The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 26: Into the Twenty-First Century

True or False Quiz

1
The Soviet Union's centrally planned economy lacked flexibility and could not meet consumer demands.
A)True
B)False
2
The Soviet elections held in spring 1989 were the first open ones in the country since 1917.
A)True
B)False
3
Many of the non-Russian nationalities in the Soviet Union were forced to join during the civil war between 1918 and 1921.
A)True
B)False
4
As long as Gorbachev remained in power, he enforced the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine that stated that the Soviet Union had the right to put down threats to socialism in other countries.
A)True
B)False
5
Although it was noncommunist, Solidarity was never outlawed in Poland.
A)True
B)False
6
Before the Soviet Union collapsed, Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian Republic.
A)True
B)False
7
In many parts of Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union, the pain and difficulty of the economic transition exceeded expectations.
A)True
B)False
8
In 1993, Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
A)True
B)False
9
Civil war erupted in Yugoslavia almost immediately after Tito died.
A)True
B)False
10
NATO's bombing campaign of Serbia in 1999 was one of many military actions conducted by the alliance in the course of its fifty-year history.
A)True
B)False
11
The reunified German state became one of the leading economic powers in the world.
A)True
B)False
12
No former eastern bloc countries were interested in joining their old Cold War "enemy," NATO.
A)True
B)False
13
European unification has virtually unanimous support among Europeans.
A)True
B)False
14
Since the 1970s, China has not adopted any capitalistic economic reforms.
A)True
B)False
15
Illegal immigration to the West skyrocketed during the 1990s.
A)True
B)False
16
Access to computers and, thus, to the "information highway" is limited to those in the West.
A)True
B)False
17
Unemployment remained a problem in Europe in the 1990s.
A)True
B)False
18
Financial crises in one part of the world no longer have an effect in other regions.
A)True
B)False
19
In the future, Europe's population is expected to explode, while that of Asia and Africa should decline.
A)True
B)False
20
Environmental pollution is only a problem in the West, since it is more industrialized than other parts of the world.
A)True
B)False
21
By the end of the 1990s, several factors, including an increase in immigration and the rise of global media, served to standardize world culture and world consumer tastes. This transformation has led some economists to speak of the world as a single "global village."
A)True
B)False
22
In Eastern Europe, because of much stricter controls on the Communist-controlled economy, the expansion of industry has had a less detrimental impact than it had in Western Europe and North America.
A)True
B)False
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