Question 1

The East German leader Erich Honecker was most noted for

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A)  building the Berlin Wall in 1961. 
B)  establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. 
C)  urging the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. 
D)  leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. 
E)  dismantling the Berlin Wall. 
A)  building the Berlin Wall in 1961. 
B)  establishing a virtual dictatorship by using the Stasi or secret police in the 1970s and 1980s. 
C)  urging the political unification of West and East Germany in the late 1980s. 
D)  leading an unsuccessful independence movement from the Soviet Union in 1953. 
E)  dismantling the Berlin Wall.

Question 2

Ferdinand de Saussure and structuralism

Accepted Answer

Ferdinand de Saussure was a Swiss lingui

Question 3

The Reagan Revolution extended welfare benefits to the poor and balanced the federal budget.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Discuss the impact of the birth control pill upon western society.

Accepted Answer

The birth control pill has had a profoun

Question 5

The British mathematician who designed a computer that assisted in breaking the secret German codes during World War II was

Accepted Answer

A)  Vaughn Williams. 
B)  Alan Turing. 
C)  Ian Botham. 
D)  Anthony Powell. 
E)  John Major. 
A)  Vaughn Williams. 
B)  Alan Turing. 
C)  Ian Botham. 
D)  Anthony Powell. 
E)  John Major.

Question 6

Who wrote the book, Small Is Beautiful?

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A)  Albert Camus 
B)  Betty Friedan 
C)  Arthur C. Clarke. 
D)  E. F. Schumacher 
E)  Antoine de Saint-Exupery 
A)  Albert Camus 
B)  Betty Friedan 
C)  Arthur C. Clarke. 
D)  E. F. Schumacher 
E)  Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Grace Hopper and COBOL

Accepted Answer

Grace Hopper was a pioneering computer s

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Margaret Thatcher/the "Iron Lady" and Thatcherism

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Margaret Thatcher/the "Iron Lady" and Thatcherism...

Question 9

The "permissive society" is characterized by all of the following except

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A)  sexual freedom. 
B)  experimentation with drugs. 
C)  decriminalization of homosexuality. 
D)  increasing rates of divorce. 
E)  declining rates of divorce. 
A)  sexual freedom. 
B)  experimentation with drugs. 
C)  decriminalization of homosexuality. 
D)  increasing rates of divorce. 
E)  declining rates of divorce.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Brezhnev Doctrine

Accepted Answer

The Brezhnev Doctrine was a Soviet forei

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-East Germany's Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker

Accepted Answer

Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker were

Question 12

Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach

Accepted Answer

Philip Glass's "Einstein on the Beach" i

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Hungary's Janos Kadar

Accepted Answer

János Kádár was a Hungarian communist le

Question 14

"magic realism" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude

Accepted Answer

Magic realism is a literary genre that i

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Antiwar protests and Kent State

Accepted Answer

Antiwar protests and the Kent State shoo

Question 16

Student protests in Europe backfired to an extent as

Accepted Answer

A)  some people detested what they saw as the lawlessness of the privileged. 
B)  too many people died during protests in 1968. 
C)  the students themselves began to have doubts. 
D)  the full police powers of the states of Europe were brought down upon the protesters. 
E)  their university funding was withdrawn. 
A)  some people detested what they saw as the lawlessness of the privileged. 
B)  too many people died during protests in 1968. 
C)  the students themselves began to have doubts. 
D)  the full police powers of the states of Europe were brought down upon the protesters. 
E)  their university funding was withdrawn.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Antiballistic Missile Treaty, 1972

Accepted Answer

The Antiballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Tr

Question 18

What might be called the zenith of European economic growth was from

Accepted Answer

A)  1789 to 1815. 
B)  1851 to 1914. 
C)  1921 to 1929. 
D)  1945 to 1965. 
E)  1973 to 1985. 
A)  1789 to 1815. 
B)  1851 to 1914. 
C)  1921 to 1929. 
D)  1945 to 1965. 
E)  1973 to 1985.

Question 19

The French Socialist president who pursued a policy of nationalization of banks and industry in the 1980s was Francois Mitterrand.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the "evil empire"

Accepted Answer

The term "evil empire" was famously used

Exam 29: protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

The East German leader Erich Honecker was most noted for

Ferdinand de Saussure and structuralism

The Reagan Revolution extended welfare benefits to the poor and balanced the federal budget.

Discuss the impact of the birth control pill upon western society.

The British mathematician who designed a computer that assisted in breaking the secret German codes during World War II was

Who wrote the book, Small Is Beautiful?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Grace Hopper and COBOL

IDENTIFICATIONS -Margaret Thatcher/the "Iron Lady" and Thatcherism

The "permissive society" is characterized by all of the following except

IDENTIFICATIONS -Brezhnev Doctrine

IDENTIFICATIONS -East Germany's Walter Ulbricht and Erich Honecker

Philip Glass's Einstein on the Beach

IDENTIFICATIONS -Hungary's Janos Kadar

"magic realism" and Gabriel Garcia Marquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude

IDENTIFICATIONS -Antiwar protests and Kent State

Student protests in Europe backfired to an extent as

IDENTIFICATIONS -Antiballistic Missile Treaty, 1972

What might be called the zenith of European economic growth was from

The French Socialist president who pursued a policy of nationalization of banks and industry in the 1980s was Francois Mitterrand.

IDENTIFICATIONS -the "evil empire"

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

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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