Question 1

Talk about:
-multiculturalism

Accepted Answer

Multiculturalism is a term that refers t

Question 2

Talk about:
-e-mail, cell phones, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad

Accepted Answer

E-mail has revolutionized communication

Question 3

Talk about:
-Department of Homeland Security

Accepted Answer

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS

Question 4

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

Accepted Answer

A)  Kádár. 
B)  Husák. 
C)  Dub è ek. 
D)  Havel. 
E)  Dubrovnik. 
A)  Kádár. 
B)  Husák. 
C)  Dub è ek. 
D)  Havel. 
E)  Dubrovnik.

Question 5

Talk about:
-Neo-Expressionism, Anselm Kiefer's Departure from Egypt, and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait

Accepted Answer

Neo-Expressionism was an art movement th

Question 6

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 7

Talk about:
-Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

Accepted Answer

The Lord of the Rings and the Harry Pott

Question 8

The world population reached 7 billion people in 2013, having increased by 2 billion people in only

Accepted Answer

A)  50 years. 
B)  40 years. 
C)  35 years. 
D)  25 years. 
E)  15 years. 
A)  50 years. 
B)  40 years. 
C)  35 years. 
D)  25 years. 
E)  15 years.

Question 9

Talk about:
-Barack Obama

Accepted Answer

Barack Obama was the 44th President of t

Question 10

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 11

Protestant fundamentalism generally includes all of the following EXCEPT

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A)  opposition to Darwinian evolution. 
B)  literal interpretation of the Bible. 
C)  support of secularism. 
D)  opposition to legalized abortion and homosexuality. 
E)  opposition to communism. 
A)  opposition to Darwinian evolution. 
B)  literal interpretation of the Bible. 
C)  support of secularism. 
D)  opposition to legalized abortion and homosexuality. 
E)  opposition to communism.

Question 12

Talk about:
-Václav Hável

Accepted Answer

Václav Havel was a Czech playwright, ess

Question 13

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected pope in 2013, chose to take the name of which medieval saint?

Accepted Answer

A)  Saint Dominic 
B)  Saint Ambrose 
C)  Saint Jerome 
D)  Saint Francis 
E)  Saint Anselm 
A)  Saint Dominic 
B)  Saint Ambrose 
C)  Saint Jerome 
D)  Saint Francis 
E)  Saint Anselm

Question 14

Talk about:
-Bosnia

Accepted Answer

Bosnia, officially known as Bosnia and H

Question 15

The Lisbon Treaty, ratified in 2009 by the EU, dramatically reduced the power of the European Parliament.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Talk about:
-Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

Accepted Answer

Christian and Islamic fundamentalism are

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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 18

What is globalization, and what are its potential impacts on the concept of Western civilization?

Accepted Answer

Globalization refers to the interconnect

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

Talk about:
-Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Accepted Answer

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

Talk about: -multiculturalism

Talk about: -e-mail, cell phones, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad

Talk about: -Department of Homeland Security

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

Talk about: -Neo-Expressionism, Anselm Kiefer's Departure from Egypt, and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait

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

Talk about: -Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

The world population reached 7 billion people in 2013, having increased by 2 billion people in only

Talk about: -Barack Obama

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

Protestant fundamentalism generally includes all of the following EXCEPT

Talk about: -Václav Hável

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected pope in 2013, chose to take the name of which medieval saint?

Talk about: -Bosnia

The Lisbon Treaty, ratified in 2009 by the EU, dramatically reduced the power of the European Parliament.

Talk about: -Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

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

What is globalization, and what are its potential impacts on the concept of Western civilization?

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

Talk about: -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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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Exam 18: After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

Talk about: -multiculturalism

Talk about: -e-mail, cell phones, the iPod, the iPhone, and the iPad

Talk about: -Department of Homeland Security

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

Talk about: -Neo-Expressionism, Anselm Kiefer's Departure from Egypt, and Jean-Michel Basquiat's Self Portrait

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

Talk about: -Lord of the Rings and the Harry Potter films

The world population reached 7 billion people in 2013, having increased by 2 billion people in only

Talk about: -Barack Obama

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

Protestant fundamentalism generally includes all of the following EXCEPT

Talk about: -Václav Hável

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, elected pope in 2013, chose to take the name of which medieval saint?

Talk about: -Bosnia

The Lisbon Treaty, ratified in 2009 by the EU, dramatically reduced the power of the European Parliament.

Talk about: -Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

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

What is globalization, and what are its potential impacts on the concept of Western civilization?

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

Talk about: -Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

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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