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Chapter 29 - Spielvogel - Cold War
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1
The US president who helped maintain a Vietnam-like war in Afghanistan by the mujahideen was
Ronald Reagan.
George H.W. Bush.
Richard Nixon.
Bill Clinton.
2
The nation that initially took the lead in the sexual revolution of the 1960's
The united states
france
Italy
sweeden
3
The Soviet launch of Sputnik occurred in
1957.
1955.
1949.
1952.
4
The issue that led to Jimmy Carter's defeat in 1980 was
his inability to gain the release of US hostages in Iran.
the collapse of oil prices.
his pardoning of Richard Nixon.
the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan.
5
Small Is Beautiful is a fundamental critique of the dangers of
the Cold War.
modern feminism.
science and technology.
popular culture.
6
His election to the presidency in 1968, Nixon pursued a "southern strategy" by appealing to
black voters in the American south.
southern whites.
newly arrived migrant workers.
the demands of leaders in southern Vietnam.
7
The East German leader Erich Honecker was noted for
building the Berlin Wall in 1961
urging the political unification of west and east Germany
dismantling berlin wall
establishing viral dictatorship by Stasi or secrete police
8
Eurocommunism was most successful in
the Soviet Union.
Poland.
Italy.
France.
9
The Vietnam War
showed the limitations of American power.
was resolved in 1975 with the Helsinki Agreements.
ended in 1973 with the defeat of North Korea.
marked the beginning of domination of SE Asia by the USSR.
10
British mathematician who created a computer that assisted in breaking German codes in WWII was
Ralph Vaughn Williams.
Alan Turing.
Anthony Powell.
Ian Botham.
11
Important figure in the development of an early computer inventor of the computer language was
Grace Hopper.
Karl Barth.
J. Robert Oppenheimer.
William Gates.
12
Under the U.S. presidency of Jimmy Carter, a major goal of American foreign policy was
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.
US out of European alliances that counter Soviet power
13
US composer Philip Glass is known for combining elements of classic and pop music in
minimalism.
neo-Expressionism.
neo-classicism.
post-Surrealism.
14
By the mid-1960s, the primary concern of the United States was
drugs.
the Soviet Union.
China.
inflation.
15
Great Britain under Margaret Thatcher experienced
increased government expenditures in education.
a large military buildup and approach against communism.
improved industrial production in the Midlands.
a disastrous defeat against Argentina in the Falklands War.
16
The American president who journeyed to the People's Republic of China in 1972 was
Jimmy Carter.
Richard Nixon.
Gerald Ford.
Lyndon Johnson.
17
The song "The Times They Are A-Changing"
bob dylan
Elvis Presley
credence clearwater revival
the beatles
18
The economic problems of the United States in the 1970s have been labeled
stagflation.
hyperism.
deflation.
inflation
19
The terrorist group who murdered Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games was the
Black September.
Taliban.
Baader-Meinhof Gang.
IRA.
20
In the late 1970s, punk rock music was exemplified by
U2.
the Rolling Stones.
the Sex Pistols.
the Beatles.
21
Under the Brezhnev Doctorine
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
soviets attempted to roll back capitalism everywhere
22
Postmodernism in art could include all of the following except
an architecture of complexity and contradiction.
"happenings."
a mingling of historic tradition and Modernist innovation.
Photorealism.
23
The Resignation of Antonin Novotny in Czechoslovakia was precipitated by
a writes rebellion
invasion of Czechoslovakia by red army
Mass protest in Prague
coup by the christian democrates
24
In Czechoslovakia, the "Prague Spring"
successfully established long lasting democratic government
was bought to an abrupt end by the red army
Perminately ended communism
ad the support of Mikhail Gorbachev
25
The policies of Ronald Reagan
more than doubled the national debt.
expanded spending on food stamps.
decreased spending on the military.
increased spending on school lunch programs.
26
Herbert Marcuse's one dimentional man
indoctrinated students can liberate the elite professors
productive political change could come only from the elities
proposing a revised curriculum with real would knowledge
Capitalism responsible for heightening discontent of masses
27
The literary work employing "magic realism" is
One Hundred Years of Solitude.
One-Dimensional Man.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Small is Beautiful.
28
Small is Beautiful was written by
Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Robert Oppenheimer.
Michael Goric.
E.F. Schumacher.
29
The "four olds" targeted during the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution included all except
old ideas.
old culture.
old rulers.
old customs.
30
The Romanian secret police force was called the
Stasi.
NKVD.
Securitate.
KGB.
31
The most watched event on television is
the Davis Cup.
the World Series.
the World Cup.
the NFL Superbowl.
32
Wars like the ones in Vietnam and Afghanistan demonstrated that
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.
warfare in the world would be incessant.
33
In the 1960's college and university students complained and demonstrated against all but
crowded classroom
authorization administrator
lack of a relevant educational experience
Declining enrollment
34
US president decided to bomb Vietnam & increased the number of US troops in the Vietnam War was
Lyndon Johnson.
Harry Truman.
Richard Nixon.
John Kennedy.
35
In the 1960s, Marshall McLuhan predicted that the scenario for the future would be
the end of "history."
an age of terrorism.
a clash of civilizations.
a global village.
36
President Charles de Gaulle of France called the USA "the greatest danger in the world" because
Vietnam.
the Balkans.
Cuba.
Israel.
37
The doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s is known as
the domino theory.
détente.
Star Wars.
containment.
38
The 1975 Helsinki Agreements
made Finland a nuclear-free zone.
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.
39
During the 1960s the recreational drug for most colleges was
LSD
heroine
powder cocaine
Marijuana
40
The Ohio National Guard killed 4 protesters in 1970's
Ohio State
Kent state
University of Ohio
Bowling Green University
41
A major trend in music since WWII, as best expressed in the works of Olivier Messiaen, has been
post-modernism.
serialism.
minimalism.
neo-classicism.
42
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.
43
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
44
author of the feminine mystique and who was the founder of the national organization of women
Betty Friedman
Betty Ford
Rachel Carson
Simone Beauvior
45
An appropriate symbol of détente between Russia and America was the ABM Treaty of 1972 that
allowed the Russians to export more luxury commoditie
guaranteed massive American financial aid to the Russians.
pledged them to limit weapons and slow an arms race.
enabled them to trade freely in aircraft and minerals.
46
The "permissive society" is characterized by all the following except
sexual freedom
declining rates of devorce
experimentation with drugs
increasing rates of divorce
47
Students protest in Europe backfired to an extent as
the students themselves began to have doubts
their university funding was withdrawed
Some people detested what they saw lawlessness of privilged
too many people died during protests in 1968
48
The West German chancellor whose policy of Ostpolitik improved relations with East Germany was
Helmut Schmidt.
Helmut Kohl.
Willy Brandt.
Konrad Adenauer.
49
The European writer who used fantasy to examine moral issues and the human condition was
Gabriel García Márquez.
James Joyce.
Albert Camus.
Milan Kundera.
