Question 1

Bosnians, Croations, and Serbs met in Dayton, Ohio, in 1995 and

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A)  for the first truly time unified Yugoslavia. 
B)  negotiated an end to the war in Bosnia. 
C)  accomplished nothing. 
D)  agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on. 
E)  and agreed to join the European Community. 
A)  for the first truly time unified Yugoslavia. 
B)  negotiated an end to the war in Bosnia. 
C)  accomplished nothing. 
D)  agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on. 
E)  and agreed to join the European Community.

Question 2

In the 2000 U.S.presidential election, who ultimately decided where Florida's electoral college votes would go?

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A)  the citizens of Florida 
B)  Governor Jeb Bush 
C)  Al Gore, who conceded halfway through the process 
D)  the U.S.Supreme Court 
E)  the Florida Supreme Court 
A)  the citizens of Florida 
B)  Governor Jeb Bush 
C)  Al Gore, who conceded halfway through the process 
D)  the U.S.Supreme Court 
E)  the Florida Supreme Court

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

Accepted Answer

Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy are b

Question 4

The first president of the Soviet Union was Boris Yeltsin.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Maastricht Treaty

Accepted Answer

The Maastricht Treaty, also known as the

Question 6

An example of multiculturalism in literature would be

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A)  James Joyce's Ulysses. 
B)  Jack Kerouac's On the Road. 
C)  Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. 
D)  Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. 
E)  Jasper Fforde's Well of Lost Plots. 
A)  James Joyce's Ulysses. 
B)  Jack Kerouac's On the Road. 
C)  Anthony Powell's A Dance to the Music of Time. 
D)  Jhumpa Lahiri's Interpreter of Maladies. 
E)  Jasper Fforde's Well of Lost Plots.

Question 7

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia-Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

Accepted Answer

The basic problems and antagonisms betwe

Question 8

George H.W.Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

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A)  the inability to win the Gulf War. 
B)  government budget deficits. 
C)  a downturn in the economy. 
D)  Bill Clinton's strategy of claiming to be a "New Democrat" and more conservative than recent Democratic candidates. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  the inability to win the Gulf War. 
B)  government budget deficits. 
C)  a downturn in the economy. 
D)  Bill Clinton's strategy of claiming to be a "New Democrat" and more conservative than recent Democratic candidates. 
E)  none of the above

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-fall of the Berlin Wall

Accepted Answer

The fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 was

Question 10

Protestant fundamentalism generally includes all of the following except

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A)  opposition to Darwinian evolution. 
B)  literal interpretation of the Bible. 
C)  support for secular humanism. 
D)  opposition to legalized abortion and homosexuality. 
E)  opposition to homosexuality. 
A)  opposition to Darwinian evolution. 
B)  literal interpretation of the Bible. 
C)  support for secular humanism. 
D)  opposition to legalized abortion and homosexuality. 
E)  opposition to homosexuality.

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.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The Solidarity movement in Poland

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A)  was temporarily crushed by General Lech Walesa in 1981. 
B)  failed to gain massive support due to stiff opposition from the conservative Polish Catholic church. 
C)  was formed by Wladyslaw Gomulka in 1956. 
D)  lacked solidarity and quickly disintegrated and disappeared in 1980. 
E)  ended the Communist monopoly of power in 1988-1989. 
A)  was temporarily crushed by General Lech Walesa in 1981. 
B)  failed to gain massive support due to stiff opposition from the conservative Polish Catholic church. 
C)  was formed by Wladyslaw Gomulka in 1956. 
D)  lacked solidarity and quickly disintegrated and disappeared in 1980. 
E)  ended the Communist monopoly of power in 1988-1989.

Question 13

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

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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 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Yugoslavia

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Yugoslavia...

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds...

Question 16

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

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A)  moves by conservative governments to pass legislation making it far more difficult for women to work outside the home. 
B)  the effective lobbying of the European Catholic churches to outlaw abortion and restrict the sale of contraceptives. 
C)  the collapse of European social welfare states under the burden of rapidly aging populations. 
D)  an increase in birth rates across Europe because of increasing prosperity and more leisure time. 
E)  a persistent decline in birth rates across Europe with Spain's becoming the lowest in the world. 
A)  moves by conservative governments to pass legislation making it far more difficult for women to work outside the home. 
B)  the effective lobbying of the European Catholic churches to outlaw abortion and restrict the sale of contraceptives. 
C)  the collapse of European social welfare states under the burden of rapidly aging populations. 
D)  an increase in birth rates across Europe because of increasing prosperity and more leisure time. 
E)  a persistent decline in birth rates across Europe with Spain's becoming the lowest in the world.

Question 17

"The Iraq war was the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Discuss with specifics the pros and cons the quotation.

Accepted Answer

The quotation "The Iraq war was the wron

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"guest workers"

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-"guest workers"...

Question 19

What caused massive rioting in the suburbs of Paris in 2005?

Accepted Answer

A)  higher taxes 
B)  the end of free national health care 
C)  resentment of some young Muslims about unemployment and living conditions 
D)  anti-Muslim hysteria amongst a majority of other Parisian residents 
E)  the opening of a new McDonald's restaurant 
A)  higher taxes 
B)  the end of free national health care 
C)  resentment of some young Muslims about unemployment and living conditions 
D)  anti-Muslim hysteria amongst a majority of other Parisian residents 
E)  the opening of a new McDonald's restaurant

Question 20

Did Mikhail Gorbachev cause the Soviet Union to collapse?

Accepted Answer

Mikhail Gorbachev, who served as the lea

Bosnians, Croations, and Serbs met in Dayton, Ohio, in 1995 and

In the 2000 U.S.presidential election, who ultimately decided where Florida's electoral college votes would go?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

The first president of the Soviet Union was Boris Yeltsin.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Maastricht Treaty

An example of multiculturalism in literature would be

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia-Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

George H.W.Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

IDENTIFICATIONS -fall of the Berlin Wall

Protestant fundamentalism generally includes 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 Solidarity movement in Poland

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Yugoslavia

IDENTIFICATIONS -Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

"The Iraq war was the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Discuss with specifics the pros and cons the quotation.

IDENTIFICATIONS -"guest workers"

What caused massive rioting in the suburbs of Paris in 2005?

Did Mikhail Gorbachev cause the Soviet Union to collapse?

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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Exam 18: After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

Bosnians, Croations, and Serbs met in Dayton, Ohio, in 1995 and

In the 2000 U.S.presidential election, who ultimately decided where Florida's electoral college votes would go?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Jacques Chirac and Nicolas Sarkozy

The first president of the Soviet Union was Boris Yeltsin.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Maastricht Treaty

An example of multiculturalism in literature would be

What are the basic problems and antagonisms between Serbia and the other countries that once made up Yugoslavia-Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Slovenia? What forces in the post-Cold War world enabled this dangerous and bloody conflict to escalate so terribly?

George H.W.Bush was defeated for reelection in 1992 for all of the following except

IDENTIFICATIONS -fall of the Berlin Wall

Protestant fundamentalism generally includes 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 Solidarity movement in Poland

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -Yugoslavia

IDENTIFICATIONS -Shiites, Sunnis, and Kurds

A dramatic social development affecting the status and expectations of women in Western Europe since the 1960s has been

"The Iraq war was the wrong war, at the wrong place, at the wrong time." Discuss with specifics the pros and cons the quotation.

IDENTIFICATIONS -"guest workers"

What caused massive rioting in the suburbs of Paris in 2005?

Did Mikhail Gorbachev cause the Soviet Union to collapse?

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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