Question 1

With a changing economy, which of the following did France adopt in the 1980s?

Accepted Answer

A)  A drastic scaling down of social services 
B)  Government-subsidized, affordable day care for preschoolers 
C)  A higher retirement age and reduced pensions 
D)  A dismantling of the national health-care system 
E)  A parenting program that has resulted in a decline in population 
A)  A drastic scaling down of social services 
B)  Government-subsidized, affordable day care for preschoolers 
C)  A higher retirement age and reduced pensions 
D)  A dismantling of the national health-care system 
E)  A parenting program that has resulted in a decline in population

Question 2

Survey the instances of ethnic conflict during the 1990s, describing in detail the course of events in Yugoslavia.

Accepted Answer

Rwanda and Yugoslavia were the

Question 3

Discuss the fate of the political consensus reached in western Europe after World War II. How did politics change or remain the same after 1980?

Accepted Answer

Drawing on information from Ch

Question 4

Terrorism was a global threat as shown by terrorist incidents in

Accepted Answer

A)  Pennsylvania. 
B)  Basque. 
C)  Chechnya. 
D)  London. 
E)  All of these 
A)  Pennsylvania. 
B)  Basque. 
C)  Chechnya. 
D)  London. 
E)  All of these

Question 5

Define the following terms: F. W. De Klerk

Accepted Answer

F. W. de Klerk, whose full name is Frede

Question 6

Define Western civilization and explain how it is "a continuing experiment."

Accepted Answer

Dynamism may be seen

Question 7

As Russia's leader, Putin strengthened the Russian state against the forces of disintegration that emerged after communism through all of the following except

Accepted Answer

A)  being very unpopular with the public. 
B)  the emergence of a growing middle class. 
C)  restrictions placed on the media. 
D)  attempting to increase the population by expanding maternity benefits and grants to mothers. 
E)  winning international acceptance, making Russia a major international player. 
A)  being very unpopular with the public. 
B)  the emergence of a growing middle class. 
C)  restrictions placed on the media. 
D)  attempting to increase the population by expanding maternity benefits and grants to mothers. 
E)  winning international acceptance, making Russia a major international player.

Question 8

Define the following terms: Jürgen Habermas

Accepted Answer

Jürgen Habermas is not a term but rather

Question 9

Define the following terms: European Union (EU)

Accepted Answer

The European Union (EU) is a political a

Question 10

Define the following terms: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Accepted Answer

The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an

Question 11

Which of the following best characterizes post-cold war U.S. foreign policy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Isolationism 
B)  Unilateralism 
C)  Consensus building 
D)  Pacifism 
E)  Conciliatory 
A)  Isolationism 
B)  Unilateralism 
C)  Consensus building 
D)  Pacifism 
E)  Conciliatory

Question 12

Define the following terms: Nelson Mandela

Accepted Answer

Nelson Mandela was a South African anti-

Question 13

Define the following terms: Michel Foucault

Accepted Answer

Michel Foucault was a French philosopher

Question 14

Define the following terms: September 11, 2001

Accepted Answer

September 11, 2001, often referred to as

Question 15

Define the following terms: euro

Accepted Answer

The term "euro" refers to the official c

Question 16

Define the following terms: Nicolas Sarkozy

Accepted Answer

Nicolas Sarkozy is a French politician w

Exam 30: A Continuing Experiment: The West and the World Since 1989

With a changing economy, which of the following did France adopt in the 1980s?

Survey the instances of ethnic conflict during the 1990s, describing in detail the course of events in Yugoslavia.

Discuss the fate of the political consensus reached in western Europe after World War II. How did politics change or remain the same after 1980?

Terrorism was a global threat as shown by terrorist incidents in

Define the following terms: F. W. De Klerk

Define Western civilization and explain how it is "a continuing experiment."

As Russia's leader, Putin strengthened the Russian state against the forces of disintegration that emerged after communism through all of the following except

Define the following terms: Jürgen Habermas

Define the following terms: European Union (EU)

Define the following terms: World Trade Organization (WTO)

Which of the following best characterizes post-cold war U.S. foreign policy?

Define the following terms: Nelson Mandela

Define the following terms: Michel Foucault

Define the following terms: September 11, 2001

Define the following terms: euro

Define the following terms: Nicolas Sarkozy

The Ancestors of the West

The Ship, the Sword, and the Book: Western Asia, C.A 1500-400 B.C

The Greeks in the Polis to CA 350 B.C

Alexander the Great and the Spread of Greek Civilization, Ca 350-30 Bc

Rome, From Republic to Empire

Imperial Rome, 31 Bc-Ad 284

The World of Late Antiquity, 284-CA 600

Early Medieval Civilizations, 600-900

The Expansion of Europe in the High Middle Ages, 900-1300

Medieval Civilization at Its Height, 900-1300

Crisis and Recovery in Late Medieval Europe, 1300-1500

The Renaissance

European Overseas Expansion to 1600

The Age of the Reformation

Europe in the Age of Religious Wars, 1560-1648

Europe in the Age of Louis Xiv, CA 1640-1715

A Revolution in Worldview

Europe on the Threshold of Modernity, CA 1715-1789

An Age of Revolution, 1789-1815

The Industrial Transformation of Europe, 1750-1850

Restoration, Reform, and Revolution, 1814-1848

Nationalism and Political Reform, 1850-1880

The Age of Optimism, 1850-1880

Imperialism and Escalating Tensions, 1880-1914

War and Revolution, 1914-1919

The Illusion of Stability, 1919-1930

The Tortured Decade, 1930-1939

The ERA of the Second World War, 1939-1949

An Anxious Stability: The Age of the Cold War, 1949-1989

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