To what does the term “Iron Curtain” refer?
A) the border between North and South Korea
B) the military operation in which the United States dropped the atom bomb on Japan
C) the railroad system that was restored in Europe after World War II ended
D) the separation between Soviet-dominated Europe and Western Europe
E) the seemingly insurmountable class divide in postwar Western Europe
Answer: D
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All of the problems below began disturbing Roman Catholic laypeople and some clergy from the later 15th century onward, EXCEPT:
a. The Church’s high taxation of peasants. b. The entanglement of upper clergy and the papacy with the centralizing rulers. c. The ambitious and opulent artistic programs undertaken by popes and cardinals. d. The use of the sale of indulgences to raise money.
Which of the following helps explain why the Democrats lost control of Congress in 1994?
A) The Democrats were embroiled in a financial scandal. B) President Clinton had involved the United States in an unpopular war. C) The Democratic Party made little effort to mobilize its base. D) The country was in a deep recession.
The growing numbers of independent farmers in the expanding Deep South backcountry related to calls for __________
A) constraints on slavery B) expansion of slavery C) further settlement westward D) improved connections with the North.
The ideal of spreading Islam by fighting infidels resonated with the traditions of the Turkish and Mongolian people; on the steppes, fighting was routine, and successful warriors became charismatic leaders.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)