The Contemporary Western World, 1970 - Present 3 4/25/10
The Contemporary Western World, 1970 - Present 3 4/25/10
- 1.World's largest single trading bloc by 1992
- A.
EEC
- B.
Budget deficit
- C.
Impeachment
- D.
Euro
- E.
Thatcherism
- 2.Common currency established by the EU
- A.
EEC
- B.
Budget deficit
- C.
Impeachment
- D.
Euro
- E.
Thatcherism
- 3.British government economic policy in the 1980s
- A.
EEC
- B.
Budget deficit
- C.
Impeachment
- D.
Euro
- E.
Thatcherism
- 4.Government spending in excess of revenues
- A.
EEC
- B.
Budget deficit
- C.
Impeachment
- D.
Euro
- E.
Thatcherism
- 5.Formal charges of misconduct
- A.
EEC
- B.
Budget deficit
- C.
Impeachment
- D.
Euro
- E.
Thatcherism
- 6.In 1993 Canada signed the North American Free Trade Agreement because it wanted to
- A.
Join the United States.
- B.
Ease trade with the United States.
- C.
Reduce Mexican trade.
- D.
Settle the Quebec secession issue.
- 7.Pierre Trudeau's Liberal government passed the Official Language Act that
- A.
Allowed both French and English to be used in the federal civil service.
- B.
Made English Canada's official language.
- C.
Demanded that all provincial government officials learn French.
- D.
Demanded that all provincial government officials learn English.
- 8.President Clinton, elected in 1992, claimed to be a new kind of Democrat,one who
- A.
Was younger than his opponent.
- B.
Promoted new ideas that the Republicans would not support.
- C.
Favored a*mmber of what had been 1980s Republican policies.
- D.
Was from New England and lived in New Mexico.
- 9.The spending policies of the Reagan administration in the 1980sincluded all of the following EXCEPT one. Which one?
- A.
Cutbacks in spending on food stamps, school lunches, and job programs
- B.
Record budget deficits
- C.
Exceeded a one trillion dollar fedral budget by 1987
- D.
Controls on inflation
- 10.The economic policies of the Thateher government in the 1980s includedall of the following EXCEPT one. Which one?
- A.
Attempted cutbacks in spending on social welfare
- B.
Restrictions on union power
- C.
Preserving local property taxes
- D.
Controls on inflation
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