Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-the Enabling Act

Accepted Answer

The Enabling Act was a law passed by the

Question 2

The naval battle that established United States naval superiority in the Pacific was the Battle of

Accepted Answer

A)  Midway. 
B)  the Coral Sea. 
C)  Shimonosecki Strait. 
D)  Malacca. 
E)  New Caledonia. 
A)  Midway. 
B)  the Coral Sea. 
C)  Shimonosecki Strait. 
D)  Malacca. 
E)  New Caledonia.

Question 3

The purpose of the SS was to

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A)  augment the duties of the SA. 
B)  use terror to enforce the policies of the Nazi party. 
C)  debilitate the development of Aryan supremacy. 
D)  motivate industrial workers to become more productive. 
E)  harass the French border guards in the Rhineland. 
A)  augment the duties of the SA. 
B)  use terror to enforce the policies of the Nazi party. 
C)  debilitate the development of Aryan supremacy. 
D)  motivate industrial workers to become more productive. 
E)  harass the French border guards in the Rhineland.

Question 4

Hitler wrote Mein Kampf

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A)  during World War I. 
B)  before the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. 
C)  while in jail after the failed Beer Hall Putsch. 
D)  during the early years of the Great Depression. 
E)  after becoming Chancellor in 1933. 
A)  during World War I. 
B)  before the Beer Hall Putsch of 1923. 
C)  while in jail after the failed Beer Hall Putsch. 
D)  during the early years of the Great Depression. 
E)  after becoming Chancellor in 1933.

Question 5

Compare and contrast the authoritarianism of Stalin's Soviet Union with that of Hitler's Germany.What are the similarities and what are the differences between the two regimes? Was one more totalitarian than the other? Why and how?

Accepted Answer

Both Stalin's Soviet Union and Hitler's

Question 6

All of the following were aspects of Japan's "New Order" in Asia except that

Accepted Answer

A)  the Japanese government and military sincerely intended to liberate their fellow Asians from the burdens of Western colonialism and grant them complete independence. 
B)  Japanese treatment of conquered Asian peoples became intensely brutal. 
C)  Asian nationalists made efforts to aid the allies in the fight against the Japanese. 
D)  by the war's end, the Japanese were held in very low regard by the conquered peoples of Asia. 
E)  Japan hoped to use raw materials from conquered Asian lands to supply its industries. 
A)  the Japanese government and military sincerely intended to liberate their fellow Asians from the burdens of Western colonialism and grant them complete independence. 
B)  Japanese treatment of conquered Asian peoples became intensely brutal. 
C)  Asian nationalists made efforts to aid the allies in the fight against the Japanese. 
D)  by the war's end, the Japanese were held in very low regard by the conquered peoples of Asia. 
E)  Japan hoped to use raw materials from conquered Asian lands to supply its industries.

Question 7

Identify the following terms.
-Nuremberg rallies and Nuremberg laws

Accepted Answer

The Nuremberg Rallies and the Nuremberg

Question 8

Which political leader told military leaders in 1933 that he wanted to remove the "cancer of democracy" from their society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Benito Mussolini 
B)  Mao Zedong 
C)  Francisco Franco 
D)  Adolf Hitler 
E)  General Franco 
A)  Benito Mussolini 
B)  Mao Zedong 
C)  Francisco Franco 
D)  Adolf Hitler 
E)  General Franco

Question 9

The SA,or Storm Troops,were

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A)  the Nazi party militia. 
B)  the major threat to the security of the Nazi Party before 1923. 
C)  the first type of Kolkhoz. 
D)  led by Hermann Goering. 
E)  Mussolini's Black Shirts. 
A)  the Nazi party militia. 
B)  the major threat to the security of the Nazi Party before 1923. 
C)  the first type of Kolkhoz. 
D)  led by Hermann Goering. 
E)  Mussolini's Black Shirts.

Question 10

How,and why,did the battles in the Coral Sea and at Midway in the Pacific and at Stalingrad in Europe mark the turning points of World War II? Why then,and not sooner or later?

