Question 1

The individual who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007 was

Accepted Answer

A)  Gordon Brown. 
B)  John Major. 
C)  Clement Attlee. 
D)  Nicolas Sarkozy. 
A)  Gordon Brown. 
B)  John Major. 
C)  Clement Attlee. 
D)  Nicolas Sarkozy.

Question 2

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jean-Michael Basquiat. 
B)  Pablo Picasso 
C)  Jackson Pollock 
D)  Andy Warhol 
E)  Allan Kaprow. 
A)  Jean-Michael Basquiat. 
B)  Pablo Picasso 
C)  Jackson Pollock 
D)  Andy Warhol 
E)  Allan Kaprow.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Czech Republic and Slovakia

Accepted Answer

The Czech Republic and Slovakia are two

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-e-mail, cell phones, and the iPod

Accepted Answer

The terms "e-mail," "cell phones," and "

Question 5

An example of nationalist terrorism is the

Accepted Answer

A)  Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany. 
B)  IRA in Northern Ireland. 
C)  New Order in Italy. 
D)  Charles Martel Club in France. 
E)  Al-Qaeda in the Middle East. 
A)  Baader-Meinhof gang in Germany. 
B)  IRA in Northern Ireland. 
C)  New Order in Italy. 
D)  Charles Martel Club in France. 
E)  Al-Qaeda in the Middle East.

Question 6

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction, the Red Brigades, the IRA

Accepted Answer

The Baader-Meinhof Gang, also known as t

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Commonwealth of Independent States

Accepted Answer

The Commonwealth of Independent States (

Question 8

The politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II was

Accepted Answer

A)  Marshal Tito. 
B)  General Filopovic. 
C)  President Milosevic. 
D)  Prime Minister Kostunica. 
E)  Marshall Petain. 
A)  Marshal Tito. 
B)  General Filopovic. 
C)  President Milosevic. 
D)  Prime Minister Kostunica. 
E)  Marshall Petain.

Question 9

In what ways were the movements of existentialism and the revival of religion responses to the "despair generated by the apparent collapse of civilized values in the twentieth century"?

Accepted Answer

The movements of existentialism and the

Question 10

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

Accepted Answer

A)  Kádár. 
B)  Husák. 
C)  Dubcek. 
D)  Havel. 
E)  Dubrovnik. 
A)  Kádár. 
B)  Husák. 
C)  Dubcek. 
D)  Havel. 
E)  Dubrovnik.

Question 11

During the 1960s and 1970s, church membership in the United States jumped dramatically.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

Accepted Answer

Grunge, hip-hop, and gangsta rap are thr

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center

Accepted Answer

September 11, 2001, refers to the date o

Question 14

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

Accepted Answer

Christian and Islamic fundamentalism are

Question 15

Under Vladimir Putin's presidency, all of the following occurred except

Accepted Answer

A)  power was centralized in the federal government. 
B)  Russia ended its war in Chechnya. 
C)  as many as 40 percent of the population lived in poverty. 
D)  the economy grew significantly and the government had a budget surplus. 
E)  the economy significantly depended upon exports of oil and natural gas. 
A)  power was centralized in the federal government. 
B)  Russia ended its war in Chechnya. 
C)  as many as 40 percent of the population lived in poverty. 
D)  the economy grew significantly and the government had a budget surplus. 
E)  the economy significantly depended upon exports of oil and natural gas.

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction

Accepted Answer

Saddam Hussein, the former President of

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bill Clinton

Accepted Answer

Bill Clinton is a prominent American pol

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

Accepted Answer

Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Ange

Question 19

Compare and contrast the experiences of Russia with those of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991.

Accepted Answer

Since the end of the Soviet Union in 199

Question 20

All of the following led to decline in George W.Bush's popularity by his second term as president except

Accepted Answer

A)  his strong support for environmental programs that were opposed by major business interests. 
B)  the war in Iraq. 
C)  tax cuts that primarily benefitted the wealthy. 
D)  poor handling of the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. 
E)  financial corruption in the Republican Party. 
A)  his strong support for environmental programs that were opposed by major business interests. 
B)  the war in Iraq. 
C)  tax cuts that primarily benefitted the wealthy. 
D)  poor handling of the relief efforts after Hurricane Katrina. 
E)  financial corruption in the Republican Party.

The individual who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007 was

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Czech Republic and Slovakia

IDENTIFICATIONS -e-mail, cell phones, and the iPod

An example of nationalist terrorism is the

IDENTIFICATIONS -Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction, the Red Brigades, the IRA

IDENTIFICATIONS -Commonwealth of Independent States

The politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II was

In what ways were the movements of existentialism and the revival of religion responses to the "despair generated by the apparent collapse of civilized values in the twentieth century"?

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

During the 1960s and 1970s, church membership in the United States jumped dramatically.

IDENTIFICATIONS -grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

IDENTIFICATIONS -September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center

IDENTIFICATIONS -Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

Under Vladimir Putin's presidency, all of the following occurred except

IDENTIFICATIONS -Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bill Clinton

IDENTIFICATIONS -Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

Compare and contrast the experiences of Russia with those of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991.

All of the following led to decline in George W.Bush's popularity by his second term as president except

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

The individual who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007 was

Which of the following artists was a Neo-Expressionist?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Czech Republic and Slovakia

IDENTIFICATIONS -e-mail, cell phones, and the iPod

An example of nationalist terrorism is the

IDENTIFICATIONS -Baader-Meinhof gang/Red Army Faction, the Red Brigades, the IRA

IDENTIFICATIONS -Commonwealth of Independent States

The politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II was

In what ways were the movements of existentialism and the revival of religion responses to the "despair generated by the apparent collapse of civilized values in the twentieth century"?

The leader of Czechoslovakia in 1990 who replaced the Communist government was the former dissident writer and philosopher

During the 1960s and 1970s, church membership in the United States jumped dramatically.

IDENTIFICATIONS -grunge, hip-hop, gangsta rap

IDENTIFICATIONS -September 11, 2001, and the World Trade Center

IDENTIFICATIONS -Christian and Islamic fundamentalism

Under Vladimir Putin's presidency, all of the following occurred except

IDENTIFICATIONS -Saddam Hussein and weapons of mass destruction

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bill Clinton

IDENTIFICATIONS -Helmut Kohl, Gerhard Schroeder, and Angela Merkel

Compare and contrast the experiences of Russia with those of its Eastern European neighbors since the end of the Soviet Union in 1991.

All of the following led to decline in George W.Bush's popularity by his second term as president except

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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