The Contemporary Western World, 1970-present Chapter 28 Test, Form B

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The Contemporary Western World, 1970-Present Chapter 28 Test, Form B

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1.

founder of the Polish national trade union Solidarity
- A.
  
  Pierre Trudeau
- B.
  
  Nicolae Ceausescu
- C.
  
  Lech Walesa
2.

President of the Russian Republic at the time of titledisintegration of the Soviet Union
- A.
  
  Gerald Ford
- B.
  
  Pierre Trudeau
- C.
  
  Willy Brandt
3.

Serbian leader who initiated a policy of ethnic cleansing againstBosnian Muslims
- A.
  
  Slobodan Milosevic
- B.
  
  Boris Yeltin
- C.
  
  Nicolae Ceausescu
4.

Chancellor of West Germany during the reunification of East and West Germany
- A.
  
  Gerald Ford
- B.
  
  Slobodan Milosevic
- C.
  
  Helmut Kohl
5.

Soviet leader who established the Congress of People's Deputies '
- A.
  
  Nicolae Ceausescu
- B.
  
  Mikhail Gorbachev
- C.
  
  Helmit Kohl
6.

writer who helped bring down Czech Communist government
- A.
  
  Mikhail Gorbachev
- B.
  
  Pierre Trudeau
- C.
  
  Vaclav Havel
7.

U.S. president after Nixon resigned
- A.
  
  Boris Yeltin
- B.
  
  Willy Brandt
- C.
  
  Gerald Ford
8.

West German chancellor who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1971
- A.
  
  Willy Brandt
- B.
  
  Pierre Trudeau
- C.
  
  Lech Walesa
9.

Oppressive Communist leader of Romania who wasdeposed in 1989
- A.
  
  Willy Brandt
- B.
  
  Nicolae Ceausescu
- C.
  
  Boris Yeltin
10.

Canadian prime minister who passed the OfficialLanguages Act
- A.
  
  Nicolae Ceausescu
- B.
  
  Helmit Kohl
- C.
  
  Pierre Trudeau
11.

The "detente" phase of relations between the United States and theSoviet Union ended with the Soviet invasion of
- A.
  
  Afghanistan.
- B.
  
  South Vietnam.
- C.
  
  South Korea.
- D.
  
  Poland.
12.

The policy that the Soviet Union had a right to intervene if communismwas threatened in another Communist nation was known as the
- A.
  
  Marshall Plan.
- B.
  
  Kosygin Doctrine.
- C.
  
  Brezhnev Doctrine.
- D.
  
  Gorbachev Initiative.
13.

The Russian word perestroika, used to describe the reform movement ledby Mikhail Gorbachev, means
- A.
  
  Restructuring.
- B.
  
  Conquest.
- C.
  
  Relief.
- D.
  
  Expansion
14.

Russian President Vladimir Putin used military force to suppress a rebellion in the state of
- A.
  
  Belarus.
- B.
  
  Chechnya.
- C.
  
  Moldavia.
- D.
  
  Latvia.
15.

After the war between Bosnia and Serbia, new tensions arose when Serbia refused to allow ———— to continue to exist as an autonomous province.
- A.
  
  Turkey
- B.
  
  Herzegovina
- C.
  
  Kosovo
- D.
  
  Albania
16.

The Socialist president.____________ nationalized major banks and industries in France in the 1980s.
- A.
  
  Willy Brandt
- B.
  
  Francois Mitterand
- C.
  
  Vaclav Havel
- D.
  
  Jacques Chirac
17.

Attacks on foreigners became common in Germany during the 1990s, partly because
- A.
  
  . ethnic minorities in Germany were politically opposed to one another
- B.
  
  Many minority groups supported unpopular foreign policies.
- C.
  
  increased unemployment made many Germans angry that foreigners may have been taking jobs away.
- D.
  
  New laws gave neo-Nazi groups new rights to attack foreigners.
18.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, the British government struggled to address fighting in Northern Ireland between
- A.
  
  Christians and Muslims
- B.
  
  Protestants and Muslims
- C.
  
  Catholics and Muslims
- D.
  
  Catholics and Protestants.
19.

Which of the following U.S. presidents was forced to resign to avoid impeachment for his involvement in the Watergate scandal?
- A.
  
  Bill Clinton
- B.
  
  Richard Nixon
- C.
  
  Gerald Ford
- D.
  
  Harry Truman
20.

U.S. president Jimmy Carter faced a serious international crisis when 52Americans were held hostage in
- A.
  
  Serbia.
- B.
  
  . Iran.
- C.
  
  Russia.
- D.
  
  Slovakia.