By the time Clinton left office, the U.S. budget deficit had:

In the 1990s, the Japanese economy

a. declined because of economic depression the United States which thus no longer had the financial income to purchase Japanese exports. b. faced the increasing competitive nature of American firms in the global marketplace. c. prospered considerably because of the group nature of Japanese society which guaranteed life-time employment. d. declined because of the value of the yen rose which hurt exports. e. expanded considerably more than did Communist China during the same decade.

How does this photograph of U.S. and Soviet troops greeting each other on a bridge spanning Germany's Elbe River at the end of World War II contradict imminent diplomatic relations between these two nations?

A) Both nations would be openly fighting each other in a military conflict. B) Both nations would be in a Cold War with each other over competing ideological views, escalating a nuclear arms race, and dealing with global confrontations. C) Both nations would agree to mutual military disarmament and collaboratively lead peacekeeping forces from the United Nations. D) Both nations would revert to isolationism and avoid establishing strong global presences.

Wordsworth and Coleridge displayed a __________ attitude toward childhood.

A. nostalgic B. cynical C. skeptical D. traditional

Why does the study of history beginning in eighteenth century become more complex?

A. because documentation declines B. because homogeneous, self-contained societies began to disappear C. because religious censorship increases D. all of the above E. none of the above