Existentialism stressed

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

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

The Truman doctrine did all of the following except

condemn the victory of Communists in the Chinese civil war

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

the weakness of the British in the eastern Mediterranean

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"

An effect of the Korean War on the Cold War was

reinforcement of American determination to contain Soviets

The American artist Jackson Pollock was most noted for

Abstract Expressionist paintings.

Yugoslavia from World War II through the 1960 was characterized by

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

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

the overthrow of Fidel Castro in Cuba

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.

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.

Postwar Italian politics was characterized by

the hegemony of Christian Democrats and the Catholic Church.

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

Conservative party revoked all of the welfare legislation.

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

women were wrongly defined by their differences from men.

The Great Leap Forward was

Mao Zedong's effort to achieve a classless society

In 1956 in Poland, Wladyslaw Gomulka

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

The Common Market was

founded for economic reasons, to promote free trade.

Khrushchev's unpopularity with the Communist Party reached its apex

following his institution of forced-labor camps in Ukraine.

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

the Soviet Union and the United States

American motion pictures in the postwar years have

spread American pop culture throughout the world.

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.

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

white-collar management and administrative personnel.

The economic policies of Stalin

focused on production of heavy industry and space vehicles

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

was expressed by Frenchmen Albert Camus & Jean-Paul Sartre

The Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 concluded with

preventative communication between the US and Soviet Union

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

Vietnam was divided after Vietnamese forces defeated France

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

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