Accepted Answer

The battles in the Coral Sea and at Midw

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-SA/Sturmabteilung

Accepted Answer

The Sturmabteilung (SA), which translate

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-Blitzkrieg

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg, a German term meaning "light

Question 13

Identify the following terms.
-the "Final Solution," the Holocaust,Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zyklon B

Accepted Answer

The "Final Solution," the Holocaust, Aus

Question 14

Almost twenty million civilians lost their lives during the course of the Second World War.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Adolf Hitler and Mein Kampf

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler was a German politician and

Question 16

The 1930s programs of Joseph Stalin included

Accepted Answer

A)  massive purges of old Bolsheviks, army officers, party members, and many others. 
B)  more liberal policies and practices dealing with the social aspects of Russian life. 
C)  a halt to the five-year plans and a return to private agricultural production. 
D)  an informal alliance with the exiled Leon Trotsky. 
E)  a retreat from Marxism. 
A)  massive purges of old Bolsheviks, army officers, party members, and many others. 
B)  more liberal policies and practices dealing with the social aspects of Russian life. 
C)  a halt to the five-year plans and a return to private agricultural production. 
D)  an informal alliance with the exiled Leon Trotsky. 
E)  a retreat from Marxism.

Question 17

What are the characteristics of totalitarian states,and to what degree were these characteristics present in Fascist Italy,Nazi Germany,and Stalinist Russia? To what extent was Japan a totalitarian state? What was "fascism" and what was its appeal to so many in the first half of the twentieth century?

Accepted Answer

Totalitarian states are characterized by

Question 18

The totalitarian state was best exemplified by Mussolini's Italy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following acts by Hitler did not constitute a violation of the Versailles Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)  the abolition of political parties 
B)  the creation of a new German air force 
C)  the introduction of a military draft that would expand Germany's army to 550,000 troops 
D)  the German remilitarization of the Rhineland 
E)  German rearmament 
A)  the abolition of political parties 
B)  the creation of a new German air force 
C)  the introduction of a military draft that would expand Germany's army to 550,000 troops 
D)  the German remilitarization of the Rhineland 
E)  German rearmament

Question 20

The Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was

Accepted Answer

A)  America's promise to improve the living standards of the peoples of China, Japan, and elsewhere. 
B)  Japan's declaration that East Asia would become a self-sufficient economic community. 
C)  the promise by Great Britain that India would be given its independence. 
D)  China's attempt to replace capitalism with communism. 
E)  the United Nations' attempt to rebuild Japan after World War II. 
A)  America's promise to improve the living standards of the peoples of China, Japan, and elsewhere. 
B)  Japan's declaration that East Asia would become a self-sufficient economic community. 
C)  the promise by Great Britain that India would be given its independence. 
D)  China's attempt to replace capitalism with communism. 
E)  the United Nations' attempt to rebuild Japan after World War II.

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War II

Identify the following terms. -the Enabling Act

The naval battle that established United States naval superiority in the Pacific was the Battle of

The purpose of the SS was to

Hitler wrote Mein Kampf

Compare and contrast the authoritarianism of Stalin's Soviet Union with that of Hitler's Germany.What are the similarities and what are the differences between the two regimes? Was one more totalitarian than the other? Why and how?

All of the following were aspects of Japan's "New Order" in Asia except that

Identify the following terms. -Nuremberg rallies and Nuremberg laws

Which political leader told military leaders in 1933 that he wanted to remove the "cancer of democracy" from their society?

The SA,or Storm Troops,were

How,and why,did the battles in the Coral Sea and at Midway in the Pacific and at Stalingrad in Europe mark the turning points of World War II? Why then,and not sooner or later?

Identify the following terms. -SA/Sturmabteilung

Identify the following terms. -Blitzkrieg

Identify the following terms. -the "Final Solution," the Holocaust,Auschwitz-Birkenau and Zyklon B

Almost twenty million civilians lost their lives during the course of the Second World War.

Identify the following terms. -Adolf Hitler and Mein Kampf

The 1930s programs of Joseph Stalin included

The totalitarian state was best exemplified by Mussolini's Italy.

Which of the following acts by Hitler did not constitute a violation of the Versailles Treaty?

The Great East-Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere was

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