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Chapter 29 - Spielvogel - Cold War
Chapter 29 - Spielvogel - Cold War
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1
The "four olds" targeted during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution included all except
old rulers.
old culture.
old customs.
old ideas.
2
The 1975 Helsinki Agreements
accorded the USSR the right to intervene in western Europe.
recognized borders in E. Europe & USSR sphere of influence.
established American military dominance in Europe.
made Finland a nuclear-free zone.
3
The doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s is known as
the domino theory.
Star Wars.
containment.
détente.
4
The Resignation of Antonin Novotny in Czechoslovakia was precipitated by
invasion of Czechoslovakia by red army
a writes rebellion
coup by the christian democrates
Mass protest in Prague
5
President Charles de Gaulle of France called the USA "the greatest danger in the world" because
Vietnam.
Cuba.
Israel.
the Balkans.
6
The US president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by the mujahideen was
Bill Clinton.
Ronald Reagan.
Richard Nixon.
George H.W. Bush.
7
By the mid-1960s, the primary concern of the United States was
inflation.
China.
drugs.
the Soviet Union.
8
The most watched event on television is
the Davis Cup.
the World Series.
the World Cup.
the NFL Superbowl.
9
During the 1960s the recreational drug for most colleges was
Marijuana
LSD
powder cocaine
heroine
10
The "permissive society" is characterized by all the following except
declining rates of devorce
increasing rates of divorce
sexual freedom
experimentation with drugs
11
An appropriate symbol of détente between Russia and America was the ABM Treaty of 1972 that
pledged them to limit weapons and slow an arms race.
allowed the Russians to export more luxury commoditie
guaranteed massive American financial aid to the Russians.
enabled them to trade freely in aircraft and minerals.
12
Students protest in Europe backfired to an extent as
the students themselves began to have doubts
their university funding was withdrawed
too many people died during protests in 1968
Some people detested what they saw lawlessness of privilged
13
The Romanian secret police force was called the
KGB.
NKVD.
Stasi.
Securitate.
14
Under the Brezhnev Doctorine
soviets attempted to roll back capitalism everywhere
soviet declared the right intervention if socialist threaten
Soviet union promised to clean up it's international rep.
more political freedoms were granted at home
15
The solidarity
was temporarily crushed by general Lech Walesa in 1989
lacked cohesion and quickly disintegrated
formed by Wladlyslaw Gomulka 1956
was outlawed in 1981
16
Herbert Marcuse's one dimentional man
productive political change could come only from the elities
proposing a revised curriculum with real would knowledge
Capitalism responsible for heightening discontent of masses
indoctrinated students can liberate the elite professors
17
In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"
Perminately ended communism
was bought to an abrupt end by the red army
ad the support of Mikhail Gorbachev
successfully established long lasting democratic government
18
In the 1960's college and university students complained and demonstrated against all but
authorization administrator
crowded classroom
Declining enrollment
lack of a relevant educational experience
19
Great Britain under Margaret Thatcher experienced
improved industrial production in the Midlands.
increased government expenditures in education.
a large military buildup and approach against communism.
a disastrous defeat against Argentina in the Falklands War.
20
In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be
a clash of civilizations.
a global village.
an age of terrorism.
the end of "history."
21
His election to the presidency in 1968, Nixon pursued a "southern strategy" by appealing to
newly arrived migrant workers.
black voters in the American south.
the demands of leaders in southern Vietnam.
southern whites.
22
author of the feminine mystique and who was the founder of the national organization of women
Simone Beauvior
Rachel Carson
Betty Ford
Betty Friedman
23
The American president who journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972 was
Lyndon Johnson.
Gerald Ford.
Jimmy Carter.
Richard Nixon.
24
Small is Beautiful was written by
E.F. Schumacher.
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Michael Goric.
Robert Oppenheimer.
25
Small Is Beautiful is a fundamental critique of the dangers of
popular culture.
modern feminism.
science and technology.
the Cold War.
26
The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and the human condition was
James Joyce.
Gabriel García Márquez.
Milan Kundera.
Albert Camus.
27
US composer Philip Glass is known for combining elements of classic and pop music in
minimalism.
neo-Expressionism.
neo-classicism.
post-Surrealism.
28
The issue that led to Jimmy Carter's defeat in 1980 was
his inability to gain the release of US hostages in Iran.
his pardoning of Richard Nixon.
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
the collapse of oil prices.
29
Eurocommunism was most successful in
France.
the Soviet Union.
Italy.
Poland.
30
The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled
inflation
hyperism.
stagflation.
deflation.
31
US president decided to bomb Vietnam & increased the number of US troops in the Vietnam War was
John Kennedy.
Harry Truman.
Lyndon Johnson.
Richard Nixon.
32
The terrorist group who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games was the
IRA.
Baader-Meinhof Gang.
Black September.
Taliban.
33
The nation that initially took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960's
Italy
france
sweeden
The united states
34
The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in
1955.
1949.
1952.
1957.
35
European Green movements
achieved political successes in most European countries.
made average people aware of environmental problems.
were more successful in Eastern Europe than Western Europe.
were not successful in mobilizing public support.
36
The Vietnam War
was resolved in 1975 with the Helsinki Agreements.
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.
37
In the late 1970s, punk rock music was exemplified by
the Beatles.
the Sex Pistols.
the Rolling Stones.
U2.
38
Wars like the ones in Vietnam and Afghanistan demonstrated that
there would always be sphere of influence to fight over.
the superpowers could never be at peace.
there would be wars that the superpowers could not win.
warfare in the world would be incessant.
39
The West German chancellor whose policy of Ostpolitik improved relations with East Germany was
Konrad Adenauer.
Willy Brandt.
Helmut Kohl.
Helmut Schmidt.
40
Important figure in the development of an early computer inventor of the computer language was
Karl Barth.
J. Robert Oppenheimer.
Grace Hopper.
William Gates.
41
The Ohio National Guard killed 4 protesters in 1970's
University of Ohio
Ohio State
Bowling Green University
Kent state
42
The song "The Times They Are A-Changing"
the beatles
credence clearwater revival
Elvis Presley
bob dylan
43
A major trend in music since WWII, as best expressed in the works of Olivier Messiaen, has been
post-modernism.
neo-classicism.
serialism.
minimalism.
44
The literary work employing "magic realism" is
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Small is Beautiful.
One-Dimensional Man.
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
45
Postmodernism in art could include all of the following except
"happenings."
a mingling of historic tradition and Modernist innovation.
an architecture of complexity and contradiction.
Photorealism.
46
The East German leader Erich Honecker was noted for
establishing viral dictatorship by Stasi or secrete police
dismantling berlin wall
building the Berlin Wall in 1961
urging the political unification of west and east Germany
47
The policies of Ronald Reagan
increased spending on school lunch programs.
expanded spending on food stamps.
decreased spending on the military.
more than doubled the national debt.
48
British mathematician who created a computer that assisted in breaking German codes in WWII was
Alan Turing.
Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Ian Botham.
Anthony Powell.
49
Under the U.S. presidency of Jimmy Carter, a major goal of American foreign policy was
US out of European alliances that counter Soviet power
the protection of human rights globally.
a new effort to contain Communism around the globe.
to weaken the Islamic Republic of Iran by military force.
