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1
Boris Yeltsin was succeeded as president of Russia by this former KGB officer
Gorbachev
Putin
Khrushchev
Stalin
2
Harry Truman, declared that "an iron curtain" had "descended across the continent."
True
False
3
Vietnam War--the South Vietnamese Communist guerillas backed by North Vietnam were known as the
Dinh Diem.
Minhkong.
Vietcong.
Mekong.
4
These often have agricultural economies, little technology, severe food shortages
First World Countries
Third World Countries
Fourth World Countries
Second World Countries
5
You're allowed one 5x7 inch notecard with notes on it.
False
True
6
The new social class of industrial workers in the early Industrial Revolution:
all of the above
excluded children from factory work
worked under dangerous conditions for long hours.
did not include women.
7
The romantic author of
Frankenstein
was
Mary Shelley
Percy Shelley
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Lord Byron
8
In August 1914, the perception of the upcoming war among Europeans was that
it would be avoided at the last minute
it would be the dawn of a new socialist Europe.
it would be over by Christmas
its long-term nature would revive Europe's suffering economy
9
The immediate cause of World War I was
the assassination of Austrian Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo
the French occupation of the Ruhr.
the German invasion of Poland.
an uprising of Catholic peasants in Bavaria.
10
Women played little role in WW I.
False
True
11
The Cold War spread from Europe with the establishment of a Communist regime in China in 1949
True
False
12
What type of new energy source powered the second industrial revolution?
hydro
coal
electricity
natural gas
13
Carl Jung believed that the collective unconscious was the memories that all human beings share
True
False
14
At the Paris Peace Conference Eastern Europe was redrawn along correct ethnic lines
True
False
15
The Cold war was a non-shooting war that between the two superpowers.
True
False
16
Nationalization of banks, requisition of grain from peasants, & the centralization of state is
Marxist Communism
War Communism
Soviet Communism
Economic Communism
17
Social Security, universal healthcare, maternity leave, cradle-grave coverage are examples of
a communist state
A capitalist state
A fascist state
A welfare state
18
Germany & the Soviet Union aided in the Spanish Civil War in spite of Nonintervention Agreement
True
False
19
the compulsory enlistment of citizens into a country's armed forces
slavery
apartheid
none of the above
Conscription
20
Who was responsible for the theory of relativity?
Plank
Rhodes
Einstein
Nietzsche
21
Hitler took Poland in 1939
upon Poland's request for a restructured government.
despite interference by the Soviet Union
using Blitzkrieg or "lightning war" tactics.
in a long protracted struggle that cost Germany dearly.
22
Containment policy was adopted by GB in 1938 in response to Hitler's demand for the Sudetenland
False
True
23
Hitler's "Final Solution" to the Jewish problem called for
the extermination of all European Jews.
breeding "Jewish genes" out of the Jewish population itself
the forced deportation of the Jews to Madagascar
the resettlement of Jews in ghettos
24
What should you bring for the final
Pen and pencil
Scantron
Green Book
all of the above
25
The civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s included all of the following
except
the civil rights leadership of Martin Luther King Jr.
race riots in the Los Angeles district of Watts.
radicalization of the youth in urban ghettos
saw the Supreme Court approve "separate but equal".
26
Glasnot means
none of the above
openness
secrecy
economic freedom
27
One significant effect of the Great Depression in Europe was
destruction of communism
huge unemployment rates except in G.B.
strengthening of democratic movements
the rise of authoritarian movements in Europe
28
Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley, was one of the first feminists
False
True
29
These have well-organized industry, agriculture, advanced technologies, educational systems.
First World Countries
Second World Countries
Fourth World Countries
Third World Countries
30
The great scientists of the 17th century pursued their exploration of science to exalt God
True
False
31
In pursuing the war against the Axis powers, the Allies demanded of its opponents
the maintenance of diplomatic contacts
promises regarding post-war spheres of influence
unconditional surrender
careful accounting of all sums spent on armaments
32
Since the invention of the microprocessor in 1971 resulted in today's Digital Age.
True
False
33
In 1944 Allied forces landed 1000s of troops on the beaches of Normandy in an operation termed
Operation Archery
D Day
Operation Barbossa
Operation Cobra
34
One of the most significant events of the Khrushchev regime was his denunciation of Stalin
False
True
35
Created in 1949, signees agreed to provide mutual assistance if any one of them was attacked
NATO
United Nations
Warsaw Pact
League of Nations
36
Mao Zedong unleashed the Red Guards to cleanse Chinese society of impure elements in 1966.
False
True
37
The ruling policies of Mikhail Gorbachev in the Soviet Union
called for perestroika, the restructuring of economic policy
increased political repression in Russia & in Eastern Europe
led to a reform of Communism & strengthening of the regime.
all of the above
38
Mein Kampf
was autobiographical, anti-semitic, pro-Aryan
excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism
depicted Hitler's plan to take power through rebellion.
immediately became a best seller in Russia & Germany
39
Among Napoleon III's great domestic projects was
building of the Eiffel Tower
rededication of Notre Dame
reconstruction of Paris
none of the above
40
The Communist military response to the formation of NATO was the
Moscow Alliance.
