APE Final Review!

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APE Final Review!

• Get in your teams no notes!

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INSTRUCTIONS

• Pick up an answer sheet from the back table
• Put away all notes/resources
• There will be 20 rounds, with 5 questions per
  round.
• Each round has its own slide.
• Slides will change automatically after 4 minutes.

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Round 1

• By the year 1400, the Holy Roman Empire was
• the most powerful political entity in Europe
• split between the French and German nobility
• under the influence of the Moors
• located in eastern Europe
• unified in name only
• 2. Which of the following movements sought to
  emulate the Greco-Roman ancients after 1400?
• Mystical religion
• Humanism
• Sufism
• Medievalism
• Nominalism
• Until the reconquista (reconquering) of Spain,
  Iberia remained a
• unified Christian kingdom under one family
• loose confederation of Muslim domains
• mix of Jewish and Christian states
• dual monarchy

• Which of the following characterizes the living
  spaces of European peasants and artisans over
  four hundred years ago?
• Privacy was ensured by separate quarters for the
  children.
• Large rooms were available for family members.
• Humans and animals often shared the same spaces
  to keep warm.
• Bathrooms were common in most homes.
• Sanitary kitchen areas were the center of family
  life.
• 5. Roman Catholic parish priests interfaced with
  the common people through the
• appointments they received by the bishops
• bans from Rome
• baptism they received as infants
• sacraments of the church
• bidding of the congregation

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Round 2

• 1. He (the friar) knew the taverns well in every
  townThe barmaids and innkeepers pleased his
  mindBetter than beggars and lepers and their
  kind.
• Based on the quote above, what commentary is
  being made by Chaucer about the Christian clergy
  of his day?
• The church was generous in giving friars a living
  allowance.
• Beggars were well cared for by the clergy.
• Innkeepers gave priests special rates at their
  establishments.
• Taverns did not welcome clergymen.
• Some priests were more concerned with living well
  than helping the needy
• 2. Whoever wishes to be a member (of a baker's
  guild) must bring proof to the councilors and the
  guildsmen that he is born of legitimate, upright
  German folk.     - Brandenburg, 1432
• Which of the following sums up the limitation
  expressed in the quotation above?
• Only Teutonic Knights could be bakers.
• Membership in professional associations was based
  on ethnicity.
• Guildsmen were often illegitimate.
• Craft organizations recruited many people in
  Danzig.
• The church was involved in enrolling guild
  members.

• 3. In Kievan Russia, the noble class of
  landowners was known as the
• intelligentsia
• serfs
• boyars
• laity
• clerics
• 4. The title of the leader of the Ottoman Empire
  was
• prime minister
• kaisar
• sultan, or "holder of power"
• caliph, or "follower of the Prophet"
• Wazir
• 5. The term pogrom means
• a rebellion by peasants
• a church meeting on doctrine
• riots that target minorities
• a list of cultural achievements

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Round 3

• 1. Which of the following are examples of
  Italian city-states in the early modern period?
• Naples and Palermo
• Venice and Genoa
• Marseilles and Florence
• Rome and Nice
• Provence and Trieste
• 2. Renaissance art departed from previous
  medieval styles by
• dealing only with biblical subjects
• devising unusual backdrops for paintings
• portraying the individual as an important subject
  
• presenting a two-dimensional view of the world
• learning from Muslim techniques
• 3. In fourteenth-century Europe, the term
  Hanseatic league meant a
• treaty organization to prevent war in central
  Europe
• commercial association of northern cities to
  control trade and commerce
• sports league to promote competition between
  kingdoms
• confederation of nations that promoted diplomacy
  

• 4. Which of the following artists represented
  the peak of achievement during the Italian
  Renaissance?
• Michelangelo and Rubens
• Rembrandt and Holbein
• Donatello and da Vinci
• Holst and de Medici
• Mantegna and Vasari
• 5. The greatest musical innovation of the
  Renaissance was
• the invention of the lute
• the opera
• polyphonic harmony
• the adaptation of folk melodies to sacred works
• the madrigal troupe, which traveled from town to
  town

