Western Civilizarion Unit VIII Multiple Choice Questions

Question 1

Spain experienced rejuvenation and an end to its isolation under the leadership of

Juan Carlos

Franco

Felipe Gonzales

Salazar

a military regime

Question 2

The Soviet Union serves as one of the worlds largest producers of

wheat , steel , and copper

steel , iron , and oil

tin , copper , and iron

wheat , oil , and tin

consumer goods

Question 3

Representatives of postmodernism in the arts and scholarship share the tendency to

reject the formal rules of their discipline and looking for hidden

meanings and subtle messages

embrace an aesthetic of simplicity and directness

assert that the tastes of the common person are more sound than those of the elite

reject the influence of other cultures in favor of celebrating ones own .uphold traditional rules of their disciplines

Question 4

The economic system advocated by Margaret Thatcher was

that adopted by the European Community

free enterprise

one which encouraged state guidance of industry

one which the U .S would approve

the welfare state

Question 5

In the early 1970s the only European nation capable of meeting its own oil production needs was

Great Britain

France

Germany

the Soviet Union

Spain

Question 6

After the fall of communism , Yugoslavia

remained unified

suffered the horrors of a genocidal war and political fragmentation

was reunified after a genocidal war

peacefully negotiated its breakup into two republics

joined Kosovo to form a new republic

Question 7

When did the GNP of the European Community surpass that of the United States

1949

1959

1969

1979

1989

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