All of the following factors within higher education contributed to the emergence of protest movements except the 1.authority of administrative officials 2.growing number of students in the classroom 3.declining interest of professors in their students 4.growing number of universities 5.perceived irrelevance of education

Under Brezhnev, the Soviet Union 1.refused to pursue détente with the United States 2.fell further and further behind the United States in nuclear capabilities 3.allowed freedom of speech for most citizens 4.emphasized heavy industry 5.broke up many collective farms and distributed the land to small farmers

The “Prague Spring” in Czechoslovakia in was forcibly repressed by the Soviet Union 2.was given military support by the United States 3.led to Czechoslovakia being admitted to NATO in was led by Gustav Husak 5.involved only slight moderations to the communist system

Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher led Britain in a campaign to 1.modernize housing for workers, particularly miners 2.give women equal pay as men for the same work 3.rebuild the army as a bulwark against Communism around the world 4.declare independence from America in foreign policy 5.nationalize utilities and transportation

The European Community was established 1.to help European states achieve common social policies 2.as an economic union that would promote exchange between member nations 3.as a defensive alliance against terrorist organizations 4.as a political organization that would provide common law on the continent 5.to promote cultural achievement among Western peoples

In response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, American President Jimmy Carter 1.sent the navy into the Indian Ocean to be prepared for possible air raids on Kabul 2.went to the United Nations and protested on behalf of the Afghan government 3.asked the Shah of Iran to seal Iranian/Afghani borders 4.canceled American participation in the 1980 Olympics held in Moscow 5.attended a peace conference in Geneva

South Vietnam was threatened by 1.the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia 2.Laotian military invasion 3.the North Korean Communist government 4.the United Nation’s support for a unified Vietnamese state 5.North Vietnamese Communists

The Helsinki Accords 1.called for the United States and Soviet Union to reduce their antiballistic missiles 2.condemned the Soviet Union for human rights violations in Afghanistan 3.prevented the United States from participating in the 1980s Olympics 4.forced the United States and Soviet Union to balance their missile stocks 5.recognized a Soviet sphere of influence in eastern Europe

Upon the death of Chairman Mao, his China 1.came to be ruled by people more practical than he had been 2.was for several years led by the Red Guards 3.went through a violent cultural Revolution 4.attempted to purge itself of the “four olds” 5.was taken over by radical reforms of the government

Soviet intervention in Afghanistan 1.led to better relations with the United States 2.ended after President Carter’s promise to boycott the Moscow Olympics 3.led to a Vietnam-like situation for the Soviets 4.showed President Carter as a strong negotiator during an international crisis 5.was initiated by Mikhail Gorbachev

Postmodernism influenced artistic and literary styles in all of the following ways except for the 1.emphasis on “tradition” 2.emphasis on “cutting- edge” techniques 3.blending of artistic or literary elements 4.increase in performance- based art installations 5.emphasis on experimentation

Green movements found the most success in 1.the United States 2.France 3.Great Britain 4.Germany 5.Italy

The Postmodern way of thinking 1.emphasizes the meaninglessness of modern human life 2.promotes the absence of God from the modern universe 3.focuses on the despair and depression that all modern man feels 4.hopes that modern man would on his own overcome all absurdity 5.suggests that there is no single objective truth

By the 1960s, rock and roll 1.began to lose popularity 2.became a form of political protest 3.was banned in England causing musical groups to come to the United States 4.musical groups were showing their support for American troops in Vietnam 5.was banned from numerous radio stations

The most obvious impact of politics on sports in the latter part of the twentieth century was in 1.World Cup soccer 2.American football 3.the pressure put on Soviet and East European tennis players 4.the Olympics 5.international baseball tournaments