AP European History
Chapter 22: Social, Cultural and Economic Challenges in the West through the Present
Name _________________________________ Date ______________________ Period _________
_____ 1. The first major European nation to begin to create a welfare state was ________.
A. Spain
B. France
C. Germany
D. Great Britain
_____ 2. Margaret Thatcher supported ________.
A. higher taxes
B. more government intervention in the economy
C. expanding the social-welfare state
D. privatizing industries that had been nationalized
_____ 3. As rapid changes in communications technology vastly expanded access to information,
more Europeans received some form of ________.
A. university education
C. intercultural awareness
D. political indoctrination
B. religious indoctrination
_____ 4. Which of the following political parties was formed in 1979 and immediately became an
electoral force for environmental issues such as global warming, pollution of water, and the
atmosphere?
A. Green Berets
B. German Greens
C. Earth Party
D. Citizens for Environmental Awareness and Pollution Prevention (CEAPP)
_____ 5. Measuring over six feet high and twelve feet wide, the monumental piece Bread is an
example of ________.
A. socialist realism
C. impressionism
B. abstract art
D. cubism
_____ 6. Who designed the Judenplatz Holocaust Memorial in Vienna, Nameless Library, which
commemorates the deaths of 65,000 Austrian Jews under the Nazis?
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Tatjiana Yablonskaya
C. Jackson Pollock
D. Rachel Whiteread
_____ 7. The most important Christian response to World War I appeared in the theology of ____.
A. Karl Barth
B. Al Sharpton
C. Paul Tillich
D. Rudolf Bultmann
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_____ 8. The Roman Catholic Church’s Twenty First Ecumenical Council is also known as ___.
A. Vatican I
B. Vatican II
C. Council 21
D. EC XX1
_____ 9. Which of these men was a German-American liberal theologian?
A. Paul Tillich
B. Karl Barth
C. Søren Kierkegaard
D. C. S. Lewis
_____ 10. The first modern digital computer was built and designed ________.
A. by the U.S. Army
B. in a joint venture of the U.S. Army and IBM
C. at Moore Laboratories of the University of Pennsylvania
D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
_____11. When did modestly priced computers become available for personal use in individuals’
offices and homes?
A. late 1960s
B. mid-1970s
C. mid-1980s
D. early 1 842s
_____12. In the
A. invention of
B. invention of
C. invention of
D. invention of
late 1960s, which of the following inventions transformed computer technology?
the microchip
vacuum tubes
the transistor
the Internet
_____ 13. The administration and organization of which of the following gave the countries of Europe
new experience in working with each other and demonstrated the productivity and efficiency
that mutual cooperation could achieve?
A. NATO and the Marshall Plan
B. the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan
C. the United Nations and the Truman Doctrine
D. NATO and the United Nations
_____ 14. By 1968, well ahead of schedule, the six members of the EEC had abolished all ________.
A. tariffs among themselves
B. debt among themselves
C. military hostilities or armies within each other’s borders
D. national currencies in exchange for a common European monetary system
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_____ 15. A key provision of the 1991 Maastricht Treaty called for ________.
A. the creation of a special police force to fight the drug trade
B. the establishment of uniform wages and prices in all the signatory countries
C. the creation of a unified currency
D. new laws to enforce gender equality in the workplace
_____ 16. The new constitutional treaty for the European Union was defeated with referendums in____.
A. Sweden, Finland, and Italy
B. Hungary, Belgium, and Denmark
C. Ireland, Austria, and Germany
D. France, Great Britain, and the Netherlands
_____ 17. Stock markets around the world lost ________ of their value as a result of the 2008
international financial crisis.
A. around 10 percent
B. over 33 percent
C. around 50 percent
D. over 75 percent
_____ 18. Decolonization in the postwar period ________.
A. forced many European colonials to seek refuge from persecution
B. led many European colonials to return to Europe from overseas
C. resulted in many Europeans residing in their former European colony
D. was pushed as much by European public opinion as anything else
_____ 19. The growing ____ presence in Europe has produced some of the most serious ethnic and
political tensions in recent history.
A. Muslim
C. Jewish
B. Slavic
D. Asian
_____ 20. Germany’s reliance on “guest workers” is an example of the impact of Europe’s ____.
A. booming economy
C. falling birthrate
B. decolonization
D. late industrialization
_____ 21. Welfare legislation spread throughout Western Europe in response to ________.
A. promises of full employment and social security by communist states of Eastern Europe
B. protests and demonstrations throughout Western Europe
C. the rise of democratic socialist parties following World War II
D. the election of Margaret Thatcher
_____ 22. Women in Eastern Europe today ________ than they did under communism.
A. face more risk of job discrimination
B. enjoy more government-financed health and welfare programs that benefit women
C. have greater opportunities for employment
D. have fewer opportunities for employment
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_____ 23. Which of the following statements best describes the work patterns for women in the late
1900s?
