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Chapter 28 Quiz
Something to Believe In 1960–1988
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European states could more easily afford welfare state spending than the US because _______.
Their economies were healthier
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US military commitments protected them
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They had empires to draw on
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Europeans are more liberal than Americans
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The 1960s saw struggles for civil rights among _______ in the US.
African Americans
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Hispanic Americans
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Gays and lesbians
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All of the above
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To fill the postwar labor shortage, Germany invited guest workers in from _______.
Poland
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Turkey
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England
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Namibia
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The Big Science era resulted in breakthroughs in _______. (Select all that apply)
Steel production
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Cancer research
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Genetic engineering
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computers
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Of the funding the US government provides to research, _______ goes to science and health.
8%
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40%
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80%
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92%
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Humanist groups, which proliferated after WWII in Europe, identify as _______.
Catholic
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Protestant
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Pagan
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Secular
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During WWII, Pope Pius XII _______ fascism.
Openly condemned
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Remained neutral toward
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Allied the Church with
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Did not address
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The purpose of the Second Vatican Council was to _______.
Bring the church up to date
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Recreate the Papal States
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Reorganize the Church in a less hierarchical manner
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Apologize for the Church's actions during WWII
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Among other things, the Second Vatican Council _______.
Reformed Church liturgy
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Confirmed the power of the papacy
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Ended the tradition of blaming the Jews for the death of Christ
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Ended the Latin Mass
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During the postwar period, Protestant Christianity grew _______.
In Europe
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In the Soviet bloc
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In postcolonial Asia and Africa
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In the United States
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The key belief of Fundamentalism is _______.
Spiritual union with God
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Scriptural inerrancy
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Spiritual relativism
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Ecumenicalism
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The only one of the new forms of American Protestantism to gain any traction in Europe is _______.
Fundamentalism
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Pentecostalism
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Evangelicalism
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None of the above
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Israel was founded largely by Ashkenazi Jews from _______.
The Middle East
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Europe
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North Africa
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The United States
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UN Resolution 3379 condemned _______ along with racism and colonialism. (Select all that apply)
Zionism
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Apartheid
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Jim Crow
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Catholicism
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Israel was attacked by _______ in 1973 on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar. (Select all that apply)
Egypt
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Iran
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Jordan
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Syria
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Israel's New Historians questioned _______.
The truth of the Jewish faith
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Israel's right to their land
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The place of Ashkenazi Jews in Israel
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Traditional interpretations of Israeli history
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True or False: Jewish women can be rabbis. _____
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True or False: Islamic countries were unaffected by nationalism in the late 20th century.
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Arabs had not been the leaders of the Islamic world since _______.
The 8th century
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The 14th century
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The 17th century
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The 19th century
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Is the Ba'ath Party a secular or religious organization?
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Hamas _______ (Select all that apply)
Is a conservative Palestinian nationalist group.
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Does charitable work among Palestinians in the occupied territories.
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Devotes itself to a terrorist war on Israel.
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Is a secular organization.
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The Muslim Brotherhood was founded in _______.
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Based on Map 28.1, where did the largest number of Israeli citizens come from?
France
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The former Soviet bloc
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Central and Eastern Europe
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North Africa
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This photo of a protest at the Sorbonne University in Paris in 1968 shows sympathy with what ideology?
Evangelicalism
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Communism
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Anarchism
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Judaism
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This photo shows the Camp David Accords being signed by Israel and _______.
Jordan
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Syria
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Iran
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Egypt
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