Question 1

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Old Bolsheviks and the purges

Accepted Answer

Old Bolsheviks refers to the original me

Question 2

Stalin's program of forcibly collectivizing Russian agriculture

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A)  boosted efficiency on Russian farms by sixty percent in the early 1930s. 
B)  resulted in government-made famine in 1932 and 1933. 
C)  was very well received by the Russian peasantry. 
D)  enabled the Russian peasant to greatly increase his productivity. 
E)  greatly increased livestock numbers, doubling them in three years. 
A)  boosted efficiency on Russian farms by sixty percent in the early 1930s. 
B)  resulted in government-made famine in 1932 and 1933. 
C)  was very well received by the Russian peasantry. 
D)  enabled the Russian peasant to greatly increase his productivity. 
E)  greatly increased livestock numbers, doubling them in three years.

Question 3

Describe the Holocaust in terms of its most significant events and participants. Which groups were targeted, and why?

Accepted Answer

The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sp

Question 4

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 5

In Japan, after 1929,

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A)  the Great Depression increased both exports and wages. 
B)  a policy of political and diplomatic conciliation with China was followed. 
C)  right-wing extremists began to terrorize and at times murder opponents. 
D)  a formal treaty of non-aggression was made with the United States. 
E)  Prime Minister Tojo forced the emperor to declare war on Germany. 
A)  the Great Depression increased both exports and wages. 
B)  a policy of political and diplomatic conciliation with China was followed. 
C)  right-wing extremists began to terrorize and at times murder opponents. 
D)  a formal treaty of non-aggression was made with the United States. 
E)  Prime Minister Tojo forced the emperor to declare war on Germany.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Heinrich Himmler was a key figure in Naz

Question 7

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 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)  gave Hitler and the Nazis publicity in Germany. 
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)  gave Hitler and the Nazis publicity in Germany. 
E)  led to the German government exiling Hitler back to his native Austria.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

The Blitz refers to the sustained bombin

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

Decolonization refers to the process by

Question 11

After World War II, movements for independence in Africa and Asia intensified.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
"displaced persons"

Accepted Answer

The term "displaced persons" refers to i

Question 13

After Hitler occupied most of France, he turned his attention to

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A)  subduing Poland. 
B)  launching a major air offensive against Britain. 
C)  planning a surprise attack on the United States. 
D)  invading the Soviet Union. 
E)  conquering North Africa. 
A)  subduing Poland. 
B)  launching a major air offensive against Britain. 
C)  planning a surprise attack on the United States. 
D)  invading the Soviet Union. 
E)  conquering North Africa.

Question 14

The commander of the Afrika Korps was

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A)  Erwin Rommel. 
B)  Hans von Runstedt. 
C)  Rudolf Hess. 
D)  Adolf Gruber. 
E)  Hans Guederian. 
A)  Erwin Rommel. 
B)  Hans von Runstedt. 
C)  Rudolf Hess. 
D)  Adolf Gruber. 
E)  Hans Guederian.

Question 15

Which country suffered by far the most casualties (civilian and military) during World War II?

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A)  Germany 
B)  China 
C)  Russia 
D)  France 
E)  Japan 
A)  Germany 
B)  China 
C)  Russia 
D)  France 
E)  Japan

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
collectivization of agriculture

Accepted Answer

Collectivization of agriculture refers t

Question 17

What was "fascism" and what was its appeal to so many in the years following World War I?

Accepted Answer

Fascism was a political ideology and mov

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

Kristallnacht, also known as the Night o

Question 19

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 20

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

Accepted Answer

The Munich Conference, also known as the

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Old Bolsheviks and the purges

Stalin's program of forcibly collectivizing Russian agriculture

Describe the Holocaust in terms of its most significant events and participants. Which groups were targeted, and why?

The SA, or Storm Troops, were

In Japan, after 1929,

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

Hitler wrote Mein Kampf

The Beer Hall Putsch of 1923

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

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

After World War II, movements for independence in Africa and Asia intensified.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. "displaced persons"

After Hitler occupied most of France, he turned his attention to

The commander of the Afrika Korps was

Which country suffered by far the most casualties (civilian and military) during World War II?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. collectivization of agriculture

What was "fascism" and what was its appeal to so many in the years following World War I?

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

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

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

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

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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