True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. |
| | 1. | The
Russian parliament met in 1989 for the first time since 1918. |
| | 2. | In
1991, a group in the Soviet Union tried to stop Gorbachev's reforms and to seize power. |
| | 3. | The
president of the Russian Republic, Boris Yeltsin, took over Gorbachev's duties as commander in
chief. |
| | 4. | Yeltsin tried to prevent Russia from adopting a free-market economy. |
| | 5. | Brezhnev resisted the influx of Western music, dress, and art, and tried to restore
traditional Russian culture. |
| | 6. | President Nixon was impeached for lying to the American public. |
| | 7. | President Carter's inability to deal with the Iranian hostage crisis contributed to
his defeat. |
| | 8. | President Nixon courted the votes of southern whites with "law and order"
issues. |
| | 9. | President Mitterand's socialist reforms stopped France's economic decline after
1981. |
| | 10. | Increased unemployment and economic problems led to conflict over Germany's liberal
immigration policies in the 1990s. |
| | 11. | The
Equal Pay and Sex Discrimination Acts gave legal support to equal rights for women. |
| | 12. | The
IRA's goal is to keep Northern Ireland part of Great Britain. |
| | 13. | Karl
Barth tried to revive Catholic teachings by stressing reason over grace. |
| | 14. | Vatican Council II liberalized several Catholic practices, including the celebration
of the mass in vernacular languages. |
| | 15. | The
Olympics are now funded chiefly by revenues from American television. |
Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 16. | By 1980, the
Soviet Union was ailing from all of the following causes EXCEPT one. Which one? a. | a declining
economy | b. | rising infant mortality | c. | poor working
conditions | d. | too many political reforms | | |
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| | 17. | President
Reagan did all of the following EXCEPT a. | provide aid to Afghan rebels. | b. | call the Soviets an
“evil empire.” | c. | begin a military build-up. | d. | sign the Brezhnev
Doctrine. | | |
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| | 18. | Gorbachev
soon realized that economic reform would not succeed without a. | a Five-Year
Plan. | b. | tractors. | c. | political reform. | d. | destroying the United
States. | | |
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| | 19. | President
Carter protested the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan by a. | starting an arms
race. | b. | canceling U.S. participation in the 1980 Olympic
Games. | c. | importing grain from the USSR. | d. | reuniting
Germany. | | |
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| | 20. | The United
States was inclined to sign a nuclear weapons treaty in 1990 because it needed to a. | placate
Russia. | b. | reduce military spending. | c. | invade
Afghanistan. | d. | support Gorbachev. | | |
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| | 21. | In 1974,
Tito had designated this region an autonomous or self-governing province within
Yugoslavia. a. | Serbia | b. | Slovenia | c. | Croatia | d. | Kosovo | | |
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| | 22. | The Yugoslav
republics included significant numbers of a. | Serb minorities. | b. | League of Nations
mandates. | c. | Slovak majorities. | d. | Chechen
rebels. | | |
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| | 23. | Walesa’s trade union movement was supported by workers and a. | the Soviet
Union. | b. | the Roman Catholic Church. | c. | secret
police. | d. | Serbs. | | |
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| | 24. | In 1989, the
government of East Germany ordered the tearing down of one of the last symbols of the Cold War,
the a. | missile silos of
Minsk. | b. | Czech Republic. | c. | Berlin
Wall. | d. | Munich Mural. | | |
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| | 25. | Poland’s free-market reforms under its new president in 1990
caused a. | Soviet
backlash. | b. | U.S. intervention. | c. | immediate
prosperity. | d. | severe unemployment. | | |
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| | 26. | In 1993,
Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement because it wanted to a. | join the United
States. | b. | make trade with the U.S. easier. | c. | reduce Mexican
trade. | d. | settle the Quebec secession issue. | | |
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| | 27. | Pierre
Trudeau’s Liberal government passed the Official Language Act that a. | allowed both French and
English to be used in the federal civil service. | b. | made English
Canada’s official language. | c. | demanded that all provincial government officials learn
French. | d. | demanded that all provincial government officials learn
English. | | |
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| | 28. | President
Clinton, elected in 1992, claimed to be a “new Democrat,” one who a. | was younger than his
opponent. | b. | promoted new ideas that the Republicans would not
support. | c. | favored a number of what had been 1980s Republican
policies. | d. | was from New England and lived in New