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Round 4

• 1. Which dynasty dominated the Holy Roman Empire
  in Europe by the mid-fifteenth century?
• The Hohenstaufen
• The Romanov
• The Tudor
• The Bourbon
• The Hapsburg
• 2. In the second half of the fifteenth century,
  the dynasty that emerged victorious after civil
  war in England was the
• Lancaster dynasty
• Wessex dynasty
• Tudor dynasty
• Stuart dynasty
• Westminster dynasty
• 3. By 1550, Portugal established colonies in
  which of the following distant places?
• Mexico, South Africa, and Australia
• Brazil, Arabia, and Ceylon
• Burma, Malaya, and China
• Brazil, Madagascar, and New Zealand

• 4. A major impetus for the colonization of
  Brazil by Portugal was the European demand for
• cinnamon
• bananas
• sugar
• hemp
• pepper
• 5. First ignored by the Europeans, North America
  (except for Mexico) finally drew settlers because
  of the
• gold found in Virginia
• legends of the Fountain of Youth
• friendly natives who helped the newcomers
• abundant fish and fur
• indigo that could be grown there

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Round 5

• 1. Which of the following pairs of European
  nations followed Portugal in establishing trading
  posts in Asia?
• Austria and France
• England and Holland
• Spain and Germany
• Holland and Denmark
• Spain and Poland
• 2. Mercantilism can best be described as
• the ideas presented by Adam Smith in Wealth of
  Nations
• a theory of national wealth having to do with
  favorable trade balances
• exemption of immigrants from the laws of the host
  country
• French and British imperial competition in the
  sixteenth century
• the expansion of colonial bureaucracies overseas
• 3. In the 1500s, the central focus of church
  reformers such as Martin Luther was
• the precedence of scriptural authority over the
  traditions of the church
• the threat of an Islamic invasion
• the number of sacraments practiced by the
  faithful
• competition with Jesuit missionaries

• 4. What was the Protestant alternative to papal
  authority as the Reformation unfolded?
• Canonical records from the early church
• The Bible as the revealed Word of God
• Church councils in Germany after 1517
• Newly discovered letters from Saint Paul to Greek
  congregations
• The Book of Mormon
• 5. The motives of King Henry VIII of England in
  separating from the Roman Catholic Church in 1534
  were both
• economic and personal
• personal and political
• carnal and traditional
• commercial and theological
• psychological and vengeful

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Round 6

• 1. Which of the following policies had to be
  adopted by kingdoms in modern Europe because of
  large-scale warfare?
• Conscription was tried and abandoned as a
  failure.
• State-church authority diminished in northern
  Europe.
• Governments greatly increased taxes.
• Kings became more accessible to the people.
• Trade was deemphasized as a national priority.
• 2. What long-term impact did seventeenth-century
  absolutism in Prussia and Austria have on Europe?
• German militarism created a powerful legacy of
  expansionism.
• The Hapsburg dynasty was short-lived.
• England sought to emulate the German monarchy.
• Catholicism was mandated throughout central
  Europe.
• Bohemia revolted and wrote its own constitution
  in 1620
• 3. After 1500, the term triangular trade
  referred to
• Chinese goods flowing to Manila and then to the
  Americas
• spices from India being traded for slaves in
  Africa
• an economic network of goods and slaves between
  North America and Africa
• Portuguese trade between Brazil and South Africa
  

• 4. The Thirty Years' War was largely fought
  against which royal dynasty in Europe?
• The House of Hapsburg in Austria
• The Brandenburgers of Saxony
• The House of Tudor in England
• The Medicis of Florence
• The Fuggers of Amsterdam
• 5. Which of the following explains why Russia
  lagged behind western Europe in its development?
• The eradication of Islam from Central Asia
• The influence of the Ottomans in their affairs
• Massive immigration after the Mongol invasion
• Poor economic management
• Authoritarian rulers and cultural isolation

