Question 1

What was true of the impact of the global economic downturn that began in 2008?

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A)  It was caused by problems in the United States only.
B)  It hit Spain and Germany harder than any other European country.
C)  It fueled resentment by some of the most severely affected EU states about the policies imposed by wealthier European countries.
D)  It barely affected eastern Europe.
E)  It made Europe economically dependent on the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.

Question 2

Please define the following key terms.
-NGOs

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Question 3

Please define the following key terms.
-Nicolae Ceausescu

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Nicolae Ceaușescu was a Romanian communi...

Question 4

What did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to do under perestroika?

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A)  Frighten the United States with more military spending
B)  Create a more free and open political culture in the U.S.S.R.
C)  Turn all power over to the people
D)  Restructure the economic and political systems
E)  End communism and adopt western-style democracy

Question 5

Is the world facing a "clash of civilizations" in the near future? Why and/or why not?

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The concept of a "clash of civilizations...

Question 6

Under whose leadership was the reunification of Germany accomplished?

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A)  Willy Brandt
B)  Conrad Adenauer
C)  Helmut Schmidt
D)  Gunter Grass
E)  Helmut Kohl

Question 7

Please define the following key terms.
-Pope John Paul II

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Pope John Paul II, born Karol Józef Wojt...

Question 8

Please define the following key terms.
-"Think globally, act locally"

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"Think globally, act locally" is a phras...

Question 9

Which Eastern European republic came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state and which was fueled by ethnic rivalries?

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A)  Lithuania
B)  Estonia
C)  Albania
D)  Lichtenstein
E)  Slovakia

Question 10

Who was the politician who kept the fractious state of Yugoslavia together for decades after World War II?

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A)  Marshall Tito
B)  General Filopovic
C)  President Milosevic
D)  Prime Minister Kostunica
E)  Marshall Petain

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

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The World Bank and the International Mon...

Question 12

Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

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A)  Nazis
B)  Communists
C)  Christian Democrats
D)  Green Party
E)  Libertarians

Question 13

Please define the following key terms.
-glastnost

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Glasnost is a term that refers to the po...

Question 14

Please define the following key terms.
-Digital Age

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The Digital Age, also known as the Infor...

Question 15

What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

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A)  Yugoslavia was truly unified for the first time.
B)  Bosnia was split into a Serb republic and a Muslim-Croat federation.
C)  Nothing was accomplished.
D)  Bosnia agreed to adhere to the Geneva Accords as their multi-party conflict raged on.
E)  Bosnia agreed to join the European Community.

Question 16

Please define the following key terms.
-global warming/greenhouse effect

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Global warming refers to the long-term i...

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds

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Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds are three di...

Question 18

What major economic challenges have plagued the West from the 1980s through the early twenty-first century?

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The major economic challenges that have ...

Question 19

George W. Bush called terrorism "the enemy of our generation."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-perestroika

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-perestroika...

Exam 30: After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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Please define the following key terms. -glastnost

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Please define the following key terms. -global warming/greenhouse effect

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Please define the following key terms. -Pope John Paul II

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Please define the following key terms. -Digital Age

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Please define the following key terms. -perestroika

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What major economic challenges have plagued the West from the 1980s through the early twenty-first century?

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What did Mikhail Gorbachev intend to do under perestroika?

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Please define the following key terms. -"Think globally, act locally"

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Please define the following key terms. -Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds

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Please define the following key terms. -NGOs

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Which Eastern European republic came into existence in 1993 with the breakup of a previously existing state and which was fueled by ethnic rivalries?

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Is the world facing a "clash of civilizations" in the near future? Why and/or why not?

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What was true of the impact of the global economic downturn that began in 2008?

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Which party won nearly 50 percent of the vote in East Germany's 1990 election?

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Please define the following key terms. -World Bank and the International Monetary Fund

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Please define the following key terms. -Nicolae Ceausescu

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What was a consequence of the war in Bosnia?

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George W. Bush called terrorism "the enemy of our generation."

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