Question 1

The phrase "Cold War" was coined in 1947 by

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A)  Harry S. Truman. 
B)  George Kennan. 
C)  Winston Churchill. 
D)  Bernard Baruch. 
E)  Franklin D. Roosevelt. 
A)  Harry S. Truman. 
B)  George Kennan. 
C)  Winston Churchill. 
D)  Bernard Baruch. 
E)  Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Question 2

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-"Polish October"

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Polish October, also known as October 19

Question 3

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Locate and label the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

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As an AI, I'm unable to physically mark

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Truman Doctrine?

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A)  U. S. military and economic aid were granted to Greece and Turkey. 
B)  The Truman Doctrine committed U.S. aid to any free people resisting aggression. 
C)  The Truman Doctrine broke with traditional American isolationism. 
D)  The centerpiece of the Truman Doctrine was the Berlin airlift. 
E)  The Truman Doctrine was part of a wider strategy to contain Communism. 
A)  U. S. military and economic aid were granted to Greece and Turkey. 
B)  The Truman Doctrine committed U.S. aid to any free people resisting aggression. 
C)  The Truman Doctrine broke with traditional American isolationism. 
D)  The centerpiece of the Truman Doctrine was the Berlin airlift. 
E)  The Truman Doctrine was part of a wider strategy to contain Communism.

Question 5

Of the following,who amassed a huge fortune as he ruled Zaire for 32 years?

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A)  Kwame Nkrumah 
B)  Patrice Lumumba 
C)  Mobutu Sese Seko 
D)  Julius Nyerere 
E)  Idi Amin 
A)  Kwame Nkrumah 
B)  Patrice Lumumba 
C)  Mobutu Sese Seko 
D)  Julius Nyerere 
E)  Idi Amin

Question 6

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Reconsider the following quote from Václav Havel:??The worst of it is that we live in a spoiled moral environment.We have become morally ill because we are used to saying one thing and thinking another.We have learned not to believe in anything,not to care about each other,to worry only about ourselves....??This observation was directed toward the Communist system that had just collapsed in Czechoslovakia.But can it also be applied to our own Western society? Reflect upon Havel's observation.

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Václav Havel's observation about living

Question 7

The Yugoslav Communist,Milovan Djilas,made the following observation about the Communist system:

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A)  Were it not for capitalist hostility, Communism as practiced in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union would reach the final stages of development envisioned by Marx. 
B)  Rather than eliminating classes, governing Communist parties and bureaucracies have themselves become "the New Class," which was exploitative as it governed. 
C)  Communism can only develop in countries that have a history of the rule of law and basic human freedoms. 
D)  The Communist system may be viable someday but not in his lifetime. 
E)  Though imperfect, existing Communist systems are the only viable applications of scientific Marxism and must be supported. 
A)  Were it not for capitalist hostility, Communism as practiced in Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union would reach the final stages of development envisioned by Marx. 
B)  Rather than eliminating classes, governing Communist parties and bureaucracies have themselves become "the New Class," which was exploitative as it governed. 
C)  Communism can only develop in countries that have a history of the rule of law and basic human freedoms. 
D)  The Communist system may be viable someday but not in his lifetime. 
E)  Though imperfect, existing Communist systems are the only viable applications of scientific Marxism and must be supported.

Question 8

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

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Sputnik was the first artificial satelli

Question 9

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s).
  
-Describe the major points of development that led to the establishment of the European Community.

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The major points of development that led

Question 10

When hardline Communists attempted a coup against Gorbachevthat would re-establish the Communist dictatorship

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A)  Muscovites applauded the action. 
B)  he was quickly hustled off to Siberia for six months. 
C)  they lost the support of the KGB to Yeltsin. 
D)  he emerged as an even stronger leader of the Soviet Union. 
E)  they succeeded in delaying the disintegration of the Soviet Union for two years. 
A)  Muscovites applauded the action. 
B)  he was quickly hustled off to Siberia for six months. 
C)  they lost the support of the KGB to Yeltsin. 
D)  he emerged as an even stronger leader of the Soviet Union. 
E)  they succeeded in delaying the disintegration of the Soviet Union for two years.

Question 11

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

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The Vietcong, short for Vietnamese Commu

Question 12

Alexander Dub $\check { c }$ek and "socialism with a human face"
A) replaced Khrushchev and his experimentalism in the Soviet Union.
B) were part of the dissident movement in Czechoslovakia known as the Prague Spring.
C) were part of the Communist establishment in Czechoslovakia that successfully earned public goodwill and encouraged the fall of Communism less than two years later.
D) were the first sign of a dissident movement in the Soviet Union itself.
E) liberalized the Czechoslovak Communist regime, gained genuine popular support, and were ousted by the Soviet-led invasion in 1968.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Alexander Dub $\check { c }$ek and...

Question 13

Which of the following statements about Simone de Beauvoir is NOT accurate?

