Europe In The Postwar Era

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The First Civilizations
The Forming of Greek Civilizations
Classical and Hellenistic Greece
The Roman Republic
The Empire and Christianity
The Making of Western Europe
The Empires of the Early Middle Ages 800-1000: Creation and Erosion
Restoration of an Ordered Society
The Flowering of Medieval Civilization
The Urban Economy and the Consolidation of States
Breakdown and Renewal in an Age of Plague
Tradition and Change in European Culture, 1300-1500
Reformations in Religion
Economic Expansion and a New Politics
War and Crisis
Culture and Society in the Age of the Scientific Revolution
The Emergence of the European State System
The Wealth of Nations
The Age of Enlightenment
The French Revolution
The Age of Napoleon
Foundations of Nineteenth Century Europe
States and Nations in the Nineteenth Century, 1830-1870
Progress and Its Discontents
Nineteenth-Century Empires
World War I and the War It Created
The Great Twentieth-Century Crisis
The Nightmare: World War II
Europe in the Postwar ERA
Europe in the Global ERA

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Question 1

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The Truman Doctrine promised

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military aid to countries that had been allied with the U.S.in World War II.

economic aid to former communist countries.

military and agricultural aid to former communist countries.

military and economic aid to countries in danger of communist takeover.

economic aid to countries devastated by World War II.

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Question 2

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The Soviet plan for providing economic aid to Eastern European countries that it controlled was the

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Five-Year Plan.

Comintern.

Comecon.

Warsaw Pact.

Commucon.

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Question 3

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The American plan for stimulating development of the postwar European economy was conceived by

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George Marshall.

Harry Truman.

Douglas McArthur.

Henry Stimson.

John Keynes.

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Question 4

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Which of the following nations was NOT a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

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Canada

Great Britain

Hungary

France

Denmark

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Question 5

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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created because

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ground forces needed atomic weapons to deter Soviet aggression.

ground forces that did not depend on atomic weapons were an essential deterrent to Soviet aggression.

every nation in Western Europe demanded protection by the United States.

Western Europe needed a multi-national deterrent to the armies of Eastern European countries.

ground and air forces needed atomic weapons to deter Soviet and Eastern European aggression.

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Question 6

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Which country was NOT an initial member of NATO?

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Greece

France

Iceland

the Netherlands

Great Britain

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Question 7

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Which conflict was the first test of a multi-national army overseen by the UN?

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Vietnam

Bosnia

Yugoslavia

Korea

Cambodia

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Question 8

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When the Soviets cut off overland access to West Berlin in June of 1948, the United States responded by

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using military force to re-open the road to the city.

conducting a year-long airlift of food and other supplies into the city.

using convoys to sneak through the Soviet lines and supply the city.

threatening to attack the Soviet Union with atomic weapons if it did not re-open the road to the city.

dropping food and other supplies from the air for a month.

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Question 9

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Despite shortages of capital and supplies, the postwar situation in Europe provided some opportunities, such as

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the need to rebuild factories making it easy to adopt the most efficient methods and latest technology.

the displacement of millions of people providing plenty of skilled labor.

the need to rebuild transportation networks making it easy to adopt the newest machinery.

the backlog of unexploited technology.

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Question 10

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Postwar authors wanting to show how ordinary people experienced dictatorship, war, and dislocation favored a style known as

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existentialism.

neorealism.

neoconservatism.

surrealism.

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Question 11

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Savagely satirical novels conveying the surrealism of Central Europe's experience in the twentieth century were written by

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Ignazio Silone.

Alberto Moravia.

Roberto Rossellini.

Heinrich Böll.

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Question 12

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The postwar movement that centered on the sum of one's choices giving life a moral meaning was known as

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neorealism.

neoconservatism.

existentialism.

Vatican II.

surrealism.

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Question 13

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Which of the following achieved a large audience with their systematic claims for Christianity's relevance to modern life?

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Paul Tillich and Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Karl Jaspers and Karl Barth

Karl Barth and Jacques Maritain

Martin Heidegger and Jean-Paul Sartre

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Question 14

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Pope John Paul called the Vatican Council in 1962 known as Vatican II in order to

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move the Catholic Church back to more traditional values.

bring the Catholic Church up to date not just organizationally but in social policy as well.

put more emphasis on institutional uniformity.

keep the leadership of the Church from becoming too international.

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Question 15

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One of the major trends in the cultural life of postwar Europe was the

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ever-increasing influence of American pop culture.

influence of American politics and economics.

ever-increasing influence of traditional European values.

influence of European businesses and governments.

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Question 16

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Overall, the arts in postwar Europe tended to become less austere and less concerned with formal principles.Nowhere was this more apparent than in

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novels.

architecture.

music.

painting.

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Question 17

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Which of the following reasons describes the loss of empires after World War II?

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Wartime loss of control over colonies made it extremely difficult to reestablish authority after the war.

Nationalist movements became much stronger during the war.

Anticolonialism in the international arena diluted the legitimacy of European empires.

The public demanded spending on reconstruction at home.

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Question 18

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Describe the causes and aftermath of the revolutions of 1968.Why did they fail?

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What were the roles of women in the years following World War II? How did the writings of Simone Beauvoir and Betty Friedan affect the burgeoning women's movement of the 1960s?

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Europe In The Postwar Era

The Truman Doctrine promised

The Soviet plan for providing economic aid to Eastern European countries that it controlled was the

The American plan for stimulating development of the postwar European economy was conceived by

Which of the following nations was NOT a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created because

Which country was NOT an initial member of NATO?

Which conflict was the first test of a multi-national army overseen by the UN?

When the Soviets cut off overland access to West Berlin in June of 1948, the United States responded by

Despite shortages of capital and supplies, the postwar situation in Europe provided some opportunities, such as

Postwar authors wanting to show how ordinary people experienced dictatorship, war, and dislocation favored a style known as

Savagely satirical novels conveying the surrealism of Central Europe's experience in the twentieth century were written by

The postwar movement that centered on the sum of one's choices giving life a moral meaning was known as

Which of the following achieved a large audience with their systematic claims for Christianity's relevance to modern life?

Pope John Paul called the Vatican Council in 1962 known as Vatican II in order to

One of the major trends in the cultural life of postwar Europe was the

Overall, the arts in postwar Europe tended to become less austere and less concerned with formal principles.Nowhere was this more apparent than in

Which of the following reasons describes the loss of empires after World War II?

Describe the causes and aftermath of the revolutions of 1968.Why did they fail?

What were the roles of women in the years following World War II? How did the writings of Simone Beauvoir and Betty Friedan affect the burgeoning women's movement of the 1960s?

Compare and contrast the economies of Western and Eastern Europe in the postwar era.How did the policies of Russia and the United States affect them?