Question 1

This country pushed for economic liberalization in 1987 but was held back by the Soviet central state.

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungary 
B)  Bulgaria 
C)  Albania 
D)  Romania 
A)  Hungary 
B)  Bulgaria 
C)  Albania 
D)  Romania

Question 2

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the situation in Korea following the Korean War?

Accepted Answer

A)  Northern and southern Korea were rapidly reunited under a single, authoritarian government controlled by the Soviet Union. 
B)  Northern Korea threw off its ties with China and the Soviet Union and sought a closer relationship with the U.S. 
C)  Korea remained divided with relatively authoritarian governments in both halves of the divided nation. 
D)  Southern Korea became fully democratic, but moved closer to political neutrality during the cold war. 
A)  Northern and southern Korea were rapidly reunited under a single, authoritarian government controlled by the Soviet Union. 
B)  Northern Korea threw off its ties with China and the Soviet Union and sought a closer relationship with the U.S. 
C)  Korea remained divided with relatively authoritarian governments in both halves of the divided nation. 
D)  Southern Korea became fully democratic, but moved closer to political neutrality during the cold war.

Question 3

Women in Russian industrialized society

Accepted Answer

A)  rapidly reached the same status as males. 
B)  were less likely to be in the work force than women in the West. 
C)  dominated some professions, such as medicine. 
D)  were afforded the same type of domestic idealization typical of women in the West. 
A)  rapidly reached the same status as males. 
B)  were less likely to be in the work force than women in the West. 
C)  dominated some professions, such as medicine. 
D)  were afforded the same type of domestic idealization typical of women in the West.

Question 4

Japan produced a distinctive economic culture after the 1950s that included all of the following features EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  a strong tradition of independent unions. 
B)  managers who displayed active interest in suggestions by employees. 
C)  a network of policies and attitudes that reflected older traditions of group solidarity. 
D)  willingness among management to abide by collective decisions and less concern for quick personal profits. 
A)  a strong tradition of independent unions. 
B)  managers who displayed active interest in suggestions by employees. 
C)  a network of policies and attitudes that reflected older traditions of group solidarity. 
D)  willingness among management to abide by collective decisions and less concern for quick personal profits.

Question 5

What religion spread rapidly in the 1990s throughout Latin America?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hinduism 
B)  Protestant fundamentalism 
C)  Islam 
D)  Orthodox Christianity 
A)  Hinduism 
B)  Protestant fundamentalism 
C)  Islam 
D)  Orthodox Christianity

Question 6

This city was the capital of the Nazis? puppet regime in France.

Accepted Answer

A)  Toulose 
B)  Vichy 
C)  Paris 
D)  St. Gabrielle 
A)  Toulose 
B)  Vichy 
C)  Paris 
D)  St. Gabrielle

Question 7

Which of the following statements concerning Chinese domestic policies during the 1950s and 1960s is most accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Despite pledges made during the civil war, the Communist Party failed to undertake substantial land redistribution programs. 
B)  With the introduction of the first five-year plan in 1953, the Communist leadership turned away from the peasantry. 
C)  Increasingly Mao came to embrace the old Confucian concept of a bureaucratic elite as the means of government. 
D)  Mao?s primary trust came to rest in a group of intellectuals associated with the University of Beijing. 
A)  Despite pledges made during the civil war, the Communist Party failed to undertake substantial land redistribution programs. 
B)  With the introduction of the first five-year plan in 1953, the Communist leadership turned away from the peasantry. 
C)  Increasingly Mao came to embrace the old Confucian concept of a bureaucratic elite as the means of government. 
D)  Mao?s primary trust came to rest in a group of intellectuals associated with the University of Beijing.

Question 8

U.S. opposition to Soviet aggression in western Europe was predicated on

Accepted Answer

A)  a massive superiority in men under arms. 
B)  the technological superiority of it tanks and artillery. 
C)  a nuclear ?umbrella.? 
D)  the political division within the Soviet Union. 
A)  a massive superiority in men under arms. 
B)  the technological superiority of it tanks and artillery. 
C)  a nuclear ?umbrella.? 
D)  the political division within the Soviet Union.

Question 9

In what export commodity have some third world nations been able to improve the terms under which they participate in the global economy, at least for periods of time?

Accepted Answer

A)  Oil 
B)  Coffee 
C)  Bauxite 
D)  Cocoa 
A)  Oil 
B)  Coffee 
C)  Bauxite 
D)  Cocoa

Question 10

After 1937, the government of Japan was dominated by

Accepted Answer

A)  socialists who gained power in the aftermath of the depression. 
B)  labor unions whose position was strengthened by their control of industry. 
C)  the emerging estate of middle-class liberals intent on a broader franchise. 
D)  a military regime dedicated to the ultra-nationalist goals. 
A)  socialists who gained power in the aftermath of the depression. 
B)  labor unions whose position was strengthened by their control of industry. 
C)  the emerging estate of middle-class liberals intent on a broader franchise. 
D)  a military regime dedicated to the ultra-nationalist goals.