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Round 7

• 1. The Peace of Westphalia was part of the
  settlement of the
• Irish uprising after 1630
• war between Prussia and Denmark
• War of Spanish Succession
• Thirty Years' War
• Swiss invasion of Italy
• 2. The term divine right can best be described
  as which of the following?
• Governments derive their power from the people.
• Nations have the right to expand beyond their
  borders.
• Separation of church and state is an accepted
  political fact.
• Parliaments are established by church authority.
• Monarchical power is ordained by God.
• 3. The economic prosperity of the
  seventeenth-century Dutch republic was based on
  its
• peaceful relationship with France
• political neutrality regarding the wars of the
  period
• loans from Spanish banks
• successful maritime trade worldwide

• 4. Which of the following events ended in
  regicide in the seventeenth century?
• The trial of Galileo
• The English civil war
• The Lisbon earthquakes
• The War of Spanish Succession
• The Ottoman invasion of the Balkans
• 5. The term Glorious Revolution refers to what
  dynamics in seventeenth-century England?
• The bloody overthrow of King James II
• A dynastic change that ensured Protestant rule
  and a strong parliament
• The victory of the king over Parliament in 1688
• Cromwell's rule as Lord Protector
• Fears of replacing the king with a female monarch

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Round 8

• 1. Which of the following languages replaced
  Latin as the language of culture and scholarship
  by 1700?
• English
• German
• Greek
• French
• Italian
• 2. The population rise in Europe after 1750 was
  caused mostly by
• the need for soldiers in frequent wars
• polygamy, which became more common
• increased immigration from North Africa
• lower mortality rates in all age groups
• great advances in medicine
• 3. The trend toward wage work in
  eighteenth-century Europe was most often seen
  among the
• urban middle classes
• absentee landlords
• urban and rural poor
• unmarried women

• 4. Which of the following maritime problems led
  to new scientific inquiry in the early modern
  era?
• The need for a better way to predict the weather
  
• The need for a way to measure the wind
• The ineffectiveness of better bilge pumps
• The need for ships to chart their positions on
  the high seas
• Inadequate methods for assessing the relationship
  of sail size to cargo weights
• 5. The Scientific Revolution of the seventeenth
  and eighteenth century was mainly an
• economic interlude
• educational movement
• agricultural phenomenon
• intellectual transition
• interim development

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Round 9

• 1. Which of the following explains the partition
  of Poland in 1795?
• Rival neighbors overwhelmed the state and divided
  it up.
• Civil war led to its disintegration.
• The Reformation helped create a disunited people.
  
• The absolutist monarch went too far and the
  people rebelled.
• Russia absorbed all Polish territory after
  winning a war.
• 2. When d'Alembert made a distinction between
  the "truly enlightened public" and the "blind and
  noisy multitude," he revealed the
• need for education for the middle classes
• tensions between the nobility and the church
• elitism of the eighteenth-century philosophes
• new attitudes toward the merchant classes
• open discourse among all classes during the
  Enlightenment
• 3. All of the following were reforms enacted by
  European enlightened monarchs in the eighteenth
  century EXCEPT
• abolishing torture as a method for gathering
  evidence
• decreeing freedom of speech
• raising taxes on the peasantry
• allowing freedom of religion

• 4. In rural areas, the traditional solution to
  the problem of soil exhaustion was
• heavy use of chemical fertilizers
• letting a field lie fallow for a time
• selling the land to someone else
• surveying the land
• religious rituals and blessings by a priest
• 5. The term diaspora can best be described as
  the
• festivals that were observed in Spanish colonies
  
• expansion of the sugar trade in Latin America
• acquisition of new colonies or areas
• scattering of a people to different parts of the
  world
• establishment of scientific principles

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Round 10

• 1. Great Britain joined Austria in the War of
  Austrian Succession of 1740 because
• it was attacked by Prussia
• France had become too powerful on the continent
• of agreements between the two kingdoms before the
  war
• the Hapsburgs had borrowed a lot of money from
  London banks
• of rival claims in the New World
• 2. The Treaty of Paris in 1763 was part of the
  settlement of the
• Seven Years' War
• war between Prussia and Denmark
• War of Spanish Succession
• Thirty Years' War
• Swiss invasion of Italy
• 3. Which of the following eighteenth-century
  European empires were the most multiethnic in
  character?
• Ottoman and Austrian
• German and Austrian
• Russian and Swiss
• German and Ottoman

