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1
The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union
increased political repression in Russia & in Eastern Europe
all of the above
led to a reform of Communism & strengthening of the regime.
called for perestroika, the restructuring of economic policy
2
Which is NOT a Modern Art Movement
Post-Impressionism
Neoclassicism
Expressionism
Impressionism
3
The Communist military response to the formation of NATO was the
Warsaw Pact
Stalin Plan
Moscow Alliance.
Communist Protectorate.
4
WWI affected the lives of all citizens however remote they were from the battlefields making it
Total
Massive
Global
Great
5
Geocentric Conception is a theory that the earth is at the center of the universe.
True
False
6
In this process, virtually every colony achieved independence and attained statehood.
Self Determination
Decolonization
Conscription
None of the above
7
At the Paris Peace Conference Eastern Europe was redrawn along correct ethnic lines
False
True
8
The immediate cause of World War I was
the French occupation of the Ruhr.
the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo
an uprising of Catholic peasants in Bavaria.
the German invasion of Poland.
9
Mein Kampf
excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism
depicted Hitler's plan to take power through rebellion.
was autobiographical, anti-semitic, pro-Aryan
immediately became a best seller in Russia & Germany
10
The great scientists of the 17th century pursued their exploration of science to exalt God
False
True
11
In the aftermath of World War I,
Germany agreed to never invade another country
the United States joined the League of Nations
the United States retreated into isolationism
Norway converted to Islam
12
In 1944 Allied forces landed 1000s of troops on the beaches of Normandy in an operation termed
D Day
Operation Cobra
Operation Barbossa
Operation Archery
13
Betty Friedan, an important contributor to feminism in the 1960s, wrote the
Feminine Mystique
False
True
14
Mao Zedong unleashed the Red Guards to cleanse Chinese society of impure elements in 1966.
False
True
15
The most symbolic events ending the Cold War was
the assassination attempt on Ronald Regan.
the death of Mao Zedong.
the fall of the Berlin Wall
Russia's defeat in the Afghan war.
16
The immediate origins of the Crimean War involved:
Austrian expansionism in the Balkans
Russia's seizure of the Dardanelles Straits
the Turks' assassination of a British diplomat.
Russia's right to protect Christian shrines in the Holy Land
17
On May 14, 1948, the United Nations divided Palestine into a Jewish state known as
Jordan
Iraq
Israel
Iran
18
The Marshall Plan
was viewed by Western Europe as Capitalist imperialism
intended to rebuild European prosperity and stability
came to an abrupt end with the Berlin Blockade
was not considered a success.
19
___________________ wrote
The Communist Manifesto
.
Hitler
Nietzsche
Freud
Marx
20
Hitler's "Final Solution" to the Jewish problem called for
the resettlement of Jews in ghettos
breeding "Jewish genes" out of the Jewish population itself
the forced deportation of the Jews to Madagascar
the extermination of all European Jews.
21
Boris Yeltsin was succeeded as president of Russia by this former KGB officer
Putin
Stalin
Gorbachev
Khrushchev
22
Nationalization of banks, requisition of grain from peasants, & the centralization of state is
Economic Communism
War Communism
Marxist Communism
Soviet Communism
23
Since the invention of the microprocessor in 1971 resulted in today's Digital Age.
False
True
24
Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley, was one of the first feminists
True
False
25
One of the most significant events of the Khrushchev regime was his denunciation of Stalin
True
False
26
The tactic of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia was practiced most brutally by
Bosnians
Serbs
Italians
Croatians
27
This was a research & development project that produced the atomic bomb during WWII.
Overlord Project
Manhattan Project
Project Plowshare
Project Prometheus
28
Among Napoleon III's great domestic projects was
none of the above
building of the Eiffel Tower
rededication of Notre Dame
reconstruction of Paris
29
Who was responsible for the theory of relativity?
Nietzsche
Einstein
Plank
Rhodes
30
The Cold war was a non-shooting war that between the two superpowers.
True
False
31
___________________ was a system of racial segregation in South Africa.
Slavery
Racism
Detente
Apartheid
32
Jews were the only minorities singled out during WWII
True
False
33
One significant effect of the Great Depression in Europe was
the rise of authoritarian movements in Europe
strengthening of democratic movements
huge unemployment rates except in G.B.
destruction of communism
34
In pursuing the war against the Axis powers, the Allies demanded of its opponents
careful accounting of all sums spent on armaments
unconditional surrender
the maintenance of diplomatic contacts
promises regarding post-war spheres of influence
35
The Cold War spread from Europe with the establishment of a Communist regime in China in 1949
False
True
36
The fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, than others would also fall to communism is called
Domino Theory
Containment
Appeasement
Detente
37
After of 9/11, the US invaded Iraq, & forced al-Qaeda & Bin Laden to seek refuge in Iran
True
False
38
Women played little role in WW I.
