Chapter 27 Quiz

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. The _______ was the US plan to rebuild Europe and restart European economies after WWII.

Marshall Plan correct incorrect

Dawes Plan correct incorrect

Sykes-Picot Agreement correct incorrect

Treaty of Versailles correct incorrect

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. NATO is _______.

A free trade zone correct incorrect

An international deliberative body correct incorrect

A central bank correct incorrect

A military alliance correct incorrect

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. Which of the following nations were part of the Warsaw Pact in 1955?

USSR correct incorrect

Hungary correct incorrect

Denmark correct incorrect

United States correct incorrect

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. The most popular philosophy in the post-WWII period was _______.

Absolutism correct incorrect

Scholasticism correct incorrect

Existentialism correct incorrect

Nihilism correct incorrect

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. Did Camus, the existentialist thinker, reject or embrace nihilism? ____

Your response

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. American fears about Soviet power began _______.

During WWII correct incorrect

As soon as the war was over correct incorrect

During the partition of Germany correct incorrect

At the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis correct incorrect

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. The Allies responded to the Soviet blockade of Berlin with _______.

War correct incorrect

Nuclear war correct incorrect

An airlift of supplies correct incorrect

Pointless negotiations correct incorrect

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. The high point of Cold War tension was _______.

The founding of the Warsaw Pact correct incorrect

The Berlin Airlift correct incorrect

The Cuban Missile Crisis correct incorrect

The fall of the Berlin Wall correct incorrect

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. Newly-independent colonies experienced which of the following problems?

Borders that did not correspond to traditional boundaries correct incorrect

Lack of natural resources correct incorrect

Resources which were monopolized by European countries correct incorrect

White minority rule correct incorrect

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. The communist message of _______ resonated with former colonies.

Death to Europe correct incorrect

Economic equality correct incorrect

Nuclear self-sufficiency correct incorrect

Totalitarian rule correct incorrect

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. A society in which the central government provides basic social services to all citizens is called _______.

Your response

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. _______ developed the theory behind the welfare state.

Karl Marx correct incorrect

John Maynard Keynes correct incorrect

William Beveridge correct incorrect

George C. Marshall correct incorrect

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. Germany was divided from 1945 until _______.

1949 correct incorrect

1955 correct incorrect

1963 correct incorrect

1990 correct incorrect

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. The _______ dominated West German politics throughout the Cold War.

Your response

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. Thanks to the welfare state, consumerism benefited from _______.

High taxes correct incorrect

Low taxes correct incorrect

Increased disposable income correct incorrect

More goods correct incorrect

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. Post-WWII consumerism differed from that of the late 19th century in that it relied on _______.

Imperial domination of captive markets correct incorrect

Purchase of non-necessary items correct incorrect

Reduced prices for necessary items like food and clothing correct incorrect

None of the above correct incorrect

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. Events that fueled a resurgence of Cold War tensions around 1968 include _______ (Select all that apply)

The Test Offensive correct incorrect

The Six Day War correct incorrect

The Cuban Missile Crisis correct incorrect

The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia correct incorrect

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. The Six Day War was started by _______.

Jordan. correct incorrect

Egypt. correct incorrect

Israel. correct incorrect

Syria. correct incorrect

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. The post-WWII era of the feminist movement is known as the _______.

First wave correct incorrect

Second wave correct incorrect

Third wave correct incorrect

Fourth wave correct incorrect

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. Women in Europe were not driven out of the workplace because _______.

Europe had greater labor shortages than the US correct incorrect

Europeans were more enlightened correct incorrect

Women had had the right to vote for longer in Europe correct incorrect

All of the above correct incorrect

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. The Organization of the Islamic Conference created _______ to give its member states a basis for the rights their citizens should have.

Your response

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The line marked 'Iron Curtain' on Map 27.1 separates _______.

The Axis powers from the Allies correct incorrect

Communist countries from democracies correct incorrect

Warsaw Pact and non-Warsaw Pact nations correct incorrect

Central Powers and Allied Powers correct incorrect

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This propaganda poster is promoting _______

Your response

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What does this cover of Ms. Magazine tell you about its audience?

It was primarily directed at working women. correct incorrect

It was only for happy homemakers. correct incorrect

It included bored housewives. correct incorrect

It was extremely radical. correct incorrect