democracies. 
D) unemployment remained high in the 1980s, despite economic growth. 
E) all of the above 
A) production in Western Europe and the United States was record-breaking. 
B) a drastic increase in oil prices resulted in a setback in the postwar economic boom. 
C) economic successes in the West have supported constitutional democracies. 
D) unemployment remained high in the 1980s, despite economic growth. 
E) all of the above

Question 19

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Choose two of the following countries and explain the nature of problems facing each of them in the postwar era: France, Great Britain, Italy, and West Germany.

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In the postwar era, France and Italy fac

Question 20

The Yugoslav Communist, Milovan Djilas, made the following observation about the Communist system:

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A) Were it not for capitalist hostility, Communism as practiced in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union would reach the final stages of development envisioned by Marx. 
B) Rather than eliminating classes, governing Communist parties and bureaucracies have themselves become "the New Class," which was exploitative as it governed. 
C) Communism can only develop in countries that have a history of the rule of law and basic human freedoms. 
D) The Communist system may be viable someday but not in his lifetime. 
E) Though imperfect, existing Communist systems are the only viable applications of scientific Marxism and must be supported. 
A) Were it not for capitalist hostility, Communism as practiced in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union would reach the final stages of development envisioned by Marx. 
B) Rather than eliminating classes, governing Communist parties and bureaucracies have themselves become "the New Class," which was exploitative as it governed. 
C) Communism can only develop in countries that have a history of the rule of law and basic human freedoms. 
D) The Communist system may be viable someday but not in his lifetime. 
E) Though imperfect, existing Communist systems are the only viable applications of scientific Marxism and must be supported.

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

The text summarizes Margaret Thatcher's program as British Prime Minister as

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). Draw in the Iron Curtain, and label each of the countries bordering the Curtain.

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

The country whose prosperity in the 1970s, though incredibly limited in contrast with Western Europe, made it the envy of Soviet-bloc countries was

At the end of the war in 1945, Germany's

Which of the following successfully defied Stalin in Eastern Europe?

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

Which of the following fought a bloody war against Pakistan for independence?

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). Locate and label the following newly established or independent countries after World War II: Pakistan, India, Libya, the Philippines, and Israel.

The "Polish October" demonstrated that

The phrase "Cold War" was coined in 1947 by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. In what ways did the Cold War, decolonization, and European unity all fundamentally alter the traditions of Western Civilization?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Define each of the following terms: Cold War, containment, Iron Curtain, Soviet buffer zone, and détente. What do they indicate about the postwar world and Europe's place in the world?

All of the following countries were original members of NATO EXCEPT

Following World War II, Britain

Between the 1950s and the 1980s

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Choose two of the following countries and explain the nature of problems facing each of them in the postwar era: France, Great Britain, Italy, and West Germany.

The Yugoslav Communist, Milovan Djilas, made the following observation about the Communist system:

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