Stalin Plan
Communist Protectorate.
Warsaw Pact
41
According to Sigmund Freud, behavior was
largely determined by genetics.
shaped by one's socio-economic status as Marx had argued.
shaped by one's environment.
determined by one's unconscious and by inner drives
42
The Marshall Plan
came to an abrupt end with the Berlin Blockade
was viewed by Western Europe as Capitalist imperialism
intended to rebuild European prosperity and stability
was not considered a success.
43
The most symbolic events ending the Cold War was
Russia's defeat in the Afghan war.
the death of Mao Zedong.
the fall of the Berlin Wall
the assassination attempt on Ronald Regan.
44
the League of Nations halted aggression through military sanctions
True
False
45
WWI affected the lives of all citizens however remote they were from the battlefields making it
Global
Great
Total
Massive
46
In the aftermath of World War I,
Norway converted to Islam
the United States joined the League of Nations
Germany agreed to never invade another country
the United States retreated into isolationism
47
___________________ wrote
The Communist Manifesto
.
Hitler
Marx
Freud
Nietzsche
48
Jews were the only minorities singled out during WWII
True
False
49
The tactic of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugoslavia was practiced most brutally by
Bosnians
Croatians
Italians
Serbs
50
Marx predicted the proletariat would become the dominant class of society & establish a monarch
False
True
51
The Bolshevik Revolution led to the Bolsheviks, headed by Lenin, to take control of Russia.
True
False
52
The most important consequence of the first year of World War I was
a deadly stalemate on the western front & trench warfare.
the collapse of German armies on the Russian front.
Italy's decision to switch sides
none of the above
53
Britain's cotton industry in the late eighteenth century:
was responsible for the creation of 1st modern factories
was inspired by the textile industry found in the US
could not keep up with French textile production.
declined due to the lack of technical innovation.
54
____________ is when the Soviets stationed nuclear missiles in Cuba
None fo the above
Cold War
Cuban Missile Crisis
Vietnam War
55
In this process, virtually every colony achieved independence and attained statehood.
Conscription
Self Determination
Decolonization
None of the above
56
_________ of 1989 saw the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe bringing a wave of euphoria
Protests
Wars
Strikes
Revolutions
57
The West built the Berlin Wall to stop East German communists from emigrating to western Europe
False
True
58
Geocentric Conception is a theory that the earth is at the center of the universe.
False
True
59
The doctrine that eased Cold War tensions in the 1970s is known as
containment
détente
mutually assured destruction
the domino theory.
60
Betty Friedan, an important contributor to feminism in the 1960s, wrote the
Feminine Mystique
False
True
61
The immediate origins of the Crimean War involved:
Russia's right to protect Christian shrines in the Holy Land
the Turks' assassination of a British diplomat.
Austrian expansionism in the Balkans
Russia's seizure of the Dardanelles Straits
62
___________________ was a system of racial segregation in South Africa.
Detente
Apartheid
Slavery
Racism
63
Unlike Reagan, Thatcher had little interest in foreign policy or international affairs
True
False
64
After of 9/11, the US invaded Iraq, & forced al-Qaeda & Bin Laden to seek refuge in Iran
True
False
65
The American Civil War of 1861-65
was ended by Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation
was ended by the Missouri Compromise
all of the above
evolved from a war to preserve the Union-war against slavery
66
The US entered WWII following
finding out about the Holocaust
the Battle of Briton
Pearl Harbor
D Day
67
The Women's Suffrage movement worked to give women the right to ___________________.
all of the above
Hold political office
Vote
Get divorced
68
This was a research & development project that produced the atomic bomb during WWII.
Project Prometheus
Overlord Project
Project Plowshare
Manhattan Project
69
Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of
Briton
Waterloo
none of the above
Elba
70
WWII was fought between the Allies and the
Axis
None of the above
Central Powers
Allied Nations
71
On May 14, 1948, the United Nations divided Palestine into a Jewish state known as
Israel
Jordan
Iran
Iraq
72
Which is NOT a Modern Art Movement
Neoclassicism
Impressionism
Post-Impressionism
Expressionism
73
World War One was fought between two alliances: the Allies and the ___________________.
None of the above
Axis
Allied Nations
Central Powers
74
Clinton called this the "enemy of our generation,"
Vietnam
Socialism
Terrorism
Communism
75
Following the French Revolution, France set up a bicameral parliament while having a monarch.
True
False
76
Germany was to take full responsibility for the war and pay $33 billion in reparations
Wilsion's 14 points
none of the above
Self determination
War Guilt Clause
77
The "Second Industrial Revolution" saw the advent of what new product?
coal
iron
steel
palladium
78
Lenin's New Economic Policy in the early 1920s
industrialized Russia at the expense of the peasantry
moved Communism forward-industry & agriculture nationalized.
established giant collective farms.
was a modified form of the capitalist system.
79
The president who finally withdrew American forces from Vietnam was Richard Nixon.
True
False
80
The fear that if Vietnam fell to communism, than others would also fall to communism is called
Containment
Detente
Appeasement
Domino Theory