Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Old Bolsheviks and the purges

Accepted Answer

The term "Old Bolsheviks" refers to memb

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Tehran,Yalta,and Potsdam conferences

Accepted Answer

The Tehran, Yalta, and Potsdam conferenc

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact

Accepted Answer

The Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact, al

Question 4

Which of the following military news items would have been welcomed by Hitler?

Accepted Answer

A)  the results of the Battle of Britain 
B)  the results of the battle of El Alamein 
C)  the results of the Blitzkrieg against Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France 
D)  the results of the battle of Stalingrad 
E)  the results of the battle of Moscow 
A)  the results of the Battle of Britain 
B)  the results of the battle of El Alamein 
C)  the results of the Blitzkrieg against Denmark, Norway, Belgium, the Netherlands, and France 
D)  the results of the battle of Stalingrad 
E)  the results of the battle of Moscow

Question 5

At the meeting of the Big Three at Tehran

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A)  it was agreed to use the atomic bomb against Japan. 
B)  Churchill strongly advocated an American-only invasion of France. 
C)  the Allies decided to partition postwar Germany. 
D)  Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to let Stalin take control of Eastern Europe. 
E)  the Soviet Union agreed to declare war against fascist Spain. 
A)  it was agreed to use the atomic bomb against Japan. 
B)  Churchill strongly advocated an American-only invasion of France. 
C)  the Allies decided to partition postwar Germany. 
D)  Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to let Stalin take control of Eastern Europe. 
E)  the Soviet Union agreed to declare war against fascist Spain.

Question 6

Why did Japan ultimately fail in its campaign of "Asia for the Asians"?

Accepted Answer

Japan's campaign of "Asia for the Asians

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-Erwin Rommel and El Alamein

Accepted Answer

Erwin Rommel, also known as the "Desert

Question 8

The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923

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A)  brought Mussolini to power. 
B)  was an attempt to seize power in the independent nation of Southern Bavaria. 
C)  brought Hitler to power in Germany. 
D)  was quickly crushed. 
E)  led to the German government exiling Hitler back to his native Austria. 
A)  brought Mussolini to power. 
B)  was an attempt to seize power in the independent nation of Southern Bavaria. 
C)  brought Hitler to power in Germany. 
D)  was quickly crushed. 
E)  led to the German government exiling Hitler back to his native Austria.

Question 9

All of the following were true about conventional aerial bombing during World War II except

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A)  it did not appear to weaken the will of the people to continue to fight the enemy. 
B)  German military production increased, in spite of the Allied bombing. 
C)  huge firestorms developed from the massive Allied aerial attacks, killing approximately 100,000 people in Dresden in February 1945. 
D)  Britain was the only belligerent nation whose citizens were not exposed to significant bomb attacks. 
E)  some Allied leaders criticized the terror bombing of German cities. 
A)  it did not appear to weaken the will of the people to continue to fight the enemy. 
B)  German military production increased, in spite of the Allied bombing. 
C)  huge firestorms developed from the massive Allied aerial attacks, killing approximately 100,000 people in Dresden in February 1945. 
D)  Britain was the only belligerent nation whose citizens were not exposed to significant bomb attacks. 
E)  some Allied leaders criticized the terror bombing of German cities.

Question 10

Identify the following terms.
-Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway

Accepted Answer

The Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-"Monroe Doctrine for Asia"

Accepted Answer

The term "Monroe Doctrine for Asia" does

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Beer Hall Putsch

Accepted Answer

The Beer Hall Putsch, also known as the

Question 13

Which of the following was not part of Japanese expectations and war strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)  formal alliance with Germany 
B)  total destruction of the United States Pacific Fleet 
C)  American acquiescence to Japanese Pacific hegemony 
D)  the American public's support for Franklin Roosevelt's policy of war on Japan 
E)  the self-indulgent American propensity to avoid going to war 
A)  formal alliance with Germany 
B)  total destruction of the United States Pacific Fleet 
C)  American acquiescence to Japanese Pacific hegemony 
D)  the American public's support for Franklin Roosevelt's policy of war on Japan 
E)  the self-indulgent American propensity to avoid going to war

Question 14

Among the major results of World War II was

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A)  the beginning of a major and world-wide decolonization movement. 
B)  the restoration of European world hegemony. 
C)  the restoration of a multi-power world. 
D)  the permanent partition of Germany. 
E)  that Japan was forced to join NATO. 
A)  the beginning of a major and world-wide decolonization movement. 
B)  the restoration of European world hegemony. 
C)  the restoration of a multi-power world. 
D)  the permanent partition of Germany. 
E)  that Japan was forced to join NATO.

Question 15

The turning point on the Eastern Front was the battle of

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A)  Leningrad. 
B)  Stalingrad. 
C)  Normandy. 
D)  Warsaw. 
E)  Berlin. 
A)  Leningrad. 
B)  Stalingrad. 
C)  Normandy. 
D)  Warsaw. 
E)  Berlin.

Question 16

In March 1938,Hitler successfully united Germany with

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A)  Poland. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Czechoslovakia. 
D)  the Rhineland. 
E)  Bavaria. 
A)  Poland. 
B)  Austria. 
C)  Czechoslovakia. 
D)  the Rhineland. 
E)  Bavaria.

Question 17

Which of the two World Wars had the greatest impact on the twentieth century? Be specific.

Accepted Answer

The Second World War had the greatest im

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Accepted Answer

Hiroshima and Nagasaki are two cities in

Question 19

The Holocaust included all of the following except

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A)  an attempt to increase the efficiency of the Einsatzgruppen units by moving mass murder activities to fixed, "death camp" locations. 
B)  consuming approximately 90 percent of central and eastern Europe's Jewish population. 
C)  the elimination of Gypsies and many others from groups deemed undesirable by the Nazis. 
D)  the murder of millions of forced laborers who died of starvation, overwork, or shooting. 
E)  the establishment of execution camps in France. 
A)  an attempt to increase the efficiency of the Einsatzgruppen units by moving mass murder activities to fixed, "death camp" locations. 
B)  consuming approximately 90 percent of central and eastern Europe's Jewish population. 
C)  the elimination of Gypsies and many others from groups deemed undesirable by the Nazis. 
D)  the murder of millions of forced laborers who died of starvation, overwork, or shooting. 
E)  the establishment of execution camps in France.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-the Aryan racial state

Accepted Answer

The term "Aryan racial state" refers to

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War II

Identify the following terms. -Old Bolsheviks and the purges

Identify the following terms. -Tehran,Yalta,and Potsdam conferences

Identify the following terms. -Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact

Which of the following military news items would have been welcomed by Hitler?

At the meeting of the Big Three at Tehran

Why did Japan ultimately fail in its campaign of "Asia for the Asians"?

Identify the following terms. -Erwin Rommel and El Alamein

The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923

All of the following were true about conventional aerial bombing during World War II except

Identify the following terms. -Battles of the Coral Sea and Midway

Identify the following terms. -"Monroe Doctrine for Asia"

Identify the following terms. -Beer Hall Putsch

Which of the following was not part of Japanese expectations and war strategy?

Among the major results of World War II was

The turning point on the Eastern Front was the battle of

In March 1938,Hitler successfully united Germany with

Which of the two World Wars had the greatest impact on the twentieth century? Be specific.

Identify the following terms. -Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The Holocaust included all of the following except

Identify the following terms. -the Aryan racial state

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: The Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: The Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows over the Pacific: East Asia under Challenge

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

Nationalism Revolution and Dictatorship: Asia the Middle East and Latin America from 1919 to 1939

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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