AP Euro – Questions With Appropriate Solutions
In the area of social policy, the 1980s and 1990s in Western
countries witnessed
A) an upsurge in spending on social welfare programs as a rrrrresult
of increased tax receipts generated by the high-tech boom
B) a decline in government support for the welfare state and a
return of nineteenth-century liberal values with their championship
of competition, individualism, and life of privilege for the well to do
C) a widespread return to family values and a concomitant decline
in rate of divorce and single-parent households
D) a rising concern with excessive population growth and a
cancellation of programs that had given financial aid to women
having two or more children Correct Answer - B
During this period, some observers had predicted "huge clashes"
between all the following EXCEPT
A) nonmilitaristic European nations allied with other peace-seeking
states, confronting an imperial United States
B) a newly united Germany and other weaker European states
C) between civilizations based on the incompatibility of Western
and non-Western culture
D) between Islam and the West Correct Answer - B
The principle difficulty of historians in assessing the events of this
period is the
A) difficulty of evaluating Internet sources
B) problem of proliferation of languages and cultural perspectives
C) decline of history as a subject in western universities
D) lack of perspective that makes it difficult to evaluate the
significance of events Correct Answer - D
In 1990, when Serb Commie Slobodan Milosevic won the presidency
of Serbia and began to claim Serb ascendancy over the Yugoslav
,federation as a whole, several major eruptions of violence occurred.
Which of the following did NOT occur?
A) All sides that undertook ethnic cleansing not only committed acts
of genocide but also destroyed the cultural heritage of their
opponents
B) Civil war broke out in Bosnia-Herzegovina between the Muslim
majority, who tried to create a multicultural and multiethnic state,
and a guerrilla army of Bosnia Serbs backed by Milosevic's
government
C) The United Nations stepped in to halt the genocide and
destruction in the Balkans as soon as the scale of violence was
known
D) Bosnian Muslims were unable to defend themselves from
massacre by Serbs because of UN arms embargo Correct Answer -
C
In 1991, a group of antireform hard liners, from the Soviet vice
president to the head of the KGB, staged a coup in the Russian
Republic in response to
A) The Russian Parliament's election of Boris Yeltsin as president
B) Mikhail Gorbachev's pronouncement that there was "no
alternative to the transition to the market" and his decision to
further liberalize the economy
C) President Boris Yeltsin's call for dissolution of the Communist
Party
D) Gorbachev's and Kohl's agreement that the USSR would
withdraw its forces completely from East German soil within the
next four years Correct Answer - A
The demise of the Soviet Union in the 1990s not only led to the
establishment of new democratic republics in formerly Soviet
controlled territories but also led to
A) The end of NATO, since the threat from the Warsaw Pact nations
had ended
,B) increased democracy in other Communist states, most notably
China
C) a dramatic improvement in living conditions for former Soviet
citizens
D) an increase in ethnic conflicts in many of the newly independent
states as different ethnic groups struggled for land and power
Correct Answer - D
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the brain drain that
occurred after the fall of the Soviet empire?
A) Migrants left to escape banditry and violence inflected by
organized crime
B) Many migrants fled increasing anti-Semitism, as post-
Communists politicians used anti-Semitism to build a following in
the same way that Hitler and others had done
C) Austria and Germany received the most migrants
D) The migrants were mainly composed of those who supported
communism Correct Answer - D
The war in Chechnya began when Chechnyans
A) bought large amounts of military equipment from the United
States
B) declared independence from Russia
C) joined the European Community
D) invaded their neighbor, the Ukraine Correct Answer - B
In 1994, by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty, the European
community
A) became the European Union
B) created a common currency, the European Currency Unit (ECU or
euro)
C) established formal trade ties with the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS)
, D) accepted for membership Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic Correct Answer - A
The formation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), a free-trade zone of the United States, Canada, and Mexico
was provoked by
A) the enormous success of the "tiger" economies of the Far East"
B) growing fragmentation following the collapse of the USSR
C) the economic success--of the potential competition from-- the
European Union
D) wars and civil strife across the world Correct Answer - C
One consequence of the tremendous worldwide migrations due to
decolonization, war and famine in the 1980s and 1990s was
A) The decline in national identities in favor of transnational ones
that incorporated elements of different cultures
B) a rise in the standard of living in Western countries that accepted
migrants because they contributed substantially to the tax base that
provided basic social services
C) the rejection of Western culture by many immigrants who
believed that this had brought about the problems that caused them
to flee their homes
D) a rise in he use of computer-based distance education, because
the host countries had insufficient numbers of teachers to provide
for the new migrant needs Correct Answer - A
During this period, growing--but unsuccessful--demands for
autonomy from larger nation-states were made by various ethnic
groups, including
A) Czechs and Slovaks
B) Basque nationalists in Spain
C) Croatians and Serbs wishing to secede from the Yugoslav state
D) Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians Correct Answer - B
In the area of social policy, the 1980s and 1990s in Western
countries witnessed
A) an upsurge in spending on social welfare programs as a rrrrresult
of increased tax receipts generated by the high-tech boom
B) a decline in government support for the welfare state and a
return of nineteenth-century liberal values with their championship
of competition, individualism, and life of privilege for the well to do
C) a widespread return to family values and a concomitant decline
in rate of divorce and single-parent households
D) a rising concern with excessive population growth and a
cancellation of programs that had given financial aid to women
having two or more children Correct Answer - B
During this period, some observers had predicted "huge clashes"
between all the following EXCEPT
A) nonmilitaristic European nations allied with other peace-seeking
states, confronting an imperial United States
B) a newly united Germany and other weaker European states
C) between civilizations based on the incompatibility of Western
and non-Western culture
D) between Islam and the West Correct Answer - B
The principle difficulty of historians in assessing the events of this
period is the
A) difficulty of evaluating Internet sources
B) problem of proliferation of languages and cultural perspectives
C) decline of history as a subject in western universities
D) lack of perspective that makes it difficult to evaluate the
significance of events Correct Answer - D
In 1990, when Serb Commie Slobodan Milosevic won the presidency
of Serbia and began to claim Serb ascendancy over the Yugoslav
,federation as a whole, several major eruptions of violence occurred.
