Chap 28 - Europe 1945

Question 1

The Marshall Plan was a program of

a. religious renewal
b. economic aid
c. political restructuring
d. social reform

Answer 1

b.economic aid

Question 2

After World War II, Western Europe was primarily

a. Reformist
b. Socialist
c. Communist
d. Democratic

Answer 2

d.Democratic

Question 3

Who was the founder of the French Fifth Republic?

a. Charles de Gaulle
b. Jacques Chirac
c. Pierre Pinochet
d. Francois Mitterrand

Answer 3

a.Charles de Gaulle

Question 4

In 1979, the Conservatives returned to power in Britain under

a. Thatcher
b. Major
c. de Gaulle
d. Blair

Answer 4

a.Thatcher

Question 5

The election of Jacques Chirac in 1995 represents a political move to the ________ in France.

a. middle
b. left
c. right

Answer 5

c.right

Question 6

Who was the “founding hero” of the West German Federal Republic?

a. Helmut Kohl
b. Konrad Adenauer
c. Ludwig Erhard
d. Richard von Weizsacker

Answer 6

b.Konrad Adenauer

Question 7

Who received the Nobel Peace Prize for his policy of Ostpolitik in 1972?

a. Willy Brandt
b. Walter Ulbricht
c. Helmut Schmidt
d. Helmut Kohl

Answer 7

a.Willy Brandt

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT a feature of the establishment of the British welfare state?

a. nationalization of labor unions
b. nationalization of health service
c. nationalization of public transportation
d. nationalization of the Bank of England

Answer 8

a.nationalization of labor unions

Question 9

Who was the first female prime minister in British History?

a. Antonia Blair
b. Margaret Thatcher
c. Betty Friedan
d. Simone Williamson

Answer 9

b.Margaret Thatcher

Question 10

The European Economic Community (EEC) was also known as the

a. Common Market
b. Euro
c. European Coast and Steel Community (ECSC)
d. Benelux Countries

Answer 10

a.Common Market

Question 11

Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the European Community (EC) by 1986?

a. West Germany
b. Greece
c. Albania
d. Great Britain

Answer 11

c.Albania

Question 12

The common currency adopted by the European Union is called the

a. lira
b. franc
c. unio
d. euro

Answer 12

d.euro

Question 13

The New Deal pattern of American politics included

a. deficit spending
b. rise of organized labor
c. increased power for the federal government
d. All of these answers
e. commitment to a restricted welfare state

Answer 13

d.All of these answers

Question 14

Which president initiated a program called The War on Poverty in the 1960s?

a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Earl Warren
c. Joseph McCarthy
d. Gerald Ford

Answer 14

a.Lyndon Johnson

Question 15

What year did the U. S. Congress enact the Civil Rights Act?

a. 1959
b. 1968
c. 1964
d. 1962

Answer 15

c.1964

Question 16

The Watergate scandal disgraced President

a. Lyndon Johnson
b. Richard Nixon
c. George Bush
d. Gerald Ford

Answer 16

b.Richard Nixon

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT a part of the “Reagan Revolution”?

a. school lunch program cuts
b. expanding the welfare state
c. tax cuts
d. increased military spending

Answer 17

b.expanding the welfare state

Question 18

President Bill Clinton was elected to office in 1992 as a

a. new Republican
b. right-wing Republican
c. new Democrat
d. moderate Independent

Answer 18

c.new Democrat

Question 19

The Official Languages Act encouraged the growth of ________ culture and language in Canada.

a. English
b. Canadian
c. French
d. Quebecois

Answer 19

c.French

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of an Abstract Expressionist painter?

a. Albert Camus
b. Bob Dylan
c. Jean-Paul Sartre
d. Jackson Pollock

Answer 20

d.Jackson Pollock