Test Bank (Multiple Choice)
Chapter 7: Europe and the Modern World
Introduction
1. What do the authors of the book say about questions like, “Is the capitalist, free-
market economic system a model for economic development and human
happiness everywhere?” and “Are democracy and human rights universally
applicable to all people?”
a) that Europeans answered these questions “yes”
b) that Europeans once answered these questions “no” and now answer “yes”
c) that European thinkers developed these questions, which are currently debated
d) that Europeans never asked these questions but merely assumed the answers
What Is Europe?
1. Which of the following is NOT a definition of Europe described in the text?
a) historical definition
b) political definition
c) cultural definition
d) legal definition
2. What event completed the division of Europe in the Cold War era?
a) Franco’s rule in Spain
b) The establishment of the Warsaw Pact
c) The fall of the Berlin Wall
d) The founding of the European Coal and Steel Community
3. According to the chapter, the economic definition of Europe has become
synonymous with countries’ membership in what organization?
a) the Marshall Plan
b) the UN
c) NATO
d) the EU
Europe’s Slow Progress Toward Liberal Democracy
1. What alternative political philosophy does Francis Fukuyama say poses a
challenge to Western liberal democracy, in the post-Soviet era (after 1991)?
a) Authoritarianism
b) Global theocracy
c) One-party Communism
d) No philosophy poses such a challenge.
2. Which of the following thinkers is NOT associated with liberal democratic ideals
and the enlightenment?
a) Jean-Jacque Rousseau
b) Thomas Jefferson
c) Thomas Hobbes
d) All of these are liberal, democratic thinkers of the Enlightenment.
3. Which country created the first Fascist state?
a) Germany
b) Turkey
c) Russia
d) None of these is correct.
4. Which two words do Americans, mistakenly, use interchangeably, according to
the text?
a) Nation and state
b) People and culture
c) Ethnicity and race
d) State and culture
5. National identity can be an imagined community based on shared
a) Language.
b) Religion.
c) History.
d) All of these.
6. Where does national identity come from?
a) It is learned.
b) It is inherent from birth.
c) Both of these are correct.
d) None of these is correct.
7. Which country’s nationalism is considered most responsible for the World Wars?
a) France
b) Germany
c) Poland
d) Soviet Union
From the Scourge of National Conflict to the European Union
1. Which ideal did independence leaders Ho Chi Minh, Mohandas Gandhi, and
Nelson Mandela all invoke, according to the text?
a) National self-determination
b) International communism
c) Liberal capitalism
d) Globalization
2. What was one of the central purposes of the creation of a Common Market of
Europe?
a) to create an real economic competitor for the United States
b) to punish Germany for starting World War II
c) to promote political and diplomatic peace between France and West Germany
d) to prevent the Marshall Plan from going into effect
The Terrorist Threat in Europe
1. The Irish Republican Army and Basque separatists conducted terror campaigns
for what reason?
a) To reclaim national borders or carve out an independent country
b) To defeat the British and Italian governments
c) To further Communism
d) To urge Britain and Spain to become more democratic
2. Why was there a measure to prevent the wearing of a hijab in French public
schools?
a) Because France does not allow for the freedom of religion
b) Because French national identity considers itself highly secular
c) Because France has historical anti-Semitic tendencies
d) Because most immigrants are in France illegally and leaders want to crack
down on this
The Role of Europe in the World
1. In what way do many European countries differ from the United States?
a) They are communist
b) They are not capitalist
c) They are social democracies
d) They are opposed to free trade
2. Why has the EU been generally reluctant to take a strong stance against Russia?
a) Most European nations are not a part of NATO and have no security alliances
to protect them if Russia were to retaliate.
b) Europe receives almost 2/3 of its oil and gas from Russia.
c) The European Union’s parliament is too slow and inefficient to issue
statements.
d) Russia has not violated any norms or treaties that Europeans care about.
Chapter 7
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