Question 1

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Ho Chi Minh

Accepted Answer

Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) was a Vietnamese

Question 2

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-How did the United States react during the early years of the cold war? According to the authors of your text, did the United States have cause for concern?

Accepted Answer

During the early years of the Cold War,

Question 3

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On blank map of Europe, label the countries in present day Europe since the demise of the Soviet Union.

Accepted Answer

1. Russia
2. Ukraine
3. Belarus
4. Moldo

Question 4

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Most major historical events have multiple causes. Judging from the text, what were some of the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist party's monopoly on political power in 1991?

Accepted Answer

Some of the causes of the collapse of th

Question 5

When the United States withdrew its forces from Vietnam, Cambodian Communists known as ____ seized power under their leader, Pol Pot.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vietcong 
B)  Khmer Rouge 
C)  Volunteers 
D)  Phnom Penh 
E)  the Black Shirts 
A)  Vietcong 
B)  Khmer Rouge 
C)  Volunteers 
D)  Phnom Penh 
E)  the Black Shirts

Question 6

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved which of the following Super Power leaders?

Accepted Answer

A)  Stalin and Truman 
B)  Brezhnev and Eisenhower 
C)  Khrushchev and Kennedy 
D)  Lenin and Wilson 
E)  Yeltsin and Bush 
A)  Stalin and Truman 
B)  Brezhnev and Eisenhower 
C)  Khrushchev and Kennedy 
D)  Lenin and Wilson 
E)  Yeltsin and Bush

Question 7

Marshal Tito​ led what European country on its own non-Soviet aligned communist path?

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Yugoslavia 
B)  ​Bulgaria 
C)  ​Romania 
D)  ​Greece 
E)  ​Hungary 
A)  ​Yugoslavia 
B)  ​Bulgaria 
C)  ​Romania 
D)  ​Greece 
E)  ​Hungary

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

A)  threat of a right-wing military coup. 
B)  threat of a Communist revolution. 
C)  loss of the French colony of Vietnam. 
D)  student riots of 1968. 
E)  workers' strike throughout France. 
A)  threat of a right-wing military coup. 
B)  threat of a Communist revolution. 
C)  loss of the French colony of Vietnam. 
D)  student riots of 1968. 
E)  workers' strike throughout France.

Question 9

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Why is 1989 called the "year of liberation"?

Accepted Answer

1989 is often referred to as the "year o

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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 U.S. 
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)  encouraging and promoting big government. 
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 U.S. 
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)  encouraging and promoting big government.

Question 11

Which of the following statements is TRUE in regard to the war in Korea?

Accepted Answer

A)  The United States sent troops to Korea when the United Nations refused to assist South Korea.​ 
B)  For the Americans, the action in Korea was an extension of the policy of containment. 
C)  The war in Korea began when Chinese troops crossed into South Korea. 
D)  As a result of the war, North and South Korea are governed by the United Nations. 
E)  Russian troops became an important factor in holding back United Nation attacks on the North. 
A)  The United States sent troops to Korea when the United Nations refused to assist South Korea.​ 
B)  For the Americans, the action in Korea was an extension of the policy of containment. 
C)  The war in Korea began when Chinese troops crossed into South Korea. 
D)  As a result of the war, North and South Korea are governed by the United Nations. 
E)  Russian troops became an important factor in holding back United Nation attacks on the North.

Question 12

Nikita Khrushchev fell from power

Accepted Answer

A)  while he was on vacation. 
B)  in the midst of the bungled Cuban Missile Crisis. 
C)  after he sent troops into Hungary. 
D)  because he denounced Stalin. 
E)  while he was visiting the United States. 
A)  while he was on vacation. 
B)  in the midst of the bungled Cuban Missile Crisis. 
C)  after he sent troops into Hungary. 
D)  because he denounced Stalin. 
E)  while he was visiting the United States.

Question 13

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Judging from the text, what were some of the reasons for the recovery of economic prosperity and political stability in Western Europe after World War II?

