Question 1

Which of the following did NOT endure and grow following the 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  the environmental movement 
B)  second-wave feminism 
C)  opposition to nuclear weapons 
D)  violent student protests 
E)  the student population 
A)  the environmental movement 
B)  second-wave feminism 
C)  opposition to nuclear weapons 
D)  violent student protests 
E)  the student population D

Question 2

The economic transformation that Western Europe experienced in the decades following World War II was,for the Eastern bloc:

Accepted Answer

A)  the same.The Eastern bloc likewise experienced unprecedented growth. 
B)  nonexistent.The Eastern bloc experienced an economic slowdown due to its failure to innovate. 
C)  even better.The Eastern bloc far outstripped Western Europe in economic growth. 
D)  similar.Unlike Western Europe,however,the Eastern bloc grew rapidly immediately after the war,but then suffered a serious recession in the late 1960s. 
E)  a little slower to develop.By the 1960s,the Eastern bloc had caught up with the West economically. 
A)  the same.The Eastern bloc likewise experienced unprecedented growth. 
B)  nonexistent.The Eastern bloc experienced an economic slowdown due to its failure to innovate. 
C)  even better.The Eastern bloc far outstripped Western Europe in economic growth. 
D)  similar.Unlike Western Europe,however,the Eastern bloc grew rapidly immediately after the war,but then suffered a serious recession in the late 1960s. 
E)  a little slower to develop.By the 1960s,the Eastern bloc had caught up with the West economically. B

Question 3

The "British invasion" was a group of successful British rock and roll bands that blended the American sounds of the new music of the 1960s with the inflections of their own poverty and defiance and added touches of music-hall showmanship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

One of the most divisive events in the United States during the 1960s was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  student campus protest. 
B)  Vietnam War. 
C)  Civil Rights Movement. 
D)  feminist movement. 
E)  1968 presidential election. 
A)  student campus protest. 
B)  Vietnam War. 
C)  Civil Rights Movement. 
D)  feminist movement. 
E)  1968 presidential election.

Question 5

The West Germans' resentment of East Germans continued into the 1990s after the Berlin Wall came down because of a "wall in the mind," as it was called by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Konrad Adenauer. 
B)  Janos Kadar. 
C)  Jirí Menzel. 
D)  Günter Grass. 
E)  Helmut Kohl. 
A)  Konrad Adenauer. 
B)  Janos Kadar. 
C)  Jirí Menzel. 
D)  Günter Grass. 
E)  Helmut Kohl.

Question 6

To what does the term safe areas refer?

Accepted Answer

A)  territory astride the recently demolished Berlin Wall claimed as neutral ground by citizens in both the Eastern and Western zones of the city 
B)  the free fire zones in Kosovo which civilians were advised to avoid as only those armed combatants would be safe 
C)  demilitarized zones along the border between Croatia and Serbia 
D)  areas in Bosnia designated by the United Nations as free of violence for ethnic refugees during the civil war there 
E)  areas in Western European states bordering communist states that served as reception points for refugees in 1989 
A)  territory astride the recently demolished Berlin Wall claimed as neutral ground by citizens in both the Eastern and Western zones of the city 
B)  the free fire zones in Kosovo which civilians were advised to avoid as only those armed combatants would be safe 
C)  demilitarized zones along the border between Croatia and Serbia 
D)  areas in Bosnia designated by the United Nations as free of violence for ethnic refugees during the civil war there 
E)  areas in Western European states bordering communist states that served as reception points for refugees in 1989

Question 7

Alfred Kinsey was a former zoologist who studied sexual attraction in humans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Why was perestroika the best hope for the Soviet Union,and why did it fail?

Accepted Answer

In many ways,perestroika (economic restr

Question 9

In the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev,education was aimed at:

Accepted Answer

A)  providing the state with engineers and scientists so that they would "win" the space race. 
B)  increasing the efficiency of Soviet industry so that it might better compete with the West. 
C)  providing jobs for those college graduates who could not function in the economy; they could teach if they could not produce. 
D)  unifying a nation that remained,fifty years after its founding,culturally heterogeneous. 
E)  providing the state with the expertise to continue to compete favorably with the West militarily. 
A)  providing the state with engineers and scientists so that they would "win" the space race. 
B)  increasing the efficiency of Soviet industry so that it might better compete with the West. 
C)  providing jobs for those college graduates who could not function in the economy; they could teach if they could not produce. 
D)  unifying a nation that remained,fifty years after its founding,culturally heterogeneous. 
E)  providing the state with the expertise to continue to compete favorably with the West militarily.

