Question 1

What country provided support for Francisco Franco's regime after the Second World War,resisting attempts to sanction Spain for its support of the Axis powers?

Accepted Answer

A)  the United Kingdom
B)  France
C)  the Soviet Union
D)  China
E)  the United StatesF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 2

How did Margaret Thatcher reorient British economic policy upon becoming prime minister?

Accepted Answer

A)  She increased government subsidies for coal mining.
B)  She nationalized the British rail system.
C)  She cut government spending and reduced taxes.
D)  She created measures focused on reducing inequality.
E)  She created new health and education measures to increase employment.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E) C

Question 3

What ethnic minority did Nicolae Ceauşescu target to make nationalist appeals to Romanians,razing 1,500 villages in the process?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hungarians
B)  Roma
C)  Ukrainians
D)  Turks
E)  GreeksF) B) and C)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

With what nation did the United Kingdom fight a short war in 1982 over the sparsely populated Falkland Islands?

Accepted Answer

A)  Spain
B)  Angola
C)  Yugoslavia
D)  Argentina
E)  BrazilF) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

What was the Polish organization of trade unions led by Lech Walesa named?

Accepted Answer

A)  Polish United Workers
B)  Gierek
C)  Euro-Communism
D)  Danzig
E)  SolidarityF) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Mikhail Gorbachev introduced a policy known as glasnost,which did what?

Accepted Answer

A)  provided for more open government and freer expression
B)  promised to respond aggressively to a revolution in any Eastern bloc nation
C)  brought back Stalin-era programs of collectivization
D)  instituted new censorship measures
E)  demanded greater economic contribution to the Soviet Union from the Warsaw PactF) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 7

What issue was central to the Helsinki Accords,signed in 1975?

Accepted Answer

A)  nuclear weapons
B)  German reunification
C)  human rights
D)  the Vietnam War
E)  Finnish independenceF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 8

What Eastern bloc capital experienced a "Spring" in 1968 as its head of state attempted to institute "socialism with a human face"?

Accepted Answer

A)  Warsaw
B)  Budapest
C)  Berlin
D)  Prague
E)  BucharestF) A) and C)
G) C) and D)

Question 9

Bosnian Serbs massacred 8,000 men and boys in the fields outside of which town?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sarajevo
B)  Bijeljina
C)  Prijedor
D)  Tuzla
E)  SrebrenicaF) B) and E)
G) D) and E) E

Question 10

Which nation created the first non-communist government in Eastern Europe since 1948 with the election of Tadeusz Mazowiecki in 1989?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poland
B)  Hungary
C)  East Germany
D)  Romania
E)  CzechoslovakiaF) C) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 11

What major event happened at Chernobyl,Ukraine,in 1986?

Accepted Answer

A)  the explosion of a nuclear reactor
B)  arms-reduction talks between Mikhail Gorbachev and Ronald Reagan
C)  the declaration of an independent Ukraine
D)  the first public broadcast of American television in the Soviet Union
E)  the signing of a treaty officially ending the Second World WarF) A) and E)
G) None of the above

Question 12

What was one factor that allowed the Gaullist government and French companies to head off the 1968 strike movement,leaving students alone in their protests?

Accepted Answer

A)  They promised to investigate police brutality.
B)  They promised to end French support for the American war in Vietnam.
C)  They promised new elections to remove Georges Pompidou from office.
D)  They promised to legalize the Communist party.
E)  They promised to raise wages.F) All of the above
G) C) and D) E

Question 13

How did Jacques Chirac begin his presidency?

Accepted Answer

A)  by ordering the execution of Mitterrand
B)  by providing health care to all working class people
C)  by authorizing the resumption of French nuclear testing in the South Pacific
D)  by invading Great Britain
E)  by postponing all upcoming electionsF) None of the above
G) A) and C)

Question 14

In which direction did European domestic politics shift during the 1970s?

Accepted Answer

A)  from the left to the center
B)  from the center to the left
C)  from the center to the right
D)  from the right to the center
E)  from the left to the rightF) A) and B)
G) B) and C)

Question 15

In what nation did a dictator's choice to attempt to hold its African colonies at all costs result in war with nationalist rebels in Angola and,later,Mozambique?

Accepted Answer

A)  Belgium
B)  Portugal
C)  France
D)  Spain
E)  the United KingdomF) A) and D)
G) None of the above

Question 16

Which European leader feared American domination of Europe and insisted that France maintain an independent nuclear capability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Willy Brandt
B)  Margaret Thatcher
C)  Erich Honecker
D)  Charles de Gaulle
E)  Francisco FrancoF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 17

What was the name given to the decades of violence between the Irish Republican Army and Protestant paramilitary groups beginning in 1969?

Accepted Answer

A)  the troubles
B)  the Irish Civil War
C)  disturbing the peace
D)  bloody Sundays
E)  the Ulster RebellionF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 18

What Mediterranean island was the site of competing claims of ownership by Greece and Turkey during the last half of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Rhodes
B)  Malta
C)  Cyprus
D)  Sicily
E)  CreteF) C) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 19

Why was the political transformation in 1989 in Romania more violent than in other Eastern European countries?

Accepted Answer

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Question 20

Ronald Reagan's plan for missile defense,dubbed what,became a sticking point in arms-reduction negotiations between the United States and the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Star Trek
B)  Space Force
C)  Star Wars
D)  Space Defense
E)  Satellite WarsF) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Exam 29: Transitions to Democracy and the Collapse of Communism

What country provided support for Francisco Franco's regime after the Second World War,resisting attempts to sanction Spain for its support of the Axis powers?

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How did Margaret Thatcher reorient British economic policy upon becoming prime minister?

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What ethnic minority did Nicolae Ceauşescu target to make nationalist appeals to Romanians,razing 1,500 villages in the process?

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With what nation did the United Kingdom fight a short war in 1982 over the sparsely populated Falkland Islands?

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What was the Polish organization of trade unions led by Lech Walesa named?

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Mikhail Gorbachev introduced a policy known as glasnost,which did what?

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What issue was central to the Helsinki Accords,signed in 1975?

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What Eastern bloc capital experienced a "Spring" in 1968 as its head of state attempted to institute "socialism with a human face"?

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Bosnian Serbs massacred 8,000 men and boys in the fields outside of which town?

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Which nation created the first non-communist government in Eastern Europe since 1948 with the election of Tadeusz Mazowiecki in 1989?

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What major event happened at Chernobyl,Ukraine,in 1986?

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What was one factor that allowed the Gaullist government and French companies to head off the 1968 strike movement,leaving students alone in their protests?

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How did Jacques Chirac begin his presidency?

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In which direction did European domestic politics shift during the 1970s?

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In what nation did a dictator's choice to attempt to hold its African colonies at all costs result in war with nationalist rebels in Angola and,later,Mozambique?

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Which European leader feared American domination of Europe and insisted that France maintain an independent nuclear capability?

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What was the name given to the decades of violence between the Irish Republican Army and Protestant paramilitary groups beginning in 1969?

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What Mediterranean island was the site of competing claims of ownership by Greece and Turkey during the last half of the twentieth century?

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Why was the political transformation in 1989 in Romania more violent than in other Eastern European countries?

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