Gorbachev

1
Gorbachevs policies of perestroika and glasnost

1. were based on the economic theories of Alexander
   Solzhenitsyn
2. both made him a dynamic leader and brought about
   his downfall
3. were the acknowledged inspiration for the
   programs of Boris Yeltsin
4. alerted and frightened leaders of the Russian
   Jewish community
5. isolated the Soviet Union from the rest of the
   world

2
The 1991 coup in the Soviet Union

1. had the cooperation of Mikhail Gorbachev
2. was publicly opposed by Boris Yeltsin
3. was led by pro-democracy elements in the military
4. brought swift military support for Gorbachev from
   NATO
5. dramatically slowed the pace of change in the
   Soviet Union

3
Vladimir Putin

1. made Chechnyan independence an important priority
   of his administration
2. staged a coup and seized power from Boris Yeltsin
3. has increased freedom of the press
4. has virtually ended poverty in Russia
5. centralized political authority in his hands

4
In the aftermath of the 1989 revolutions, Eastern
European states have

1. alternated between authoritarian systems and
   limited democracy
2. sought to integrate into Western European
   political and economic structures
3. continued in political and military alliances
   with Russia
4. seen little economic growth
5. not yet joined the United Nations

5
Election results from East Germany in 1990
demonstrated that

1. most people wanted to remain under communist
   control
2. support for the communists had disappeared
   entirely
3. voter apathy was just as prevalent there as in
   West Germany
4. only a few radical reformers favored the process
   of reunification
5. there was support for the unification policies of
   the Christian Democrats

6
After the fall of Communism in Yugoslavia,

1. Slobodan Milosevic sought to expel minorities
   from his Greater Serbia
2. Albanians sought to expel ethnic Bosnians from
   their provinces
3. the Dayton Accords brought an uneasy peace to the
   Balkans until 1999
4. all references to the Tito regime were erased
   from school textbooks
5. Warsaw Pact nations were forced to intervene in
   order to prevent genocide

7
The war in Kosovo

1. began in 1991
2. did not have the participation of the United
   States
3. was eventually won by Yugoslavia
4. was designed to ensure rights for ethnic
   Albanians
5. brought immediate independence for Kosovo

8
Parti Quebecois campaigned in French-speaking
Quebec for

1. secession from the Canadian Union
2. separate trade agreements with the Canadian
   National Government
3. separate trade agreements with the United States
4. separate trade agreements with the French
   Government
5. border control of the Canadian Great Lakes region

9
Agricultural subsidies were provided for many
European farmers through

1. NATO
2. NAFTA
3. the UN
4. the European Union
5. the World Trade Organization

10
The end of the Cold War

1. saw an end to most of the worlds major problems
2. could have easily happened in the 1950s if the
   United States had wanted it
3. left the world with only two superpowers
4. was initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev
5. did not occur until several years after the
   disintegration of the Soviet Union

11
The September 11, 2001, attacks on the United
States were carried out by

1. agents of the Iraqi government
2. Palestinian terrorists
3. Syrian militants
4. members of al-Qaeda
5. Afghani soldiers and supporters of the Taliban

12
After 1970, right-wing parties in Western
countries found a popular issue in the

1. high costs of maintaining military defenses
   against Communism
2. continuing American military presence on the
   continent
3. large numbers of non-white immigrants flooding
   into their countries
4. declining quality of health care and
   environmental protection
5. rolling back immigration restrictions and
   requirements

13
All of the following statements about Islam in
the early twenty-first century are true except

1. Muslims were unsuccessful in their attempts to
   establish communities in western Europe.
2. Fundamentalists called for a return to
   traditional Islamic values.
3. Militant Muslims favored aggressive actions
   against Western influence.
4. The Islamic population is growing in the western
   world.
5. Some Muslims consider fighting the west as part
   of the Holy Jihad.

14
Fundamentalism is a religious movement that

1. is confined to Christianity
2. struggles against many aspects of secular culture
3. rejects all involvement in politics
4. has been in decline since the end of World War II
5. originated in response to the sexual revolution
   of the 1960s

15
The global economy

1. fosters globalization
2. is essentially run by a handful of transnational
   corporations
3. hinders the development of multiculturalism
4. was more relevant in the 1980s than it is now
5. has little effect on the Earths environmental
   health