Question 1

Problems facing the Soviet Union in the 1980s included all of the following except

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A)   The inability of a core feature, centralized planning, to produce needed and desired consumer goods
B)   The inability of collectivized agriculture to produce enough food to free the Soviet Union from theNecessity of importing grain
C)   The activities of over-zealous Communist Party members, more interested in Marxist purity than in practical solutions to problems
D)   Lack of incentive of workers to work hard or even show up regularly

Question 2

East German discontent was in part caused by

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A)   Its standard of living being the lowest in the Soviet bloc
B)   The government being strongly Stalinist, with numerous purges and imprisonments, even in the 1990s
C)   The government's inability to keep out West German television, which demonstrated how much more prosperous that part of Germany was
D)   East Germany was hit repeatedly by famines and plagues

Question 3

In the 1980s the general political direction of Europe and America shifted toward the ________

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Question 4

How and why did Gorbachev's concepts of Perestroika and Glasnost end up weakening rather than strengthening the Soviet Union?

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Question 5

Japan became the world's foremost creditor nation in the 1990s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Replacing the United States in the 1980s as the world's topmost creditor nation was

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A)   Germany
B)   China
C)   Japan
D)   Britain

Question 7

The Soviet Union in the 1980s

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A)   Suffered from major economic problems
B)   Successfully maintained control of Afghanistan
C)   Easily surpassed the United States in armament production
D)   Saw a revival of Stalinist purges

Question 8

Gorbachev's perestroika meant an increased crackdown in intellectual dissent.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Gorbachev's glasnost was a plan for armaments reduction.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The early 1990s were marked by

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A)   The collapse of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe
B)   The end of the sexual revolution
C)   A definite peace in the Middle East
D)   The permanent division of Germany into East and West

Question 11

According to the text, two countries rose considerably in stature, power and influence with the collapse of Communism: the United States and

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A)   Italy
B)   Germany
C)   France
D)   Spain

Question 12

Which one of these events happened in Europe during the late 1980s and 1990s?

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A)   Stalin's purges
B)   The Treaty of Versailles
C)   The Collapse of the Soviet Union
D)   The Triple Alliance

Question 13

In the 1980s the general political tendency in both the Untied States and Europe was toward the political right.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The political shift to the right in many European countries and the United States in the 1980's had, as one of its main causes,

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A)   Major problems in the Middle East
B)   Economic problems, including higher unemployment and declining growth
C)   The growth of internationalist terrorism
D)   The economic success of the Soviet Union

Question 15

Boris Yeltsin became so unpopular that he was defeated for reelection as president of Russia in 1996.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Problems faced by the world in the 1990s included all of the following except

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A)   Continuing unemployment in Europe even in good economic times
B)   A growing gap between the affluent and the poorer nations
C)   Major famines caused by serious overpopulation
D)   Environmental deterioration

Question 17

During the breakup of the Soviet Union, Eastern European countries gained their political and economic autonomy. The first country to do so, because it already had a strong anti-Communist trade union movement, was

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A)   Romania
B)   Finland
C)   Poland
D)   Austria

Question 18

Can the euro be regarded as the culmination of economic and political tendencies in Western Europe? Why or why not?

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Question 19

The post-1980s global economy

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A)   Was dominated by a small handful of truly international corporations
B)  Meant that workers in countries remote from Europe and America might wear the same brand of shoes . and drink the same beverages as their Western counterparts
C)   Because of its economic internationalism, it called into question the concept of national identity
D)   All of these options are correct

Question 20

The Maastricht Treaty of 1992 was

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A)   A treaty adjusting post-world War II political boundaries in Western Europe
B)   A treaty establishing a greater European economic union and a common currency, the Euro
C)   A military treaty to replace NATO
D)   All of these options are incorrect

Exam 26: Into the Twenty-First Century: The Present in Perspective

Problems faced by the world in the 1990s included all of the following except

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In the 1980s the general political tendency in both the Untied States and Europe was toward the political right.

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The Soviet Union in the 1980s

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Problems facing the Soviet Union in the 1980s included all of the following except

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In the 1980s the general political direction of Europe and America shifted toward the ________

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Gorbachev's glasnost was a plan for armaments reduction.

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The post-1980s global economy

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How and why did Gorbachev's concepts of Perestroika and Glasnost end up weakening rather than strengthening the Soviet Union?

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Gorbachev's perestroika meant an increased crackdown in intellectual dissent.

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Japan became the world's foremost creditor nation in the 1990s.

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Which one of these events happened in Europe during the late 1980s and 1990s?

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Boris Yeltsin became so unpopular that he was defeated for reelection as president of Russia in 1996.

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Can the euro be regarded as the culmination of economic and political tendencies in Western Europe? Why or why not?

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