Question 1

After the war, agriculture in eastern Europe was

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A)  completely collectivized but without violence. 
B)  only partially collectivized. 
C)  collectivized with the same brutality and loss of life as in Stalin's Russia. 
D)  never collectivized except in Bulgaria.

Question 2

To what degree did the Soviet victory and the fall of Hitler result in a reversal of the displacements and resettlements triggered by the Nazi-Soviet Pact of 1939? What new patterns of movement emerged?

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Question 3

Describe and analyze the movement toward a united Europe in the decades following the Second World War. Which nations and which statesmen most vigorously pushed the idea of cooperation? Why?

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Question 4

Describe the factors that led to the development of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union. Which country was more responsible for the outbreak of the Cold War?

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Question 5

How was the Soviet political and economic system imposed on eastern Europe after 1945? What were the major differences, if any, between the political and economic systems in the U.S.S.R. and eastern Europe?

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Question 6

In response to a labor shortage during the postwar years, Japan sustained its growth through

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A)  the importation of thousands of guest workers. 
B)  high technology, automation, and innovation. 
C)  a high level of agricultural exports. 
D)  subcontracting production to plants in other countries.

Question 7

Why did Khrushchev fall from power?

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Question 8

How did capitalist and communist societies organize themselves differently in the post-war period?

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Question 9

Japan's 1946 constitution did all the following except

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A)  denounce the brutality of Japan's World War II conquests. 
B)  renounce war as a means of settling international disputes. 
C)  end the divine right rule of the emperor. 
D)  give women the right to vote for the first time.

Question 10

What happened to the areas annexed by Germany after Hitler's defeat?

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Question 11

Which of the following statements about the Marshall Plan is not correct?

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A)  A central office in Paris coordinated the allocation of funds for all the beneficiaries. 
B)  It accelerated European recovery. 
C)  The U.S. only permitted countries with free market economies to participate. 
D)  It helped fuel the postwar economic boom in the United States.

Question 12

What economic challenges did the Soviets face after 1945? What were the approaches of Khrushchev and Brezhnev to resolving the economic problems of the U.S.S.R.?

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Question 13

What was the role of Algeria in the fall of France's Fourth Republic?

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Question 14

The Cultural Revolution which began in 1966

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A)  attempted to restore Confucian values in China. 
B)  enhanced the position of white collar workers, students, and professors. 
C)  denounced bourgeois ways, and led to the harassment and humiliation of government and party . officials, as well as of cultural and educational leaders. 
D)  freed China from authoritarianism for several years.

Question 15

How did planners attempt to restore the economic stability and prosperity of the pre-1914 period after World War II?

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Question 16

One of de Gaulle's important achievements was

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A)  to temporarily end political instability in France. 
B)  to resolve the Algerian crisis by giving Algerians the right to vote in the French parliament. 
C)  to take the lead in promoting the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons. 
D)  to take the lead in the expansion of the Common Market by negotiating the membership of Britain.

Exam 22: The Cold War and Reconstruction After the Second World War