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1
In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be
a clash of civilizations.
the end of "history."
an age of terrorism.
a global village.
2
During the 1960s the recreational drug for most colleges was
LSD
Marijuana
powder cocaine
heroine
3
US president decided to bomb Vietnam & increased the number of US troops in the Vietnam War was
Harry Truman.
Richard Nixon.
John Kennedy.
Lyndon Johnson.
4
The "permissive society" is characterized by all the following except
sexual freedom
increasing rates of divorce
experimentation with drugs
declining rates of devorce
5
The nation that initially took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960's
Italy
sweeden
france
The united states
6
Herbert Marcuse's one dimentional man
proposing a revised curriculum with real would knowledge
productive political change could come only from the elities
Capitalism responsible for heightening discontent of masses
indoctrinated students can liberate the elite professors
7
The most watched event on television is
the NFL Superbowl.
the World Cup.
the World Series.
the Davis Cup.
8
President Charles de Gaulle of France called the USA "the greatest danger in the world" because
the Balkans.
Vietnam.
Cuba.
Israel.
9
Small Is Beautiful is a fundamental critique of the dangers of
the Cold War.
modern feminism.
science and technology.
popular culture.
10
The literary work employing "magic realism" is
One-Dimensional Man.
Small is Beautiful.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
11
The Vietnam War
ended in 1973 with the defeat of North Korea.
was resolved in 1975 with the Helsinki Agreements.
marked the beginning of domination of SE Asia by the USSR.
showed the limitations of American power.
12
European Green movements
were not successful in mobilizing public support.
were more successful in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.
achieved political successes in most European countries.
made average people aware of environmental problems.
13
Small is Beautiful was written by
Robert Oppenheimer.
Michael Goric.
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
E.F. Schumacher.
14
The 1975 Helsinki Agreements
accorded the USSR the right to intervene in western Europe.
established American military dominance in Europe.
recognized borders in E. Europe & USSR sphere of influence.
made Finland a nuclear-free zone.
15
In the 1960's college and university students complained and demonstrated against all but
authorization administrator
lack of a relevant educational experience
crowded classroom
Declining enrollment
16
The issue that led to Jimmy Carter's defeat in 1980 was
the collapse of oil prices.
his inability to gain the release of US hostages in Iran.
his pardoning of Richard Nixon.
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
17
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
18
The Resignation of Antonin Novotny in Czechoslovakia was precipitated by
Mass protest in Prague
coup by the christian democrates
a writes rebellion
invasion of Czechoslovakia by red army
19
By the mid-1960s, the primary concern of the United States was
drugs.
China.
the Soviet Union.
inflation.
20
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.
21
Important figure in the development of an early computer inventor of the computer language was
Karl Barth.
Grace Hopper.
William Gates.
J. Robert Oppenheimer.
22
In the late 1970s, punk rock music was exemplified by
U2.
the Sex Pistols.
the Beatles.
the Rolling Stones.
23
Eurocommunism was most successful in
Italy.
the Soviet Union.
Poland.
France.
24
Wars like the ones in Vietnam and Afghanistan demonstrated that
there would be wars that the superpowers could not win.
there would always be sphere of influence to fight over.
warfare in the world would be incessant.
the superpowers could never be at peace.
25
The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and the human condition was
Gabriel García Márquez.
Milan Kundera.
Albert Camus.
James Joyce.
26
The "four olds" targeted during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution included all except
old customs.
old culture.
old rulers.
old ideas.
27
A major trend in music since WWII, as best expressed in the works of Olivier Messiaen, has been
post-modernism.
serialism.
minimalism.
neo-classicism.
28
US composer Philip Glass is known for combining elements of classic and pop music in
neo-classicism.
minimalism.
post-Surrealism.
neo-Expressionism.
29
The American president who journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972 was
Gerald Ford.
Jimmy Carter.
Richard Nixon.
Lyndon Johnson.
30
British mathematician who created a computer that assisted in breaking German codes in WWII was
Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Alan Turing.
Ian Botham.
Anthony Powell.
31
Under the Brezhnev Doctorine
soviets attempted to roll back capitalism everywhere
more political freedoms were granted at home
Soviet union promised to clean up it's international rep.
soviet declared the right intervention if socialist threaten
32
Playboy Magazines
encouraged men to spice up their married sex life
encouraged man to find sexual satisfaction non-married life
originally had no nudity
originally had no nudity
33
The US president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by the mujahideen was
George H.W. Bush.
Ronald Reagan.
Bill Clinton.
Richard Nixon.
34
The doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s is known as
détente.
the domino theory.
Star Wars.
containment.
35
In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"
was bought to an abrupt end by the red army
ad the support of Mikhail Gorbachev
successfully established long lasting democratic government
Perminately ended communism
36
Great Britain under Margaret Thatcher experienced
increased government expenditures in education.
improved industrial production in the Midlands.
a disastrous defeat against Argentina in the Falklands War.
a large military buildup and approach against communism.
37
The terrorist group who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games was the
Baader-Meinhof Gang.
IRA.
Black September.
Taliban.
38
The Romanian secret police force was called the
NKVD.
Securitate.
Stasi.
KGB.
39
Under the U.S. presidency of Jimmy Carter, a major goal of American foreign policy was
a new effort to contain Communism around the globe.
the protection of human rights globally.
to weaken the Islamic Republic of Iran by military force.
US out of European alliances that counter Soviet power
40
The song "The Times They Are A-Changing"
credence clearwater revival
bob dylan
Elvis Presley
the beatles
41
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
pledged them to limit weapons and slow an arms race.
enabled them to trade freely in aircraft and minerals.
42
The Ohio National Guard killed 4 protesters in 1970's
Bowling Green University
Kent state
Ohio State
University of Ohio
43
The East German leader Erich Honecker was noted for
building the Berlin Wall in 1961
establishing viral dictatorship by Stasi or secrete police
urging the political unification of west and east Germany
dismantling berlin wall
44
The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled
stagflation.
deflation.
hyperism.
inflation
45
Postmodernism in art could include all of the following except
"happenings."
Photorealism.
a mingling of historic tradition and Modernist innovation.
an architecture of complexity and contradiction.
46
Students protest in Europe backfired to an extent as
too many people died during protests in 1968
their university funding was withdrawed
Some people detested what they saw lawlessness of privilged
the students themselves began to have doubts
47
The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in
1952.
1955.
1949.
1957.
48
author of the feminine mystique and who was the founder of the national organization of women
Betty Friedman
Simone Beauvior
Rachel Carson
Betty Ford
49
The West German chancellor whose policy of Ostpolitik improved relations with East Germany was
Helmut Schmidt.
Konrad Adenauer.
Willy Brandt.
Helmut Kohl.
50
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.
the demands of leaders in southern Vietnam.
southern whites.
