Question 1

Define Western civilization and explain how it is "a continuing experiment."

Accepted Answer

Dynamism may be seen

Question 2

By the early twenty-first century, how was the world less Eurocentric?

Accepted Answer

A) The influence and impact of OPEC was universal. 
B) Chinese trade became a world factor. 
C) A threatened environment involved world action. 
D) Nuclear threats from rogue nations threatened world peace. 
E) All of these. 
A) The influence and impact of OPEC was universal. 
B) Chinese trade became a world factor. 
C) A threatened environment involved world action. 
D) Nuclear threats from rogue nations threatened world peace. 
E) All of these.

Question 3

With a changing economy, which of the following did France adopt in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A) A drastic scaling down of social services 
B) Government-subsidized, affordable day care for preschoolers 
C) A higher retirement age and reduced pensions 
D) A dismantling of the national health-care system 
E) A parenting program that has resulted in a decline in population 
A) A drastic scaling down of social services 
B) Government-subsidized, affordable day care for preschoolers 
C) A higher retirement age and reduced pensions 
D) A dismantling of the national health-care system 
E) A parenting program that has resulted in a decline in population

Question 4

Postcommunist Russia

Accepted Answer

A) experienced a 50 percent drop in its economy from 1991 to 2001. 
B) developed "crony capitalism" and "gangster capitalism." 
C) moved toward greater authoritarianism under Putin. 
D) suffered a decline in population. 
E) All of these. 
A) experienced a 50 percent drop in its economy from 1991 to 2001. 
B) developed "crony capitalism" and "gangster capitalism." 
C) moved toward greater authoritarianism under Putin. 
D) suffered a decline in population. 
E) All of these.

Question 5

France is the economic powerhouse of the European Union.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What does postmodern architecture embrace?

Accepted Answer

A) Tradition 
B) Rationality 
C) The machine 
D) Impermanence and liberation from previous forms 
E) All of these 
A) Tradition 
B) Rationality 
C) The machine 
D) Impermanence and liberation from previous forms 
E) All of these

Define Western civilization and explain how it is "a continuing experiment."

By the early twenty-first century, how was the world less Eurocentric?

With a changing economy, which of the following did France adopt in the 1980s?

Postcommunist Russia

France is the economic powerhouse of the European Union.

What does postmodern architecture embrace?

The Ancestors of the West

The Ship, the Sword, and the Book: Western Asia Ca1500-400 Bc

The Greeks in the Polis to Ca350 Bc

Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization Ca350-30 Bc

Rome, From Republic to Empire

Imperial Rome, 31 Bc-Ad284

The World of Late Antiquity, 284-Ca600

Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900

The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300

Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300

Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500

The Renaissance

European Overseas Expansion to 1600

The Age of the Reformation

Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648

Europe in the Age of Louis Xiv, Ca1640-1715

A Revolution in Worldview

Europe on the Threshold of Modernity, Ca1715-1789

An Age of Revolution, 1789-1815

The Industrial Transformation of Europe, 1750-1850

Restoration, Reform, and Revolution, 1814-1848

Nationalism and Political Reform, 1850-1880

The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880

Imperialism and Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914

War and Revolution, 1914-1919

The Illusion of Stability, 1919-1930

The Tortured Decade, 1930-1939

The Era of the Second World War, 1939-1949

The Age of the Cold War, 1949-1989

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Exam 30: A Continuing Experiment: the West and the World Since 1989

Define Western civilization and explain how it is "a continuing experiment."

By the early twenty-first century, how was the world less Eurocentric?

With a changing economy, which of the following did France adopt in the 1980s?

Postcommunist Russia

France is the economic powerhouse of the European Union.

What does postmodern architecture embrace?

The Ancestors of the West

The Ship, the Sword, and the Book: Western Asia Ca1500-400 Bc

The Greeks in the Polis to Ca350 Bc

Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization Ca350-30 Bc

Rome, From Republic to Empire

Imperial Rome, 31 Bc-Ad284

The World of Late Antiquity, 284-Ca600

Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900

The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300

Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300

Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500

The Renaissance

European Overseas Expansion to 1600

The Age of the Reformation

Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648

Europe in the Age of Louis Xiv, Ca1640-1715

A Revolution in Worldview

Europe on the Threshold of Modernity, Ca1715-1789

An Age of Revolution, 1789-1815

The Industrial Transformation of Europe, 1750-1850

Restoration, Reform, and Revolution, 1814-1848

Nationalism and Political Reform, 1850-1880

The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880

Imperialism and Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914

War and Revolution, 1914-1919

The Illusion of Stability, 1919-1930

The Tortured Decade, 1930-1939

The Era of the Second World War, 1939-1949

The Age of the Cold War, 1949-1989

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