• 4. Eighteenth-century agriculture saw increased
  production for all of the following reasons
  EXCEPT
• increased yields per acre owing to better soil
  management
• more land being farmed due to enclosure
• healthier livestock
• smaller farm families
• improved climate
• 5. Rococo art and music departed from the
  earlier Baroque by producing a
• heavy and dark impression
• light and airy feeling
• monochromatic style of expression
• series of neoclassical themes
• derivative genre that was briefly popular

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Round 11

• 1. All of the following can be catalysts that
  lead to political revolution EXCEPT
• a large underclass of oppressed people
• a corrupt and oblivious regime
• an active land-reform movement
• excessive taxation
• a large gap between rich and poor
• 2. The chief aim of the Napoleonic continental
  system was to
• forge an alliance with Great Britain
• bring most of the Mediterranean under French
  control
• intimidate the Irish into attacking Scotland
• exclude British trade from the rest of Europe
• partition Germany among the powers of Europe
• 3. Which of the following features of the
  British nation encouraged industrialization after
  1780?
• A large population
• Technological know-how
• Available capital for investment
• A government friendly to business interests

• 4. Which of the following natural resources
  greatly aided the development of Britain's
  industrialization?
• Copper and tin
• Lime and manganese
• Coal and iron
• Oil and lead
• Iron and silver
• 5. Traditional elites in nineteenth-century
  Europe consisted mostly of
• Catholic priests and middle-class merchants
• company officials and lower nobility
• professionals and businesspeople
• peasants and artisans
• aristocrats and high-level bureaucrats

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Round 12

• 1. After 1815, the European congress system was
  used somewhat regularly to
• create alliances against Russia
• raise taxes from kingdoms
• settle international disputes and maintain the
  peace
• punish France for the Napoleonic wars
• isolate Great Britain politically
• 2. The revolutions of 1848 yielded which of the
  following results?
• The deposing of the pope
• The establishment of the Second Republic in
  France
• Marxist states being created in eastern Europe
• New progress made by union workers
• Suffrage rights being expanded in Russia
• 3. By the mid-nineteenth century, which city had
  replaced Amsterdam as the financial capital of
  Europe?
• Paris
• Rome
• Glasgow
• London

• 4. All the following are features of Marxist
  theory EXCEPT
• class struggle
• capitalistic benefits
• proletarian overthrow of moneyed interests
• bourgeois exploitation of the workers
• international unity of all workers
• 5. Which of the following was essential to the
  success of continental European industrialization
  in the nineteenth century?
• Growing empires abroad
• The development of joint-stock investment banks
  
• New territory won in wars
• Conservative monarchies that favored business
  interests
• Rising labor costs

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Round 13

• 1. The right to vote in the early nineteenth
  century was largely defined by
• familial ties to the monarchy
• property ownership and business success
• poll taxes, which some could not afford
• literacy tests
• professional qualifications
• 2. Work days in the early Industrial Revolution
  ranged from
• twelve to sixteen hours
• eight to ten hours
• fifteen to twenty hours
• nine to eleven hours
• six to ten hours
• 3. British socialists in the nineteenth century
  tended to be
• members of the aristocracy
• intellectuals and reformers
• middle-class managers
• wealthy elites

• 4. The goal of Marxist socialism was the
  creation of
• a single-party dictatorship
• a classless society
• many worker councils in urban areas
• a partnership between capitalists and the workers
  
• agricultural collectives
• 5. The great breakthrough in understanding
  disease transmission came with
• successful inoculations against polio
• Curie's experiments with radiation
• private rooms in hospitals
• confirmation of the miasmatic theory
• Pasteur's germ theory in the 1850s

