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CLEP Western Civilization II: 1945 Present

Subjects : clep, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 21 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Leader of Russia from 1991-2000






2. The person makes life meaningful in their own way even though life is strange. Albert Camus and Jean-Paul Sartre






3. Leader of Iraq. The U.S. thought that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. They were wrong.






4. Wanted socialism to come into the democracy.






5. The terrorists who attack the U.S. on September 11 - 2001.






6. Started the enviromental movement with her book Silent Spring.






7. A civil war started there when the anti-Nazi Marshal Tito died and in 1990 when Slovenia and Croatia said they were no free from Yugoslavia.






8. U.S. invaded Iraq






9. A rich radical who helped fund the Taliban. Muslims from around the world who gave Vladimir Putin a hard time during his presidency. They fought a war with Russia in Chechnya.






10. Got freedom from France in 1962






11. 1957. nations in Europe did not tax eachother on goods from their states in the treaty.






12. 1991. said there should be a common money in Europe. in 2001 a lot of western Europe had done this. It was called the euro.






13. 1995. Bosia got independence.






14. Gamal Abdal Nasser said that Egypt owned it in 1956. This could harm America and France's oil supply.






15. Wrote: The Second Sex. Was a feminist.






16. Spuspicion of truth.






17. Nuclear accident and worried people about global warming.






18. The Serbs killed thousands of people and forced the Muslims out. Slobodan Milosevic was the Serbs leader.






19. Change some beliefs of the Catholic Church. Such as reasons for having children.






20. 2004 U.S. and France went there to help get order.






21. 18 year old were given the right to vote.