AP European History : The Modern State
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Example Question #21 : The Modern State
Economic recession in Europe in the 1970s was primarily caused by __________.
The Suez Canal Crisis
Declining prices of basic crops caused by the integration of several third world countries into the global economy
The Vietnam War
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
The Oil Embargo of 1973
The Oil Embargo of 1973
In the 1970s, the various Western European countries relied on oil imports from the Middle East for the vast majority of their oil. When the Arab-Israeli War broke out in 1973, many Arab nations began to stop selling oil to European nations who supported Israel, leading to the Oil Embargo of 1973. This greatly damaged the economies of most Western European nations and plunged the continent into a recession.
Example Question #22 : The Modern State
Who was the first President of the Russian Federation following the collapse of the Soviet Union?
Dimitri Medvedev
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Mikhail Gorbachev
Nikita Khrushchev
Boris Yeltsin
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Russian Federation was formed from the territory that had once comprised Tsarist Russia. The first President of the Russian Federation was Boris Yeltsin.
Example Question #23 : The Modern State
The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was formed by which of the following three countries in the wake of the demise of the Soviet Union?
Russia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
Russia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan
Turkey, Bulgaria, and Georgia
Yugoslavia, Romania, and Hungary
Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
The Commonwealth of Independent States was formed in 1991 by Russia, the Ukraine, and Belarus. It has since grown to include countries like Armenia, Azerbaijan, Moldova, and Uzbekistan. It is meant to function as more than simply a symbolic organization, but all the countries within the group are autonomous and rarely act in unison with one another.
Example Question #24 : The Modern State
Which of the following individuals is a Serbian leader who was prosecuted for war crimes committed during the Balkan Crisis of the 1990s?
Tito
Nikola Tesla
Lech Walesa
Boris Yeltsin
Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic
Slobodan Milosevic was President of Serbia for much of the 1990s and was eventually indicted by United Nation’s International Tribunal for war crimes committed in the Kosovo War. He was charged with encouraging the forced deportation of ethnic Albanians from Kosovo and the genocidal extermination of at least tens of thousands of other Albanians living in Kosovo. He is also charged with encouraging genocide in Bosnia and Croatia.
Example Question #25 : The Modern State
Which of these countries experienced a bloodless revolution in transitioning from communism to capitalism in 1989?
Hungary
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
All of the other answer choices are correct.
All of the other answer choices are correct.
All of these countries experienced a relatively peaceful transition from communism to capitalism in 1989 and the early 1990s. The only major country where the transition of power was not peaceful was Romania, where brutal fighting marked the fall of communism.
Example Question #26 : The Modern State
The European Court of Justice, the highest court in the European Union, is located in which country?
Luxembourg
Germany
France
Norway
Spain
Luxembourg
The European Court of Justice is located in Luxembourg. It was established in 1952.
Example Question #26 : The Modern State
The gap between the nations of Europe and the Third World continues to rise, in large part, because __________.
of the conflict between Islamic fundamentalism and Western militaristic intervention.
European countries refuse to provide aid to their former colonial possessions.
of frequent European attempts to reestablish colonial dominance over countries in South America, Africa, and Asia.
capitalism prevails in few places outside of Europe, leading to European and American dominance over the free market.
the population growth of the third world is dramatically sharper than that of Europe.
the population growth of the third world is dramatically sharper than that of Europe.
In the years since decolonization, the population of the Third World has exploded to unprecedented levels, while the population of most major European nations has grown slowly or not at all. Massive increases in population put a strain on developing economies, as children and their parents require medical and social care.
Example Question #26 : Political History
Who is the current reigning British Monarch?
Elizabeth II
Charles III
Victoria II
William II
Edward I
Elizabeth II
Elizabeth the II is the current reigning monarch. Though she is just a figurehead since Britain's current political system is Parliamentary, she still holds the love and adoration of all the people of the British Commonwealth, recognized as the monarch of all Britain's territories and dominions including Australia, New Zealand, England, Scotland, and Canada.
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