Question 1

The Japanese pursuit of a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" won over Southeast Asian nations with its egalitarian form of economic cooperation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
totalitarian state

Accepted Answer

A totalitarian state is a political syst

Question 3

Explain both the long-term and immediate causes of World War II.

Accepted Answer

The long-term causes of World War II can

Question 4

Major German initiatives in moving toward control of Europe before 1939 included the

Accepted Answer

A)  occupation of the Ruhr Valley  in 1936. 
B)  German seizure of Libya in 1935. 
C)  two-stage takeover of France in 1938 and 1939. 
D)  union with Poland. 
E)  forming the Rome-Berlin Axis. 
A)  occupation of the Ruhr Valley  in 1936. 
B)  German seizure of Libya in 1935. 
C)  two-stage takeover of France in 1938 and 1939. 
D)  union with Poland. 
E)  forming the Rome-Berlin Axis.

Question 5

Mussolini became prime minister of Italy

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A)  when King Victor Emmanuel, reacting to Fascist intimidation, appointed him. 
B)  because the Fascio di Combattimento won a majority of seats in the parliamentary election. 
C)  after groups of squadristi destroyed the socialist opposition to Fascist rule. 
D)  when he mounted a violent coup d'état and seized control of the government. 
E)  when he made an alliance with the pope and the Bolshevik government of Russia. 
A)  when King Victor Emmanuel, reacting to Fascist intimidation, appointed him. 
B)  because the Fascio di Combattimento won a majority of seats in the parliamentary election. 
C)  after groups of squadristi destroyed the socialist opposition to Fascist rule. 
D)  when he mounted a violent coup d'état and seized control of the government. 
E)  when he made an alliance with the pope and the Bolshevik government of Russia.

Question 6

History's greatest naval invasion occurred on June 6, 1944, when the Allies landed in Normandy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The "Final Solution" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  the Nazis´ hope that defeat of Britain would end all resistance in Europe. 
B)  the Nazi belief that the conquest of Russia would secure enough land and resources to sustain the thousand-year Reich. 
C)  Hitler´s consolidation of power over all aspects of the German economy. 
D)  the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people. 
E)  the establishment of execution camps in France to eliminate all prisoners of war. 
A)  the Nazis´ hope that defeat of Britain would end all resistance in Europe. 
B)  the Nazi belief that the conquest of Russia would secure enough land and resources to sustain the thousand-year Reich. 
C)  Hitler´s consolidation of power over all aspects of the German economy. 
D)  the Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people. 
E)  the establishment of execution camps in France to eliminate all prisoners of war.

Question 8

The purpose of the SS was to

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A)  augment the forces 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 forces 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 9

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
invasion of Ethiopia

Accepted Answer

The invasion of Ethiopia, also known as

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
division of Germany and Berlin

Accepted Answer

The division of Germany and Berlin refer

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

Accepted Answer

Pearl Harbor refers to the surprise mili

Question 12

Instead of employing women to replace absent men during World War II, the Japanese government relied on the labor of prisoners of war from China and Korea.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In March 1938, Hitler successfully united Germany with

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact

Accepted Answer

The Rome-Berlin Axis was a military and

Question 15

After World War II, ____ swept through Asia and Africa.

Accepted Answer

A)  communist revolutions 
B)  recolonization efforts 
C)  fascist coups 
D)  decolonization movements 
E)  democratic revolutions 
A)  communist revolutions 
B)  recolonization efforts 
C)  fascist coups 
D)  decolonization movements 
E)  democratic revolutions

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Five-Year Plans

Accepted Answer

The term "Five-Year Plans" refers to a s

Question 17

The Cold War

Accepted Answer

A)  was a major factor in world affairs for several decades after World War II. 
B)  resulted from the significant differences between Germany and the Soviet Union. 
C)  was the result of the agreements reached at the Allied war conferences that took place in 1939 and 1940, early in the war. 
D)  began during the battle of Stalingrad. 
E)  only began with the onset of the Korean War in 1950. 
A)  was a major factor in world affairs for several decades after World War II. 
B)  resulted from the significant differences between Germany and the Soviet Union. 
C)  was the result of the agreements reached at the Allied war conferences that took place in 1939 and 1940, early in the war. 
D)  began during the battle of Stalingrad. 
E)  only began with the onset of the Korean War in 1950.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
the Sudetenland

Accepted Answer

The Sudetenland refers to the border reg

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Cologne and the Dresden raids

Accepted Answer

The term "Cologne raids" refers to a ser

Question 20

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Benito Mussolini's Fascio di Combattimento

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini's Fascio di Combattimen

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

The Japanese pursuit of a "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" won over Southeast Asian nations with its egalitarian form of economic cooperation.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. totalitarian state

Explain both the long-term and immediate causes of World War II.

Major German initiatives in moving toward control of Europe before 1939 included the

Mussolini became prime minister of Italy

History's greatest naval invasion occurred on June 6, 1944, when the Allies landed in Normandy.

The "Final Solution" refers to

The purpose of the SS was to

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. invasion of Ethiopia

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. division of Germany and Berlin

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941

Instead of employing women to replace absent men during World War II, the Japanese government relied on the labor of prisoners of war from China and Korea.

In March 1938, Hitler successfully united Germany with

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact

After World War II, ____ swept through Asia and Africa.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Five-Year Plans

The Cold War

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. the Sudetenland

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Cologne and the Dresden raids

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Benito Mussolini's Fascio di Combattimento

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

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

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