Question 1

Talk about:
-Yugoslavia

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk about:
-Yugoslavia...

Question 2

Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of a common currency. 
B)  the lack of any military force. 
C)  that many Europeans remain committed to a national identify and do not see themselves as "Europeans." 
D)  lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E)  the failure to create a truly single internal market. 
A)  the lack of a common currency. 
B)  the lack of any military force. 
C)  that many Europeans remain committed to a national identify and do not see themselves as "Europeans." 
D)  lack of economic assistance to Europe's farming community. 
E)  the failure to create a truly single internal market.

Question 3

Talk about:
-Boris Yeltsin

Accepted Answer

Boris Yeltsin was a significant politica

Question 4

Apple's iPad was introduced in

Accepted Answer

A)  1990. 
B)  1998. 
C)  2005. 
D)  2010. 
E)  2012. 
A)  1990. 
B)  1998. 
C)  2005. 
D)  2010. 
E)  2012.

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

E-mail has revolutionized communication

Question 6

Talk about:
-NGOs

Accepted Answer

It seems like your question about NGOs (

Question 7

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean-Michael Basquiat. 
B)  Pablo Picasso. 
C)  Jackson Pollock. 
D)  Andy Warhol. 
E)  Allan Kaprow. 
A)  Jean-Michael Basquiat. 
B)  Pablo Picasso. 
C)  Jackson Pollock. 
D)  Andy Warhol. 
E)  Allan Kaprow.

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was brought to an end by a

Question 9

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is indeed one of the dominant

Question 10

Talk about:
-Union of Concerned Scientists

Accepted Answer

The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS)

Question 11

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 12

In the 2008, Barak Obama won the U.S. presidential election on a platform of change "we can believe in and ending the war in Iraq."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Talk about:
-"guest workers"

Accepted Answer

The answer of Talk about:
-"guest workers"...

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Talk about:
-Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

Accepted Answer

Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy are b

Question 16

All of the following led to decline in George W. Bush's popularity by his second term as president except

Accepted Answer

A)  his strong support for environmental programs that were opposed by major business interests. 
B)  the war in Iraq. 
C)  tax cuts that primarily benefitted the wealthy. 
D)  poor handling of the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. 
E)  financial corruption in the Republican Party. 
A)  his strong support for environmental programs that were opposed by major business interests. 
B)  the war in Iraq. 
C)  tax cuts that primarily benefitted the wealthy. 
D)  poor handling of the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. 
E)  financial corruption in the Republican Party.

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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 18

"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."

Question 19

Talk about:
-World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

Accepted Answer

The World Bank, multinational/transnatio

Question 20

The newest member of the EU, having joined in 2013, is

Accepted Answer

A)  Lithuania. 
B)  Estonia. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Slovenia. 
E)  Croatia. 
A)  Lithuania. 
B)  Estonia. 
C)  Poland. 
D)  Slovenia. 
E)  Croatia.

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

Talk about: -Yugoslavia

Challenges facing the European Union in the early twenty-first century include

Talk about: -Boris Yeltsin

Apple's iPad was introduced in

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

Talk about: -NGOs

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

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

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

Talk about: -Union of Concerned Scientists

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

In the 2008, Barak Obama won the U.S. presidential election on a platform of change "we can believe in and ending the war in Iraq."

Talk about: -"guest workers"

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

Talk about: -Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

All of the following led to decline in George W. Bush's popularity by his second term as president except

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

"al-Qaeda" means

Talk about: -World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

The newest member of the EU, having joined in 2013, is

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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