Question 1

During the mid-1950s,Eastern Europe experienced a great many disruptions that were triggered by:

Accepted Answer

A)  the worldwide economic recession. 
B)  starvation caused by three crop failures in a row. 
C)  propaganda broadcasts of the Voice of America. 
D)  population pressures as a result of the baby boom. 
E)  the death of Josef Stalin.

Question 2

Although all of Western Europe experienced economic recovery in the post-World War II years,one country in particular,_________ ,had a spectacular recovery.

Accepted Answer

A)  France 
B)  West Germany 
C)  the Netherlands 
D)  Italy 
E)  Great Britain

Question 3

After World War II,governments continued rationing,although there was an ample supply of food,in an effort to remain self-sufficient.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The British had been in political control of Palestine since World War I,but promised a portion of the land as a Jewish homeland with its 1917:

Accepted Answer

A)  Declaration of Balmorals. 
B)  Danforth Declaration. 
C)  Statement of Jewish Principles. 
D)  Balfour Declaration. 
E)  Zion Protocols.

Question 5

The Volkswagen was an attempt by Hitler to make an affordable "people's car" for Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Following Josef Stalin's death in 1953,many of the countries in Eastern Europe attempted to wrest some measure of independence from Moscow.Although Poland managed to establish a looser arrangement with Moscow,_________ pushed too far and was occupied by Soviet troops for a time.

Accepted Answer

A)  Romania 
B)  Hungary 
C)  Czechoslovakia 
D)  Bulgaria 
E)  Yugoslavia

Question 7

One of the most promising of the newly independent African nations,Ghana,soon fell victim to corruption with its first president:

Accepted Answer

A)  Kenneth Kaunda. 
B)  Joseph Kenyatta. 
C)  Kwame Nkrumah. 
D)  Steven Biko. 
E)  Nelson Mandela.

Question 8

The leading feminist theorist of the mid-twentieth century,Simone de Beauvoir,wrote in The Second Sex that:

Accepted Answer

A)  "Women and men are so fundamentally different that there can never be any true understanding between the sexes." 
B)  "Women are fundamentally too frail to be expected to meet the rigors of modern life in the manner of men." 
C)  "One has to be born a woman to understand women." 
D)  "One is not born a woman,one becomes one." 
E)  "Women and men are from fundamentally different planets; understanding between them is almost impossible."

Question 9

After World War II,the anticolonial independence movements sweeping through Asia and Africa created a new group of nations that avoided aligning with one another or any other bloc and called itself the "Third World."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The tenets of Marxism called for a revolution by the proletariat,the industrial workers,but China in the 1940s was a nation of peasants,so an adaptation of Marxism was provided by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Lin Biao. 
B)  Mao Zedong. 
C)  Chiang Kai-shek. 
D)  Ho Chi Minh. 
E)  Jiang Jeishi.

Question 11

The Soviets were excluded from the Marshall Plan.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

After coming to power in 1956 and nationalizing the Suez Canal,Gamel Abdul Nasser used the money raised from operating the canal to fund a project,the _________,to further bolster Egyptian national pride and economy.

Accepted Answer

A)  restoration of the pyramids 
B)  Aswan Dam on the Nile 
C)  rebuilding of the Library of Alexandria 
D)  building of hospitals throughout Africa 
E)  building of schools throughout the Arab world

Question 13

What process was referred to as the making of "an Iron Curtain"?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What process was referred to as the...

Question 14

Why did the rebellions in Hungary against the Soviet Union not meet with the same success as those of Poland?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why did the rebellions in Hungary against...

Question 15

Communism spread throughout Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II and Soviet occupation,but communism also took control of _________ in the 1940s through revolution.

Accepted Answer

A)  Vietnam 
B)  Turkey 
C)  Greece 
D)  Hungary 
E)  China

Question 16

Superpower rivalry was brought to the far corners of the globe as newly emancipated nations,freed from the holds of imperialism,were fought over as allies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

What were the characteristics of the British welfare state,and in what way was the welfare state a break from previous ways of thinking about poverty and citizenship?

Accepted Answer

The answer of What were the characteristics of the British...

Question 18

The French appeared to have won a colonial war in Vietnam in 1951,but rather than begin peace talks and arrive at depolarization on favorable terms,they fought on and eventually lost everything at the battle of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Ngo Dinh Diem. 
B)  Hanoi. 
C)  Dien Bien Phu. 
D)  Saigon. 
E)  Ho Chi Minh.

Question 19

Jean-Paul Sartre was the leading proponent of the twentieth-century philosophy of existentialism,which held that:

Accepted Answer

A)  to be is to be perceived. 
B)  knowledge is unattainable. 
C)  essence precedes existence. 
D)  existence precedes essence. 
E)  existence is perceived reality; one's essence is unknowable.

Question 20

To further aid in the economic growth of Europe,in 1957,Western European nations formed the European Economic Community (EEC),or Common Market,with the signing of the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Treaty of Lacarno. 
B)  Antwerp Accords. 
C)  Treaty of Rome. 
D)  London Concordant. 
E)  Protocol of Paris.

Exam 27: The Cold War World: Global Politics,economic Recovery,and Cultural Change

During the mid-1950s,Eastern Europe experienced a great many disruptions that were triggered by:

Although all of Western Europe experienced economic recovery in the post-World War II years,one country in particular,_________ ,had a spectacular recovery.

After World War II,governments continued rationing,although there was an ample supply of food,in an effort to remain self-sufficient.

The British had been in political control of Palestine since World War I,but promised a portion of the land as a Jewish homeland with its 1917:

The Volkswagen was an attempt by Hitler to make an affordable "people's car" for Europe.

Following Josef Stalin's death in 1953,many of the countries in Eastern Europe attempted to wrest some measure of independence from Moscow.Although Poland managed to establish a looser arrangement with Moscow,_________ pushed too far and was occupied by Soviet troops for a time.

One of the most promising of the newly independent African nations,Ghana,soon fell victim to corruption with its first president:

The leading feminist theorist of the mid-twentieth century,Simone de Beauvoir,wrote in The Second Sex that:

After World War II,the anticolonial independence movements sweeping through Asia and Africa created a new group of nations that avoided aligning with one another or any other bloc and called itself the "Third World."

The tenets of Marxism called for a revolution by the proletariat,the industrial workers,but China in the 1940s was a nation of peasants,so an adaptation of Marxism was provided by:

The Soviets were excluded from the Marshall Plan.

After coming to power in 1956 and nationalizing the Suez Canal,Gamel Abdul Nasser used the money raised from operating the canal to fund a project,the _________,to further bolster Egyptian national pride and economy.

What process was referred to as the making of "an Iron Curtain"?

Why did the rebellions in Hungary against the Soviet Union not meet with the same success as those of Poland?

Communism spread throughout Eastern Europe in the aftermath of World War II and Soviet occupation,but communism also took control of _________ in the 1940s through revolution.

Superpower rivalry was brought to the far corners of the globe as newly emancipated nations,freed from the holds of imperialism,were fought over as allies.

What were the characteristics of the British welfare state,and in what way was the welfare state a break from previous ways of thinking about poverty and citizenship?

The French appeared to have won a colonial war in Vietnam in 1951,but rather than begin peace talks and arrive at depolarization on favorable terms,they fought on and eventually lost everything at the battle of:

Jean-Paul Sartre was the leading proponent of the twentieth-century philosophy of existentialism,which held that:

To further aid in the economic growth of Europe,in 1957,Western European nations formed the European Economic Community (EEC) ,or Common Market,with the signing of the: