Question 1

Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in

Accepted Answer

A) 1990. 
B) 1991. 
C) 1992. 
D) 1993. 
E) 1994. 
A) 1990. 
B) 1991. 
C) 1992. 
D) 1993. 
E) 1994.

Question 2

The austerity measures put into place in the wake of the global financial crisis resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) increased homelessness. 
B) mass protests. 
C) reductions in pensions, wages, and health care services. 
D) a speedy economic recovery for Europe and the United States. 
E) the rise in Europe of political parties of the far left and right. 
A) increased homelessness. 
B) mass protests. 
C) reductions in pensions, wages, and health care services. 
D) a speedy economic recovery for Europe and the United States. 
E) the rise in Europe of political parties of the far left and right.

Question 3

Yugoslavia was divided into warring factions because of

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A) demands for ethnic separatism. 
B) differences in political goals. 
C) support of the Serbs. 
D) lack of cultural diversity. 
E) religious uniformity. 
A) demands for ethnic separatism. 
B) differences in political goals. 
C) support of the Serbs. 
D) lack of cultural diversity. 
E) religious uniformity.

Question 4

The world population reached 7 billion people in 2013, having increased by 2 billion people in only

Accepted Answer

A) 50 years. 
B) 40 years. 
C) 35 years. 
D) 25 years. 
E) 15 years. 
A) 50 years. 
B) 40 years. 
C) 35 years. 
D) 25 years. 
E) 15 years.

Question 5

What is globalization, and what are its potential impacts on the concept of Western civilization?

Accepted Answer

Globalization refers to the interconnect

Question 6

How have the experiences of Russia differed from that of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991? Why?

Accepted Answer

The experiences of Russia have differed

Question 7

What major economic challenges have plagued the West during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

During the 1980s, the major economic cha

Question 8

The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era was the

Accepted Answer

A) Chinese-Vietnamese War. 
B) Arab-Israeli War. 
C) war in Angola. 
D) Persian Gulf War. 
E) Iraq War. 
A) Chinese-Vietnamese War. 
B) Arab-Israeli War. 
C) war in Angola. 
D) Persian Gulf War. 
E) Iraq War.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia struggled with all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A) a renewed Communist Party majority which took over the government. 
B) organized crime. 
C) an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya. 
D) economic hardships. 
E) a president who was often ill. 
A) a renewed Communist Party majority which took over the government. 
B) organized crime. 
C) an uprising in largely Muslim Chechnya. 
D) economic hardships. 
E) a president who was often ill.

Question 11

The reunification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the immediate emergence of considerable prosperity in the former Eastern Germany.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The tactic of "ethnic cleansing," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror practiced most brutally by

Accepted Answer

A) Serbians. 
B) Croatians. 
C) Bosnians. 
D) Albanians. 
E) Slovenes. 
A) Serbians. 
B) Croatians. 
C) Bosnians. 
D) Albanians. 
E) Slovenes.

Question 13

World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

Accepted Answer

The World Bank, multinational/transnatio

Question 14

The politician who called terrorism "the enemy of our generation" was

Accepted Answer

A) Tony Blair. 
B) George W.Bush. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Jacques Chirac. 
E) Bill Clinton. 
A) Tony Blair. 
B) George W.Bush. 
C) Vladimir Putin. 
D) Jacques Chirac. 
E) Bill Clinton.

Question 15

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is indeed one of the dominant

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

Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in

The austerity measures put into place in the wake of the global financial crisis resulted in all of the following EXCEPT

Yugoslavia was divided into warring factions because of

The world population reached 7 billion people in 2013, having increased by 2 billion people in only

What is globalization, and what are its potential impacts on the concept of Western civilization?

How have the experiences of Russia differed from that of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991? Why?

What major economic challenges have plagued the West during the 1980s, the 1990s, and the early twenty-first century?

The first opportunity for testing the new relationship between the United States and the Soviet Union in the post-Cold War era was the

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

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia struggled with all of the following EXCEPT:

The reunification of Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall led to the immediate emergence of considerable prosperity in the former Eastern Germany.

The tactic of "ethnic cleansing," murdering or forcibly removing ethnic minorities from their lands in the former Yugoslavia, is a savage strategy of modern political terror practiced most brutally by

World Bank, multinational/transnational corporations, GATT, and the WTO

The politician who called terrorism "the enemy of our generation" was

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

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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