Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-the European Community/EC

Accepted Answer

The European Community (EC) was a region

Question 2

In 1998, a survey showed that one-third of the children in London's inner cities

Accepted Answer

A) could not read. 
B) lived in single-parent households. 
C) were raised by gay parents. 
D) did not speak English. 
E) did not have access to adequate food each day. 
A) could not read. 
B) lived in single-parent households. 
C) were raised by gay parents. 
D) did not speak English. 
E) did not have access to adequate food each day.

Question 3

In Islam, the term ____ typically means a return to traditional values and can also be a label for more radical movements.

Accepted Answer

A) jihad 
B) fundamentalism 
C) Taliban 
D) Shi'ites 
E) hijab 
A) jihad 
B) fundamentalism 
C) Taliban 
D) Shi'ites 
E) hijab

Question 4

Pope John Paul II was

Accepted Answer

A) the first Polish pope since the sixteenth century. 
B) liberal on birth control and women in the priesthood. 
C) understanding about the acquisition of wealth in the western world. 
D) responsible for alienating the non-Western world. 
E) the person who selected Pope Francis as his successor. 
A) the first Polish pope since the sixteenth century. 
B) liberal on birth control and women in the priesthood. 
C) understanding about the acquisition of wealth in the western world. 
D) responsible for alienating the non-Western world. 
E) the person who selected Pope Francis as his successor.

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Accepted Answer

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-ethnic cleansing

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-ethnic cleansing...

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

Accepted Answer

The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Pott

Question 8

In the early twenty-first century, the European Union established qualifications for potential new members that included

Accepted Answer

A) disavowal of communism. 
B) acceptance of NGOs. 
C) a commitment to market capitalism and democracy. 
D) willingness to provide economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E) acceptance of each country's national currency. 
A) disavowal of communism. 
B) acceptance of NGOs. 
C) a commitment to market capitalism and democracy. 
D) willingness to provide economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E) acceptance of each country's national currency.

Question 9

What conflict provided the first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era?

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 10

Who succeeded Vladimir Putin as president of Russia?

Accepted Answer

A) Lech Walesa 
B) Mikhail Gorbachev 
C) Dmitry Medvedev 
D) Yuri Andropov 
E) Andrei Sakharov 
A) Lech Walesa 
B) Mikhail Gorbachev 
C) Dmitry Medvedev 
D) Yuri Andropov 
E) Andrei Sakharov

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center

Accepted Answer

September 11, 2001, refers to the date o

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The number of Muslims in Europe and the U.S. has declined since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Office of Homeland Security

Accepted Answer

The Office of Homeland Security was a U.

Question 15

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is indeed the dominant force

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Jorg Haider's Freedom Party

Accepted Answer

Jörg Haider's Freedom Party, known in Ge

Question 17

An example of the growing anti-immigration sentiments globally in the 1990s and 2000s, ____ enacted a law requiring would-be immigrants to pass a language and culture test before being admitted to the country.

Accepted Answer

A) France 
B) the Netherlands 
C) Germany 
D) United States 
E) Great Britain 
A) France 
B) the Netherlands 
C) Germany 
D) United States 
E) Great Britain

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Maastricht Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Maastricht Treaty, also known as the

Question 19

Which politician called terrorism "the enemy of our generation"?

Accepted Answer

A) Tony Blair 
B) George W. Bush 
C) Vladimir Putin 
D) Jacques Chirac 
E) Bill Clinton 
A) Tony Blair 
B) George W. Bush 
C) Vladimir Putin 
D) Jacques Chirac 
E) Bill Clinton

Question 20

Which area witnessed the first independence movement among the Soviet republics during Gorbachev's rule?

Accepted Answer

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

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

Please define the following key terms. -the European Community/EC

In 1998, a survey showed that one-third of the children in London's inner cities

In Islam, the term ____ typically means a return to traditional values and can also be a label for more radical movements.

Pope John Paul II was

Please define the following key terms. -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Please define the following key terms. -ethnic cleansing

Please define the following key terms. -Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

In the early twenty-first century, the European Union established qualifications for potential new members that included

What conflict provided the first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era?

Who succeeded Vladimir Putin as president of Russia?

Please define the following key terms. -September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center

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

The number of Muslims in Europe and the U.S. has declined since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Please define the following key terms. -Office of Homeland Security

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today? Why or why not?

Please define the following key terms. -Jorg Haider's Freedom Party

An example of the growing anti-immigration sentiments globally in the 1990s and 2000s, ____ enacted a law requiring would-be immigrants to pass a language and culture test before being admitted to the country.

Please define the following key terms. -Maastricht Treaty

Which politician called terrorism "the enemy of our generation"?

Which area witnessed the first independence movement among the Soviet republics during Gorbachev's rule?

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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