Deck 30: Europe in a Globalizing World,1991 to the Present

Question 1

At the end of the NATO air strikes against Serbs in Kosovo,

A) the number of Albanian refugees was more than 1 million.
B) Slobodan claimed victory.
C) the Chinese Embassy and hospitals had been destroyed.
D) managed to unify support from Serbia.
E) all of these were true.

Answer 1

all of these were true.

Question 2

Why was the breakup of Yugoslavia so different from that of Czechoslovakia?

A) There was no forced compounding of territories.
B) There were no religious differences.
C) They were the same ethnicity.
D) Czechoslovakian leaders refused to use violence.
E) The independence movement was mediated by the United Nations.

Answer 2

Czechoslovakian leaders refused to use violence.

Question 3

The civil war in Yugoslavia was between

A) Bosnia and Herzegovina.
B) Albania and Greece.
C) Slovenia and Bosnia.
D) Serbia and Croatia.
E) Bosnia and Serbia.

Answer 3

Bosnia and Serbia.

Question 4

The Dayton Accords were problematic because

A) the land apportionment was done without considering the religious practices of the inhabitants.
B) they recognized the independent states of Croatia and Serbia.
C) they relied on Serbians for regulating withdrawal from Kosovo.
D) they implicitly endorsed the right of the Serbian government to fight future independence movements.
E) Slobodan had no intention of complying with any negotiated terms.

Question 5

The war in the Balkans saw all of the following except

A) ethnic cleansing.
B) the systematic policies of raping Muslim women.
C) the first UN air strike.
D) mass extermination of Muslims.
E) peaceful accord with the Geneva Conventions.

Question 6

One of the most important developments of the post-cold war period was

A) the success of the SALT II negotiations.
B) the peaceful transition of the Soviet Union to Russia.
C) providing the UN Security Council with free rein to command military intervention.
D) passage of the NAFTA accords to promote free trade on an international scale.
E) the cooperation of the United States and Russia on building a space station.

Question 7

A large and bloody ethnic war occurred in

A) Czechoslovakia.
B) Romania.
C) Russia.
D) Yugoslavia.
E) Greece.

Question 8

The Visegrád Four included the participation of all of the following nations in democratic reforms except

A) the Czech Republic.
B) Slovakia.
C) Hungary.
D) Poland.
E) Slovenia.

Question 9

The most significant financial challenge to Russia occurred when

A) the oligarchy took national funds for its own use and the infrastructure collapsed.
B) the state could not pay the workers for months at a time.
C) the stock market collapsed.
D) the IMF demanded a repayment of all its loans.
E) Ukraine seized control of the gas and oil industry.

Question 10

The new president of Russia in 1991 was

A) Boris Yeltsin.
B) Vladimir Putin.
C) Edvard Sheverednaze.
D) Vladimir Zhironovsky.
E) Leonid Kuchma.

Question 11

After the fall of the Soviet Union,the Russian economy underwent what transformation?

A) Nationalization
B) Transfer of government owned industries to IPOs
C) A political coup against a free market economy
D) Privatization
E) Liquidation

Question 12

Slobodan was removed from power by

A) UN forces.
B) a Serbian popular revolt.
C) a democratic referendum.
D) assassination at the hands of a Muslim radical.
E) pressure from international economic sanctions against Serbia.

Question 13

Who bombed the Chinese Embassy in Belgrade?

A) Serbians
B) Albanians
C) French
D) Americans
E) Russians

Question 14

How did Poland make a smoother economic transition than most of the other eastern bloc countries?

A) Lech had set the fundamentals for a well-developed economy.
B) The Catholic church urged cooperation of all forces in maintaining calmness.
C) It proceeded quickly through privatization.
D) It deregulated industries and companies in the transfer of power.
E) Poland was never on a command economy.

Question 15

Why did Bulgaria's economic transformation fare better than Romania's?

A) They had no significant issues with nationalism.
B) There was less invasion of organized crime.
C) There was a better tourism industry.
D) The Muslim minority received very little support from the government.
E) All of these.

Question 16

Where did Yeltsin face his greatest military challenges?

A) Chechnya
B) Uzbekistan
C) Azerbaijan.
D) Ukraine.
E) Estonia.

Question 17

Why did Croatia have more problems than Slovenia in making the economic transformation?

A) The government was seen as too liberal in its reform package.
B) Croatia refused to embrace democracy.
C) It was slow to participate in a free-market economy.
D) It remained primarily agricultural because it had little industrial capital.
E) It remained occupied by UN troops.

Question 18

Václav Havel oversaw the peaceful dismantling of which former Communist territory?

