Question 1

Talk about:
-fall of the Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was

Question 2

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 3

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 4

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 5

How have the experiences of Russia differed from that of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991? Why?

Accepted Answer

The experiences of Russia have differed

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

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

All of the following are examples of the women's movement except

Accepted Answer

A)  participation in antinuclear protests, such as at Greenham Common, England, in 1982. 
B)  the lack of success in repealing laws against birth control and abortion in Europe. 
C)  the repeal of many laws against birth control and abortion in most European countries. 
D)  participation in many international conference devoted to women's issues. 
E)  assuming leadership in environmental campaigns, such as Petra Kelly, who was one of the founders of the German Green Party. 
A)  participation in antinuclear protests, such as at Greenham Common, England, in 1982. 
B)  the lack of success in repealing laws against birth control and abortion in Europe. 
C)  the repeal of many laws against birth control and abortion in most European countries. 
D)  participation in many international conference devoted to women's issues. 
E)  assuming leadership in environmental campaigns, such as Petra Kelly, who was one of the founders of the German Green Party.

Question 8

Talk about:
-Vladimir Putin

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Putin is the current President

Question 9

Talk about:
-Maastricht Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Maastricht Treaty, also known as the

Question 10

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Under perestroika , Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

A)  intended to frighten the United States with more military spending. 
B)  intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR. 
C)  intended to turn all power over to the people. 
D)  intended to restructure the economic and political systems. 
E)  intended to make cosmetic reforms without altering state policies. 
A)  intended to frighten the United States with more military spending. 
B)  intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR. 
C)  intended to turn all power over to the people. 
D)  intended to restructure the economic and political systems. 
E)  intended to make cosmetic reforms without altering state policies.

Question 12

Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in

Accepted Answer

A)  1990. 
B)  1991. 
C)  1992. 
D)  1993. 
E)  1994. 
A)  1990. 
B)  1991. 
C)  1992. 
D)  1993. 
E)  1994.

Question 13

Talk about:
-multiculturalism

Accepted Answer

Multiculturalism is a term that refers t

Question 14

Talk about:
-developed and developing nations

Accepted Answer

The input question seems to be incomplet

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

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 16

Talk about:
-European debt crisis

Accepted Answer

The European debt crisis, also known as

Question 17

Talk about:
-grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

Accepted Answer

Grunge, hip-hop, and gangsta rap are thr

Question 18

Yugoslavia was divided into warring factions because of

Accepted Answer

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 19

The reunification of Germany was accomplished under the leadership of

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

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

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

Talk about: -fall of the Berlin Wall

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

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

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

How have the experiences of Russia differed from that of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991? Why?

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

All of the following are examples of the women's movement except

Talk about: -Vladimir Putin

Talk about: -Maastricht Treaty

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.

Under perestroika , Mikhail Gorbachev

Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in

Talk about: -multiculturalism

Talk about: -developed and developing nations

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

Talk about: -European debt crisis

Talk about: -grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

Yugoslavia was divided into warring factions because of

The reunification of Germany was accomplished under the leadership of

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 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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