Question 1

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Accepted Answer

A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Italy 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Poland 
A) Yugoslavia 
B) Greece 
C) Italy 
D) Czechoslovakia 
E) Poland

Question 2

Who championed the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A) Harry Truman 
B) Strom Thurmond 
C) George Wallace 
D) Lyndon Johnson 
E) John F.Kennedy 
A) Harry Truman 
B) Strom Thurmond 
C) George Wallace 
D) Lyndon Johnson 
E) John F.Kennedy

Question 3

What was Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War when he was president of France?

Accepted Answer

A) He closely aligned France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) He made France the "third" nuclear power and pursued a largely independent political course. 
C) He let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) He made France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) He joined the non-aligned third-world nations. 
A) He closely aligned France with the Warsaw Pact nations. 
B) He made France the "third" nuclear power and pursued a largely independent political course. 
C) He let American policy guide France and other European nations. 
D) He made France the leading European power in NATO. 
E) He joined the non-aligned third-world nations.

Question 4

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

Accepted Answer

A) It was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and the United States. 
B) It concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge. 
C) It was totally at odds with the confidence and prosperity of the post-war world. 
D) It was best expressed in the works of French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. 
E) It exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius." 
A) It was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and the United States. 
B) It concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge. 
C) It was totally at odds with the confidence and prosperity of the post-war world. 
D) It was best expressed in the works of French writers Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre. 
E) It exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius."

Question 5

How did the existentialists describe the universe and humans' place in it?

Accepted Answer

Existentialism is a philosophical moveme

Question 6

The Truman Doctrine pledged U.S. intervention to prevent

Accepted Answer

A) a second Great Depression 
B) communist expansion. 
C) decolonization. 
D) military coups. 
E) global epidemics. 
A) a second Great Depression 
B) communist expansion. 
C) decolonization. 
D) military coups. 
E) global epidemics.

Question 7

What was the Great Leap Forward?

Accepted Answer

A) Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan 
B) The radicalization of the feminist movement 
C) Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism 
D) The missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union 
E) Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's early 1920s economic reforms 
A) Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five-year plan 
B) The radicalization of the feminist movement 
C) Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society and the final stage of communism 
D) The missile race between the United States and the Soviet Union 
E) Mao Zedong's New Economic Policy, modeled on Lenin's early 1920s economic reforms

Question 8

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What event led Charles de Gaulle to withdraw from politics?

Accepted Answer

A) He was discredited by his links with the Communists. 
B) The United States wanted France out of Indochina. 
C) Radical union leaders constantly harassed him. 
D) He believed the Fourth Republic had become weak. 
E) He wanted to become king. 
A) He was discredited by his links with the Communists. 
B) The United States wanted France out of Indochina. 
C) Radical union leaders constantly harassed him. 
D) He believed the Fourth Republic had become weak. 
E) He wanted to become king.

Question 10

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

Accepted Answer

American policymakers felt it was necess

Question 11

What was the Communist military response to the formation of NATO?

Accepted Answer

A) The Moscow Alliance 
B) The Warsaw Pact 
C) The Eastern European Community 
D) The Stalin Plan 
E) The European Economic Community 
A) The Moscow Alliance 
B) The Warsaw Pact 
C) The Eastern European Community 
D) The Stalin Plan 
E) The European Economic Community

Question 12

What did Wladyslaw Gomulka do in Poland in 1956?

Accepted Answer

A) He worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B) He declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C) He tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D) He started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E) He ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union. 
A) He worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence movement. 
B) He declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path. 
C) He tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev. 
D) He started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism. 
E) He ordered the construction of a wall separating Poland from the Soviet Union.

Question 13

What did the philosophical doctrine of existentialism stress?

Accepted Answer

A) The need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning 
B) A return of God to the universe 
C) The human need to find universal values and beliefs 
D) A complete withdrawal from an active, involved life 
E) Defeatist nihilism 
A) The need for people to create their own values and give their lives meaning 
B) A return of God to the universe 
C) The human need to find universal values and beliefs 
D) A complete withdrawal from an active, involved life 
E) Defeatist nihilism

Question 14

What best describes Canada in the postwar world?

Accepted Answer

A) Canada experienced many of the same developments as the United States. 
B) Canada saw much of the economic growth financed by European investors. 
C) Canada refused to join NATO. 
D) Canada did not become a member of the North American Air Defense Command (NORA
D) . 
E) Because of fear of being dominated by the United States, Canada refused to have any relations with its more powerful neighbor. 
A) Canada experienced many of the same developments as the United States. 
B) Canada saw much of the economic growth financed by European investors. 
C) Canada refused to join NATO. 
D) Canada did not become a member of the North American Air Defense Command (NORA
D) . 
E) Because of fear of being dominated by the United States, Canada refused to have any relations with its more powerful neighbor.

