Question 1

It could be claimed that all of the following contributed to Islamic terrorist activity against the West except

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A) the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 
B) the rise of fundamentalist Islam with the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. 
C) the stationing of US forces in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. 
D) the defeat of Muslim Pakistan by India in Kashmir. 
E) the Iraq war, which resulted in many civilian casualties and the torture of prisoners by American troops. 
A) the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 
B) the rise of fundamentalist Islam with the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. 
C) the stationing of US forces in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. 
D) the defeat of Muslim Pakistan by India in Kashmir. 
E) the Iraq war, which resulted in many civilian casualties and the torture of prisoners by American troops.

Question 2

define the following term:
-Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and Jorg Haider's Freedom Party

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Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and J

Question 3

define the following term:
-Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

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Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy are b

Question 4

In 1988, the first free parliamentary elections to occur in Eastern Europe for forty years took place in

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A) Hungary. 
B) Austria. 
C) Poland. 
D) Estonia. 
E) Lithuania. 
A) Hungary. 
B) Austria. 
C) Poland. 
D) Estonia. 
E) Lithuania.

Question 5

define the following term:
-Pan American flight 103

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Pan American Flight 103 was a regularly

Question 6

The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era was the

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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

define the following term:
-Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda

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Osama bin Laden was the founder and lead

Question 8

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

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Capitalism is indeed one of the dominant

Question 9

define the following term:
-NGOs

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It seems like your question about NGOs (

Question 10

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

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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 11

define the following term:
-World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

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The World Bank, multinational/transnatio

Question 12

Which people and events brought the Cold War to an end? Is it accurate to declare "winners" and "losers"? Why or why not?

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The Cold War was brought to an end by a

Question 13

define the following term:
-European debt crisis

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The European debt crisis, also known as

Question 14

Dmitry Medvedev was succeeded as president of Russia in 2012 by

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A) Boris Yeltsin. 
B) Nikolai Patrushev. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Nikolay Kovalyov. 
E) Viktor Zubkov. 
A) Boris Yeltsin. 
B) Nikolai Patrushev. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Nikolay Kovalyov. 
E) Viktor Zubkov.

Question 15

Because of the success of Russia's new free-market society, introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, by the early twenty-first century, less than five percent of the Russian people were still living in poverty.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

define the following term:
-developed and developing nations

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The input question seems to be incomplet

Question 17

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's centrist policies were most reminiscent of

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A) Helmut Kohl's. 
B) Margaret Thatcher's. 
C) Ronald Reagan's. 
D) Bill Clinton's. 
E) Vladimir Putin's. 
A) Helmut Kohl's. 
B) Margaret Thatcher's. 
C) Ronald Reagan's. 
D) Bill Clinton's. 
E) Vladimir Putin's.

Question 18

How have terrorism and the war on terrorism suggested the advent of a "clash of civilizations"?

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The concept of a "clash of civilizations

Question 19

The politician who called terrorism "the enemy of our generation" was

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A) Tony Blair. 
B) George W. Bush. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Jacques Chirac. 
E) Bill Clinton. 
A) Tony Blair. 
B) George W. Bush. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Jacques Chirac. 
E) Bill Clinton.

Question 20

define the following term:
-the European Union/EU

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The European Union, commonly referred to

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

It could be claimed that all of the following contributed to Islamic terrorist activity against the West except

define the following term: -Jean-Marie Le Pen's National Front and Jorg Haider's Freedom Party

define the following term: -Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

In 1988, the first free parliamentary elections to occur in Eastern Europe for forty years took place in

define the following term: -Pan American flight 103

The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era was the

define the following term: -Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

define the following term: -NGOs

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

define the following term: -World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

Which people and events brought the Cold War to an end? Is it accurate to declare "winners" and "losers"? Why or why not?

define the following term: -European debt crisis

Dmitry Medvedev was succeeded as president of Russia in 2012 by

Because of the success of Russia's new free-market society, introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, by the early twenty-first century, less than five percent of the Russian people were still living in poverty.

define the following term: -developed and developing nations

British Prime Minister Tony Blair's centrist policies were most reminiscent of

How have terrorism and the war on terrorism suggested the advent of a "clash of civilizations"?

The politician who called terrorism "the enemy of our generation" was

define the following term: -the European Union/EU

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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