Question 1

Pope Paul II advocated or practiced all of the following except

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A)  the first non-Italian pope since the sixteenth century. 
B)  had liberal views on birth control and women in the priesthood. 
C)  condemned nuclear weapons and war. 
D)  was a strong believer in social justice. 
E)  travelled widely. 
A)  the first non-Italian pope since the sixteenth century. 
B)  had liberal views on birth control and women in the priesthood. 
C)  condemned nuclear weapons and war. 
D)  was a strong believer in social justice. 
E)  travelled widely.

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Union of Concerned Scientists

Accepted Answer

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Pope John Paul II

Accepted Answer

Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojt

Question 4

The tactic of "ethnic cleansing," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror practiced most brutally by

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A)  Serbs. 
B)  Croatians. 
C)  Bosnians. 
D)  Herzgovenians. 
E)  Slovenes. 
A)  Serbs. 
B)  Croatians. 
C)  Bosnians. 
D)  Herzgovenians. 
E)  Slovenes.

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Yugoslavia

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Yugoslavia...

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-global warming/greenhouse effect

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Global warming refers to the long-term i

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mikhail Gorbachev...

Question 8

All of the following are correct about the Bill Clinton presidency except

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A)  an economic revival. 
B)  the adoption of a costly national health system. 
C)  a reduction of government budget deficits. 
D)  Clinton was politically damaged because of an affair with a White House intern. 
E)  Clinton's vice president became the Democratic presidential candidate in 2000, 
A)  an economic revival. 
B)  the adoption of a costly national health system. 
C)  a reduction of government budget deficits. 
D)  Clinton was politically damaged because of an affair with a White House intern. 
E)  Clinton's vice president became the Democratic presidential candidate in 2000,

Question 9

A continuing problem roiling Canadian politics for the past several decades has been

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A)  whether to always give support to United States foreign policy. 
B)  the demand by many French-speaking Canadians that the province of Quebec become independent of the rest of Canada. 
C)  the desire by many Canadians that Canada become a republic and several all ties with the British monarchy. 
D)  whether to nationalize Canada's sizeable oil and gas reserves. 
E)  whether to change from a parliamentary system of government and adopt instead the US presidential model. 
A)  whether to always give support to United States foreign policy. 
B)  the demand by many French-speaking Canadians that the province of Quebec become independent of the rest of Canada. 
C)  the desire by many Canadians that Canada become a republic and several all ties with the British monarchy. 
D)  whether to nationalize Canada's sizeable oil and gas reserves. 
E)  whether to change from a parliamentary system of government and adopt instead the US presidential model.

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

Accepted Answer

The World Bank, multinational/transnatio

Question 11

IDENTIFICATIONS
-multiculturalism

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Multiculturalism is a term that refers t

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien, and Stephen Harper

Accepted Answer

Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, and Steph

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Accepted Answer

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and Jorg Haider's Freedom Party

Accepted Answer

Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and J

Question 15

"The Iraq war was the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Discuss with specifics the pros and cons the quotation.

Accepted Answer

The quotation "The Iraq war was the wron

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Ronald Reagan and the Cold War

Accepted Answer

Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of

Question 17

Under perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

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A)  intended to frighten the United States with more military spending. 
B)  intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR. 
C)  intended to turn all power over to the people. 
D)  intended to restructure the economic and political systems. 
E)  intended to do nothing substantial. 
A)  intended to frighten the United States with more military spending. 
B)  intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR. 
C)  intended to turn all power over to the people. 
D)  intended to restructure the economic and political systems. 
E)  intended to do nothing substantial.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the euro

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The euro is the official currency of the

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Office of Homeland Security

Accepted Answer

The Office of Homeland Security was a U.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

Accepted Answer

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are two sign

Exam 30: after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

Pope Paul II advocated or practiced all of the following except

IDENTIFICATIONS -Union of Concerned Scientists

IDENTIFICATIONS -Pope John Paul II

The tactic of "ethnic cleansing," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror practiced most brutally by

IDENTIFICATIONS -Yugoslavia

IDENTIFICATIONS -global warming/greenhouse effect

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mikhail Gorbachev

All of the following are correct about the Bill Clinton presidency except

A continuing problem roiling Canadian politics for the past several decades has been

IDENTIFICATIONS -World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

IDENTIFICATIONS -multiculturalism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Brian Mulroney, Jean Chretien, and Stephen Harper

IDENTIFICATIONS -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and Jorg Haider's Freedom Party

"The Iraq war was the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Discuss with specifics the pros and cons the quotation.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Ronald Reagan and the Cold War

Under perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

IDENTIFICATIONS -the euro

IDENTIFICATIONS -Office of Homeland Security

IDENTIFICATIONS -Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

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

protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

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