Exam 25: Superpower Struggles and Global Transformations: The Cold War,1945-1980s

French control of Algeria

The first black president of South Africa was

During the 1970s and 1980s the political climate in many European countries shifted leftward. An exception was

Compare and evaluate the economic, social and political paths taken by western and eastern Europe between 1945 and 1985. Why did western industrial democracy triumph?

How have post-1945 developments affected the lives of women and youth?

The Vietnam War began as a conflict opposing the colonial rule of

The voyages to the moon demonstrated how powerful the combination of government, science and nationalism could be.

Post-1945 science was usually carried out by individuals working in isolation.

The real successor of Stalin, after two years of collective rule, was

The real successor to Stalin in the Soviet Union was ________.

Both the United States and the Soviet Union, though for different reasons, favored the end of European colonial empires after 1945.

The major cause of the "stagflation" of the 1970s-slow economic growth accompanied by inflation- was

Pick out the incorrect statement about family changes between 1960 and 1980.

Write an essay on decolonization. Show how it was affected by World War II and describe the major events and problems of decolonization in both Asia and Africa.

An Asian country divided in two but later united under Communist rule was ________.

The communist leader who won a civil war in China between 1945 and 1949 was ________.

Within Soviet Eastern Europe

It can be said of decolonization that

The poor countries that emerged after decolonization are often referred to as the ________.

The most influential proponent of existentialism was ________.