Question 1

The politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II was

Accepted Answer

A)  Marshal Tito. 
B)  General Filopovic. 
C)  President Milosevic. 
D)  Prime Minister Kostunica. 
E)  Marshall Petain. 
A)  Marshal Tito. 
B)  General Filopovic. 
C)  President Milosevic. 
D)  Prime Minister Kostunica. 
E)  Marshall Petain.

Question 2

The collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2007-2008 led to

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A)  firm international agreement about how to manage the global economy 
B)  no real hardship except for the rich. 
C)  a worldwide recession. 
D)  falling prices for gold. 
E)  a necessary recalibration of the international debt-to-capital ratio. 
A)  firm international agreement about how to manage the global economy 
B)  no real hardship except for the rich. 
C)  a worldwide recession. 
D)  falling prices for gold. 
E)  a necessary recalibration of the international debt-to-capital ratio.

Question 3

George H.W. Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

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A)  the inability to win the Gulf War. 
B)  government budget deficits. 
C)  a downturn in the economy. 
D)  Bill Clinton's strategy of claiming to be a "New Democrat" and more conservative than recent Democratic candidates. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  the inability to win the Gulf War. 
B)  government budget deficits. 
C)  a downturn in the economy. 
D)  Bill Clinton's strategy of claiming to be a "New Democrat" and more conservative than recent Democratic candidates. 
E)  none of the above

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Maastricht Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Maastricht Treaty, also known as the

Question 5

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceausecu came to an end 1989 in

Accepted Answer

A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Bulgaria. 
C)  East Germany. 
D)  Romania. 
E)  Yugoslavia. 
A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Bulgaria. 
C)  East Germany. 
D)  Romania. 
E)  Yugoslavia.

Question 6

Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include

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A)  the lack of a common currency. 
B)  the lack of any military force. 
C)  many Europeans remain committed to a national identify and do not see themselves as "Europeans." 
D)  lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E)  the failure to create a truly single internal market. 
A)  the lack of a common currency. 
B)  the lack of any military force. 
C)  many Europeans remain committed to a national identify and do not see themselves as "Europeans." 
D)  lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E)  the failure to create a truly single internal market.

Question 7

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

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A)  moves by conservative governments to pass legislation making it far more difficult for women to work outside the home. 
B)  the effective lobbying of the European Catholic churches to outlaw abortion and restrict the sale of contraceptives. 
C)  the collapse of European social welfare states under the burden of rapidly aging populations. 
D)  an increase in birth rates across Europe because of increasing prosperity and more leisure time. 
E)  a persistent decline in birth rates across Europe with Spain's becoming the lowest in the world. 
A)  moves by conservative governments to pass legislation making it far more difficult for women to work outside the home. 
B)  the effective lobbying of the European Catholic churches to outlaw abortion and restrict the sale of contraceptives. 
C)  the collapse of European social welfare states under the burden of rapidly aging populations. 
D)  an increase in birth rates across Europe because of increasing prosperity and more leisure time. 
E)  a persistent decline in birth rates across Europe with Spain's becoming the lowest in the world.

Question 8

The Solidarity movement in Poland

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A)  was temporarily crushed by General Lech Walesa in 1981. 
B)  failed to gain massive support due to stiff opposition from the conservative Polish Catholic church. 
C)  was formed by Wladyslaw Gomulka in 1956. 
D)  lacked solidarity and quickly disintegrated and disappeared in 1980. 
E)  ended the Communist monopoly of power in 1988-1989. 
A)  was temporarily crushed by General Lech Walesa in 1981. 
B)  failed to gain massive support due to stiff opposition from the conservative Polish Catholic church. 
C)  was formed by Wladyslaw Gomulka in 1956. 
D)  lacked solidarity and quickly disintegrated and disappeared in 1980. 
E)  ended the Communist monopoly of power in 1988-1989.

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-globalization

Accepted Answer

Globalization refers to the process by w

Question 10

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Anselm Kiefer's Departure from Egypt and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait

Accepted Answer

Anselm Kiefer's "Departure from Egypt" i

Question 11

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Nazis 
B)  the Communists 
C)  the Christian Democrats 
D)  the Green Party 
E)  the Libertarians 
A)  the Nazis 
B)  the Communists 
C)  the Christian Democrats 
D)  the Green Party 
E)  the Libertarians

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction, the Red Brigades, the IRA

Accepted Answer

The Baader-Meinhof Gang, also known as t

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-fall of the Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was

Question 14

The first independence movements among the Soviet republics during Gorbachev's rule occurred in the Baltic area of

Accepted Answer

A)  Afghanistan. 
B)  Azerbaijan. 
C)  Lithuania. 
D)  Georgia. 
E)  Chechnya. 
A)  Afghanistan. 
B)  Azerbaijan. 
C)  Lithuania. 
D)  Georgia. 
E)  Chechnya.

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Czech Republic and Slovakia

Accepted Answer

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are two

Question 16

The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era was the

Accepted Answer

A)  Chinese-Vietnamese War. 
B)  Arab-Israeli War. 
C)  war in Angola. 
D)  Persian Gulf War. 
E)  Iraq War. 
A)  Chinese-Vietnamese War. 
B)  Arab-Israeli War. 
C)  war in Angola. 
D)  Persian Gulf War. 
E)  Iraq War.

Question 17

The Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and who was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity was

Accepted Answer

A)  Vojislav Kostunica. 
B)  Nicolae Ceausescu. 
C)  Wladyslaw Gomulka. 
D)  Todor Zhivkov. 
E)  Slobodan Milosevic. 
A)  Vojislav Kostunica. 
B)  Nicolae Ceausescu. 
C)  Wladyslaw Gomulka. 
D)  Todor Zhivkov. 
E)  Slobodan Milosevic.

Question 18

Because of nationalist aspirations and cultural conflicts, in 2004 several members of the European Community resigned from the EC.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In 1988, the first free parliamentary elections to occur in Eastern Europe for forty years took place in

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Estonia. 
E)  Lithuania. 
A)  Hungary. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Estonia. 
E)  Lithuania.

Question 20

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the European Union/EU

Accepted Answer

The European Union, commonly referred to

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

The politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II was

The collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2007-2008 led to

George H.W. Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

IDENTIFICATIONS -Maastricht Treaty

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceausecu came to an end 1989 in

Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

The Solidarity movement in Poland

IDENTIFICATIONS -globalization

IDENTIFICATIONS -Anselm Kiefer's Departure from Egypt and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction, the Red Brigades, the IRA

IDENTIFICATIONS -fall of the Berlin Wall

The first independence movements among the Soviet republics during Gorbachev's rule occurred in the Baltic area of

IDENTIFICATIONS -Czech Republic and Slovakia

The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era was the

The Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and who was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity was

Because of nationalist aspirations and cultural conflicts, in 2004 several members of the European Community resigned from the EC.

In 1988, the first free parliamentary elections to occur in Eastern Europe for forty years took place in

IDENTIFICATIONS -the European Union/EU

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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