__ 1..The era 1945-1980 in European history can be described as the era of     

            A)  Imperialism     B)  Global disarmament     C)  The Cold War     D)  Enlightenment   E)  Roaring 80’s

__ 2..Immediately after World War II     

            A)  The Soviet Union installed Communist governments in Eastern Europe     

            B)  The United States installed capitalist governments in Eastern Europe     

            C)  The Soviet Union annexed all former German colonies in Africa and Asia     

            D)  The United States annexed all former German colonies in Asia and Africa

            THE USSR and US start the Sozue-Apollo Program

__ 3..The Cold War can be said to have begun when:

            A)  A major military clash between US and Soviet troops occurred in Germany     

            B)  Stalin refused to permit freely elected govts in areas of Eastern Europe controlled by his troops     

            C)  US  used military force to prevent a Communist takeover of Great Britain

            D)  The non aggression pact was sign between USSR and UDK           E)  All of the above

__ 4..American idea for massive economic aid to Europe after WWII was called     

            A)  The Marshall Plan     B)  The Triple Alliance     C)  NATO     D)  The Triple Entente   E) NEP

__ 5..The Vietnam War began as a conflict opposing the colonial rule of     

            A)  Britain     B)  France     C)  The Netherlands     D)  The United States   E)) Cambodia

__ 6..The American action during the Cold War that led to the greatest internal dissent in and criticism of the      United States in other countries was the  

            A)  Korean War     B)  Marshall Plan   C)  Vietnam War   D)  Cuban Missile Crisis  E)  Bay of Dolphins

__ 7 ..Choose the statement that best describes the situation in post-World War II Asia     

            A)  China, under Mao Zedong, was able to conquer Korea and Vietnam     

            B)  The United States was able to dominate all the major Asian countries     

            C)  Japan rebuilt its economy to become a major economic, though not a major political, power     

            D)  Russia expanded its Asian power by controlling Afghanistan            E)  The rise of neo nazis

__ 8..Pick out the statement that best describes the course of the Cold War

            A)  It started with a Soviet invasion of W Germany

            B)  It continued until the collapse of the SU in the 1990's

            C) Ended after the Cuban missile crisis because neither the SU nor the US wished to repeat that situation           D)  It started with Stalin and died with Stalin            E)  None of these

__ 9..The Cold War in Latin America     

            A)  Revolved especially around the Marxist government of Castro's Cuba     

            B)  Was virtually nonexistent                                         C)  Involved only countries in South America     

            D)  Led to a Communist takeover of the Panama Canal             E)  None

__ 10..Stalin's plans for Eastern Europe after WWII included

            A) Cooperation with the West and with the Marshall Plan

            B)  Imposition not only of Soviet-style govts but also of Soviet economic planning and agricultural                                  collectivization     

            C)  Opening of Eastern Europe to capitalist development     D)  None of the above   E)  All of these

__ 11..The real successor of Stalin, after two years of collective rule, was     

            A)  Gorbachev     B)  Rasputin     C)  Khrushchev     D)  Yeltsin   E)  Bulgarian

__ 12..The reforms in Communist Czechoslovakia in 1968     

            A)  Were crushed by massive Soviet intervention                       B)  Were initiated by the Soviet Union     

            C)  Led to the immediate breakup of the Soviet Union               D)  Were actively promoted by the US

            E)  Started a revolution called the Orange Revol

__ 13..The post World War II organization that united the economies of most Western European countries was             A)  NATO     B)  Triple Alliance     C)  Common Market     D)  League of Nations   E)  Warsaw Pact

__ 14..Western Europe between 1955 and 1980     

            A)  Failed to keep pace with the economic development of Eastern Europe     

            B)  Saw unprecedented levels of prosperity and abundant consumer goods     

            C)  After a struggle, regained most of the European colonies     D)  None of the above   E)  All of these

__ 15..Which of the following areas did not have a history of serious colonial conflicts after WWII?

            A)  Southeast Asia     B)  South America     C)  Africa     D)  The Middle East   E)  Near East

__ 16..The state of Israel     

            A)  Was a product of a Jewish nationalist movement, Zionism     B)  Was established in Central Africa               C)  Was welcomed by its Arab neighbors               D)  Was not supported by any European country   E)  None

__ 17..French control of Algeria was all except   

            A)  Was supported by European settlers in Algeria and by the French military, stung by its defeat in       Vietnam     

            B)  Was opposed by virtually the entire Arab population of Algeria     

            C)  Was ended by Charles de Gaulle after he returned to power in France     

            D)  Led to the fall of the Second Republic                     E)  All of the above

__ 18..The first Black president of South Africa was     

            A)  Gandhi     B)  Martin Luther King     C)  Mao Zedong     D)  Mandela    E)  Desmond Tutu

__ 19..A popular philosophy after World War II, exemplified by Jean-Paul Sartre was     

            A)  Altruism     B)  Existentialism     C)  Scholasticism     D)  Libertarianism   E)  Liberalism

__ 20..The student movements of the 1960s and 1970s     

            A)  Supported the United States in the Vietnam War      B)  Overthrew de Gaulle in France     

            C)  Did not criticize the fundamentals of Western Society     D)  None of the above   E)  All of these

__ 21..A very important feminist, author of The Second Sex, was     

            A)  Wollstonecraft        B)  Simone de Beauvoir     C)  Pankhurst     D)  Thatcher          E)  Connie Stevens

__ 22..The major cause of the "stagflation" of the 1970s-slow economic growth accompanied by inflation-was               A)  The major increase in the price of oil engineered by OPEC     

            B)  Excessive government spending on social welfare programs     C)  Excessive government taxation                D)  Rise in price of silver/gold                     E)  All of the above

__ 23..Term "Post-Industrial Society" meant in a post-WWII context     

            A)  Traditional manufacturing became less important in the economies of the major countries

            B) Was a major shift of population from urban to farm life     

            C)  The number of inventions began to decline, rapidly slowing industrial progress     

            D)  All of these             E)  None of the above

___________________ 24-The leaders of Great Britain, the United States, and the Soviet Union met in

three conferences during and immediately after World War II. One of these was at _ .

___________________25.-The easing of tension between the Soviet Union and the United States in the

middle 1970s is called __.

___________________26.-The social programs adopted by many western European countries after 1945 are

often called the

___________________27.-The poor countries that emerged after decolonization are often referred to as the

___________________28.-The most dramatic of the student protests of the 1960s and 1970s took place in

___________________29. Canal connects the Med. And Red?

___________________30. Suleiman the Magnificent ruled what empire

___________________31. Capital of Serbia

___________________32.  Arafat was leader of what organization?

____________________33. Pearl Buck wrote what books?

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