Question 1

Talk about:
-Microsoft and Bill Gates

Accepted Answer

Microsoft is a multinational technology

Question 2

Talk about:
-the European Community/EC

Accepted Answer

The European Community (EC) was a region

Question 3

Talk about:
-Bosnia

Accepted Answer

Bosnia, officially known as Bosnia and H

Question 4

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 5

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 6

What role has popular culture played in the Western world since 1985?

Accepted Answer

Popular culture has played a significant

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Talk about:
-Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

Accepted Answer

Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Ange

Question 9

Talk about:
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk about:
-Mikhail Gorbachev...

Question 10

Talk about:
-Silvio Berlusconi

Accepted Answer

Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media ty

Question 11

Talk about:
-Hurricane Katrina

Accepted Answer

Hurricane Katrina was a devastating Cate

Question 12

Talk about:
-Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

Accepted Answer

Tony Blair and Gordon Brown are two sign

Question 13

How do the problems and antagonisms among the other countries of the former Yugoslavia exemplify the continuing force of nationalism in contemporary Europe?

Accepted Answer

The problems and antagonisms among the o

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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 15

Talk about:
-Czech Republic and Slovakia

Accepted Answer

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are two

Question 16

The austerity measures put into place in the wake of the global financial crisis resulted in all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  increased homelessness. 
B)  mass protests. 
C)  reductions in pensions, wages, and health care services. 
D)  a speedy economic recovery for Europe and the United States. 
E)  the rise in Europe of political parties of the far left and right. 
A)  increased homelessness. 
B)  mass protests. 
C)  reductions in pensions, wages, and health care services. 
D)  a speedy economic recovery for Europe and the United States. 
E)  the rise in Europe of political parties of the far left and right.

Question 17

Talk about:
-Kosovo

Accepted Answer

Kosovo is a region in the Balkan Peninsu

Question 18

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 19

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 20

Talk about:
-Pope Francis

Accepted Answer

Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio

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

Talk about: -Microsoft and Bill Gates

Talk about: -the European Community/EC

Talk about: -Bosnia

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

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

What role has popular culture played in the Western world since 1985?

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

Talk about: -Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

Talk about: -Mikhail Gorbachev

Talk about: -Silvio Berlusconi

Talk about: -Hurricane Katrina

Talk about: -Tony Blair and Gordon Brown

How do the problems and antagonisms among the other countries of the former Yugoslavia exemplify the continuing force of nationalism in contemporary Europe?

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

Talk about: -Czech Republic and Slovakia

The austerity measures put into place in the wake of the global financial crisis resulted in all of the following except

Talk about: -Kosovo

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.

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

Talk about: -Pope Francis

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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