Question 15

What was the purpose of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)?

Accepted Answer

A) To represent the interests of the Palestinians and the rights to a state 
B) To create economic ties with western countries 
C) To be the Soviet Union's representative in the Middle East 
D) To create diplomatic ties with Western countries 
E) To stem communist incursions in Palestine 
A) To represent the interests of the Palestinians and the rights to a state 
B) To create economic ties with western countries 
C) To be the Soviet Union's representative in the Middle East 
D) To create diplomatic ties with Western countries 
E) To stem communist incursions in Palestine

Question 16

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist government fled to

Accepted Answer

A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Japan. 
A) Shanghai. 
B) Hong Kong. 
C) Kuala Lumpur. 
D) Taiwan. 
E) Japan.

Question 17

The British partition of India was a response to conflict between

Accepted Answer

A) Hindus and Muslims. 
B) southern and northern Indians. 
C) Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. 
D) secularists and religious fundamentalists. 
E) India's largest ethnic communities. 
A) Hindus and Muslims. 
B) southern and northern Indians. 
C) Bengal and Uttar Pradesh. 
D) secularists and religious fundamentalists. 
E) India's largest ethnic communities.

Question 18

In 1951, ____ joined with five other countries to form the European Coal and Steel Community.

Accepted Answer

A) Britain 
B) Spain 
C) West Germany 
D) Portugal 
E) Greece 
A) Britain 
B) Spain 
C) West Germany 
D) Portugal 
E) Greece

Question 19

Between 1945 and 1970, the ideals of ____ largely determined the patterns of American domestic politics.

Accepted Answer

A) the New Nationalism 
B) centralized economic planning 
C) rugged individualism 
D) conservative Republicans 
E) the New Deal 
A) the New Nationalism 
B) centralized economic planning 
C) rugged individualism 
D) conservative Republicans 
E) the New Deal

Question 20

Under the policy established by President Eisenhower, how would the U.S. respond to a Soviet ground assault on western Europe?

Accepted Answer

A) With conventional bombing of Soviet cities 
B) With an economic blockade 
C) With a diplomatic effort to mediate the crisis 
D) With a full-scale nuclear attack 
E) With conventional weapons 
A) With conventional bombing of Soviet cities 
B) With an economic blockade 
C) With a diplomatic effort to mediate the crisis 
D) With a full-scale nuclear attack 
E) With conventional weapons

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Who championed the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s?

What was Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War when he was president of France?

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

How did the existentialists describe the universe and humans' place in it?

The Truman Doctrine pledged U.S. intervention to prevent

What was the Great Leap Forward?

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

What event led Charles de Gaulle to withdraw from politics?

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

What was the Communist military response to the formation of NATO?

What did Wladyslaw Gomulka do in Poland in 1956?

What did the philosophical doctrine of existentialism stress?

What best describes Canada in the postwar world?

What was the purpose of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)?

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist government fled to

The British partition of India was a response to conflict between

In 1951, ____ joined with five other countries to form the European Coal and Steel Community.

Between 1945 and 1970, the ideals of ____ largely determined the patterns of American domestic politics.

Under the policy established by President Eisenhower, how would the U.S. respond to a Soviet ground assault on western Europe?

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Exam 15: Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

Which country's civil war led to the establishment of the Truman Doctrine?

Who championed the landmark civil rights legislation of the 1960s?

What was Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War when he was president of France?

What best applies to the philosophical doctrine of existentialism?

How did the existentialists describe the universe and humans' place in it?

The Truman Doctrine pledged U.S. intervention to prevent

What was the Great Leap Forward?

The Zionists opposed the creation of the state of Israel in Palestine.

What event led Charles de Gaulle to withdraw from politics?

Why did American policy makers feel it necessary to intervene militarily in Korea?

What was the Communist military response to the formation of NATO?

What did Wladyslaw Gomulka do in Poland in 1956?

What did the philosophical doctrine of existentialism stress?

What best describes Canada in the postwar world?

What was the purpose of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)?

In 1949, Chiang Kai-shek and the Chinese Nationalist government fled to

The British partition of India was a response to conflict between

In 1951, ____ joined with five other countries to form the European Coal and Steel Community.

Between 1945 and 1970, the ideals of ____ largely determined the patterns of American domestic politics.

Under the policy established by President Eisenhower, how would the U.S. respond to a Soviet ground assault on western Europe?

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States International Wars and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction Revolution and Romanticism 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity Anxiety and Imperialism 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War 2

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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