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Quiz for Sources of The Making of the West, Chapter 28

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Quiz for Chapter 28: Postindustrial Society and the End of the Cold War Order, 1960s–1989

Document Links:

Document 28-1: Josef Smrkovský, What Lies Ahead

Document 28-2: Student Voices of Protest

Document 28-3: Nick Ut, Photograph

Document 28-4: U.S. Embassy, Saudi Arabia, Saudi Ban on Oil Shipments to the United States

Document 28-5: Jacques Chirac, New French Antiterrorist Laws

Document 28-6: Glasnost and the Soviet Press

Question 28.1

1. According to Josef Smrkovský (Document 28-1), what was necessary to change the communist style of government in Czechoslovakia?

Entrust the process of reform to the intelligentsia.

Abolish the Communist Party and Soviet control.

Arrest all citizens who resisted political reform.

Allow for free expression and political debate.

Question 28.2

2. As described by student activists (Document 28-2), what set 1968 apart from earlier periods in Western history?

Governments adopted antiwar policies.

The public was disconnected and disengaged.

Traditional forms of authority were challenged.

International issues were irrelevant to local concerns.

Question 28.3

3. What was the writer’s main concern in sending the October 23, 1973, cable to the U.S. State Department (Document 28-4)?

The West was economically vulnerable to Arab states’ actions.

The Middle East was economically dependent on the West.

The West was overly concerned with Middle Eastern politics.

Arab nations were a significant military threat in the region.

Question 28.4

4. Which of these best describes the measures proposed by French president Jacques Chirac to counter the terrorist threat (Document 28-5)?

Grant unilateral legislative and legal authority to the president

Improve public security and scrutiny of individual citizens

Secure France’s borders to prohibit the entry of all foreigners

Initiate a dialog with terrorist groups to address their concerns

Question 28.5

5. Based on the two Soviet press articles (Document 28-6), what views clearly separated supporters of Mikhail Gorbachev’s policies from their detractors?

Supporters believed democratic ideas were inherent characteristics of Marxist-Leninist principles, whereas detractors argued such ideas violated their essence.

Detractors sought a more pluralistic society, whereas supporters wanted a more centralized leadership.

Supporters favored administrative edicts as a mechanism for change, whereas detractors advocated for a more collaborative process.

Supporters argued that Soviet history offered the best road map for the future, whereas detractors adopted a more critical stance on the past.