A. Most women either stay at home to raise their children or enter the workforce.
B. Most women enter the workforce after leaving school.
C. Women are working in declining numbers.
D. The labor supply has forced women out of the workforce.
_____ 24. The “god” referred to in The God That Failed was _______.
A. socialism
C. Soviet communism
B. Marxist socialism
D. democracy
_____ 25. The Arab oil embargo of 1973-1974 pressed home the message to the industrialized West
that ___.
A. natural resources are limited
B. oil production was not meeting consumer demands
C. dependence on oil must end
D. coal mining would have to be expanded
_____ 26. Which word or phrase best characterizes Jackson Pollock’s works?
A. optimistic
B. cultural freedom
C. existential
D. consumerism
_____ 27. Which of the following would be an example of socialist realism?
A. a photo documentary of writers
B. a poster depicting factory workers
C. a collage of headlines about socialism
D. a painting of university professors
_____ 28. Which of the following statements about Christianity in Western Europe after World War II
is true?
A. Despite the secular nature of most Western European countries, Christian churches continued
to influence state and society.
B. Most Western Europeans resist any attempts by Christian churches to influence state or
society.
C. Most Western Europeans resist all religious influences in politics and government.
D. Western Europeans are increasingly embracing a less secular way of life, with Christianity
being the dominant religious influence.
_____ 29. The papacy of John Paul II can be said to be _______ yet ________.
A. reactionary; charismatic
B. inspirational; oppressive
C. dynamic; conservative
D. dogmatic; inspired
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_____30. It seems certain that no single American technological achievement of the twentieth century
will so influence Western life on both sides of the Atlantic, as well as throughout the rest of
the world, as the ________.
A. automobile
B. airplane
C. computer
D. nuclear reactor
_____ 31. Warfare was the chief catalyst for the invention of the computer because ________.
A. the splitting of the atom led to the knowledge necessary to develop complex electronic
circuitry
B. major powers developed new weapons that required exact mathematical ballistic calculations
to effectively strike targets with bombs
C. governments required the organization of large databases of information
D. major powers funded massive research and development labs that had a free rein to
experiment and develop new products
_____ 32. A factor that appears to have brought the European Union to an impasse includes concerns
over ________.
A. smaller members of the European Union feeling that Great Britain and Italy have either
ignored them or taken them for granted
B. some nations feeling that the euro has placed them at a disadvantage
C. the admission of Yugoslavia to the European Union due to its poor economic base and its
religious differences with the rest of Europe
D. the admission of Turkey to the European Union in 2004
_____ 33. The financial crisis of 2008 demonstrated ________.
A. the interconnectedness of world markets
B. the U.S. domination of the world market
C. Western Europe’s dominance in the world market
D. the significance of burgeoning economies in Eastern Europe, Asia, and Africa
_____ 34. How did the U.S. government respond to the financial crisis of 2008?
A. It decided to let the market regulate itself.
B. It passed social welfare legislation that provides universal coverage to all citizens.
C. It intervened the economy to an unprecedented extent.
D. It demanded other nations pay their debts to the United States.
_____ 35. Which of the following events helped to reduce tensions between the United States and
Western Europe in the first decade of the twenty-first century?
A. the U.S. invasion of Iraq
B. the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan
C. the Russian invasion of Georgia
D. the terrorist attack on the subway system and a bus in London
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_____ 36. Which word or phrase characterizes how many Europeans viewed the election of Barack
Obama to the U.S. presidency?
A. angrily
B. anxiously
C. optimisticly
D. discouragingly
_____ 37. Following World War II, social welfare was seen in Europe as ________.
A. the equivalent of the right to vote
B. an expensive luxury
C. an obsolete idea
D. a way to undermine Socialist governments
_____ 38 . It can be argued that Bismarck extended social welfare to _________.
A. oppose Soviet communism
B. bring about German unification
C. defuse calls for political participation
D. achieve economic stability
_____ 39. “Americanization” in Europe refers to American influence most visible in ________.
A. cultural life
C. economic life
B. social life
D. military planning
_____ 40. Compared to abstract art—illustrated by Jackson Pollock socialist realism was much more ____.
A. innovative
C. gloomy
B. amateurish
D. tied to political ideology
Short Answer:
1. What was the influence of Margaret Thatcher’s term in office as British Prime Minister? Was
she more important for her politics or as the first female prime minister?
Topic: Toward a Welfare State Society
2. What types of artwork have evolved in postwar society? Compare and contrast the artistic
developments of Soviet and American artists. What trends in art have emerged? Where?
Topic: Art Since World War II
3. What was the three-pronged policy of Pope John Paul II? What stance did Pope John Paul II
take against communism? How did Pope John Paul II’s homeland in Poland play an integral
role in his role as pope after the fall of communism?
Topic: The Christian Heritage
4. What were the advantages of the European Union’s adoption of a common currency? Are all
member countries to benefit equally? Consider the exchange of foreign currency in your
answer.
Topic: The Challenges of European Unification