Question 1

Which of the following events most accurately reflects Francis Fukuyama's "End of History" thesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  the values of western liberal democracy were becoming universal. 
B)  China and India's air pollution problems were threatening to end the human race. 
C)  Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States demonstrated the absurdity of studying history. 
D)  China's emergence as an economic power signaled a return to the biological old regime. 
A)  the values of western liberal democracy were becoming universal. 
B)  China and India's air pollution problems were threatening to end the human race. 
C)  Al Qaeda's attacks on the United States demonstrated the absurdity of studying history. 
D)  China's emergence as an economic power signaled a return to the biological old regime.

Question 2

Poland's Solidarity Movement in the early 1980s:

Accepted Answer

A)  challenged the power of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe. 
B)  lobbied for the election of a Polish Pope. 
C)  was the beginning of the Arab Spring. 
D)  prevented the union of East and West Germany. 
A)  challenged the power of the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe. 
B)  lobbied for the election of a Polish Pope. 
C)  was the beginning of the Arab Spring. 
D)  prevented the union of East and West Germany.

Which of the following events most accurately reflects Francis Fukuyama's "End of History" thesis?

Poland's Solidarity Movement in the early 1980s:

The Many Worlds of the Fifteenth Century: 1405-1510

The New Global Interface: 1486-1639

The Paradoxes of Early Modern Empire: 1501-1661

Production and Consumption in the First Global Economy: 1571-1700

Global War and Imperial Reform: 1655-1765

A New Order for the Ages: 1755-1839

The Engines of Industrialization: 1787-1868

Modernity Organized: 1840-1889

Globalization and Its Discontents: 1878-1910

Total War and Mass Society: 1905-1928

The Ongoing Crisis of Global Order: 1919-1948

Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and Decolonization: 1942-1975

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Exam 13: The Many Worlds of the Twenty-First Century: 1972-2012

Which of the following events most accurately reflects Francis Fukuyama's "End of History" thesis?

Poland's Solidarity Movement in the early 1980s:

The Many Worlds of the Fifteenth Century: 1405-1510

The New Global Interface: 1486-1639

The Paradoxes of Early Modern Empire: 1501-1661

Production and Consumption in the First Global Economy: 1571-1700

Global War and Imperial Reform: 1655-1765

A New Order for the Ages: 1755-1839

The Engines of Industrialization: 1787-1868

Modernity Organized: 1840-1889

Globalization and Its Discontents: 1878-1910

Total War and Mass Society: 1905-1928

The Ongoing Crisis of Global Order: 1919-1948

Hot Wars, Cold Wars, and Decolonization: 1942-1975

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