At the close of WWII, the European tradition of power politics was inherited by

the Soviet Union and the United States

Existentialism stressed

need for people to create values & give their lives meaning.

The economic policies of Stalin

focused on production of heavy industry and space vehicles

A key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe was

Stalin's desire to establish a pro-Soviet "buffer zone"

The Great Leap Forward was

Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society

Khrushchev's unpopularity with the Communist Party reached its apex

following his institution of forced-labor camps in Ukraine.

Social structure of postwar European society has been greatly affected by dramatic increase in

white-collar management and administrative personnel.

The Truman doctrine did all of the following except

condemn the victory of Communists in the Chinese civil war

Part of the origins of the Vietnam War lie in the process of decolonization because

Vietnam was divided after Vietnamese forces defeated France

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 concluded with

preventative communication between the US and Soviet Union

The Common Market was

founded for economic reasons, to promote free trade.

An effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was

reinforcement of American determination to contain Soviets

Yugoslavia from World War II through the 1960 was characterized by

Tito asserted who wanted Yugoslavia's apart from the USSR.

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Which of the following statements concerning postwar Great Britain is false?

Conservative party revoked all of the welfare legislation.

American motion pictures in the postwar years have

spread American pop culture throughout the world.

Karl Bath describe the horrors of two wars, Cold War, & socio-cultural chaos by saying

people knew God's grace because of their sinful nature

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path

Philosophy of existentialism, with an emphasis on God as a fiction & no preordained human fate

was expressed by Frenchmen Albert Camus & Jean-Paul Sartre

Following WWII, India

became two new countries, one Hindu and on Muslim

In the postwar world, Canada

experienced many of the same developments as the USA.

The Truman doctrine was a consequence of Truman's alarm over

the weakness of the British in the eastern Mediterranean

Postwar Italian politics was characterized by

the hegemony of Christian Democrats and the Catholic Church.

An American-supported invasion of the Bay if Pigs in 1961 had as its mission

the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba

All of the following statements regarding women in the post-war era are correct except

working women received equal pay with men by the 1960s.

The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following except

the Supreme Court approval of "separate but equal"

As president of France, Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War was to

make France a nuclear power and want independence from NATO.

In, The Second Sex, the French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir argued that

women were wrongly defined by their differences from men.

