Exam 27: The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945-1960s

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Why did Great Britain initially refuse to join the European Economic Community (EEC) established by Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in 1957?

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What was the Marshall Plan designed to provide?

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In 1956, the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) criticized

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Which of the following was the Catholic Council convened by Pope John XXIII in 1962 in response to what he saw as a crisis in faith caused by affluence and secularism?

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When Stalin died in 1953, the situation in the Soviet Union and its satellites

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The Christian Democrats who took power in several countries after World War II descended from what prewar political movements?

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In 1955, the Indonesian president Sukarno sponsored the Bandung Convention, which

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How did the Soviet Union retaliate after the United States forced Britain and France to invite West Germany to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1955?

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According to one of the founders of the European Economic Community (EEC), known popularly as the Common Market, which of the following was one of its stated aims?

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Discuss the role that the cold war played in the decolonization of European empires after World War II?

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Protests erupted in Paris and around the world in the late 1950s as a result of which of the following?

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The U.S. strategy of using military and economic aid to block the expansion of communism became known as the

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What characterized the Soviet Union's treatment of eastern bloc countries?

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In Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Frantz Fanon, a Black psychiatrist from the French colony of Martinique, proposed that

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Youth culture in postwar Europe took its inspiration from what American style?

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What consumer brand epitomized to many Europeans the "Americanization" of Europe in the postwar period?

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The Allied victors all believed that one of their tasks in occupied Germany was ideological reorientation, a task that they accomplished through

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Which of the following icons of popular culture was one of the most recognizable products of the post-World War II world?

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How did Stalin violate the agreement made among the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, and the United States regarding postwar Germany?

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The demands of total war in the Soviet Union had encouraged independent initiative and led to relaxed Communist oversight, a development that Stalin

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Exam 27: The Cold War and the Remaking of Europe, 1945-1960s

Why did Great Britain initially refuse to join the European Economic Community (EEC) established by Italy, France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands in 1957?

What was the Marshall Plan designed to provide?

In 1956, the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (1894-1971) criticized

Which of the following was the Catholic Council convened by Pope John XXIII in 1962 in response to what he saw as a crisis in faith caused by affluence and secularism?

When Stalin died in 1953, the situation in the Soviet Union and its satellites

The Christian Democrats who took power in several countries after World War II descended from what prewar political movements?

In 1955, the Indonesian president Sukarno sponsored the Bandung Convention, which

How did the Soviet Union retaliate after the United States forced Britain and France to invite West Germany to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) in 1955?

According to one of the founders of the European Economic Community (EEC), known popularly as the Common Market, which of the following was one of its stated aims?

Discuss the role that the cold war played in the decolonization of European empires after World War II?

Protests erupted in Paris and around the world in the late 1950s as a result of which of the following?

The U.S. strategy of using military and economic aid to block the expansion of communism became known as the

What characterized the Soviet Union's treatment of eastern bloc countries?

In Black Skin, White Masks (1952) and The Wretched of the Earth (1961), Frantz Fanon, a Black psychiatrist from the French colony of Martinique, proposed that

Youth culture in postwar Europe took its inspiration from what American style?

What consumer brand epitomized to many Europeans the "Americanization" of Europe in the postwar period?

The Allied victors all believed that one of their tasks in occupied Germany was ideological reorientation, a task that they accomplished through

Which of the following icons of popular culture was one of the most recognizable products of the post-World War II world?

How did Stalin violate the agreement made among the Soviet Union, France, Great Britain, and the United States regarding postwar Germany?

The demands of total war in the Soviet Union had encouraged independent initiative and led to relaxed Communist oversight, a development that Stalin

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Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E

The Greek Golden Age, C 500-C 400 B.C.E

From the Classical to the Hellenistic World, 400-30 B.C.E

The Rise of Rome and Its Republic, 753-44 B.C.E

The Creation of the Roman Empire, 44 B.C.E-284 C.E

The Transformation of the Roman Empire, 284-600 C.E

The Heirs of Rome: Islam, Byzantium, and Europe, 600-750

From Centralization to Fragmentation, 750-1050

Commercial Quickening and Religious Reform, 1050-1150

The Flowering of the Middle Ages, 1150-1215

The Medieval Synthesis and Its Cracks, 1215-1340

Crisis and Renaissance, 1340-1492

Global Encounters and the Shock of the Reformation, 1492-1560

Wars of Religion and the Clash of Worldviews, 1560-1648

Absolutism, Constitutionalism, and the Search for Order, 1640-1700

The Atlantic System and Its Consequences, 1700-1750

The Promise of Enlightenment, 1750-1789

The Cataclysm of Revolution, 1789-1799

Napoleon and the Revolutionary Legacy, 1800-1830

Industrialization and Social Ferment, 1830-1850

Politics and Culture of the Nation-State, 1850-1870

Empire, Industry, and Everyday Life, 1870-1890

Modernity and the Road to War, 1890-1914

World War I and Its Aftermath, 1914-1929

The Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945

Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s-1989

A New Globalism, 1989 to the Present

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