Mexico. | | |
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| | 29. | The spending
policies of the Reagan administration in the 1980s included all of the following EXCEPT one. Which
one? a. | cutbacks in spending on
food stamps, school lunches, and job programs | b. | record budget
deficits | c. | exceeding a one trillion dollar federal budget by
1987 | d. | controls on
inflation | | |
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| | 30. | The economic
policies of the Thatcher government in the 1980s included all of the following EXCEPT one. Which
one? a. | attempted cutbacks in
spending on social welfare | b. | restrictions on union power | c. | preserving local
property taxes | d. | controls on inflation | | |
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| | 31. | In the early
1980s, the video music channel, MTV, changed the music industry by a. | inventing the
veejay. | b. | making image as important as sound in music
sales. | c. | getting people to watch television. | d. | showcasing Elvis
Presley. | | |
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| | 32. | In the
1960s, as television spread around the world, U.S. television programs a. | became less
popular. | b. | became popular in Europe and in non-Western
nations. | c. | were replaced by European shows. | d. | got longer and had
fewer commercials. | | |
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| | 33. | All of the
following genres of music began in the United States and all are rooted in African American forms
EXCEPT a. | jazz. | b. | rock. | c. | rhythm and blues. | d. | reggae. | | |
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| | 34. | Challenged
by President Kennedy in 1961, massive government funding and leaps in research and technology enabled
the U.S. by 1969 to a. | split the atom. | b. | find a low-cost
alternative to polluting chemical fertilizers. | c. | land astronauts on the
moon. | d. | create a wide-screen TV for a price under
$5,000. | | |
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| | 35. | In the
1990s, some women and men rejected or attempted to redefine the concept of “feminism” to
mean a. | balancing career,
family, and leisure time. | b. | female superiority. | c. | coed sports
teams. | d. | a return to femininity for women. | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement. |
| 36. | In
1990, free elections in Poland marked the end of 45 years of ____________________ rule.
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| 37. | On
January 1, 1993 Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and____________________.
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| 38. | The
Serbs revived memories of Nazi atrocities by following a policy of ____________________ toward
Muslims.
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| 39. | When
Milosevic refused to sign a peace plan with the Albanians in the province of ____________________,
the U.S. and NATO forced the Yugoslavian government to cooperate.
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| 40. | After
World War II, the six republics and two provinces that made up Yugoslavia were held together by
dictator Josip Broz ____________________.
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Matching |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | creditor nation | b. | détente | c. | perestroika | d. | INF Treaty | e. | market | | |
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| | 41. | country that
exports more than it imports |
| | 42. | agreement to
eliminate mid-range nuclear weapons |
| | 43. | Gorbachev’s initial economic reforms |
| | 44. | pre-1979
period of relaxed U.S.-Soviet tensions |
| | 45. | economy
influenced by consumer demand |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Lech Walesa | b. | Nicolae Ceausescu | c. | Václav
Havel | d. | Slobodan Milosevíc | e. | Kosovo
Albanians | | |
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| | 46. | organizer of
Solidarity in Poland |
| | 47. | former
writer, elected Czech president in 1989 |
| | 48. | man who
became leader of Yugoslav republic of Serbia in 1987 |
| | 49. | Romanian
dictator executed in 1989 |
| | 50. | anti-Serbian-rule group |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | EEC | b. | budget deficit | c. | Parti
Québecois | d. | euro | e. | Thatcherism | | |
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| | 51. | world’s
largest single trading bloc by 1992 |
| | 52. | common
currency established by the EU |
| | 53. | British
government economic policy in the 1980s |
| | 54. | government
spending in excess of revenues |
| | 55. | French-Canadian separatist bloc |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Andy Warhol | b. | state-sponsored terrorism | c. | the
Beatles | d. | Pope John Paul II | e. | Munich | | |
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| | 56. | terrorism
aided by governments |
| | 57. | well-traveled Catholic leader after 1978 |
| | 58. | 1960s
Campbell’s soup can pop artist |
| | 59. | group that
“invaded the U.S.” in the 1960s |
| | 60. | site of the
1972 Olympics massacre of Israeli athletes |