Question 1

define the following term:
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

The answer of define the following term:
-Mikhail Gorbachev...

Question 2

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia struggled with all of the following 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

define the following term:
-"guest workers"

Accepted Answer

The answer of define the following term:
-"guest workers"...

Question 4

define the following term:
-Union of Concerned Scientists

Accepted Answer

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Question 5

All of the following are correct about the Bill Clinton presidency except

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A) an economic revival. 
B) the adoption of a costly national health system. 
C) a reduction of government budget deficits. 
D) Clinton was politically damaged because of an affair with a White House intern. 
E) Clinton's vice president became the Democratic presidential candidate in 2000. 
A) an economic revival. 
B) the adoption of a costly national health system. 
C) a reduction of government budget deficits. 
D) Clinton was politically damaged because of an affair with a White House intern. 
E) Clinton's vice president became the Democratic presidential candidate in 2000.

Question 6

All of the following are true of Pope Paul II except

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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) travelling 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) travelling widely.

Question 7

define the following term:
-Department of Homeland Security

Accepted Answer

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS

Question 8

George H.W. Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

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A) the inability to win the Gulf War. 
B) government budget deficits. 
C) a downturn in the economy. 
D) Bill Clinton's strategy of claiming to be a "New Democrat" and more conservative than recent Democratic candidates. 
E) none of the above. 
A) the inability to win the Gulf War. 
B) government budget deficits. 
C) a downturn in the economy. 
D) Bill Clinton's strategy of claiming to be a "New Democrat" and more conservative than recent Democratic candidates. 
E) none of the above.

Question 9

define the following term:
-George H. W. Bush and the "new world order"

Accepted Answer

George H. W. Bush is often associated wi

Question 10

As general secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev abolished Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution, which had guaranteed the "leading role" to the Communist Party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceau ecu came to an end 1989 in

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A) Czechoslovakia. 
B) Bulgaria. 
C) East Germany. 
D) Romania. 
E) Yugoslavia. 
A) Czechoslovakia. 
B) Bulgaria. 
C) East Germany. 
D) Romania. 
E) Yugoslavia.

Question 12

Yugoslavia was divided into warring factions because of

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A) demands for ethnic separatism. 
B) differences of political goals. 
C) support of the Serbs. 
D) lack of cultural diversity. 
E) religious uniformity. 
A) demands for ethnic separatism. 
B) differences of political goals. 
C) support of the Serbs. 
D) lack of cultural diversity. 
E) religious uniformity.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

In 2004, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The tactic of "ethnic cleansing," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror practiced most brutally by

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A) Serbians. 
B) Croatians. 
C) Bosnians. 
D) Herzgovenians. 
E) Slovenes. 
A) Serbians. 
B) Croatians. 
C) Bosnians. 
D) Herzgovenians. 
E) Slovenes.

Question 16

The collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2007-2008 led to

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A) firm international agreement about how to manage the global economy 
B) no real hardship except for the rich. 
C) a worldwide recession. 
D) falling prices for gold. 
E) a necessary recalibration of the international debt-to-capital ratio. 
A) firm international agreement about how to manage the global economy 
B) no real hardship except for the rich. 
C) a worldwide recession. 
D) falling prices for gold. 
E) a necessary recalibration of the international debt-to-capital ratio.

Question 17

define the following term:
-Barak Obama

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama is a prominent political fi

Question 18

define the following term:
-Boris Yeltsin

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin was a significant politica

Question 19

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 20

"al-Qaeda" means

Accepted Answer

A) "death to Americans." 
B) "holy war." 
C) "the base." 
D) "God is great." 
E) "hide in plain sight." 
A) "death to Americans." 
B) "holy war." 
C) "the base." 
D) "God is great." 
E) "hide in plain sight."

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

define the following term: -Mikhail Gorbachev

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia struggled with all of the following except :

define the following term: -"guest workers"

define the following term: -Union of Concerned Scientists

All of the following are correct about the Bill Clinton presidency except

All of the following are true of Pope Paul II except

define the following term: -Department of Homeland Security

George H.W. Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

define the following term: -George H. W. Bush and the "new world order"

As general secretary of the Communist Party, Mikhail Gorbachev abolished Article 6 of the Soviet Constitution, which had guaranteed the "leading role" to the Communist Party.

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceau ecu came to an end 1989 in

Yugoslavia was divided into warring factions because of

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

In 2004, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

The tactic of "ethnic cleansing," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror practiced most brutally by

The collapse of the U.S. housing market in 2007-2008 led to

define the following term: -Barak Obama

define the following term: -Boris Yeltsin

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

"al-Qaeda" means

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The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

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