Which of the following did NOT occur?
A) All sides that undertook ethnic cleansing not only committed acts
of genocide but also destroyed the cultural heritage of their
opponents
B) Civil war broke out in Bosnia-Herzegovina between the Muslim
majority, who tried to create a multicultural and multiethnic state,
and a guerrilla army of Bosnia Serbs backed by Milosevic's
government
C) The United Nations stepped in to halt the genocide and
destruction in the Balkans as soon as the scale of violence was
known
D) Bosnian Muslims were unable to defend themselves from
massacre by Serbs because of UN arms embargo Correct Answer -
C
In 1991, a group of antireform hard liners, from the Soviet vice
president to the head of the KGB, staged a coup in the Russian
Republic in response to
A) The Russian Parliament's election of Boris Yeltsin as president
B) Mikhail Gorbachev's pronouncement that there was "no
alternative to the transition to the market" and his decision to
further liberalize the economy
C) President Boris Yeltsin's call for dissolution of the Communist
Party
D) Gorbachev's and Kohl's agreement that the USSR would
withdraw its forces completely from East German soil within the
next four years Correct Answer - A
The demise of the Soviet Union in the 1990s not only led to the
establishment of new democratic republics in formerly Soviet
controlled territories but also led to
A) The end of NATO, since the threat from the Warsaw Pact nations
had ended
,B) increased democracy in other Communist states, most notably
China
C) a dramatic improvement in living conditions for former Soviet
citizens
D) an increase in ethnic conflicts in many of the newly independent
states as different ethnic groups struggled for land and power
Correct Answer - D
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the brain drain that
occurred after the fall of the Soviet empire?
A) Migrants left to escape banditry and violence inflected by
organized crime
B) Many migrants fled increasing anti-Semitism, as post-
Communists politicians used anti-Semitism to build a following in
the same way that Hitler and others had done
C) Austria and Germany received the most migrants
D) The migrants were mainly composed of those who supported
communism Correct Answer - D
The war in Chechnya began when Chechnyans
A) bought large amounts of military equipment from the United
States
B) declared independence from Russia
C) joined the European Community
D) invaded their neighbor, the Ukraine Correct Answer - B
In 1994, by the terms of the Maastricht Treaty, the European
community
A) became the European Union
B) created a common currency, the European Currency Unit (ECU or
euro)
C) established formal trade ties with the Commonwealth of
Independent States (CIS)
, D) accepted for membership Poland, Hungary, and the Czech
Republic Correct Answer - A
The formation of the North American Free Trade Agreement
(NAFTA), a free-trade zone of the United States, Canada, and Mexico
was provoked by
A) the enormous success of the "tiger" economies of the Far East"
B) growing fragmentation following the collapse of the USSR
C) the economic success--of the potential competition from-- the
European Union
D) wars and civil strife across the world Correct Answer - C
One consequence of the tremendous worldwide migrations due to
decolonization, war and famine in the 1980s and 1990s was
A) The decline in national identities in favor of transnational ones
that incorporated elements of different cultures
B) a rise in the standard of living in Western countries that accepted
migrants because they contributed substantially to the tax base that
provided basic social services
C) the rejection of Western culture by many immigrants who
believed that this had brought about the problems that caused them
to flee their homes
D) a rise in he use of computer-based distance education, because
the host countries had insufficient numbers of teachers to provide
for the new migrant needs Correct Answer - A
During this period, growing--but unsuccessful--demands for
autonomy from larger nation-states were made by various ethnic
groups, including
A) Czechs and Slovaks
B) Basque nationalists in Spain
C) Croatians and Serbs wishing to secede from the Yugoslav state
D) Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians Correct Answer - B