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Round 14

• 1. In the late nineteenth century, the upper
  middle class tended to consist of
• small-scale industrialists and professionals
• factory workers
• successful businesspeople and artisans
• skilled craftspeople and union leaders
• small-scale merchants and clergy
• 2. The Realism movement in the arts in the
  nineteenth century sought to
• show the social and economic conditions that
  affected humans
• portray the lives of the upper classes
• romanticize the Industrial Revolution and its
  effects
• advance social harmony among the classes
• inspire nationalism among the masses
• 3. The term Luddite refers to which of the
  following nineteenth-century groups?
• Agents who infiltrated union movements
• Loyalists who defended monarchy
• People who opposed the mechanization of industry
  
• Followers of Marx who believed in a workers'
  utopia

• 4. The most beneficial outcome of
  industrialization in Europe was
• the creation of new economic ideologies
• better methods of communication
• a new era of peace
• stable governments across Europe
• increasing the material standard of living for
  many
• 5. Democratic liberalism in Europe was most
  evident in which of the following two nations
  prior to 1910?
• Germany and Denmark
• France and Britain
• Italy and France
• Britain and Austria
• Russia and Germany

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Round 15

• 1. Which of the following European nations were
  defeated by Africans or Asians in battle prior to
  1914?
• Holland and Norway
• Germany and Switzerland
• Belgium and Portugal
• Italy and Russia
• Spain and Austria
• 2. To mollify the workers of Germany, Bismarck
  initiated a policy known as
• republican reform
• middle-class relief
• Marxist compromise
• state socialism
• conservative progress
• 3. Which of the following social sciences were
  becoming more popular within academic study in
  the early twentieth century?
• History and political science
• Psychology and sociology
• Economics and rhetoric
• Polemics and forensics

• 4. Which of the following revealed the political
  fragility of the Russian Empire by 1910?
• The collapse of old alliances with France and
  Italy
• War victories in Asia
• Popular revolts against the Russian police state
  
• Mass immigration to the Americas
• The success of Marxist revolutionaries
• 5. Which of the following statements best
  expresses European motives for imperialism prior
  to 1914?
• World peace would be enhanced by overseas
  possessions.
• Imperialism would help spread democracy to the
  rest of the world.
• Europeans were altruistic and wanted to help
  other people.
• New living space was needed to relieve the
  growing home population.
• Colonies were an economic benefit to the mother
  country.

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Round 16

• 1. Which of the following was NOT a long-term
  cause of the World War I?
• Imperialistic competition for foreign territories
  
• Defensive alliances between European powers
• Military buildup of navies and armies
• Socialistic influences on governments
• Preplanned war movements
• 2. What was the political impact of World War I
  on party politics in European nations in the
  beginning of the war?
• Right-wing regimes often took over the
  governments.
• Coalition governments created instability.
• Socialists often attacked the decision to go to
  war.
• Parliaments were divided when it came to
  supporting the fighting.
• War patriotism subverted political differences.
• 3. Which of the following treaties formalized
  the Russian exit from the war in 1917?
• Versailles
• Coblenz
• Paris
• Brest-Litovsk

• 4. The Allies intervened in the Russian civil
  war after 1917 because they
• feared for the life of the tsar's family
• were anxious that Russian ports might fall to the
  Germans
• did not think the Bolsheviks were democratic
• wanted to protect foreign investments in Russia
  
• suspected Lenin would join the Germans against
  them
• 5. What was the League of Nations supposed to
  achieve for Europe?
• Enhanced economic relations
• Continental control by France
• Tax revenue for Switzerland
• An economic boost for Germany and Russia
• Collective security for peace-loving nations

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Round 17

• 1. The 1920s were seen as the "heroic age of
  physics" because of the discovery of
• radium as a chemical element
• subatomic particles, such as neutrons
• Newtonian principles
• the theory of relativity
• existential science
• 2. The post-World War I economic order in Europe
  was destabilized by
• low tariffs that hindered trade
• the pacifism of governments in France and Spain
• American interference in international affairs
• harsh reparations that crippled the German
  economy
• threats from the Soviet Union
• 3. All of the following are features of
  twentieth-century fascism EXCEPT
• pro-Marxist policies
• support of conservative business interests
• single-party rule
• ultranationalist themes used to inspire
  patriotism

