Question 1

The Truman Doctrine was a consequence of a civil war in

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

Question 2

The Marshall Plan, though kind and decent, played no significant role in the post-war recovery of Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Martin Luther King and "white backlash"

Accepted Answer

Martin Luther King Jr. was a prominent c

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the birth-control pill

Accepted Answer

The birth control pill, also known as th

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mahatma Gandhi and an "orgy of blood"

Accepted Answer

Mahatma Gandhi was a prominent leader in

Question 6

One of the most significant events of the Khrushchev regime was Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin in 1956.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, and Federico Fellini

Accepted Answer

Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, and F

Question 8

The first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic was

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A)  Helmut Kohl. 
B)  Helmut Schmidt. 
C)  Willy Brandt. 
D)  Konrad Adenauer. 
E)  Walter Ulbricht. 
A)  Helmut Kohl. 
B)  Helmut Schmidt. 
C)  Willy Brandt. 
D)  Konrad Adenauer. 
E)  Walter Ulbricht.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-West Germany's "economic miracle"

Accepted Answer

The term "economic miracle" refers to th

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

Accepted Answer

Waiting for Godot is a play by Samuel Be

Question 11

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

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A)  massive retaliation. 
B)  containment. 
C)  appeasement. 
D)  curtailment. 
E)  mutually assured destruction (MA
D) . 
A)  massive retaliation. 
B)  containment. 
C)  appeasement. 
D)  curtailment. 
E)  mutually assured destruction (MA
D) .

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-European Coal and Steel Community

Accepted Answer

The European Coal and Steel Community (E

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Hungarian uprising

Accepted Answer

The Hungarian Uprising, also known as th

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-apartheid

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-apartheid...

Question 15

The economic policies of Stalin

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A)  completely overtaxed a war-damaged industrial plant as production of material goods long failed to surpass prewar levels. 
B)  were unrealistic since Russia lacked readily accessible natural resources and fossil fuels. 
C)  managed to produce both "guns and butter," that is rearmed the Soviet military while providing cheap and plentiful consumer goods. 
D)  instituted a modified free-market capitalism in all economic areas except for heavy industry. 
E)  emphasized the development of heavy industry and the production of modern weapons and space vehicles. 
A)  completely overtaxed a war-damaged industrial plant as production of material goods long failed to surpass prewar levels. 
B)  were unrealistic since Russia lacked readily accessible natural resources and fossil fuels. 
C)  managed to produce both "guns and butter," that is rearmed the Soviet military while providing cheap and plentiful consumer goods. 
D)  instituted a modified free-market capitalism in all economic areas except for heavy industry. 
E)  emphasized the development of heavy industry and the production of modern weapons and space vehicles.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bay of Pigs

Accepted Answer

The Bay of Pigs refers to a location on

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-CENTO and SEATO

Accepted Answer

CENTO (Central Treaty Organization) and

Question 18

The Indonesian president who was suspicious of the West, sought economic aid from China and the Soviet Union, and relied at home on a native communist party was

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A)  Suharto. 
B)  Sukarno. 
C)  Nehru. 
D)  Gandhi. 
E)  Sukarnoputri. 
A)  Suharto. 
B)  Sukarno. 
C)  Nehru. 
D)  Gandhi. 
E)  Sukarnoputri.

Question 19

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

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A)  that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth." 
B)  that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior. 
C)  that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God. 
D)  that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry. 
E)  that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western Civilization. 
A)  that the Bible is the literal word of God and that salvation and consolation comes from accepting that "truth." 
B)  that the Bible, although not inherently true, still gives the best instruction for moral behavior. 
C)  that the sinful and imperfect nature of humans means that they can know religious truth not through reason but only through the grace of God. 
D)  that the mystery religions of Asia and the Middle East give humans a more transcendent sense of the divine and should come to replace Christian bigotry. 
E)  that a diversity of religious beliefs, including such "New Age" practices as witchcraft, the worship of healing rock crystals, and devotion to Gaia the Earth Mother, is a healthy sign of a new spiritualism in Western Civilization.

Question 20

A leading voice in the postwar women's liberation movement was Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote The Feminine Mystique.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 28: cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

The Truman Doctrine was a consequence of a civil war in

The Marshall Plan, though kind and decent, played no significant role in the post-war recovery of Europe.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Martin Luther King and "white backlash"

IDENTIFICATIONS -the birth-control pill

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mahatma Gandhi and an "orgy of blood"

One of the most significant events of the Khrushchev regime was Khrushchev's denunciation of Stalin in 1956.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut, and Federico Fellini

The first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic was

IDENTIFICATIONS -West Germany's "economic miracle"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot

The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called

IDENTIFICATIONS -European Coal and Steel Community

IDENTIFICATIONS -Hungarian uprising

IDENTIFICATIONS -apartheid

The economic policies of Stalin

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bay of Pigs

IDENTIFICATIONS -CENTO and SEATO

The Indonesian president who was suspicious of the West, sought economic aid from China and the Soviet Union, and relied at home on a native communist party was

The horrors of two world wars, the Cold War, and attendant socio-cultural upheavals have also stimulated a late twentieth-century religious revival exemplified in the works of Karl Barth, who has argued

A leading voice in the postwar women's liberation movement was Simone de Beauvoir, who wrote The Feminine Mystique.

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

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

toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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 Ii

protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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