The Western Experience, 10th Edition (Chambers)

Chapter 29: Europe in the Postwar Era

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
The early Cold War involved all of the following events in Europe EXCEPT
A)the Berlin airlift.
B)civil war in Greece.
C)the Marshall Plan.
D)the development of Eurocommunism.
E)the exclusion of communists from coalition governments in France and Italy.
2
Early colonial losses after World War II included all of the following EXCEPT
A)Britain gave up control of India and Pakistan.
B)Holland lost control of Indonesia.
C)France was defeated by rebels in Vietnam and Algeria.
D)Germany lost Togo and Cameroon.
E)Britain gave up control of Malaysia.
3
Decolonization had the effect of
A)replacing European with Soviet and American direct control.
B)replacing direct control with indirect influence.
C)ending outside interference in the newly established states.
D)ending internal and external conflicts involving the former colonies.
E)transferring European influence in the developing world to the United States.
4
Women in the student movement began to express their own separate goals because they became disillusioned by
A)a lack of economic opportunities.
B)the violence of the radical fringe.
C)the hostility they faced from ordinary citizens.
D)the futility of the attempt to spark political revolution.
E)the unequal treatment they got from male radicals.
5
European terrorists used all of the following tactics EXCEPT
A)kidnapping.
B)assassination.
C)poison gas.
D)bombings.
E)murder.
6
Europe's cultural renewal included all of the following EXCEPT
A)existentialism, which said that even without moral certainty, a person can still choose to live a moral life.
B)Vatican II, which modernized Church ritual and beliefs.
C)the revival of classical literary forms in an attempt to reach back to the roots of European culture.
D)artistic movements that picked up and carried forward earlier modernist themes and techniques.
E)neorealism, a style of literature and film-making that showed how ordinary people experienced the travails of the twentieth century.
7
The Vatican II
A)put more emphasis on institutional uniformity.
B)ordered the Mass be conducted in Latin instead of the vernacular.
C)attempted to bring a resurgence of prewar values to Church teachings.
D)sought to reestablish the traditional government of the Church.
E)made the leadership of the Church far more international.
8
Lenin thought of colonialism as
A)the inevitable last stage of capitalist exploitation.
B)the unfortunate beginning of a new wave of capitalist exploitation.
C)the perfect avenue to bring communism to the masses in nonindustrialized countries.
D)an unwelcome deviation from the transformation of capitalism to communism.
E)an "aberration of history."
9
What proved fatal to the Fourth Republic of France?
A)the Suez crisis
B)the colonial crisis in Algeria
C)the growing influence of the Soviet Union
D)the resurgence of the conservative right
E)the end of Marshall Plan aid
10
What event sparked the Suez Crisis?
A)British withdrawal of management and aid from the Suez Canal.
B)U.S. assertion of influence in the Suez Canal.
C)Gamal Nasser's nationalization of the Suez Canal.
D)terrorist attacks on the Suez Canal.
E)France's attempt to assert control over the Suez Canal.
11
The 1970 treaty between West Germany and the Soviet Union
A)brought down the Berlin Wall.
B)cemented the fragmented control of Berlin.
C)seemed to close the door to peaceful reunification of Germany.
D)accepted West Germany's eastern boundary.
E)reduced West Germany's ability to communicate with Eastern European countries.
12
Betty Friedan wrote about
A)the gender inequality of the protest movements of 1968.
B)the split between the idealized homemaker and the reality of women's lives.
C)the overreaction of feminists to perceived inequalities between the sexes.
D)the need for women to take a greater role in foreign policy.
E)the negative effects of Cold War authoritarianism on women in Eastern Europe.
13
The energy crisis of 1973 was sparked by
A)the Soviet Union's decision to cut off exports of natural gas to Western Europe.
B)the rapid rise in industrial power that outstripped energy supplies.
C)the loss of nuclear power due to the Chernobyl accident.
D)a massive recession in Western nations.
E)a price hike by a cartel of oil-exporting countries.
14
Widespread inflation in the mid-1970s called into question what practice (among others) on which the postwar prosperity seemed to be built?
A)deficit financing by governments
B)decreased imports
C)business practices of lowering prices to maintain profits
D)deficit elimination through balanced budgets
E)acceptance of foreign aid by the United States
15
In response to the student protests of 1968, de Gaulle's Fifth Republic
A)reduced the welfare state.
B)centralized the state.
C)tightened control of education.
D)broadened social programs.
E)reduced the size of civil service.
16
When the Conservatives came to power in Britain,
A)they had far less success in combating the recession than the Labour government had.
B)they fought against the mixed economy they inherited, attempting to move toward a purely capitalist structure.
C)they betrayed the business interests that had elected them by moving to the center.
D)they drastically reduced the welfare state.
E)they favored the private sector but largely accepted the welfare state.
17
In the dramatic economic expansion of the postwar period in the USSR and Eastern Europe, what sector was a disappointing outlier of extremely limited growth?
A)agriculture
B)oil
C)textiles
D)infrastructure development
E)industrial production
18
What was the goal of Britain's "constructive imperialism" approach?
A)slowly wean the colonies off dependence on the British financial system
B)teach the colonies to be economically self-sufficient
C)preserve the empire through close regulation of imperial trade
D)diversify the individual economies of the colonies so they would be less dependent on foreign trade
E)stamp out any form of nationalist movement in the colonies through military force
19
The "Carnation Revolution"
A)reduced civil rights in Portugal.
B)ended the rule of the military dictatorship of army officers.
C)reduced political democracy to Portugal.
D)stamped out revolts in Portugal's colonies.
E)freed Portugal's colonies.
20
Which of the following describes the government of Helmut Kohl in West Germany?
A)dismissive of the European Community as a tool for progress in Europe
B)relatively short in tenure
C)less interested in maintaining good relations with the East
D)less friendly toward business interests than previous administrations
E)more closely tied to the U.S. than previous administrations
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