Question 1

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 2

Which of these groups serves as an example of nationalist terrorism?

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A) Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany 
B) IRA in Northern Ireland 
C) New Order in Italy 
D) Charles Martel Club in France 
E) Al-Qaeda in the Middle East 
A) Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany 
B) IRA in Northern Ireland 
C) New Order in Italy 
D) Charles Martel Club in France 
E) Al-Qaeda in the Middle East

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The country that exemplified the European debt crisis with a national debt in 2010 larger than its national economy was Greece.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Where have women seen the greatest gains in recent decades?

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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 6

The United States is home to 6 percent of the planet's people but consumes 50 percent of its resources.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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 8

What attitudes and actions have determined American foreign policy since 1985?

Accepted Answer

Since 1985, American foreign policy has

Question 9

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

Accepted Answer

The World Bank and the International Mon

Question 10

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 11

By the 1980s Soviet problems included all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) a collapse of the space exploration program. 
B) a decline in the standard of living. 
C) rigid, centralized planning. 
D) the failure to keep pace with the West in the production of high technology. 
E) the inability of the Communist Party and state agencies to solve problems quickly. 
A) a collapse of the space exploration program. 
B) a decline in the standard of living. 
C) rigid, centralized planning. 
D) the failure to keep pace with the West in the production of high technology. 
E) the inability of the Communist Party and state agencies to solve problems quickly.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is indeed the dominant force

Question 13

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Pope John Paul II

Accepted Answer

Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojt

Question 14

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
NGOs

Accepted Answer

NGOs, or Non-Governmental Organizations,

Question 15

The reunification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the immediate emergence of considerable prosperity in the former Eastern Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

George W. Bush called terrorism "the enemy of our generation."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

Accepted Answer

A) moves by conservative governments to pass legislation making it far more difficult for women to work outside the home. 
B) the effective lobbying of the European Catholic churches to outlaw abortion and restrict the sale of contraceptives. 
C) the collapse of European social welfare states under the burden of rapidly aging populations. 
D) an increase in birth rates across Europe because of increasing prosperity and more leisure time. 
E) a persistent decline in birth rates across Europe, with Spain's becoming the lowest in the world. 
A) moves by conservative governments to pass legislation making it far more difficult for women to work outside the home. 
B) the effective lobbying of the European Catholic churches to outlaw abortion and restrict the sale of contraceptives. 
C) the collapse of European social welfare states under the burden of rapidly aging populations. 
D) an increase in birth rates across Europe because of increasing prosperity and more leisure time. 
E) a persistent decline in birth rates across Europe, with Spain's becoming the lowest in the world.

Question 18

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Boris Yeltsin

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin was a Russian politician w

Question 19

What do critics accuse the World Bank and International Monetary Fund of?

Accepted Answer

A) Seeking to undermine national sovereignty 
B) Engaging in widespread corruption 
C) Pushing Western economic practices on non-Western nations, leading to increased poverty and debt 
D) Promoting non-Western economic needs at the expense of its Western member nations 
E) Charging excessively high interest rates on loans to poorer countries 
A) Seeking to undermine national sovereignty 
B) Engaging in widespread corruption 
C) Pushing Western economic practices on non-Western nations, leading to increased poverty and debt 
D) Promoting non-Western economic needs at the expense of its Western member nations 
E) Charging excessively high interest rates on loans to poorer countries

Question 20

Is the world facing a "clash of civilizations" in the near future? Why and/or why not?

Accepted Answer

The concept of a "clash of civilizations

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

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

Which of these groups serves as an example of nationalist terrorism?

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

The country that exemplified the European debt crisis with a national debt in 2010 larger than its national economy was Greece.

Where have women seen the greatest gains in recent decades?

The United States is home to 6 percent of the planet's people but consumes 50 percent of its resources.

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

What attitudes and actions have determined American foreign policy since 1985?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

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

By the 1980s Soviet problems included all of the following EXCEPT

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

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Pope John Paul II

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. NGOs

The reunification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the immediate emergence of considerable prosperity in the former Eastern Germany.

George W. Bush called terrorism "the enemy of our generation."

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Boris Yeltsin

What do critics accuse the World Bank and International Monetary Fund of?

Is the world facing a "clash of civilizations" in the near future? Why and/or why not?

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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