Question 1

Where have women seen the greatest gains in recent decades?

Accepted Answer

A) In equal pay rates with men 
B) In access to credit 
C) In the Catholic Church's acceptance of reproductive rights 
D) In advancement to management positions 
E) In workforce opportunities 
A) In equal pay rates with men 
B) In access to credit 
C) In the Catholic Church's acceptance of reproductive rights 
D) In advancement to management positions 
E) In workforce opportunities

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-al-Qaeda

Accepted Answer

Al-Qaeda is an international Islamist ex

Question 3

Which dictator, known for his violent suppression of the people, was tried and executed with his wife in late December 1989?

Accepted Answer

A) Gustáv Husák 
B) Václav Hável 
C) Aleksander Kwasniewski 
D) Nicolae Ceausescu 
E) Erich Honecker 
A) Gustáv Husák 
B) Václav Hável 
C) Aleksander Kwasniewski 
D) Nicolae Ceausescu 
E) Erich Honecker

Question 4

Who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007?

Accepted Answer

A) Gordon Brown 
B) John Major 
C) Clement Attlee 
D) Nicolas Sarkozy 
E) Bill Clinton 
A) Gordon Brown 
B) John Major 
C) Clement Attlee 
D) Nicolas Sarkozy 
E) Bill Clinton

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

Accepted Answer

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are two sign

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-Mikhail Gorbachev...

Question 7

All of these actions contributed to growing anti-U.S. sentiments in the Islamic world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) U.S. support for Israel. 
B) the rise to power of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. 
C) the Gulf War and U.S. liberation of Kuwait. 
D) the U.S.'s seizing of Saudi Arabian oil fields. 
E) the growth of insurgent and extremist groups in the Middle East, such as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant). 
A) U.S. support for Israel. 
B) the rise to power of the Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. 
C) the Gulf War and U.S. liberation of Kuwait. 
D) the U.S.'s seizing of Saudi Arabian oil fields. 
E) the growth of insurgent and extremist groups in the Middle East, such as ISIL (Islamic State of Iraq and Levant).

Question 8

Which leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 replaced the Communist government and was a former dissident writer and philosopher?

Accepted Answer

A) Erich Kádár 
B) Gustáv Husák 
C) Aleksander Dubcek 
D) Václav Hável 
E) Marshall Tito 
A) Erich Kádár 
B) Gustáv Husák 
C) Aleksander Dubcek 
D) Václav Hável 
E) Marshall Tito

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Boris Yeltsin

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin was a significant politica

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-George H. W. Bush and the "New World Order"

Accepted Answer

George H. W. Bush was the 41st President

Question 11

What was the Maastricht Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A) It was military alliance between the members of the European Community. 
B) It was an attempt to create a true economic and monetary union among the members of the European Community. 
C) It was an attempt to break up the European Community. 
D) It was an attempt to revive the ideological conflicts of the Cold War. 
E) It was an attempt to challenge the economic supremacy of the United States. 
A) It was military alliance between the members of the European Community. 
B) It was an attempt to create a true economic and monetary union among the members of the European Community. 
C) It was an attempt to break up the European Community. 
D) It was an attempt to revive the ideological conflicts of the Cold War. 
E) It was an attempt to challenge the economic supremacy of the United States.

Question 12

Please define the following key terms.
-guest workers

Accepted Answer

Guest workers are individuals who migrat

Question 13

Population growth is a contributing factor to the dangers to the earth's ecosystems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-the Persian Gulf War

Accepted Answer

The Persian Gulf War, also known as the

Question 15

Why is Islam growing in both Europe and the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) More people have converted to Islam from Christianity in both nations. 
B) Muslim family size has grown dramatically in the past four decades, thereby increasing the number of adherents. 
C) Both nations have promoted immigration to Muslims from the Middle East. 
D) More people have migrated to these nations from Muslim countries. 
E) Countercultural movements in both nations have inspired curiosity about the Muslim religion. 
A) More people have converted to Islam from Christianity in both nations. 
B) Muslim family size has grown dramatically in the past four decades, thereby increasing the number of adherents. 
C) Both nations have promoted immigration to Muslims from the Middle East. 
D) More people have migrated to these nations from Muslim countries. 
E) Countercultural movements in both nations have inspired curiosity about the Muslim religion.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

Accepted Answer

Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy are b

Question 17

The rapid collapse of the Soviet Union was due the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, and Stephen Harper

Accepted Answer

Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, and Steph

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-fall of the Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-George W. Bush

Accepted Answer

George W. Bush was the 43rd President of

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

Where have women seen the greatest gains in recent decades?

Please define the following key terms. -al-Qaeda

Which dictator, known for his violent suppression of the people, was tried and executed with his wife in late December 1989?

Who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007?

Please define the following key terms. -Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

Please define the following key terms. -Mikhail Gorbachev

All of these actions contributed to growing anti-U.S. sentiments in the Islamic world in the late twentieth and early twenty-first century EXCEPT

Which leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 replaced the Communist government and was a former dissident writer and philosopher?

Please define the following key terms. -Boris Yeltsin

Please define the following key terms. -George H. W. Bush and the "New World Order"

What was the Maastricht Treaty?

Please define the following key terms. -guest workers

Population growth is a contributing factor to the dangers to the earth's ecosystems.

Please define the following key terms. -the Persian Gulf War

Why is Islam growing in both Europe and the United States?

Please define the following key terms. -Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

The rapid collapse of the Soviet Union was due the policies of Mikhail Gorbachev.

Please define the following key terms. -Brian Mulroney, Jean Chrétien, and Stephen Harper

Please define the following key terms. -fall of the Berlin Wall

Please define the following key terms. -George W. Bush

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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