Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

Yugoslavia was a country in Southeastern

Question 3

Discuss the impact of terrorism on the West, the "Western mindset", and the relationship between western countries and the rest of the world (specifically, the Middle East).

Accepted Answer

The impact of terrorism on the West has

Question 4

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

Accepted Answer

A) Jean-Michael Basquiat 
B) Pablo Picasso 
C) Jackson Pollock 
D) Andy Warhol 
E) Allan Kaprow 
A) Jean-Michael Basquiat 
B) Pablo Picasso 
C) Jackson Pollock 
D) Andy Warhol 
E) Allan Kaprow

Question 5

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
the Persian Gulf War

Accepted Answer

The Persian Gulf War, also known as Oper

Question 6

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 7

In the 2008, Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election on a platform of change "we can believe in" and ending the war in Iraq.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Office of Homeland Security

Accepted Answer

The Office of Homeland Security was a Un

Question 9

After his election as Poland's president in 1995, former Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski moved the country toward a free-market economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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 11

Under Vladimir Putin's presidency, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) power was centralized in the federal government. 
B) Russia ended its war in Chechnya. 
C) as many as 40 percent of the population lived in poverty. 
D) the economy grew significantly and the government had a budget surplus. 
E) the economy significantly depended upon exports of oil and natural gas. 
A) power was centralized in the federal government. 
B) Russia ended its war in Chechnya. 
C) as many as 40 percent of the population lived in poverty. 
D) the economy grew significantly and the government had a budget surplus. 
E) the economy significantly depended upon exports of oil and natural gas.

Question 12

The justifications that George W. Bush used for invading Iraq in 2003 were agreed upon by most members of the United Nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The major issue that troubled Italian society in recent decades has been

Accepted Answer

A) Islamic terrorism. 
B) Catholic fundamentalism. 
C) political corruption. 
D) a significant increase in the birth rate. 
E) economic collapse, with high unemployment and bankruptcies. 
A) Islamic terrorism. 
B) Catholic fundamentalism. 
C) political corruption. 
D) a significant increase in the birth rate. 
E) economic collapse, with high unemployment and bankruptcies.

Question 14

Under whose leadership was the reunification of Germany accomplished?

Accepted Answer

A) Willy Brandt 
B) Conrad Adenauer 
C) Helmut Schmidt 
D) Gunter Grass 
E) Helmut Kohl 
A) Willy Brandt 
B) Conrad Adenauer 
C) Helmut Schmidt 
D) Gunter Grass 
E) Helmut Kohl

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev was a significant poli

Question 16

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked ____ airplanes as part of a planned assault on the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) two 
B) three 
C) four 
D) five 
E) six 
A) two 
B) three 
C) four 
D) five 
E) six

Question 17

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 18

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 19

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 20

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

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

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

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

Discuss the impact of terrorism on the West, the "Western mindset", and the relationship between western countries and the rest of the world (specifically, the Middle East).

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. the Persian Gulf War

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?

In the 2008, Barack Obama won the U.S. presidential election on a platform of change "we can believe in" and ending the war in Iraq.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Office of Homeland Security

After his election as Poland's president in 1995, former Communist Aleksander Kwasniewski moved the country toward a free-market economy.

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

Under Vladimir Putin's presidency, all of the following occurred EXCEPT

The justifications that George W. Bush used for invading Iraq in 2003 were agreed upon by most members of the United Nations.

The major issue that troubled Italian society in recent decades has been

Under whose leadership was the reunification of Germany accomplished?

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

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked ____ airplanes as part of a planned assault on the United States.

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

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

What happened to Osama bin Laden?

What was the reason for Yugoslavia dividing into warring factions?

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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