Question 11

All of the following groups were targeted by Hitler in the mass executions that would become known as the ?final solution? EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  musicians. 
B)  homosexuals. 
C)  Gypsies. 
D)  Jews. 
A)  musicians. 
B)  homosexuals. 
C)  Gypsies. 
D)  Jews.

Question 12

How did the experience of decolonization in Vietnam differ from that of most third world nations?

Accepted Answer

Most third world decolonization achieved

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the welfare state?

Accepted Answer

A)  It cushioned citizens against big expenses and unusual hardships, rather than rearranging the social structure. 
B)  It protected the purchasing power of the very poor against catastrophe and contributed to improved health conditions. 
C)  It increased contacts between government and citizen and produced a host of new regulations. 
D)  Immediately upon its creation, it generated a storm of political protest from conservative political factions. 
A)  It cushioned citizens against big expenses and unusual hardships, rather than rearranging the social structure. 
B)  It protected the purchasing power of the very poor against catastrophe and contributed to improved health conditions. 
C)  It increased contacts between government and citizen and produced a host of new regulations. 
D)  Immediately upon its creation, it generated a storm of political protest from conservative political factions.

Question 14

In which of the following nations did outright violence lead to the overthrow of an authoritarian Communist leader?

Accepted Answer

A)  Czechoslovakia 
B)  Poland 
C)  East Germany 
D)  Romania 
A)  Czechoslovakia 
B)  Poland 
C)  East Germany 
D)  Romania

Question 15

What radical African leader helped to achieve independence in Ghana?

Accepted Answer

A)  Julius Nyerere 
B)  Jomo Kenyatta 
C)  Kwame Nkrumah 
D)  Nelson Mandela 
A)  Julius Nyerere 
B)  Jomo Kenyatta 
C)  Kwame Nkrumah 
D)  Nelson Mandela

Question 16

What phrase did Winston Churchill coin to describe the division between free and repressed societies after World War II?

Accepted Answer

A)  The red menace 
B)  The iron curtain 
C)  The Berlin Wall 
D)  The cold war 
A)  The red menace 
B)  The iron curtain 
C)  The Berlin Wall 
D)  The cold war

Question 17

How have women fared in the newly independent nations of the third world?

Accepted Answer

Greater political rights, suffrage almos

Question 18

In what ways has globalization offered evidence of human progress? What problems has it produced?

Accepted Answer

Progress: advances in technological soph

Question 19

What corporation in Guatemala became the centerpiece of the dispute between the United States and reform governments in the Central American country?

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. Steel 
B)  Ford Motor Company 
C)  Continental Can Company 
D)  United Fruit Company 
A)  U.S. Steel 
B)  Ford Motor Company 
C)  Continental Can Company 
D)  United Fruit Company

Question 20

The common thread running through all of the military regimes of Latin America was

Accepted Answer

A)  they were all supported by the Soviet Union. 
B)  they were all supported by the working populations. 
C)  they were all reform-minded. 
D)  they were all nationalistic. 
A)  they were all supported by the Soviet Union. 
B)  they were all supported by the working populations. 
C)  they were all reform-minded. 
D)  they were all nationalistic.

Exam 35: A Second Global Conflict and the End of the

This country pushed for economic liberalization in 1987 but was held back by the Soviet central state.

Which of the following statements most accurately reflects the situation in Korea following the Korean War?

Women in Russian industrialized society

Japan produced a distinctive economic culture after the 1950s that included all of the following features EXCEPT

What religion spread rapidly in the 1990s throughout Latin America?

This city was the capital of the Nazis? puppet regime in France.

Which of the following statements concerning Chinese domestic policies during the 1950s and 1960s is most accurate?

U.S. opposition to Soviet aggression in western Europe was predicated on

In what export commodity have some third world nations been able to improve the terms under which they participate in the global economy, at least for periods of time?

After 1937, the government of Japan was dominated by

All of the following groups were targeted by Hitler in the mass executions that would become known as the ?final solution? EXCEPT

How did the experience of decolonization in Vietnam differ from that of most third world nations?

Which of the following was NOT an effect of the welfare state?

In which of the following nations did outright violence lead to the overthrow of an authoritarian Communist leader?

What radical African leader helped to achieve independence in Ghana?

What phrase did Winston Churchill coin to describe the division between free and repressed societies after World War II?

How have women fared in the newly independent nations of the third world?

In what ways has globalization offered evidence of human progress? What problems has it produced?

What corporation in Guatemala became the centerpiece of the dispute between the United States and reform governments in the Central American country?

The common thread running through all of the military regimes of Latin America was

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