Question 1

In 2004, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

Accepted Answer

A)  Nazis
B)  Communists
C)  Christian Democrats
D)  Green Party
E)  LibertariansF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 3

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

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A)  Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time.
B)  Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation.
C)  Nothing was accomplished.
D)  Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on.
E)  Bosnia agreed to join the European Community.F) C) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

What did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to do under perestroika?

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A)  Frighten the United States with more military spending
B)  Create a more free and open political culture in the U.S.S.R.
C)  Turn all power over to the people
D)  Restructure the economic and political systems
E)  End communism and adopt western-style democracyF) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 5

A continuing problem roiling Canadian politics for the past several decades has been

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A)  whether to always support United States foreign policy.
B)  the demand by many French-speaking Canadians that the province of Quebec become independent of the rest of Canada.
C)  the desires by many Canadians that Canada become a republic and sever all ties with the British monarchy.
D)  whether to nationalize Canada's sizeable oil and gas reserves.
E)  whether to change from a parliamentary system of government and adopt instead the US presidential model.F) None of the above
G) B) and C)

Question 6

One of the major challenges of globalization has been

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A)  trade imbalances.
B)  food shortages.
C)  increased growth of an underclass.
D)  the widening gap between rich and poor nations.
E)  the increased spread of harmful diseases.F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

Question 7

How have women's lives changed by the late twentieth and early twenty-first century? What gains have they made? What obstacles still exist? In what countries have women seen the greatest gains, and which countries have been slower to change?

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Question 8

Barack Obama's first challenge, even before he was inaugurated as president in 2009, was the collapse of the American financial system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Which conservative British Prime Minister resigned after an inconclusive election and was succeeded by Liberal Democrat David Cameron?

Accepted Answer

A)  Helmut Kohl
B)  Margaret Thatcher
C)  Tony Blair
D)  Bill Clinton
E)  Gordon BrownF) A) and D)
G) A) and C)

Question 10

Which of these groups serves as an example of nationalist terrorism?

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 EastF) A) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 11

Who succeeded Vladimir Putin as president of Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lech Walesa
B)  Mikhail Gorbachev
C)  Dmitry Medvedev
D)  Yuri Andropov
E)  Andrei SakharovF) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 12

The Women's Movement empowered achieved all of the following gains EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  academic acceptance of the field of women's studies.
B)  global unity among movement members that the top priority should be ending violence, hunger, and disease.
C)  the repeal of many laws against birth control and abortion in most European countries.
D)  participation in many international conferences devoted to women's issues.
E)  leadership for women in environmental campaigns, such as Petra Kelly, who was one of the founders of the German Green Party.F) D) and E)
G) A) and D)

Question 13

Scientists tend to agree that ____ is contributing to droughts, the melting of the polar ice caps, and rising sea levels.

Accepted Answer

A)  toxic dumping in the world's waterways
B)  fossil fuel emissions
C)  the greenhouse effect
D)  overpopulation worldwide
E)  biodiversityF) C) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 14

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

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Since the end of the Soviet Union in 199...

Question 15

In 1998, a survey showed that one-third of the children in London's inner cities

Accepted Answer

A)  could not read.
B)  lived in single-parent households.
C)  were raised by gay parents.
D)  did not speak English.
E)  did not have access to adequate food each day.F) A) and B)
G) B) and E)

Question 16

In the early twenty-first century, the European Union established qualifications for potential new members that included

Accepted Answer

A)  disavowal of communism.
B)  acceptance of NGOs.
C)  a commitment to market capitalism and democracy.
D)  willingness to provide economic assistance to Europe's farming community.
E)  acceptance of each country's national currency.F) B) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 17

"Think globally, act locally" is the slogan of the global environmental movement.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Population growth is a contributing factor to the dangers to the earth's ecosystems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

On September 11, 2001, terrorists hijacked ____ airplanes as part of a planned assault on the United States.

Accepted Answer

A)  two
B)  three
C)  four
D)  five
E)  sixF) None of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 20

Who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007?

Accepted Answer

A)  Gordon Brown
B)  John Major
C)  Clement Attlee
D)  Nicolas Sarkozy
E)  Bill ClintonF) None of the above
G) All of the above

Exam 17: After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

Which of these groups serves as an example of nationalist terrorism?

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A continuing problem roiling Canadian politics for the past several decades has been

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Scientists tend to agree that ____ is contributing to droughts, the melting of the polar ice caps, and rising sea levels.

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

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One of the major challenges of globalization has been

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The Women's Movement empowered achieved all of the following gains EXCEPT

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Who succeeded Tony Blair as Britain's prime minister in 2007?

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What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

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Population growth is a contributing factor to the dangers to the earth's ecosystems.

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How have women's lives changed by the late twentieth and early twenty-first century? What gains have they made? What obstacles still exist? In what countries have women seen the greatest gains, and which countries have been slower to change?

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Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

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In 1998, a survey showed that one-third of the children in London's inner cities

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What did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to do under perestroika?

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"Think globally, act locally" is the slogan of the global environmental movement.

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In 2004, Yugoslavia officially ceased to exist when it was renamed Serbia and Montenegro.

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Barack Obama's first challenge, even before he was inaugurated as president in 2009, was the collapse of the American financial system.

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Which conservative British Prime Minister resigned after an inconclusive election and was succeeded by Liberal Democrat David Cameron?

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