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A)  De Beauvoir was a leading existentialist. 
B)  Her 1949 book, The Second Sex, became a feminist classic. 
C)  Her polemical work, The Coming of Age (1972), is about the liberation of the individual from authority and the awesome burden of true freedom. 
D)  De Beauvoir was a pacifist and a strong critic of French colonial rule in Algeria. 
E)  She believed that an individual is solely responsible for who she becomes. 
A)  De Beauvoir was a leading existentialist. 
B)  Her 1949 book, The Second Sex, became a feminist classic. 
C)  Her polemical work, The Coming of Age (1972), is about the liberation of the individual from authority and the awesome burden of true freedom. 
D)  De Beauvoir was a pacifist and a strong critic of French colonial rule in Algeria. 
E)  She believed that an individual is solely responsible for who she becomes.

Question 14

General Charles de Gaulle may be associated with

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A)  serving the Vichy government during World War II. 
B)  seeking to prohibit the building of a nuclear program in France. 
C)  insisting that France be admitted to NATO. 
D)  creating a postwar government that had limited executive authority. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  serving the Vichy government during World War II. 
B)  seeking to prohibit the building of a nuclear program in France. 
C)  insisting that France be admitted to NATO. 
D)  creating a postwar government that had limited executive authority. 
E)  none of the above

Question 15

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

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The Marshall Plan, officially known as t

Question 16

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

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The Truman Doctrine was a pivotal policy

Question 17

Each of the following statements about West Germany is correct EXCEPT

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A)  the Cold War acted as a restraint on the WestGerman economy. 
B)  the Federal Republic was in a militarily strategic position in terms of the Cold War. 
C)  West Germany was much larger than East Germany. 
D)  the Federal Republic was quickly integrated into the new postwar Europe. 
E)  West Germany was able to let go of its old nationalist hatreds. 
A)  the Cold War acted as a restraint on the WestGerman economy. 
B)  the Federal Republic was in a militarily strategic position in terms of the Cold War. 
C)  West Germany was much larger than East Germany. 
D)  the Federal Republic was quickly integrated into the new postwar Europe. 
E)  West Germany was able to let go of its old nationalist hatreds.

Question 18

Gorbachev's twin policies of openness and restructuring were primarily intended to

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A)  bring a slow but definite breakup of the Soviet Union. 
B)  disorient the population as the ruling elites regrouped. 
C)  generate genuine civic cooperation with the Communist government to revitalize the Soviet system. 
D)  defuse the growing grass-roots discontent in Eastern Europe embodied in Poland's Solidarity movement. 
E)  revitalize the stagnating economy without changing the Soviet political system. 
A)  bring a slow but definite breakup of the Soviet Union. 
B)  disorient the population as the ruling elites regrouped. 
C)  generate genuine civic cooperation with the Communist government to revitalize the Soviet system. 
D)  defuse the growing grass-roots discontent in Eastern Europe embodied in Poland's Solidarity movement. 
E)  revitalize the stagnating economy without changing the Soviet political system.

Question 19

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-policy of containment

Accepted Answer

The policy of containment refers to a st

Question 20

All of the following was true of the postwar Italian Communists EXCEPT

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A)  they were relatively free from corruption. 
B)  they were able to gain support because of the continual troubles of the Italian economy. 
C)  they were well organized. 
D)  they were oriented toward Europe rather than Moscow. 
E)  they usually gained a quarter of the vote. 
A)  they were relatively free from corruption. 
B)  they were able to gain support because of the continual troubles of the Italian economy. 
C)  they were well organized. 
D)  they were oriented toward Europe rather than Moscow. 
E)  they usually gained a quarter of the vote.

The phrase "Cold War" was coined in 1947 by

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -"Polish October"

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Truman Doctrine?

Of the following,who amassed a huge fortune as he ruled Zaire for 32 years?

The Yugoslav Communist,Milovan Djilas,made the following observation about the Communist system:

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Describe the major points of development that led to the establishment of the European Community.

When hardline Communists attempted a coup against Gorbachevthat would re-establish the Communist dictatorship

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

Which of the following statements about Simone de Beauvoir is NOT accurate?

General Charles de Gaulle may be associated with

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

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

Each of the following statements about West Germany is correct EXCEPT

Gorbachev's twin policies of openness and restructuring were primarily intended to

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -policy of containment

All of the following was true of the postwar Italian Communists EXCEPT

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

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

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

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

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

The Troubled Present

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Exam 17: Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The phrase "Cold War" was coined in 1947 by

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -"Polish October"

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label the members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Which of the following is NOT associated with the Truman Doctrine?

Of the following,who amassed a huge fortune as he ruled Zaire for 32 years?

The Yugoslav Communist,Milovan Djilas,made the following observation about the Communist system:

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of the world to answer the question(s). -Describe the major points of development that led to the establishment of the European Community.

When hardline Communists attempted a coup against Gorbachevthat would re-establish the Communist dictatorship

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

Which of the following statements about Simone de Beauvoir is NOT accurate?

General Charles de Gaulle may be associated with

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

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

Each of the following statements about West Germany is correct EXCEPT

Gorbachev's twin policies of openness and restructuring were primarily intended to

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -policy of containment

All of the following was true of the postwar Italian Communists EXCEPT

The Rise of Sovereignty: Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution: the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment: Reason and Reform

The French Revolution: the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution, 1815-1848

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

The Surge of Nationalism: From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West: Responses to Modernization

Imperialism: Western Global Dominance

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

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

The Troubled Present

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