Question 1

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

Accepted Answer

A) Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time. 
B) Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation. 
C) Nothing was accomplished. 
D) Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on. 
E) Bosnia agreed to join the European Community. 
A) Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time. 
B) Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation. 
C) Nothing was accomplished. 
D) Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on. 
E) Bosnia agreed to join the European Community.

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

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 4

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
Osama bin Laden

Accepted Answer

Osama bin Laden was a Saudi Arabian-born

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

The Maastricht Treaty, officially known

Question 6

The newest member of the EU, having joined in 2013, is

Accepted Answer

A) Lithuania. 
B) Estonia. 
C) Poland. 
D) Slovenia. 
E) Croatia. 
A) Lithuania. 
B) Estonia. 
C) Poland. 
D) Slovenia. 
E) Croatia.

Question 7

"Think globally, act locally" is the slogan of the global environmental movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, ess

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

Multiculturalism is a term that refers t

Question 10

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 11

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 12

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

Accepted Answer

The Iraq War, also known as the Second G

Question 13

Who was the politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) Marshall Tito 
B) General Filopovic 
C) President Milosevic 
D) Prime Minister Kostunica 
E) Marshall Petain 
A) Marshall Tito 
B) General Filopovic 
C) President Milosevic 
D) Prime Minister Kostunica 
E) Marshall Petain

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

Ethnic cleansing is a term used to descr

Question 15

In 2013 Pope Francis became the first pope from Latin America.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Who was the Russian president after Boris Yeltsin?

Accepted Answer

A) Mikhail Gorbachev 
B) Vladimir Putin 
C) Nikita Khrushchev 
D) Dmitry Medvedev 
E) Gary Kasparov 
A) Mikhail Gorbachev 
B) Vladimir Putin 
C) Nikita Khrushchev 
D) Dmitry Medvedev 
E) Gary Kasparov

Question 17

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. 
the Taliban and war in Afghanistan

Accepted Answer

The Taliban is a fundamentalist Islamic

Question 18

Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include

Accepted Answer

A) the lack of a common currency. 
B) the lack of any military force. 
C) that many Europeans remain committed to a national identity and do not see themselves as "Europeans." 
D) lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E) the failure to create a truly single internal market. 
A) the lack of a common currency. 
B) the lack of any military force. 
C) that many Europeans remain committed to a national identity and do not see themselves as "Europeans." 
D) lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E) the failure to create a truly single internal market.

Question 19

Scientists tend to agree that ____ is contributing to droughts, the melting of the polar ice caps, and rising sea levels.

Accepted Answer

A) toxic dumping in the world's waterways 
B) fossil fuel emissions 
C) the greenhouse effect 
D) overpopulation worldwide 
E) biodiversity 
A) toxic dumping in the world's waterways 
B) fossil fuel emissions 
C) the greenhouse effect 
D) overpopulation worldwide 
E) biodiversity

Question 20

All of the following are true of Pope John Paul II EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) being the first non-Italian pope since the sixteenth century. 
B) holding liberal views on birth control and women in the priesthood. 
C) condemning nuclear weapons and war. 
D) being a strong believer in social justice. 
E) traveling widely. 
A) being the first non-Italian pope since the sixteenth century. 
B) holding liberal views on birth control and women in the priesthood. 
C) condemning nuclear weapons and war. 
D) being a strong believer in social justice. 
E) traveling widely.

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

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

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

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.

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. Osama bin Laden

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

The newest member of the EU, having joined in 2013, is

"Think globally, act locally" is the slogan of the global environmental movement.

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

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

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

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

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

Who was the politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II?

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

In 2013 Pope Francis became the first pope from Latin America.

Who was the Russian president after Boris Yeltsin?

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance. the Taliban and war in Afghanistan

Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include

Scientists tend to agree that ____ is contributing to droughts, the melting of the polar ice caps, and rising sea levels.

All of the following are true of Pope John Paul II EXCEPT

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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