Accepted Answer

Some of the reasons for the recovery of

Question 14

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Was Gorbachev trying to reform communism or end it? Explain.
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​

Accepted Answer

Gorbachev was trying to reform communism

Question 15

How was European colonialism affected by World War Two?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fearing the spread of communism, European controls were increased and often oppressive. 
B)  The World War Two slogan of self-determinism was not applied to African and Asian colonies. 
C)  European colonial powers, exhausted from World War Two, had little strength or resources left for colonial rule. 
D)  Independence in Africa led to the continent being the new frontier of democracy. 
E)  Algeria is the one European colony still under European control. 
A)  Fearing the spread of communism, European controls were increased and often oppressive. 
B)  The World War Two slogan of self-determinism was not applied to African and Asian colonies. 
C)  European colonial powers, exhausted from World War Two, had little strength or resources left for colonial rule. 
D)  Independence in Africa led to the continent being the new frontier of democracy. 
E)  Algeria is the one European colony still under European control.

Question 16

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-What are some of anxieties felt in prosperous West European societies about the increasing power and reach of the European Union and about loss of identity in general?

Accepted Answer

Some anxieties felt in prosperous West E

Question 17

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Pol Pot

Accepted Answer

Pol Pot was a Cambodian revolutionary an

Question 18

​Polish citizens resisted Soviet rule after WWII for all of the following reasons except

Accepted Answer

A)  ​historic memories of being under Russian rule before WWI. 
B)  ​Soviet invasion of eastern Poland in 1939 
C)  ​assisting Germans round up Jewish Poles in 1939. 
D)  ​strong Catholic traditions challenged atheistic communism.​ 
E)  ​massacring thousands of Polish officers during the war. 
A)  ​historic memories of being under Russian rule before WWI. 
B)  ​Soviet invasion of eastern Poland in 1939 
C)  ​assisting Germans round up Jewish Poles in 1939. 
D)  ​strong Catholic traditions challenged atheistic communism.​ 
E)  ​massacring thousands of Polish officers during the war.

Question 19

​The Polish electrician that became the leader of Solidarity was_________.

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Lech Walesa 
B)  ​Vaclav Havel 
C)  ​Wojciech Jaruzelski 
D)  ​Tedor Zhivkov 
E)  ​Janos Kadar 
A)  ​Lech Walesa 
B)  ​Vaclav Havel 
C)  ​Wojciech Jaruzelski 
D)  ​Tedor Zhivkov 
E)  ​Janos Kadar

Question 20

The division of Pakistan and India

Accepted Answer

A)  ​separated Muslim and Hindu residents of the region. 
B)  ​ended British rule in Pakistan but left a British presence in India. 
C)  ​was the idea of Gandhi's for permanent peace. 
D)  ​grew out of Soviet influence in Pakistan. 
E)  ​was enforced by United Nations troops. 
A)  ​separated Muslim and Hindu residents of the region. 
B)  ​ended British rule in Pakistan but left a British presence in India. 
C)  ​was the idea of Gandhi's for permanent peace. 
D)  ​grew out of Soviet influence in Pakistan. 
E)  ​was enforced by United Nations troops.

Exam 21: Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Ho Chi Minh

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -How did the United States react during the early years of the cold war? According to the authors of your text, did the United States have cause for concern?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On blank map of Europe, label the countries in present day Europe since the demise of the Soviet Union.

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Most major historical events have multiple causes. Judging from the text, what were some of the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist party's monopoly on political power in 1991?

When the United States withdrew its forces from Vietnam, Cambodian Communists known as ____ seized power under their leader, Pol Pot.

The Cuban Missile Crisis involved which of the following Super Power leaders?

Marshal Tito​ led what European country on its own non-Soviet aligned communist path?

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

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Why is 1989 called the "year of liberation"?

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

Which of the following statements is TRUE in regard to the war in Korea?

Nikita Khrushchev fell from power

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Judging from the text, what were some of the reasons for the recovery of economic prosperity and political stability in Western Europe after World War II?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Was Gorbachev trying to reform communism or end it? Explain. ​ ​

How was European colonialism affected by World War Two?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -What are some of anxieties felt in prosperous West European societies about the increasing power and reach of the European Union and about loss of identity in general?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Pol Pot

​Polish citizens resisted Soviet rule after WWII for all of the following reasons except

​The Polish electrician that became the leader of Solidarity was_________.

The division of Pakistan and India

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The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts

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An Era of Totalitarianism

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Marshal Tito led what European country on its own non-Soviet aligned communist path?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Was Gorbachev trying to reform communism or end it? Explain.

Polish citizens resisted Soviet rule after WWII for all of the following reasons except

The Polish electrician that became the leader of Solidarity was_________.