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. The British public’s expectations about access to details of Queen Elizabeth’s family life changed after

her eldest children, Charles and Anne, became adults correct incorrect

the death of Princess Diana correct incorrect

the broadcast of the documentary Royal Family correct incorrect

her coronation at the age of 26 correct incorrect

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. _______ felt that the only way to keep Germany from becoming a threat once again was to split it up into several weak, separate states.

France correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

the Soviet Union correct incorrect

the United States correct incorrect

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. Eastern European economies lagged behind the West because

of the communist party’s unwillingness to give up economic control correct incorrect

poor soil that limited agricultural production correct incorrect

corruption in local governments correct incorrect

of their inability to buy high quality steel from the West correct incorrect

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. After World War II, nearly ________ German refugees were pushed out of Eastern Europe.

several hundred thousand correct incorrect

3 million correct incorrect

13 million correct incorrect

21 million correct incorrect

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. Britain, France, and West Germany used funds from the Marshall Plan to

raise salaries correct incorrect

lower the cost of food and other necessities correct incorrect

rebuild factories and key industries correct incorrect

improve social benefits and lower taxes correct incorrect

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. By the mid-1950s, Britain had decided

it had to keep its African colonies at all cost, particularly Kenya and Rhodesia correct incorrect

to “develop” its African possessions by investing heavily in building schools, housing, hospitals, factories, and modern transportation and communication networks correct incorrect

it did not make economic sense to keep its African colonies and to let them go correct incorrect

to grant its African colonies the right to hold elections, but insist they remain members of the Commonwealth correct incorrect

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. The postwar period saw European countries

become ethnically homogenous as minorities fled correct incorrect

adopt anti-colonialist attitudes, seeing similarities between Hitler’s goals of conquest and old modes of empire-building correct incorrect

redraw their borders along ethnic lines correct incorrect

adopt newly tolerant attitudes toward Jews and other minorities, in light of the Nazi atrocities correct incorrect

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. Stalin established control over the governments in Central and Eastern Europe

with the constant threat of invasion by the Soviet army correct incorrect

by placing trusted allies in positions of power correct incorrect

by establishing a foothold for local communist parties through the formation of of broad “anti-fascist” coalitions correct incorrect

by threatening to exclude the country from the economic support offered through the Soviet version of the Marshall Plan correct incorrect

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. In response to De Gaulle’s declaration that Algeria should be allowed “self-determination,” Algeria’s European inhabitants

launched a coup attempt correct incorrect

fled to France correct incorrect

established an apartheid government correct incorrect

attempted to establish a breakaway state correct incorrect

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. The U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union agreed to split up Germany into zones of occupation when they met for a conference in

Nuremburg correct incorrect

Potsdam correct incorrect

Leningrad correct incorrect

Vienna correct incorrect

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. ________ did not participate in the European Coal and Steel Community.

Germany correct incorrect

Britain correct incorrect

France correct incorrect

Belgium correct incorrect

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. Many Eastern Europeans were convinced that the Soviets might loosen their control of their satellite countries when Nikita Khrushchev

permitted Hungary to hold elections correct incorrect

denounced the crimes of the Stalinist era in a secret meeting correct incorrect

publicly denounced the crimes of the Stalinist era correct incorrect

denounced Britain and France’s meddling in Egypt over the Suez Canal correct incorrect

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. In France, Charles de Gaulle promoted the idea that

all French citizens should be conscious of their complicity in France’s cooperation with Hitler’s regime, so as to prevent such a thing from happening again correct incorrect

most French men and women had resisted the Germans and that only a handful of collaborators had cooperated with the Nazi regime correct incorrect

France had resisted Hitler to the best of its ability but had been unable to defend itself without American aid correct incorrect

blame for the war rested squarely on German shoulders correct incorrect

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. In response to the Western powers decision to turn their German occupation zones into a new West German political entity, rather than reunite the country, the Soviets

blockaded Berlin correct incorrect

built the Berlin wall correct incorrect

integrated Berlin into East Germany correct incorrect

organized a series of strikes in France intended to unsettle the country and raise support for communist parties correct incorrect

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. The joint British and French attack on Egypt was prompted by

Egypt’s seizure of Israeli territory correct incorrect

concerns that Egypt would ally with the Soviet Union correct incorrect

to prevent additional conflicts between Egypt and Israel correct incorrect

Egypt’s nationalization of the Suez Canal correct incorrect

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. The West’s explosive economic growth in the 1960s was fueled by

the rapid rebuilding of Germany correct incorrect

exports and international trade correct incorrect

the modernization of heavy industry correct incorrect

new economic unions within Europe correct incorrect

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. Which of the following was not an outcome of the Vatican Council known as Vatican II?

The Church apologized for its role in the Holocaust. correct incorrect

Regular masses would be given in the local language, not Latin. correct incorrect

The Church condemned anti-Semitism. correct incorrect

The Church distanced itself from past support of authoritarian regimes correct incorrect