HIST 410N FINAL EXAM 4 – QUESTION AND ANSWERS

HIST 410N Final Exam Answers (TCO 1) Historical research involves four main tasks. Discover refers to the task of: (TCO 6) The United States entered World War I because it (TCO 5) Nicholas II of Russia abdicated the throne following (TCO 5) What event marked the beginning of World War II? (TCO 9) The Cold War got hot, or flared up into actual fighting, in (TCO 9) During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the U.S. and the Soviet Union were led by (TCO 8) Why did some European nations decide to limit welfare state benefits in the 1980s and 1990s? (TCO 6) Bangladesh is (TCO 2) Which Middle Eastern country is the site of the Kabbah, Islam’s holiest site, and the world’s largest oil producer? (TCO 2) Following the Arab-Israeli 1967 war (TCO 4) One problem that arose in East Germany after reunification was (TCO 4) In addition to Leonid Brezhnev, who died in 1982, who of the following served during the 1980s as general secretary of the Soviet Communist party and as president? (TCO 7) Al-Qaeda was organized to