A) Romania
B) Czechoslovakia
C) Vojvodina
D) Armenia
E) None of these.

Question 19

What was the biggest problem for Romania's transition from ' s government?

A) Iliescu's reluctance to completely end communism.
B) Reliance on foreign investment to spur economic growth.
C) Corruption and lack of complete privatization.
D) A lack of industrial development under the specialized economic programs of the Cold War.
E) The rise of pro-fascist factions within the government prevented stability.

Question 20

The Kosovo War was begun by against what ethnic group?

A) Albanian Muslims.
B) Croatian Muslims.
C) Croatian Christians.
D) Macedonian minorities.
E) None of these.

Question 21

The Partnerships for Peace project was designed to do what?

A) Oversee integration of Turkey into the EU.
B) Supervise political enforcement of the human rights initiatives in Bosnia.
C) Initiate a grassroots campaign for ending terrorism with Muslim extremists in Western Europe.
D) Expand the Schengren Agreement amnesty program.
E) Extend NATO into eastern Europe to assist postcommunist countries.

Question 22

Vladimir Putin is very popular as president of Russia for all of the following reasons except he

A) doesn't drink alcohol.
B) is a disciple of vigorous exercise.
C) is an adherent to Russian Orthodox Christianity.
D) maneuvered himself into power as Prime minister under Medvedev.
E) is an ardent nationalist.

Question 23

The European nation that was most reluctant to embrace European economic integration was

A) Ireland.
B) Belgium.
C) Britain.
D) Germany.
E) France.

Question 24

What was the primary cause of the global economic recession in the late 2000s?

A) Construction of the Common Market
B) The war in Afghanistan
C) Deregulation of the mortgage industry
D) Collapse of the American stock market
E) Implementation of austerity plans

Question 25

One of the most important features of the European Union was

A) the elimination of the guest worker program.
B) unrestricted travel throughout Europe for citizens.
C) abolition of tariffs between EU nations.
D) the introduction of the Euro as a common monetary unit.
E) none of these.

Question 26

Who was the leader of the Rally for the Republic party in France?

A) Nicholas Sarkozy
B) François Mitterand
C) Jacques Chirac
D) Alain Ducasse
E) George Valentine

Question 27

One of the significant test cases regarding enlargement of the EU membership has regarded the incorporation of which country as an "unfortunate precedent"?

A) Greece
B) Denmark
C) Latvia
D) Cyprus
E) Portugal

Question 28

What became the basis of the EU constitution in 2007?

A) The G12 Accords
B) The Lisbon Treaty
C) The Maastricht Treaty
D) The Schengren Accord
E) The Helsinki Final Act

Question 29

Which was the first country in the EU to suffer during the late 2000s economic collapse?

A) Greece
B) Portugal
C) Spain
D) Iceland
E) Ireland

Question 30

To create an effective EU,the member nations had to achieve

A) an economic confederation with free trade.
B) a single market economy.
C) a competitive infrastructure to foster growth.
D) an agreement to maintain regional specializations under a centrally controlled economy.
E) removal of all impediments to international employment.

Question 31

The European Commission in 1985 was headed by

A) Jacques Chirac.
B) John Major.
C) François Mitterand.
D) Jacques Delors.
E) Jose Bove.

Question 32

Since 1993,the legislative body in the EU has been the

A) European Commission.
B) Council of Ministers.
C) European Parliament.
D) International Convention in the Hague.
E) World Court in the Netherlands.

Question 33

The Spanish centrist party lost to the leftists because of its unpopular participation in which of the following events?

A) Basque separatism
B) The Iraq War
C) The Olympics in Barcelona
D) Kosovo War
E) None of these.

Question 34

The Schengen space referred to

A) the demilitarized zones of Yugoslavian states.
B) the unrestricted air space for pan-European travel.
C) the majority of states in the EU that did not require passports or visas.
D) nonmembers of the EU who needed political permission to obtain guest worker permits.
E) none of these.

Question 35

Putin's authoritarian tendencies are demonstrated best in his treatment of

A) the media.
B) dissident pop artists.
C) Chechnya
D) privatization.
E) political opposition

Question 36

The turn to leftist politics in the 1990s was most apparent in which country?

A) Britain
B) Russia
C) Italy
D) Netherlands
E) France

Question 37

Who was the first conservative woman to become chancellor of Germany?

A) Petra Kelly
B) Margaret Thatcher
C) Angela Merkel
D) Annagret Kramp-Karrenbauer
E) Christine Leberknecht

Question 38

The primary supporter of globalization has been

A) the EU.
B) the United States.
C) the World Trade Organization.
D) China.
E) Argentina.

