FREE AP European History Exam 1914 to Present Question and Answers

Question 1

Which of the aforementioned events did Khrushchev lose the support of the Soviet people for more than any other on the list?

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the Cuban missile crisis

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de-Stalinization

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the Bay of Pigs invasion

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the way in which the Hungarian Revolution was handled

Question 2

Which of the following areas does the Brezhnev Doctrine address?

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countries in the Soviet sphere of influence

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NATO countries

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Communist countries in Southeast Asia

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Soviet republics

Question 3

One of the reasons why the Soviet Union and the United States engaged in the Cold War following World War II was

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the competition between rival political and economic systems

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the refusal of the Western powers to give the Soviet Union a role in postwar Germany

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conflict over where to establish the border between Poland and Germany

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the religious differences of the two countries

Question 4

All of the following were prioritized by Thatcherism. EXCEPT

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nationalization of industries

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destroying the power of labor unions

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sharp tax cuts

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reduce government spending

Question 5

What other Polish institution supported the Solidarity movement, which ultimately led to the fall of the Communist regime in Poland?

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the Catholic Church

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the army

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the Polish parliament

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the peasantry

Question 6

Six republics made up the communist Yugoslavia that emerged soon after the end of World War II: Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, and Macedonia. Despite their union, there remained ongoing turmoil, and after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, nationalistic feelings that had been simmering for some time exploded. These republics went to war in the middle of 1991 as a reason of

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Slovenia and Croatia declaring their independence

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Croatian, Slovenian, and Bosnian forces attacking Serbia

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Croatia applying for NATO membership

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Bosnian Muslims attacking Serbs

Question 7

In 1993, Czechoslovakia held a referendum on the issue despite the fact that 2.5 million people signed a petition calling for one and surveys indicating that the majority of its inhabitants opposed the decision.

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split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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allowed local autonomy for all ethnic minorities

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sided with Serbia in the ongoing Balkan war

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joined both the European Community and NATO