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Chapter 29 - Spielvogel - Cold War
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1
The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and the human condition was
James Joyce.
Gabriel García Márquez.
Albert Camus.
Milan Kundera.
2
Postmodernism in art could include all of the following except
"happenings."
an architecture of complexity and contradiction.
Photorealism.
a mingling of historic tradition and Modernist innovation.
3
In the 1960's college and university students complained and demonstrated against all but
authorization administrator
Declining enrollment
lack of a relevant educational experience
crowded classroom
4
US president decided to bomb Vietnam & increased the number of US troops in the Vietnam War was
John Kennedy.
Lyndon Johnson.
Richard Nixon.
Harry Truman.
5
By the mid-1960s, the primary concern of the United States was
China.
the Soviet Union.
drugs.
inflation.
6
Under the U.S. presidency of Jimmy Carter, a major goal of American foreign policy was
to weaken the Islamic Republic of Iran by military force.
US out of European alliances that counter Soviet power
the protection of human rights globally.
a new effort to contain Communism around the globe.
7
The terrorist group who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games was the
Baader-Meinhof Gang.
IRA.
Taliban.
Black September.
8
The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in
1949.
1957.
1955.
1952.
9
The Romanian secret police force was called the
NKVD.
Securitate.
Stasi.
KGB.
10
The 1975 Helsinki Agreements
established American military dominance in Europe.
recognized borders in E. Europe & USSR sphere of influence.
accorded the USSR the right to intervene in western Europe.
made Finland a nuclear-free zone.
11
The issue that led to Jimmy Carter's defeat in 1980 was
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
his pardoning of Richard Nixon.
the collapse of oil prices.
his inability to gain the release of US hostages in Iran.
12
Important figure in the development of an early computer inventor of the computer language was
William Gates.
Karl Barth.
J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Grace Hopper.
13
His election to the presidency in 1968, Nixon pursued a "southern strategy" by appealing to
black voters in the American south.
newly arrived migrant workers.
southern whites.
the demands of leaders in southern Vietnam.
14
The most watched event on television is
the World Series.
the Davis Cup.
the World Cup.
the NFL Superbowl.
15
The song "The Times They Are A-Changing"
bob dylan
Elvis Presley
credence clearwater revival
the beatles
16
Small Is Beautiful is a fundamental critique of the dangers of
the Cold War.
science and technology.
popular culture.
modern feminism.
17
An appropriate symbol of détente between Russia and America was the ABM Treaty of 1972 that
guaranteed massive American financial aid to the Russians.
allowed the Russians to export more luxury commoditie
enabled them to trade freely in aircraft and minerals.
pledged them to limit weapons and slow an arms race.
18
US composer Philip Glass is known for combining elements of classic and pop music in
neo-classicism.
post-Surrealism.
minimalism.
neo-Expressionism.
19
author of the feminine mystique and who was the founder of the national organization of women
Betty Ford
Simone Beauvior
Rachel Carson
Betty Friedman
20
The Ohio National Guard killed 4 protesters in 1970's
Bowling Green University
Kent state
University of Ohio
Ohio State
21
President Charles de Gaulle of France called the USA "the greatest danger in the world" because
Vietnam.
the Balkans.
Israel.
Cuba.
22
The "permissive society" is characterized by all the following except
increasing rates of divorce
experimentation with drugs
sexual freedom
declining rates of devorce
23
British mathematician who created a computer that assisted in breaking German codes in WWII was
Ian Botham.
Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Anthony Powell.
Alan Turing.
24
The Vietnam War
ended in 1973 with the defeat of North Korea.
showed the limitations of American power.
marked the beginning of domination of SE Asia by the USSR.
was resolved in 1975 with the Helsinki Agreements.
25
The "four olds" targeted during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution included all except
old customs.
old ideas.
old rulers.
old culture.
26
Under the Brezhnev Doctorine
Soviet union promised to clean up it's international rep.
more political freedoms were granted at home
soviet declared the right intervention if socialist threaten
soviets attempted to roll back capitalism everywhere
27
The doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s is known as
détente.
the domino theory.
Star Wars.
containment.
28
In the late 1970s, punk rock music was exemplified by
the Sex Pistols.
the Rolling Stones.
the Beatles.
U2.
29
The East German leader Erich Honecker was noted for
urging the political unification of west and east Germany
building the Berlin Wall in 1961
dismantling berlin wall
establishing viral dictatorship by Stasi or secrete police
30
In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be
a clash of civilizations.
the end of "history."
a global village.
an age of terrorism.
31
Eurocommunism was most successful in
France.
Poland.
the Soviet Union.
Italy.
32
The literary work employing "magic realism" is
One-Dimensional Man.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Small is Beautiful.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
33
Wars like the ones in Vietnam and Afghanistan demonstrated that
warfare in the world would be incessant.
the superpowers could never be at peace.
there would be wars that the superpowers could not win.
there would always be sphere of influence to fight over.
34
Playboy Magazines
originally had no nudity
encouraged men to spice up their married sex life
originally had no nudity
encouraged man to find sexual satisfaction non-married life
35
Students protest in Europe backfired to an extent as
the students themselves began to have doubts
Some people detested what they saw lawlessness of privilged
their university funding was withdrawed
too many people died during protests in 1968
36
European Green movements
were more successful in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.
achieved political successes in most European countries.
made average people aware of environmental problems.
were not successful in mobilizing public support.
37
The American president who journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972 was
Jimmy Carter.
Gerald Ford.
Richard Nixon.
Lyndon Johnson.
38
The nation that initially took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960's
The united states
france
sweeden
Italy
39
The US president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by the mujahideen was
Richard Nixon.
Ronald Reagan.
George H.W. Bush.
Bill Clinton.
40
The policies of Ronald Reagan
expanded spending on food stamps.
more than doubled the national debt.
increased spending on school lunch programs.
decreased spending on the military.
41
Herbert Marcuse's one dimentional man
productive political change could come only from the elities
Capitalism responsible for heightening discontent of masses
proposing a revised curriculum with real would knowledge
indoctrinated students can liberate the elite professors
42
The West German chancellor whose policy of Ostpolitik improved relations with East Germany was
Helmut Schmidt.
Willy Brandt.
Konrad Adenauer.
Helmut Kohl.
43
Small is Beautiful was written by
Robert Oppenheimer.
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Michael Goric.
E.F. Schumacher.
44
The solidarity
lacked cohesion and quickly disintegrated
was temporarily crushed by general Lech Walesa in 1989
formed by Wladlyslaw Gomulka 1956
was outlawed in 1981
45
In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"
ad the support of Mikhail Gorbachev
Perminately ended communism
was bought to an abrupt end by the red army
successfully established long lasting democratic government
46
During the 1960s the recreational drug for most colleges was
LSD
Marijuana
heroine
powder cocaine
47
A major trend in music since WWII, as best expressed in the works of Olivier Messiaen, has been
post-modernism.
neo-classicism.
serialism.
minimalism.
48
The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled
inflation
hyperism.
stagflation.
deflation.
49
The Resignation of Antonin Novotny in Czechoslovakia was precipitated by
coup by the christian democrates
Mass protest in Prague
a writes rebellion
invasion of Czechoslovakia by red army
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Great Britain under Margaret Thatcher experienced
improved industrial production in the Midlands.
a large military buildup and approach against communism.
increased government expenditures in education.
a disastrous defeat against Argentina in the Falklands War.
