Question 1

Please define the following key terms.
-the euro

Accepted Answer

The euro is the official currency of the

Question 2

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was plagued by all of these problems EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) a renewed Communist Party majority which took over the government. 
B) organized crime. 
C) an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya. 
D) economic hardships. 
E) a president who was often ill. 
A) a renewed Communist Party majority which took over the government. 
B) organized crime. 
C) an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya. 
D) economic hardships. 
E) a president who was often ill.

Question 3

What was the reason for Yugoslavia dividing into warring factions?

Accepted Answer

A) Demands for separatism among the varying republics 
B) Differences of political goals 
C) Support of the Serbs 
D) Lack of cultural diversity 
E) Religious uniformity 
A) Demands for separatism among the varying republics 
B) Differences of political goals 
C) Support of the Serbs 
D) Lack of cultural diversity 
E) Religious uniformity

Question 4

Which conservative British Prime Minister resigned after an inconclusive election and was succeeded by Liberal Democrat David Cameron?

Accepted Answer

A) Helmut Kohl 
B) Margaret Thatcher 
C) Tony Blair 
D) Bill Clinton 
E) Gordon Brown 
A) Helmut Kohl 
B) Margaret Thatcher 
C) Tony Blair 
D) Bill Clinton 
E) Gordon Brown

Question 5

Please define the following key terms.
-the European Union/EU

Accepted Answer

The European Union, commonly referred to

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-Czech Republic and Slovakia

Accepted Answer

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are two

Question 7

All of these factors contributed to George W. Bush's declining popularity by his second term as president EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) his strong support for environmental programs that were opposed by major business interests. 
B) the war in Iraq. 
C) tax cuts that primarily benefitted the wealthy. 
D) poor handling of the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. 
E) financial corruption in the Republican Party. 
A) his strong support for environmental programs that were opposed by major business interests. 
B) the war in Iraq. 
C) tax cuts that primarily benefitted the wealthy. 
D) poor handling of the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. 
E) financial corruption in the Republican Party.

Question 8

George H.W. Bush's defeat to Bill Clinton in his 1992 reelection attempt was due largely to

Accepted Answer

A) Bush's failures in the Gulf War. 
B) government budget deficits and an economic downturn. 
C) Bush's conservative social agenda. 
D) Bill Clinton's youth and charisma. 
E) Bush's inability to connect with voters. 
A) Bush's failures in the Gulf War. 
B) government budget deficits and an economic downturn. 
C) Bush's conservative social agenda. 
D) Bill Clinton's youth and charisma. 
E) Bush's inability to connect with voters.

Question 9

Please define the following key terms.
-Kosovo

Accepted Answer

Kosovo is a region in the Balkan Peninsu

Question 10

A controversial 2004 French law prohibited Muslim

Accepted Answer

A) families from arranging marriages for their children. 
B) female students from wearing a headscarf (hijab) to school. 
C) men from praying in public. 
D) groups from erecting a mosque near government buildings. 
E) men and women from working in the French government. 
A) families from arranging marriages for their children. 
B) female students from wearing a headscarf (hijab) to school. 
C) men from praying in public. 
D) groups from erecting a mosque near government buildings. 
E) men and women from working in the French government.

Question 11

Was Mikhail Gorbachev responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union? If not, who or what was? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev played a significant r

Question 12

Who was the Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity?

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 13

Please define the following key terms.
-Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction and the Red Brigades

Accepted Answer

The Baader-Meinhof gang, also known as t

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-open-forum social media

Accepted Answer

Open-forum social media refers to online

Question 15

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia)? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

Accepted Answer

The basic problems and antagonisms betwe

Question 16

"Globalization is going to be the salvation of civilization." Do you agree or disagree? Explain, citing evidence to make your case.

Accepted Answer

I disagree with the statement that "Glob

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Yugoslavia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Please define the following key terms.
-Yugoslavia...

Question 18

What happened to Osama bin Laden?

Accepted Answer

A) He escaped to Saudi Arabia in 2005. 
B) He died of old age in 2010. 
C) He was killed by American operatives in a compound in Pakistan in 2011. 
D) He was killed by NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2012. 
E) He was captured by United Nations troops in 2009. 
A) He escaped to Saudi Arabia in 2005. 
B) He died of old age in 2010. 
C) He was killed by American operatives in a compound in Pakistan in 2011. 
D) He was killed by NATO forces in Afghanistan in 2012. 
E) He was captured by United Nations troops in 2009.

Question 19

In what year was Apple's iPod introduced?

Accepted Answer

A) 1975 
B) 1985 
C) 1991 
D) 2001 
E) 2005 
A) 1975 
B) 1985 
C) 1991 
D) 2001 
E) 2005

Question 20

By the 1990s, the rapid growth of the technology industry made ____ the richest man in the world.

Accepted Answer

A) Steve Jobs 
B) Warren Buffet 
C) Bill Viola 
D) Bill Gates 
E) Anselem Kiefer 
A) Steve Jobs 
B) Warren Buffet 
C) Bill Viola 
D) Bill Gates 
E) Anselem Kiefer

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

Please define the following key terms. -the euro

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia was plagued by all of these problems EXCEPT

What was the reason for Yugoslavia dividing into warring factions?

Which conservative British Prime Minister resigned after an inconclusive election and was succeeded by Liberal Democrat David Cameron?

Please define the following key terms. -the European Union/EU

Please define the following key terms. -Czech Republic and Slovakia

All of these factors contributed to George W. Bush's declining popularity by his second term as president EXCEPT

George H.W. Bush's defeat to Bill Clinton in his 1992 reelection attempt was due largely to

Please define the following key terms. -Kosovo

A controversial 2004 French law prohibited Muslim

Was Mikhail Gorbachev responsible for the collapse of the Soviet Union? If not, who or what was? Explain.

Who was the Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity?

Please define the following key terms. -Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction and the Red Brigades

Please define the following key terms. -open-forum social media

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia (Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia)? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

"Globalization is going to be the salvation of civilization." Do you agree or disagree? Explain, citing evidence to make your case.

Please define the following key terms. -Yugoslavia

What happened to Osama bin Laden?

In what year was Apple's iPod introduced?

By the 1990s, the rapid growth of the technology industry made ____ the richest man in the world.

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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