Question 1

What helped usher in a new era of European prosperity between 1924 and 1929?

Accepted Answer

A) The French occupation of the Ruhr Valley 
B) Germany's decision to print extra money 
C) The system of reparations payments devised in 1919 and foisted on Germany 
D) American investments following the Dawes Plan 
E) Escalating prices for agricultural goods 
A) The French occupation of the Ruhr Valley 
B) Germany's decision to print extra money 
C) The system of reparations payments devised in 1919 and foisted on Germany 
D) American investments following the Dawes Plan 
E) Escalating prices for agricultural goods

Question 2

What role did ideas of race and military power play in the development of the Nazi state?

Accepted Answer

The ideas of race and military power pla

Question 3

Britain was eager to grant India independence in the 1920s, but practical challenges stood in the way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What best describes the status of women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy?

Accepted Answer

A) Women were coerced into factory work to aid industrial production. 
B) Women were regarded as equal to men in social status. 
C) Women were encouraged to be homemakers and discouraged from working. 
D) Women were aided by the government's emphasis on birth control. 
E) Women were required under pain of imprisonment to join the Black Shirts. 
A) Women were coerced into factory work to aid industrial production. 
B) Women were regarded as equal to men in social status. 
C) Women were encouraged to be homemakers and discouraged from working. 
D) Women were aided by the government's emphasis on birth control. 
E) Women were required under pain of imprisonment to join the Black Shirts.

Question 5

Which of these factors aided the growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement?

Accepted Answer

A) The reaction against Italy's communist government, formed after World War I 
B) The popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following World War I 
C) The crop failures in 1920 and 1921 
D) The economic cooperation between Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union 
E) The fall of the Italian monarchy and the establishment of a workers' dictatorship 
A) The reaction against Italy's communist government, formed after World War I 
B) The popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following World War I 
C) The crop failures in 1920 and 1921 
D) The economic cooperation between Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union 
E) The fall of the Italian monarchy and the establishment of a workers' dictatorship

Question 6

Please define the following key terms.
-fascism

Accepted Answer

Fascism is a form of far-right, authorit

Question 7

At the core of Hitler's ideas was

Accepted Answer

A) socialism. 
B) anti-nationalism. 
C) republicanism. 
D) secularism. 
E) racism. 
A) socialism. 
B) anti-nationalism. 
C) republicanism. 
D) secularism. 
E) racism.

Question 8

What was a positive achievement of the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased consumer goods 
B) More educational opportunities 
C) Greater individual employment choices in both agriculture and industry 
D) More economic freedom under Stalin's New Economic Policy 
E) Greater tolerance of political and intellectual diversity 
A) Increased consumer goods 
B) More educational opportunities 
C) Greater individual employment choices in both agriculture and industry 
D) More economic freedom under Stalin's New Economic Policy 
E) Greater tolerance of political and intellectual diversity

Question 9

Italy experienced a rare period of political and social stability in the five years following World War I.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Please define the following key terms.
-Mein Kampf

Accepted Answer

Mein Kampf, which translates to "My Stru

Question 11

Please define the following key terms.
-Treaty of Locarno

Accepted Answer

The Treaty of Locarno, signed in 1925, w

Question 12

What did the artistic and intellectual trends of the inter-war years reflect?

Accepted Answer

A) A rejection of the avant-garde 
B) A disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I 
C) A realistic forms of art, as with the Dadaists 
D) An acceptance of modern art forms, especially in Germany and Russia 
E) A rediscovery of Romantic Realism as the major art movement in the West 
A) A rejection of the avant-garde 
B) A disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I 
C) A realistic forms of art, as with the Dadaists 
D) An acceptance of modern art forms, especially in Germany and Russia 
E) A rediscovery of Romantic Realism as the major art movement in the West

Question 13

Who was victorious at the end of the Spanish Civil War?

Accepted Answer

A) King Alfonso XIII and General Miguel Primo de Rivera 
B) An antifascist coalition, aided by Soviet troops and supplies 
C) The National Front, aided by Italian and German arms and money 
D) Francisco Franco and his allies 
E) The Popular Front 
A) King Alfonso XIII and General Miguel Primo de Rivera 
B) An antifascist coalition, aided by Soviet troops and supplies 
C) The National Front, aided by Italian and German arms and money 
D) Francisco Franco and his allies 
E) The Popular Front

Question 14

Which Middle Eastern Muslim nation made a conscious effort to adopt Western secular culture after World War I?

Accepted Answer

A) Egypt 
B) Iraq 
C) Saudi Arabia 
D) Palestine 
E) Turkey 
A) Egypt 
B) Iraq 
C) Saudi Arabia 
D) Palestine 
E) Turkey

Question 15

What was Lenin's New Economic Policy designed to do?

Accepted Answer

A) Increase the production of food and consumer goods 
B) Eliminate all private enterprise in Russia 
C) Increase production in heavy industry 
D) Fully implement economic communism 
E) Reduce political controls such as censorship 
A) Increase the production of food and consumer goods 
B) Eliminate all private enterprise in Russia 
C) Increase production in heavy industry 
D) Fully implement economic communism 
E) Reduce political controls such as censorship

Question 16

Carl Jung developed the idea of the

Accepted Answer

A) collective unconscious. 
B) id. 
C) super ego. 
D) super man. 
E) irrational mind. 
A) collective unconscious. 
B) id. 
C) super ego. 
D) super man. 
E) irrational mind.

Question 17

Please define the following key terms.
-Hitler Jugend

Accepted Answer

The term "Hitler Jugend" translates to "

Question 18

Please define the following key terms.
-Benito Mussolini

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini (1883-1945) was an Ital

Question 19

Please define the following key terms.
-New Economic Policy

Accepted Answer

The New Economic Policy (NEP) was a set

Question 20

Please define the following key terms.
-Nazis

Accepted Answer

The Nazis were a political party in Germ

Exam 26: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919–1939.

What helped usher in a new era of European prosperity between 1924 and 1929?

What role did ideas of race and military power play in the development of the Nazi state?

Britain was eager to grant India independence in the 1920s, but practical challenges stood in the way.

What best describes the status of women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy?

Which of these factors aided the growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement?

Please define the following key terms. -fascism

At the core of Hitler's ideas was

What was a positive achievement of the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union?

Italy experienced a rare period of political and social stability in the five years following World War I.

Please define the following key terms. -Mein Kampf

Please define the following key terms. -Treaty of Locarno

What did the artistic and intellectual trends of the inter-war years reflect?

Who was victorious at the end of the Spanish Civil War?

Which Middle Eastern Muslim nation made a conscious effort to adopt Western secular culture after World War I?

What was Lenin's New Economic Policy designed to do?

Carl Jung developed the idea of the

Please define the following key terms. -Hitler Jugend

Please define the following key terms. -Benito Mussolini

Please define the following key terms. -New Economic Policy

Please define the following key terms. -Nazis

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations.

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires.

The Civilization of the Greeks.

The Hellenistic World.

The Roman Republic.

The Roman Empire.

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World.

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750–1000.

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages.

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power.

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century.

Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance.

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century.

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500–1800.

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century.

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science.

The Eighteenth Century: An Age of Enlightenment.

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change.

A Revolution in Politics: The Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon.

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society.

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815–1850.

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850–1871.

Mass Society in an “Age of Progress,” 1871–1894.

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894–1914.

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution.

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War II.

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945–1965.

Protest and Stagnation: The Western World, 1965–1985.

After the Fall: The Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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