Quiz 4 Review

The European Economic Community (EEC) was created primarily as

A) a defense alliance designed to protect against Soviet aggression.

B) a third world power block designed to create more equitable trade relations.

C) a supranational organization that utilizes a common currency.

D) a common European market for people, goods, and capital.
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The European Economic Community (EEC) was created primarily as

A) a defense alliance designed to protect against Soviet aggression.

B) a third world power block designed to create more equitable trade relations.

C) a supranational organization that utilizes a common currency.

D) a common European market for people, goods, and capital.
D
The Treaty of Maastricht (1991)

A) limited immigration to Western European countries from Eastern Europe.

B) created a common market for goods, labor, and capital in member states.

C) made proposals that led to a unified European currency.

D) called for the pooling of strategic resources, such as coal.
C
Which of the following describes the correct chronological order of Soviet Premiers

A) Chernenko, Stalin, Khruschev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Gorbachev

B) Khruschev, Brezhnev, Stalin, Gorbachev, Andropov, Chernenko

C) Stalin, Chernenko, Brezhnev, Andropov, Khruschev, Gorbachev

D) Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko, Gorbachev
D
Perestroika can best be defined as

A) government openness to public discussion.

B) a political purge of dissidents.

C) a restructuring of economic and political institutions leading toward reform.

D) economic stagnation and food shortage.
C
The opening of the Berlin Wall

A) was postponed until after the unification of East Germany and West Germany.

B) was orchestrated by NATO.

C) occurred under the orders of the East German government.

D) was the initial cause of opposition to East Germany's communist regime.
C
In which country were the revolutions of 1989/1990 violent?

A) Hungary

B) Czechoslovakia

C) Romania

D) East Germany
C
The August 1991 coup in the Soviet Union failed because

A) Boris Yeltsin crushed the coup with military forces from outlying regions of Moscow.

B) it was led by Gorbachev loyalists who were unpopular.

C) it lacked the support of the Communist Party.

D) the military bowed to popular pressure to continue on the path towards democracy.
D
As an instrument of perestroika, glasnost allowed

A) the abandonment of political reforms.

B) the banning of many books.

C) criticism of the government and Soviet society generally.

D) the exclusion of Western culture from the Soviet Union.
C
One of the most significant reforms instituted by Gorbachev was to

A) legalize the formation of other political parties other than just the Communist Party.

B) allow women to divorce their husbands.

C) abolish communism as an economic system.

D) organized an armed coup d'etat against the Soviet parliament.
C
The European Community was primarily

A) political union.

B) an economic union.

C) restricted to the nations of southern and eastern Europe.

D) a military alliance.
B
The term ethnic cleansing is associated with the tragedy in which occurred in A) Poland, with the overthrow of the Communist government by Solidarity. B) the Ukraine, with the atomic explosion at Chernobyl. C) the Czech Republic, with the breakup of Czechoslovakia. D) Bosnia, during the breakup of Yugoslavia.DThe greatest human-made environmental disaster of the second half of the twentieth century occurred at A) the Three Gorges. B) Chernobyl C) Aswan D) SamarkandBThe "ethnic cleansing" that took place in Bosnia primarily targeted ________. A) Muslims B) Albanians C) Croatians D) SerbiansAA Key technological achievement of the 20th century that has and will continue to influence the world, is the ________. A) airplane B) computer C) nuclear reactor D) automobileBIn 1989, which of the following inventions transformed the internet? A) transistor B) Microchip C) World Wide Web D) vacuum tubesCA key provision of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty called for the ________. A) creation of a special police force to fight the drug trade B) establishment of uniform wages and prices in all the signatory countries C) creation of a unified currency D) creation of new laws to enforce gender equality in the workforceCWhat was a distinct aim embodied in the Schuman Declaration creating the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)? A) Negotiate a unification treaty with the United States Coal and Steel industries. B) It would make war between member states impossible. C) Collect reparations from German Coal and Steel manufacturers to pay war debts. D) Put an end to European Colonialism.BThe European Economic Community was a regional organization that aimed to integrate its member states economically by a formal treaty signed in 1957 in A) Paris B) Rome C) Moscow D) LondonBThe Founding members of the EEC included: A) Norway, Portugal, Denmark, Greece and France. B) France, Italy, Spain, The United Kingdom and Ireland. C) The United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Greece and Denmark. D) France, Italy, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Germany.DThe European Union was formally established with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1993. The treaty established 3 Pillars of European Union: A) European Communities, Common Military Command, and Justice and Home Affairs B) Common Immigration Policy, Monetary Union and Foreign Policy C) European Communities, Common Foreign Policy and Justice and Home Affairs D) Common Military Union, Foreign Policy and Justice and HomeCThe decision for the Soviet Union to intervene in Afghanistan was made by the Soviet Premier A) Gorbachev B) Brezhnev C) Chernenko D) AndropovDStarting in 1985 Soviet Premier Gorbachev A) instituted repressive policies. B) ordered show trials for dissidents. C) instituted liberalizing policies. D) instituted censorship of the press.CFollowing the collapse of the Soviet Union, the Russian state A) was dominated by professional Economists and Democratic Politicians, achieving a "Russian Economic Miracle" during the first three years of reform. B) although struggling repaid its debts to the IMF and established a strong credit rating going forward. C) corrupt and haphazard privatization processes put major state owned firms into the hands of politically connected oligarchs with disastrous results. D) struggled with corruption and haphazard privatization, but made a quick recovery and has become an economic role model.CIn the post World War II Balkan state of Yugoslavia, the largest ethnic group in that state were the A) Bosniaks B) Croats C) Serbs D) MacedoniansCAn essential aspect of globalization is increased A) trade and transport of goods. B) a curtailment of international education. C) ease of travel. D) improved telecommunications.C