Question 10

In November 1989 the embodiment of the Cold War,the _________,was torn down by ordinary citizens.

Accepted Answer

A)  Iron Curtain 
B)  Great Wall 
C)  Moscow Wall 
D)  Kremlin 
E)  Berlin Wall 
A)  Iron Curtain 
B)  Great Wall 
C)  Moscow Wall 
D)  Kremlin 
E)  Berlin Wall

Question 11

What was one of the first consequences of the Soviet policy of glasnost in Eastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

A)  the mass migration of East German citizens to the West 
B)  the reunification of Germany 
C)  the overthrow of a conservative communist regime in Czechoslovakia 
D)  a renewed revolution in Hungary by the survivors of the 1957 revolution 
E)  the resurgence of the solidarity movement and other dissidents in Poland 
A)  the mass migration of East German citizens to the West 
B)  the reunification of Germany 
C)  the overthrow of a conservative communist regime in Czechoslovakia 
D)  a renewed revolution in Hungary by the survivors of the 1957 revolution 
E)  the resurgence of the solidarity movement and other dissidents in Poland

Question 12

The American Civil Rights Movement headed by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.embraced the philosophy of nonviolence espoused by the Indian social and political activist:

Accepted Answer

A)  Dogan Upshanishads. 
B)  Ram Dass. 
C)  Dharma Dyane. 
D)  Jawaharlal Nehru. 
E)  Mohandas Gandhi. 
A)  Dogan Upshanishads. 
B)  Ram Dass. 
C)  Dharma Dyane. 
D)  Jawaharlal Nehru. 
E)  Mohandas Gandhi.

Question 13

Which of the following was an immediate political consequence of the events of 1968?

Accepted Answer

A)  a new wave of left-leaning governments in Western Europe and the United States 
B)  widespread resentment of Soviet power in Eastern Europe 
C)  the political recovery of leading conservatives from the United States to Czechoslovakia 
D)  a widespread diplomatic impetus for new talks between the superpowers,curbing the Cold War 
E)  the birth of the environmental movement as the focus of student activists 
A)  a new wave of left-leaning governments in Western Europe and the United States 
B)  widespread resentment of Soviet power in Eastern Europe 
C)  the political recovery of leading conservatives from the United States to Czechoslovakia 
D)  a widespread diplomatic impetus for new talks between the superpowers,curbing the Cold War 
E)  the birth of the environmental movement as the focus of student activists

Question 14

Transformations of land and agriculture resulted in dramatic changes that enabled Germany,for example,to enjoy a 600 percent increase in the ability to feed its people by 1980.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

In the 1960s,a crack in the monolithic façade of the Americanization of Western culture appeared on the music scene with the:

Accepted Answer

A)  "British invasion." 
B)  popularity of reggae. 
C)  "French invasion." 
D)  resurgence of classical music. 
E)  "German invasion." 
A)  "British invasion." 
B)  popularity of reggae. 
C)  "French invasion." 
D)  resurgence of classical music. 
E)  "German invasion."

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT a disturbing follow-up to the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  economic buccaneering by Russian and foreign entrepreneurs that often included organized crime 
B)  the emergence of xenophobic nationalists in Russia. 
C)  bitter ethnic conflicts on the margins of Russia,which persisted throughout the 1990s 
D)  the near collapse of Russia's currency accompanied by severe economic hardship 
E)  the fragmentation of the Warsaw Pact into competing factions 
A)  economic buccaneering by Russian and foreign entrepreneurs that often included organized crime 
B)  the emergence of xenophobic nationalists in Russia. 
C)  bitter ethnic conflicts on the margins of Russia,which persisted throughout the 1990s 
D)  the near collapse of Russia's currency accompanied by severe economic hardship 
E)  the fragmentation of the Warsaw Pact into competing factions

Question 17

Although he had backed Mikhail Gorbachev in the summer of 1991,Boris Yeltsin,from his position as _________,joined with others to declare the end of the Soviet Union in the fall of 1991.