True
False
39
the compulsory enlistment of citizens into a country's armed forces
none of the above
Conscription
slavery
apartheid
40
Following the French Revolution, France set up a bicameral parliament while having a monarch.
True
False
41
According to Sigmund Freud, behavior was
shaped by one's socio-economic status as Marx had argued.
largely determined by genetics.
shaped by one's environment.
determined by one's unconscious and by inner drives
42
____________ is when the Soviets stationed nuclear missiles in Cuba
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
None fo the above
Vietnam War
43
In August 1914, the perception of the upcoming war among Europeans was that
its long-term nature would revive Europe's suffering economy
it would be over by Christmas
it would be the dawn of a new socialist Europe.
it would be avoided at the last minute
44
The Women's Suffrage movement worked to give women the right to ___________________.
Hold political office
Vote
all of the above
Get divorced
45
The most important consequence of the first year of World War I was
Italy's decision to switch sides
a deadly stalemate on the western front & trench warfare.
the collapse of German armies on the Russian front.
none of the above
46
Marx predicted the proletariat would become the dominant class of society & establish a monarch
False
True
47
The new social class of industrial workers in the early Industrial Revolution:
worked under dangerous conditions for long hours.
all of the above
did not include women.
excluded children from factory work
48
The "Second Industrial Revolution" saw the advent of what new product?
iron
palladium
coal
steel
49
The West built the Berlin Wall to stop East German communists from emigrating to western Europe
False
True
50
The romantic author of
Frankenstein
was
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Percy Shelley
Lord Byron
Mary Shelley
51
These often have agricultural economies, little technology, severe food shortages
First World Countries
Second World Countries
Third World Countries
Fourth World Countries
52
The American Civil War of 1861-65
all of the above
was ended by Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
was ended by the Missouri Compromise
evolved from a war to preserve the Union-war against slavery
53
Britain's cotton industry in the late eighteenth century:
was responsible for the creation of 1st modern factories
was inspired by the textile industry found in the US
declined due to the lack of technical innovation.
could not keep up with French textile production.
54
The Bolshevik Revolution led to the Bolsheviks, headed by Lenin, to take control of Russia.
True
False
55
World War One was fought between two alliances: the Allies and the ___________________.
None of the above
Central Powers
Allied Nations
Axis
56
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following
except
radicalization of the youth in urban ghettos
the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King Jr.
race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts.
saw the Supreme Court approve "separate but equal".
57
WWII was fought between the Allies and the
None of the above
Axis
Central Powers
Allied Nations
58
The US entered WWII following
the Battle of Briton
D Day
Pearl Harbor
finding out about the Holocaust
59
Germany & the Soviet Union aided in the Spanish Civil War in spite of Nonintervention Agreement
False
True
60
Vietnam War--the South Vietnamese Communist guerillas backed by North Vietnam were known as the
Vietcong.
Minhkong.
Mekong.
Dinh Diem.
61
What type of new energy source powered the second industrial revolution?
electricity
coal
natural gas
hydro
62
The doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s is known as
détente
the domino theory.
containment
mutually assured destruction
63
Germany was to take full responsibility for the war and pay $33 billion in reparations
Wilsion's 14 points
War Guilt Clause
none of the above
Self determination
64
The president who finally withdrew American forces from Vietnam was Richard Nixon.
False
True
65
Carl Jung believed that the collective unconscious was the memories that all human beings share
False
True
66
the League of Nations halted aggression through military sanctions
True
False
67
These have well-organized industry, agriculture, advanced technologies, educational systems.
First World Countries
Second World Countries
Fourth World Countries
Third World Countries
68
Lenin's New Economic Policy in the early 1920s
established giant collective farms.
industrialized Russia at the expense of the peasantry
was a modified form of the capitalist system.
moved Communism forward-industry & agriculture nationalized.
69
Created in 1949, signees agreed to provide mutual assistance if any one of them was attacked
League of Nations
NATO
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
70
Social Security, universal healthcare, maternity leave, cradle-grave coverage are examples of
A welfare state
A fascist state
A capitalist state
a communist state
71
Harry Truman, declared that "an iron curtain" had "descended across the continent."
False
True
72
Glasnot means
economic freedom
secrecy
openness
none of the above
73
You're allowed one 5x7 inch notecard with notes on it.
False
True
74
_________ of 1989 saw the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe bringing a wave of euphoria
Protests
Revolutions
Strikes
Wars
75
Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of
Elba
Briton
Waterloo
none of the above
76
Hitler took Poland in 1939
despite interference by the Soviet Union
upon Poland's request for a restructured government.
using Blitzkrieg or "lightning war" tactics.
in a long protracted struggle that cost Germany dearly.
77
What should you bring for the final
Pen and pencil
Scantron
all of the above
Green Book
78
Clinton called this the "enemy of our generation,"
Vietnam
Terrorism
Communism
Socialism
79
Unlike Reagan, Thatcher had little interest in foreign policy or international affairs
True
False
80
Containment policy was adopted by GB in 1938 in response to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland
True
False