Question 1

What changes were brought to both Eastern and Western societies by the sexual revolution?

Accepted Answer

There was a greater sense of freedom of

Question 2

In response to the demographic decline in the 1970s and 1980s,Europe tried to regain laborers through

Accepted Answer

A)  extensive training programs for the unemployed. 
B)  offering opportunities for work but not citizenship to guest workers. 
C)  extending the age of retirement to seventy-five. 
D)  decreasing taxes to attract more émigrés. 
E)  active recruitment at universities in Third World nations. 
A)  extensive training programs for the unemployed. 
B)  offering opportunities for work but not citizenship to guest workers. 
C)  extending the age of retirement to seventy-five. 
D)  decreasing taxes to attract more émigrés. 
E)  active recruitment at universities in Third World nations.

Question 3

One of the pivotal means for East Germans to leave communism behind came when

Accepted Answer

A)  armed mobs placed dynamite on the Berlin Wall and guards did not stop them. 
B)  Hungary opened its borders to Austria for free transit. 
C)  the Soviet Union eliminated the need for exit visas for dissidents. 
D)  there was no enforcement of the guest worker program termination. 
E)  None of these were options for East Germans wishing to leave communism. 
A)  armed mobs placed dynamite on the Berlin Wall and guards did not stop them. 
B)  Hungary opened its borders to Austria for free transit. 
C)  the Soviet Union eliminated the need for exit visas for dissidents. 
D)  there was no enforcement of the guest worker program termination. 
E)  None of these were options for East Germans wishing to leave communism.

Question 4

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 5

What was one of the most important points underscored by the energy crisis?

Accepted Answer

A)  Economic processes were becoming increasingly globalized. 
B)  Industrialized nations needed to look to third world countries for energy alternatives. 
C)  The need for Green Party inclusion in policy making decisions. 
D)  Americans decided to increase domestic oil production. 
E)  Third world countries with oil could suddenly become economically and politically powerful. 
A)  Economic processes were becoming increasingly globalized. 
B)  Industrialized nations needed to look to third world countries for energy alternatives. 
C)  The need for Green Party inclusion in policy making decisions. 
D)  Americans decided to increase domestic oil production. 
E)  Third world countries with oil could suddenly become economically and politically powerful.

Question 6

The most important thinker of the postmodernist movement was

Accepted Answer

A)  Michel Foucault. 
B)  Hayden White. 
C)  Jacques Derrida. 
D)  Jean Paul Sartre. 
E)  Albert Camus. 
A)  Michel Foucault. 
B)  Hayden White. 
C)  Jacques Derrida. 
D)  Jean Paul Sartre. 
E)  Albert Camus.

Question 7

How did the question of self-identification become problematic under the guest worker program in Europe?

Accepted Answer

As a result of significant population de

Question 8

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 9

The Brezhnev Doctrine focused on suppressing any dissent against Communism in the Eastern bloc.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

One of the most important political tracts in lobbying for women's reproductive rights was

Accepted Answer

A)  The Second Sex. 
B)  The Feminine Mystique. 
C)  The Manifesto of the 343. 
D)  "The Nation of the Sisterhood." 
E)  Our Bodies, Ourselves. 
A)  The Second Sex. 
B)  The Feminine Mystique. 
C)  The Manifesto of the 343. 
D)  "The Nation of the Sisterhood." 
E)  Our Bodies, Ourselves.

Question 11

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 12

What were the problems faced by the Eastern bloc nations in continuing communism in the 1970s and 1980s?

Accepted Answer

The most significant problem was that ma

Exam 29: Lifting the Iron Curtain,1969-1991

What changes were brought to both Eastern and Western societies by the sexual revolution?

In response to the demographic decline in the 1970s and 1980s,Europe tried to regain laborers through

One of the pivotal means for East Germans to leave communism behind came when

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

What was one of the most important points underscored by the energy crisis?

The most important thinker of the postmodernist movement was

How did the question of self-identification become problematic under the guest worker program in Europe?

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

The Brezhnev Doctrine focused on suppressing any dissent against Communism in the Eastern bloc.

One of the most important political tracts in lobbying for women's reproductive rights was

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

What were the problems faced by the Eastern bloc nations in continuing communism in the 1970s and 1980s?

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Iron Age Civilizations,1200-500 B.C.E.

The Rise of Greek Civilization,1100-387 B.C.E.

From Polis To Cosmopolis: The Hellenistic World,387-30 B.C.E.

The Rise of Rome,753-27 B.C.E.

The Roman Empire,27 B.C.E.-284 C.E.

Late Antiquity,284-527

The Eastern Mediterranean,500-1000

The Kingdoms of Western Europe,500-1000

The High Middle Ages,1000-1300

Reversals and Disasters,1300-1450

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe,1350-1550

Europe’s Age of Expansion, 1450–1550

Reform in the Western Church,1490-1570

A Century of Crisis,1550-1650

State-Building and the European State System,1648-1789

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment,1550-1790

Trade and Empire,1700-1800

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe,1775-1815

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe,1814-1847

Industrialization and Society,1800-1850

The Triumph of the Nation-State,1848-1900

The Culture of Industrial Europe,1850-1914

The Age of Imperialism,1870-1914

War and Revolution,1900-1918

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments,1918-1929

Democracy Under Siege,1929-1945

Europe Divided,1945-1968

Europe in a Globalizing World,1991 to the Present

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