• 4. Five-Year Plans initiated by Hitler, Stalin,
  and Mussolini were evidence of which trend in
  governmental management?
• Mass production in government-owned factories
• Fascist control of manufacturing
• Marxist oversight of industry
• Liberal democratic approaches to ending the Great
  Depression
• Centrally planned economies under single-party
  dictatorships
• 5. All of the following destabilized
  international relations in the 1930s EXCEPT
• the Munich Agreement of 1938
• Japan's invasion of Manchuria
• Hitler's annexation of Austria
• Italy's invasion of Ethiopia
• Lenin's death in Russia

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Round 18

• 1. The spirit of Locarno in the mid-1920s
  referred to
• improving labor relations in Germany
• the decreasing inflation in central Europe
• new agreements between Italy and Russia
• border disputes between Austria and Yugoslavia
• an easing of international tensions and increased
  cooperation among nations
• 2. In both fascist Italy and Germany, women were
  encouraged to
• enter the political arena with men
• consider military roles
• work in industry
• contribute to the state by working in the
  professions
• manage the home and raise large families
• 3. The nation that experienced the most
  casualties (dead and wounded) during World War II
  was
• the Soviet Union
• Germany
• the United States
• Japan

• 4. After the defeat of the Axis powers in World
  War II, which two Allied nations emerged with
  unprecedented military power?
• Great Britain and Canada
• The United States of America and the Soviet Union
  
• China and Japan
• France and Holland
• Great Britain and the United States of America
• 5. The postwar success of decolonization in
  Africa and Asia has often depended on
• the amount of aid given to help newly forming
  nations
• the preparation of native elites for leadership
  by their colonial masters
• the influence of the Cold War on new states
• the sympathy of the West with regard to
  underdeveloped nations
• regional peace being possible

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Round 19

• 1. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
  was formed in 1949 to
• stop fascist militarism
• defend Europe against communist aggression
• create a free-trade zone in western Europe
• formalize the postwar treaties with Germany
• ensure socialist security in northern Europe
• 2. Which of the following best describes the
  role of socialism in postwar Europe?
• Conservative governments banned socialist
  political parties.
• Capitalists marginalized socialist political
  power.
• Socialists and labor unions paralyzed many
  economies.
• Socialists were unable to appeal to populations.
  
• Socialist policies created welfare states
  throughout Europe.
• 3. France experienced humiliating military
  defeat in which of its colonies in 1954?
• Mozambique
• Morocco
• Indochina
• East Timor

• 4. Which of the following European nations
  possessed nuclear weapons capability by 1970?
• France, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union
• Holland and Norway
• Poland and Great Britain
• Russia and Poland
• Spain and France
• 5. Postwar French philosophers developed
  existentialism as a
• means to inspire nationalism among the people
• response to Algerian terrorism
• way to encourage world peace
• a new political direction
• cynical and pessimistic reaction to the
  destruction of the 1940s

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Round 20

• 1. Which of the following transportation
  technology breakthroughs made Europeans more
  mobile than ever before?
• Hydro-ferries between the continent and
  Scandinavia
• Maglev tracking for trains
• Autobahns without speed limits
• Jumbo jets and trés grande vitesse (TGV) trains
  
• Turbo cars
• 2. Wide-ranging international agreements were
  concluded in the 1970s in
• Bruges, Belgium
• Bonn, West Germany
• Lisbon, Portugal
• Kent, England
• Helsinki, Finland
• 3. A new emphasis on environmental issues in
  Europe after 1970 led to
• the fall of governments that had polluted their
  rivers
• the first interior ministries in some countries
• new political alliances between liberals and
  moderates
• breakthroughs in nuclear technology

• 4. Northern Europe solved its shortage of
  workers in the 1960s and afterward by
• giving mothers tax incentives to have more babies
  
• offering jobs to immigrants from southern Europe
  and Turkey
• exporting jobs to South Asia
• manufacturing goods in Latin America
• hiring teenagers to work in factories
• 5. Which of the following had the most political
  impact following the collapse of European
  communism after 1991?
• The emergence of new nation-states in eastern
  Europe
• New trade agreements between Poland and Germany
• Consolidation of southern Slav states
• Revitalization of the Warsaw Pact
• The decline of NATO

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