Question 1

Which American president journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972?

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A) Lyndon Johnson 
B) Jimmy Carter 
C) John Kennedy 
D) Gerald Ford 
E) Richard Nixon 
A) Lyndon Johnson 
B) Jimmy Carter 
C) John Kennedy 
D) Gerald Ford 
E) Richard Nixon

Question 2

Mitterrand improved conditions for workers in France by

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A) increasing the minimum wage. 
B) decreasing costly social benefits. 
C) lowering taxes nationwide. 
D) nationalizing the steel industry. 
E) guaranteeing all workers four weeks of paid vacation. 
A) increasing the minimum wage. 
B) decreasing costly social benefits. 
C) lowering taxes nationwide. 
D) nationalizing the steel industry. 
E) guaranteeing all workers four weeks of paid vacation.

Question 3

What was true about the outcome of the Vietnam War?

Accepted Answer

A) It was resolved in 1975 with the Helsinki Agreements. 
B) It ended in 1973 with the defeat of North Korea. 
C) It showed the limitations of American power, and led to improved Soviet-American relations. 
D) It marked the beginning of the total domination of Southeast Asia by the Soviet Union. 
E) It led to an immediate end of the Cold War in 1975 with the final withdrawal of Americans from Vietnam. 
A) It was resolved in 1975 with the Helsinki Agreements. 
B) It ended in 1973 with the defeat of North Korea. 
C) It showed the limitations of American power, and led to improved Soviet-American relations. 
D) It marked the beginning of the total domination of Southeast Asia by the Soviet Union. 
E) It led to an immediate end of the Cold War in 1975 with the final withdrawal of Americans from Vietnam.

Question 4

How did some Europeans react to student protests there?

Accepted Answer

A) They detested what they saw as the lawlessness of the privileged. 
B) They blamed student radicals for large numbers of deaths during protests in 1968. 
C) They argued that even students within the antiwar movement began to have doubts about their actions. 
D) They wanted to see the full police powers of the states of Europe brought down upon the protesters. 
E) They demanded that universities withdraw their funding from student protestors. 
A) They detested what they saw as the lawlessness of the privileged. 
B) They blamed student radicals for large numbers of deaths during protests in 1968. 
C) They argued that even students within the antiwar movement began to have doubts about their actions. 
D) They wanted to see the full police powers of the states of Europe brought down upon the protesters. 
E) They demanded that universities withdraw their funding from student protestors.

Question 5

What is an important fact that both in the war in Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan reveal about the U.S. and Soviet Union?

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A) The superpowers could never be at peace. 
B) There would always be sphere of influence in the world where the superpowers would be at conflict. 
C) The influence of large superpowers was limited against a strong nationalist and guerrilla-type opposition. 
D) The nuclear build-up of both countries would keep them in line. 
E) There could never be a military conflict between the superpowers. 
A) The superpowers could never be at peace. 
B) There would always be sphere of influence in the world where the superpowers would be at conflict. 
C) The influence of large superpowers was limited against a strong nationalist and guerrilla-type opposition. 
D) The nuclear build-up of both countries would keep them in line. 
E) There could never be a military conflict between the superpowers.

Question 6

What best describes the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev?

Accepted Answer

A) It was completely shut off from Western influences. 
B) It stressed worker incentives and increased efficiency in industrial production. 
C) It saw heavy industry decline with improvement in agriculture. 
D) It threatened to go to war against the People's Republic of China. 
E) It had reached parity with the U.S.in nuclear arms, and it allowed some access to Western music and art. 
A) It was completely shut off from Western influences. 
B) It stressed worker incentives and increased efficiency in industrial production. 
C) It saw heavy industry decline with improvement in agriculture. 
D) It threatened to go to war against the People's Republic of China. 
E) It had reached parity with the U.S.in nuclear arms, and it allowed some access to Western music and art.

Question 7

By 1980, the Soviet Union was characterized by

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A) a growing economy boosted by heavy industry. 
B) a declining rate of alcoholism. 
C) an ailing economy and increasing social problems. 
D) an improvement in bureaucratic inefficiency. 
E) a popular central government. 
A) a growing economy boosted by heavy industry. 
B) a declining rate of alcoholism. 
C) an ailing economy and increasing social problems. 
D) an improvement in bureaucratic inefficiency. 
E) a popular central government.

Question 8

What best describes the European Green movements?

Accepted Answer

A) They achieved notable political successes in most European countries. 
B) They were unsuccessful in mobilizing public support. 
C) They made average people aware of environmental problems and gained a variety of local and national political offices. 
D) They were primarily involved with the anti-nuclear movements in Europe. 
E) They were more successful in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe. 
A) They achieved notable political successes in most European countries. 
B) They were unsuccessful in mobilizing public support. 
C) They made average people aware of environmental problems and gained a variety of local and national political offices. 
D) They were primarily involved with the anti-nuclear movements in Europe. 
E) They were more successful in Eastern Europe than in Western Europe.

Question 9

Britain's Margaret Thatcher used austerity measures to control inflation and her policies did improve the British economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

As the European Community expanded in the 1970s and 1980s,

Accepted Answer

A) Great Britain withdrew its membership. 
B) the United States sought to join as an honorary member. 
C) Greece, Spain, and Portugal joined its ranks. 
D) Denmark sought special status as a founding member. 
E) the EC began to exert its power to dwarf nonmember countries. 
A) Great Britain withdrew its membership. 
B) the United States sought to join as an honorary member. 
C) Greece, Spain, and Portugal joined its ranks. 
D) Denmark sought special status as a founding member. 
E) the EC began to exert its power to dwarf nonmember countries.

Question 11

Postmodern art was known for its

Accepted Answer

A) eclectic mingling of historic tradition and Modernist innovation. 
B) simplicity of design. 
C) rejection of performance and installation-based work. 
D) focus on object-based artwork. 
E) photorealism. 
A) eclectic mingling of historic tradition and Modernist innovation. 
B) simplicity of design. 
C) rejection of performance and installation-based work. 
D) focus on object-based artwork. 
E) photorealism.

Which American president journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972?

Mitterrand improved conditions for workers in France by

What was true about the outcome of the Vietnam War?

How did some Europeans react to student protests there?

What is an important fact that both in the war in Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan reveal about the U.S. and Soviet Union?

What best describes the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev?

By 1980, the Soviet Union was characterized by

What best describes the European Green movements?

Britain's Margaret Thatcher used austerity measures to control inflation and her policies did improve the British economy.

As the European Community expanded in the 1970s and 1980s,

Postmodern art was known for its

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Exam 16: Protest and Stagnation: the Western World 1965-1985

Which American president journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972?

Mitterrand improved conditions for workers in France by

What was true about the outcome of the Vietnam War?

How did some Europeans react to student protests there?

What is an important fact that both in the war in Vietnam and the war in Afghanistan reveal about the U.S. and Soviet Union?

What best describes the Soviet Union under Leonid Brezhnev?

By 1980, the Soviet Union was characterized by

What best describes the European Green movements?

Britain's Margaret Thatcher used austerity measures to control inflation and her policies did improve the British economy.

As the European Community expanded in the 1970s and 1980s,

Postmodern art was known for its

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

Cold War and a New Western World 1945-1965

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

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