Question 39

The Maastricht treaty was

A) the incorporation of non-European Community members into the European Free Trade Association.
B) the formal recognition of the EU.
C) the extradition treaty that tried Slobodan for crimes against humanity.
D) the UN-arbitrated peace accord among the nations of the former Yugoslavia.
E) a Dutch agreement on shared technology among the EU members.

Question 40

What do objectors say are the major problems with globalization?

A) Lack of human rights
B) Exploitation of workers
C) Destruction of the environment
D) Lack of child labor laws
E) All of these

Question 41

How did the Internet revolutionize communications at the end of the twentieth century?

Question 42

Explain the origin of the policy of ethnic cleansing in the former Yugolav nations.

Question 43

Analyze the political trends in postcommunist eastern Europe.

Question 44

The area of the world that has seen the greatest increase in the spread of AIDS is

A) India.
B) Indonesia.
C) China.
D) Africa.
E) the United States.

Question 45

Supporters of the Iraq War,along with the United States,included all of the following except

A) Britain.
B) the Netherlands.
C) France.
D) Spain.
E) Italy.

Question 46

Successful use of new communications technology was of significant aid in broadcasting which event?

A) The Arab Spring
B) The capture of Saddam Hussein
C) Human rights violations in China
D) Terrorist messages of south American drug cartels
E) The destruction of Chechnya

Question 47

The Gulf War was started by the United States to

A) eliminate Saddam Hussein.
B) make Iraq pay because it was responsible for the 9/11 attacks on New York, Washington, and Pennsylvania.
C) force Iraq's removal from Kuwait.
D) gain revenge on Iraq for disobeying UN directives.
E) acquire new territory.

Question 48

How have concerns about the environment been raised in globalized political entities and in international diplomatic debates?

Question 49

What are some of the primary concerns of social activists since 1991?

Question 50

What criteria define European-ness in the new millennium?

A) Adherence to Catholicism
B) Membership in the EU
C) Urbanization
D) Higher education
E) There are no universal criteria.

Question 51

Why is the admission of Turkey into the EU considered a problem?

Question 52

The most significant communications revolution of the modern era is

A) cable TV.
B) free access to non-government-owned media stations.
C) the Internet.
D) the cell phone.
E) text messaging.

Question 53

The only nation that refused to sign the Kyoto Accord was

A) China.
B) Argentina.
C) Iran.
D) the United States.
E) Russia.

Question 54

Why have Romania and Bulgaria experienced the least success of all the eastern European states in adapting to the postcommunist political world?

Question 55

What main factors led to the success of the Visegrád Four in implementing democratic reforms?

Question 56

Compare Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia in the transition to a market economy.What factors made this transition more smooth in some areas than it was in others?

Question 57

The primary organization that is now used for peacekeeping forces is

A) the United States army.
B) NATO.
C) the United Nations.
D) the EU.
E) none of these.

Question 58

What was the objective of the Kyoto Accord?

A) To maintain regulation of trade and thus prevent exploitation of workers in international corporations
B) To create an Asian equivalent of the European Union
C) To establish business protocols to engage China in free trade
D) To cut greenhouse gas emissions
E) To prevent communist China from having access to nuclear technology

Question 59

Which of the following nations was not a supporter of Arab nationalist claims in Israel?

A) Egypt
B) Jordan
C) Syria
D) Iran
E) Iraq

Question 60

How did the Visegrád Four's integration in the EU differ from other areas?

Question 61

The most intense site of conflict since 1991 has been Iraq.

Question 62

How is the Schengen Agreement different than the earlier forms of cooperation in the EEC,and from the Maastricht Treaty?

Question 63

What events led to the failure of the Oslo Agreements which established Palestinian lands within Israel?

Question 64

Silvio Berlusconi's politics focused on defeating communists and improving business conditions in Italy.

Question 65

Croatia and Bosnia were the two originators of the Balkan War and ethnic cleansing.

Question 66

The U.S.has endorsed the Kyoto Protocols on environmental protection.

Question 67

Countries of the Common Market have abided by GATT.

Question 68

The failure of the Lisbon Treaty meant a delay in establishing a constitution for the EU.

Question 69

Madeline Albright was the first woman elected as chancellor of Germany.

Question 70

At the end of the war,Albanians were excluded from the Serbian government.

Question 71

Boris Yeltsin oversaw the end of the Soviet Union (USSR).

Question 72

Estonians had less tolerance of ethnic Russians than Latvia.