Accepted Answer

A)  president of the Soviet Politburo 
B)  president of Byelorussia 
C)  president of the Russian Federation 
D)  president of the Supreme Soviet 
E)  president of the Soviet Union 
A)  president of the Soviet Politburo 
B)  president of Byelorussia 
C)  president of the Russian Federation 
D)  president of the Supreme Soviet 
E)  president of the Soviet Union

Question 18

Which of the following is NOT true of culture in the 1950s and 1960s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Social transformations in the postwar world gave families more money and leisure time,which would lead to a transformation of culture: a cultural revolution. 
B)  Given the large numbers of young people as a result of the "baby boom," the mass culture of the 1950s and 1960s would be expressed primarily through music. 
C)  After victory in World War II,Western society attempted to settle once more into the traditional patterns of the past with men working outside the home and women staying home with children. 
D)  The mass culture of the 1950s and 1960s was not confined to music but expanded to include art,initially through abstract expressionism and later in pop art. 
E)  all of these 
A)  Social transformations in the postwar world gave families more money and leisure time,which would lead to a transformation of culture: a cultural revolution. 
B)  Given the large numbers of young people as a result of the "baby boom," the mass culture of the 1950s and 1960s would be expressed primarily through music. 
C)  After victory in World War II,Western society attempted to settle once more into the traditional patterns of the past with men working outside the home and women staying home with children. 
D)  The mass culture of the 1950s and 1960s was not confined to music but expanded to include art,initially through abstract expressionism and later in pop art. 
E)  all of these

Question 19

One manifestation of the upheavals of 1968 in Europe was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Prague Spring. 
B)  Sarajevo Awakening. 
C)  Vienna Spring. 
D)  Berlin Summer. 
E)  Moscow Thaw. 
A)  Prague Spring. 
B)  Sarajevo Awakening. 
C)  Vienna Spring. 
D)  Berlin Summer. 
E)  Moscow Thaw.

Question 20

While most African American leaders in the 1960s were working within the Civil Rights Movement,some sought complete independence from white society.The most influential of these nationalist leaders was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Roy Wilkins. 
B)  Stokey Carmichael. 
C)  Martin Luther King Jr. 
D)  Malcolm X (Little). 
E)  Eldridge Cleaver. 
A)  Roy Wilkins. 
B)  Stokey Carmichael. 
C)  Martin Luther King Jr. 
D)  Malcolm X (Little). 
E)  Eldridge Cleaver.

Exam 28: Red Flags and Velvet Revolutions: the End of the Cold War,1960–1990

Which of the following did NOT endure and grow following the 1960s?

The economic transformation that Western Europe experienced in the decades following World War II was,for the Eastern bloc:

The "British invasion" was a group of successful British rock and roll bands that blended the American sounds of the new music of the 1960s with the inflections of their own poverty and defiance and added touches of music-hall showmanship.

One of the most divisive events in the United States during the 1960s was the:

The West Germans' resentment of East Germans continued into the 1990s after the Berlin Wall came down because of a "wall in the mind," as it was called by:

To what does the term safe areas refer?

Alfred Kinsey was a former zoologist who studied sexual attraction in humans.

Why was perestroika the best hope for the Soviet Union,and why did it fail?

In the Soviet Union under Nikita Khrushchev,education was aimed at:

In November 1989 the embodiment of the Cold War,the _________,was torn down by ordinary citizens.

What was one of the first consequences of the Soviet policy of glasnost in Eastern Europe?

The American Civil Rights Movement headed by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.embraced the philosophy of nonviolence espoused by the Indian social and political activist:

Which of the following was an immediate political consequence of the events of 1968?

Transformations of land and agriculture resulted in dramatic changes that enabled Germany,for example,to enjoy a 600 percent increase in the ability to feed its people by 1980.

In the 1960s,a crack in the monolithic façade of the Americanization of Western culture appeared on the music scene with the:

Which of the following was NOT a disturbing follow-up to the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

Although he had backed Mikhail Gorbachev in the summer of 1991,Boris Yeltsin,from his position as _________,joined with others to declare the end of the Soviet Union in the fall of 1991.

Which of the following is NOT true of culture in the 1950s and 1960s?

One manifestation of the upheavals of 1968 in Europe was the:

While most African American leaders in the 1960s were working within the Civil Rights Movement,some sought complete independence from white society.The most influential of these nationalist leaders was:

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