Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

Accepted Answer

Christian and Islamic fundamentalism are

Question 2

During the 1960s and 1970s, church membership in the United States jumped dramatically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-George W. Bush

Accepted Answer

George W. Bush was the 43rd President of

Question 4

In 2004, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Vladimir Putin

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Putin is the current President

Question 6

What major economic challenges have plagued the West during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

The dramatic shifts in the world economy

Question 7

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

Accepted Answer

A)  Kádár. 
B)  Husák. 
C)  Dubcek. 
D)  Havel. 
E)  Dubrovnik. 
A)  Kádár. 
B)  Husák. 
C)  Dubcek. 
D)  Havel. 
E)  Dubrovnik.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

Accepted Answer

Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Ange

Question 9

In what ways were the movements of existentialism and the revival of religion responses to the "despair generated by the apparent collapse of civilized values in the twentieth century"?

Accepted Answer

The movements of existentialism and the

Question 10

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What are the basic problems and antagonisms...

Question 11

"al-Qaeda" means

Accepted Answer

A)  "death to Americans." 
B)  "holy war." 
C)  "the base." 
D)  "God is great." 
E)  "hide in plain sight." 
A)  "death to Americans." 
B)  "holy war." 
C)  "the base." 
D)  "God is great." 
E)  "hide in plain sight."

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the European Community/EC

Accepted Answer

The European Community (EC) was a region

Question 13

An Eastern European republic that, fueled by ethnic rivalries, came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state is

Accepted Answer

A)  Lithuania. 
B)  Estonia. 
C)  Albania. 
D)  Lichtenstein. 
E)  Slovakia. 
A)  Lithuania. 
B)  Estonia. 
C)  Albania. 
D)  Lichtenstein. 
E)  Slovakia.

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

Accepted Answer

Grunge, hip-hop, and gangsta rap are thr

Question 15

The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

A)  included the forcible exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America. 
B)  evoked a "New Thinking" about world affairs and the balance of power leading to new arms limitation treaties and greater autonomy for Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. 
C)  increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe. 
D)  grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits. 
E)  led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime. 
A)  included the forcible exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America. 
B)  evoked a "New Thinking" about world affairs and the balance of power leading to new arms limitation treaties and greater autonomy for Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. 
C)  increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe. 
D)  grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits. 
E)  led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime.

Question 16

All are correct about the war in Iraq that began in 2003 except

Accepted Answer

A)  the Bush administration claimed that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. 
B)  the Iraqi army continued to put up fierce resistance to the coalition forces until 2006. 
C)  the Iraqi army was quickly defeated. 
D)  by 2006, civil war was taking place between Sunnis and Shiites. 
E)  in 2007, Bush increased the number of American troops in Iraq. 
A)  the Bush administration claimed that Iraq's Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. 
B)  the Iraqi army continued to put up fierce resistance to the coalition forces until 2006. 
C)  the Iraqi army was quickly defeated. 
D)  by 2006, civil war was taking place between Sunnis and Shiites. 
E)  in 2007, Bush increased the number of American troops in Iraq.

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Iraq war

Accepted Answer

The Iraq War, also known as the Second G

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

Accepted Answer

The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Pott

Question 19

All of the following are examples of the women's movement except

Accepted Answer

A)  participation in antinuclear protests, such as at Greenham Common, England, in 1982. 
B)  the lack of success in repealing laws against birth control and abortion in Europe. 
C)  the repeal of many laws against birth control and abortion in most European countries. 
D)  participation in many international conference devoted to women's issues. 
E)  assuming leadership in environmental campaigns, such as Petra Kelly, who was one of the founders of the German Green Party. 
A)  participation in antinuclear protests, such as at Greenham Common, England, in 1982. 
B)  the lack of success in repealing laws against birth control and abortion in Europe. 
C)  the repeal of many laws against birth control and abortion in most European countries. 
D)  participation in many international conference devoted to women's issues. 
E)  assuming leadership in environmental campaigns, such as Petra Kelly, who was one of the founders of the German Green Party.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-e-mail, cell phones, and the iPod

Accepted Answer

The terms "e-mail," "cell phones," and "

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

During the 1960s and 1970s, church membership in the United States jumped dramatically.

IDENTIFICATIONS -George W. Bush

In 2004, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Vladimir Putin

What major economic challenges have plagued the West during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early twenty-first century?

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

IDENTIFICATIONS -Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

In what ways were the movements of existentialism and the revival of religion responses to the "despair generated by the apparent collapse of civilized values in the twentieth century"?

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

"al-Qaeda" means

IDENTIFICATIONS -the European Community/EC

An Eastern European republic that, fueled by ethnic rivalries, came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state is

IDENTIFICATIONS -grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

All are correct about the war in Iraq that began in 2003 except

IDENTIFICATIONS -Iraq war

IDENTIFICATIONS -Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

All of the following are examples of the women's movement except

IDENTIFICATIONS -e-mail, cell phones, and the iPod

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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