Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-NGOs

Accepted Answer

It seems like your question about NGOs (

Question 2

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceausecu came to an end 1989 in

Accepted Answer

A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Bulgaria. 
C)  East Germany. 
D)  Romania. 
E)  Yugoslavia. 
A)  Czechoslovakia. 
B)  Bulgaria. 
C)  East Germany. 
D)  Romania. 
E)  Yugoslavia.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda

Accepted Answer

Osama bin Laden was the founder and lead

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Iraq war

Accepted Answer

The Iraq War, also known as the Second G

Question 5

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism is indeed one of the dominant

Question 6

Vladimir Putin was succeeded as president of Russia by

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A)  Lech Walesa. 
B)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
C)  Dmitry Medvedev. 
D)  Yuri Andropov. 
E)  Andrei Sakharov. 
A)  Lech Walesa. 
B)  Mikhail Gorbachev. 
C)  Dmitry Medvedev. 
D)  Yuri Andropov. 
E)  Andrei Sakharov.

Question 7

The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

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A)  included the forcible exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America. 
B)  evoked a "New Thinking" about world affairs and the balance of power leading to new arms limitation treaties and greater autonomy for Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. 
C)  increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe. 
D)  grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits. 
E)  led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime. 
A)  included the forcible exportation of Russian Communism to Central and South America. 
B)  evoked a "New Thinking" about world affairs and the balance of power leading to new arms limitation treaties and greater autonomy for Communist regimes in Eastern Europe. 
C)  increased political repression in Russia and in Eastern Europe. 
D)  grew out of Russian misperceptions of United States strengths and failed to appreciate that American military spending and tax reductions under Ronald Reagan had greatly increased American budget deficits. 
E)  led to a reform of Soviet Communism and the permanent strengthening of the Soviet regime.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Microsoft and Bill Gates

Accepted Answer

Microsoft is a multinational technology

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the European Union/EU

Accepted Answer

The European Union, commonly referred to

Question 10

The Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and who was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity was

Accepted Answer

A)  Vojislav Kostunica. 
B)  Nicolae Ceausescu. 
C)  Wladyslaw Gomulka. 
D)  Todor Zhivkov. 
E)  Slobodan Milosevic. 
A)  Vojislav Kostunica. 
B)  Nicolae Ceausescu. 
C)  Wladyslaw Gomulka. 
D)  Todor Zhivkov. 
E)  Slobodan Milosevic.

Question 11

An Eastern European republic that, fueled by ethnic rivalries, came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state is

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A)  Lithuania. 
B)  Estonia. 
C)  Albania. 
D)  Lichtenstein. 
E)  Slovakia. 
A)  Lithuania. 
B)  Estonia. 
C)  Albania. 
D)  Lichtenstein. 
E)  Slovakia.

Question 12

Because of the success of Russia's new free-market society, introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, by the early twenty-first century, less than five percent of the Russian people were still living in poverty.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

It could be claimed that all of the following contributed to Islamic terrorist activity against the West except

Accepted Answer

A)  the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 
B)  the rise of fundamentalist Islam with the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. 
C)  the stationing of US forces in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. 
D)  the defeat of Muslim Pakistan by India in Kashmir. 
E)  the Iraq war, which resulted in many civilian casualties and the torture of prisoners by American troops. 
A)  the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 
B)  the rise of fundamentalist Islam with the coming to power of Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran. 
C)  the stationing of US forces in Saudi Arabia during the Gulf War. 
D)  the defeat of Muslim Pakistan by India in Kashmir. 
E)  the Iraq war, which resulted in many civilian casualties and the torture of prisoners by American troops.

Question 14

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the United States initially waged war in

Accepted Answer

A)  Iraq. 
B)  the Persian Gulf. 
C)  Iran. 
D)  Pakistan. 
E)  Afghanistan. 
A)  Iraq. 
B)  the Persian Gulf. 
C)  Iran. 
D)  Pakistan. 
E)  Afghanistan.

Question 15

British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said that "We are realizing how fragile are our frontiers...Today, conflicts rarely stay within national boundaries."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-Mikhail Gorbachev...

Question 17

Under perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

Accepted Answer

A)  intended to frighten the United States with more military spending. 
B)  intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR. 
C)  intended to turn all power over to the people. 
D)  intended to restructure the economic and political systems. 
E)  intended to do nothing substantial. 
A)  intended to frighten the United States with more military spending. 
B)  intended to create a more free and open political culture in the USSR. 
C)  intended to turn all power over to the people. 
D)  intended to restructure the economic and political systems. 
E)  intended to do nothing substantial.

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Silvio Berlusconi

Accepted Answer

Silvio Berlusconi is an Italian media ty

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Bosnia

Accepted Answer

Bosnia, officially known as Bosnia and H

Question 20

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -NGOs

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceausecu came to an end 1989 in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda

IDENTIFICATIONS -Iraq war

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

Vladimir Putin was succeeded as president of Russia by

The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

IDENTIFICATIONS -Microsoft and Bill Gates

IDENTIFICATIONS -the European Union/EU

The Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and who was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity was

An Eastern European republic that, fueled by ethnic rivalries, came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state is

Because of the success of Russia's new free-market society, introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, by the early twenty-first century, less than five percent of the Russian people were still living in poverty.

It could be claimed that all of the following contributed to Islamic terrorist activity against the West except

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the United States initially waged war in

British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said that "We are realizing how fragile are our frontiers...Today, conflicts rarely stay within national boundaries."

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mikhail Gorbachev

Under perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

IDENTIFICATIONS -Silvio Berlusconi

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bosnia

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

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -NGOs

The brutal dictatorial Communist government of Nicolae Ceausecu came to an end 1989 in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda

IDENTIFICATIONS -Iraq war

Is capitalism the dominant force on the planet today?

Vladimir Putin was succeeded as president of Russia by

The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union

IDENTIFICATIONS -Microsoft and Bill Gates

IDENTIFICATIONS -the European Union/EU

The Yugoslavian president ousted from power in 2000 and who was subsequently put on trial for war crimes against humanity was

An Eastern European republic that, fueled by ethnic rivalries, came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state is

Because of the success of Russia's new free-market society, introduced after the collapse of the Soviet Union, by the early twenty-first century, less than five percent of the Russian people were still living in poverty.

It could be claimed that all of the following contributed to Islamic terrorist activity against the West except

In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, the United States initially waged war in

British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, said that "We are realizing how fragile are our frontiers...Today, conflicts rarely stay within national boundaries."

IDENTIFICATIONS -Mikhail Gorbachev

Under perestroika, Mikhail Gorbachev

IDENTIFICATIONS -Silvio Berlusconi

IDENTIFICATIONS -Bosnia

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

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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