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1
The Middle Eastern political leader who promoted Pan-Arabism was
Gamal Abdul Nasser
the Shah of Iran
King Farouk
Yasir Arafat
2
At the close of WWII, the European tradition of power politics was inherited by
the United States alone
the Soviet Union and the United States
China and the Soviet Union
the Soviet Union alone
3
The belief that Communist aggression fed off of economic turmoil was key in the formulation of
the Domino theory
COMECON
the Long Telegram
the Marshall Plan
4
Existentialism stressed
a complete withdrawal from an active, involved life.
defeatist nihilism: there is no hope.
a return of God to the universe.
need for people to create values & give their lives meaning.
5
The economic policies of Stalin
were unrealistic since Russia lacked natural resources
rearmed the Soviet military while providing consumer goods
focused on production of heavy industry and space vehicles
instituted free market capitalism except in heavy industry
6
Television did not become readily available until
the 1960s.
the 1940s.
the 1930s.
the 1950s.
7
The Communist military response to the formation of NATO was the
Eastern European Community
Stalin Plan
Warsaw Pact
Moscow Alliance
8
A key factor contributing to the development of the Cold War in Eastern Europe was
Stalin's desire to establish a pro-Soviet "buffer zone"
the threat to continued instability by neo-fascist parties
withdrawal of Russian armies from lands taken during the war
raids by American troops pursuing German Nazi war criminals
9
The Great Leap Forward was
Stalin's stated philosophy for his last five0year plan
the radicalization of the feminist movement
the missile race between the US and Soviet Union
Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society
10
Khrushchev's unpopularity with the Communist Party reached its apex
following his institution of forced-labor camps in Ukraine.
after his rash plan to place missiles in Cuba.
when he granted Hungary its independence in 1956.
when he ordered the execution of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.
11
Social structure of postwar European society has been greatly affected by dramatic increase in
government workers.
industrial workers.
rural, agricultural laborers.
white-collar management and administrative personnel.
12
Following World War II, the country that dominated the art world was
West Germany.
France.
the United States.
Britain.
13
At the Twentieth Congress of the Communist Party in 1956, Khrushchev
condemned Stalin.
pardoned Stalin for his crimes.
called for a cessation of the Cold War.
insisted that the forced labor camps must stay open.
14
The Truman doctrine did all of the following except
express America's fear of Communist expansion in Europe
assist in the defense of Greece and Turkey
condemn the victory of Communists in the Chinese civil war
request $400 mil. in aid to nations threatened by aggression
15
Part of the origins of the Vietnam War lie in the process of decolonization because
the UN encouraged Northern radicals to break with the West
Japan provoked unrest by attempting to attain hegemony
Vietnam was divided after Vietnamese forces defeated France
North Vietnam employed soldiers from various African states
16
The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 concluded with
John Kennedy backing down to the threats of Khrushchev
the installation of Soviet missiles in Cuba
the United States overthrowing Cuba's Soviet-supported gov.
preventative communication between the US and Soviet Union
17
The one issue on which the Arab states were united was
the Suez canal
equal sharing in oil revenues
Palestine
a sympathy for Communism
18
The Cold War policy adopted in the mid-1950s by the Eisenhower administration was
massive retaliation
detente
containment
MAD (mutually assured destruction)
19
The Common Market was
established for cultural reasons to combat materialism.
a forum of European nations founded to solve social problems
founded for economic reasons, to promote free trade.
primarily a military alliance of certain European countries.
20
One country that was not an original member of the European Coal and Steel Community was
France.
Britain.
Italy.
Belgium.
21
An effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was
reinforcement of American determination to contain Soviets
the end of American involvement in Asian political affairs
the willingness to use nuclear weapons in local wars
the Soviet Union's domination over all of Southeast Asia
22
The last Eastern European country to fall under Soviet, domination was
Romania.
Bulgaria.
Poland.
Czechoslovakia.
23
The first area of conflict in the unfolding of the Cold War was
East Asia
North Africa
Western Europe
Eastern Europe
24
Yugoslavia from World War II through the 1960 was characterized by
its close alliance with the West in the Cold War.
its complete rejection of Marxian economics.
a strict adherence to Stalinist-style Communism.
Tito asserted who wanted Yugoslavia's apart from the USSR.
25
The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for
Neo-Cubism.
a return to extreme realism in his paintings.
Postmodernist sculptures.
Abstract Expressionist paintings.
26
Which of the following statements concerning postwar Great Britain is false?
The Suez Canal debacle, Britain was no longer a superpower.
The British economy lagged behind Western European nations.
Britain suffered from losing its prewar colonial revenues.
Conservative party revoked all of the welfare legislation.
27
American motion pictures in the postwar years have
spread American pop culture throughout the world.
proven to be unpopular among European audiences.
were successful artistically but failed commercially.
done little to reflect the changing sentiments of society.
28
Karl Bath describe the horrors of two wars, Cold War, & socio-cultural chaos by saying
people knew God's grace because of their sinful nature
embraced a diversity of religion such as witchcraft.
the Bible gives the best instruction for moral behavior
the Bible is the literal word of God
29
In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka
tried to assassinate Nikita Khrushchev.
worked with the Soviets to crush a nascent independence.
declared his nation's right to follow its own socialist path
started an underground newspaper dedicated to fascism.
30
The Indonesian president who was suspicious of the West and sought economic aid from China was
Nehru
Suharto
Sukarno
Gandhi
31
The Warsaw Pact included all of the following nations except
Bulgaria
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Poland
32
Philosophy of existentialism, with an emphasis on God as a fiction & no preordained human fate
concentrated on logic and a theory of knowledge.
was dominant in the universities of Great Britain and USA
exemplified the spiritualism of the "Age of Aquarius."
was expressed by Frenchmen Albert Camus & Jean-Paul Sartre
33
The first chancellor and "founding hero" of the West German Federal Republic was
Willy Brandt.
Helmut Schmidt.
Helmut Kohl.
Konrad Adenauer.
34
Truman and his Western European allies responded to Stalin's blockade of Berlin in 1948 by
building the Berlin wall
sending a UN force to reopen access routes
bombing Moscow
airlifting supplies to Berlin
35
In 1959, Chiang Kai-shek transferred the Chinese Nationalist government from the mainland to
Tokyo
Taiwan
Shanghai
Hong Kong
36
Following WWII, India
was divided into six states based on the caste system
became two new countries, one Hindu and on Muslim
remained firmly under British control
gained its independence in a peaceful transition
37
In the postwar world, Canada
did not become a member of NORAD.
saw much of the economic growth aided by European investors.
refused to join NATO.
experienced many of the same developments as the USA.
38
The policy created in 1947 and used by the Americans against Communism was called
appeasement
curtailment
massive retaliation
containment
39
The founding members of NATO included all of the following except
Canada
Albania
Norway
Luxembourg
40
All of the following is characteristic of the United States in the 1950s except
confidence in the American way of life.
an economic boom.
an intensification of the "Red Scare."
the collapse of labor unions.
41
The Truman doctrine was a consequence of Truman's alarm over
the weakness of the British in the eastern Mediterranean
the slow pace of denazification in Germany
Soviet aggression in Czechoslovakia
a civil was in Yugoslavia
42
Postwar Italian politics was characterized by
the dominance of the Communist party.
the hegemony of Christian Democrats and the Catholic Church.
the demise of the Christian Democrats.
frequent military coups.
43
An American-supported invasion of the Bay if Pigs in 1961 had as its mission
the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba
the assassination of Mao Zedong
a military coup in Egypt
the return of Chiang Kei-shek to mainland China
44
Although France gave full independence to Morocco and Tunisia, it tried to keep power in
Algeria
Egypt
Botswana
Chad
45
By 1950 Western Europe saw the political comeback of
socialist parties.
moderate political parties.
Communist parties.
monarchists.
46
All of the following statements regarding women in the post-war era are correct except
many more married women joined the work force than before.
a "baby boom" declined in the 1960s, due to "the pill."
working-class women continued to receive less pay than men.
working women received equal pay with men by the 1960s.
47
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following except
race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts.
the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
the Supreme Court approval of "separate but equal"
the Supreme Court upheld racial segregation in schools.
48
Despite World War II's impact on Europe, industrial output was 30% higher than prewar levels by
1947
1956
1960
1950
49
As president of France, Charles de Gaulle's position in the Cold War was to
join the non-aligned third-world nations.
make France a nuclear power and want independence from NATO.
make France the leading European power in NATO.
closely align France with the Warsaw Pact nations.
50
In, The Second Sex, the French feminist author Simone de Beauvoir argued that
there was no hope in improving the status of women.
women were wrongly defined by their differences from men.
the WWII had legitimated the political advantages of males.
women should renounce all contact with men.

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