When did the GNP of the European Community surpass that of the United States?
1959
1969
1979
1989
Since the 1950s the countries of Western Europe have seen
heavy industry come to dominate the economy
immigrant laborers leaving in large numbers because of few job opportunities
people from countries in the European Union with access to bank accounts, mortgages, and professional licensing in all other nations in the Union
shipments of goods increasingly hampered by national tolls and tariffs
Western Europe's advanced governmental welfare programs have
significantly leveled the gap in income between the richest and the poorest in society
virtually eliminated unemployment
virtually eliminated slum housing
provided significant increases in opportunities for higher education
Which is not a feature of life shared by most western Europeans?
social security
access to national health services
guaranteed employment
low educational fees
Which group has seen its importance in European politics increase since the 1970s?
socialists and communists
environmentalists
Eurocommunists
trade union parties
Spain experienced rejuvenation and an end to its isolation under the leadership of
Juan Carlos
Franco
Felipe Gonzales
Salazar
In 1973 the countries of the West faced a new economic hardship when
the U.S. withdrew many loans and investments from Europe
the Soviet Union placed an embargo on trade with western Europe
the Japanese GNP surpassed that of Europe
oil-exporting countries in the Middle East banded together to raise oil prices
In the early 1970s the only European nation capable of meeting its own oil production needs was
Great Britain
France
Germany
the Soviet Union
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 Soviet Union serves as one of the world's largest producers of
wheat, steel, and copper
steel, iron, and oil
tin, copper, and iron
wheat, oil, and tin
According to the text some of the factors that plagued Soviet society were
stifling inefficiencies
absenteeism
alcoholism
heavy military expenditures
all of the above
The first Eastern Bloc countries to experience the dismantling of Communist party control were
Czechoslovakia and Rumania
Czechoslovakia and Poland
East Germany, Hungary, and Poland
Czechoslovakia, East Germany, and Poland
German unification proved difficult because
the reluctance of other countries to support the effort
the inefficiency of the East German economy
feelings of inferiority on the part of East Germans
West German resentment of the burdens of unification
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
Existentialism argues that
there is no such thing as moral action
each individual's life is part of a large plan involving all human existence
individuals cannot be free in a meaningless world
in every circumstance individuals can make some moral choice that helps define their life's meaning
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 one's own
The work of Gramsci, Foucault, and Derrida stresses that
the objectivity of modern science provides the best approach to establishing truth
the dominant culture is filled with signs and messages that enforce existing structures of power
women have achieved less in intellectual life than men because they are less comfortable with abstractions
as societies develop it is important that they adopt the cultural values of the West
Gender studies
have called into question much of the work of historians, sociologists, and anthropologists
suggests that gender differences stem from social constructions
has strengthened feminist movements
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