Question 1

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
"comfort women"

Accepted Answer

The term "comfort women" refers to women

Question 2

What political, economic, and/or social conditions enabled the rise of Hitler in Germany? How did Hitler take advantage of Germany´s problems in seizing political power?

Accepted Answer

The rise of Hitler in Germany was enable

Question 3

War in China spread after Chinese and Japanese forces clashed at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Beijing, in 1937.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Hitler´s support in Germany derived partly from

Accepted Answer

A)  his anti-capitalist appeals to the working class. 
B)  his support from the conservative economic elite, which saw him as a bulwark against communism. 
C)  his promise to uphold the Versailles Treaty in spite of its unpopularity. 
D)  his aim to restore Germany's leadership of the League of Nations. 
E)  his threat to tear up the unpopular German Constitution. 
A)  his anti-capitalist appeals to the working class. 
B)  his support from the conservative economic elite, which saw him as a bulwark against communism. 
C)  his promise to uphold the Versailles Treaty in spite of its unpopularity. 
D)  his aim to restore Germany's leadership of the League of Nations. 
E)  his threat to tear up the unpopular German Constitution.

Question 5

The turning point on the Eastern Front was the battle of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

Conventional aerial bombing during World War II

Accepted Answer

A)  did not appear to weaken the will of the people to continue to fight the enemy. 
B)  devastated German military production. 
C)  caused minimal damage, despite military planners´ hopes. 
D)  had little impact in Britain alone among the belligerent nations of Europe. 
E)  was practiced mostly by the Axis powers and only rarely by the Allies. 
A)  did not appear to weaken the will of the people to continue to fight the enemy. 
B)  devastated German military production. 
C)  caused minimal damage, despite military planners´ hopes. 
D)  had little impact in Britain alone among the belligerent nations of Europe. 
E)  was practiced mostly by the Axis powers and only rarely by the Allies.

Question 7

Compare the roles of women in the war economies of the major combatants in World War II. How do you explain the difference?

Accepted Answer

During World War II, the roles of women

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact

Accepted Answer

The Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact, al

Question 9

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
free elections in Eastern Europe

Accepted Answer

Free elections in Eastern Europe refer t

Question 10

Which act by Hitler constituted a violation of the Versailles Treaty?

Accepted Answer

A)  The abolition of political parties 
B)  The creation of a new German national police force 
C)  The introduction of a military draft that would expand Germany's army to 550,000 troops 
D)  The German remilitarization of the Sudetenland 
E)  The cancellation of military inspections by the League of Nations 
A)  The abolition of political parties 
B)  The creation of a new German national police force 
C)  The introduction of a military draft that would expand Germany's army to 550,000 troops 
D)  The German remilitarization of the Sudetenland 
E)  The cancellation of military inspections by the League of Nations

Question 11

The event(s) that allowed Hitler to gain dictatorial powers by "legal" means was/were

Accepted Answer

A)  his Dachau speech and the two subsequent assassination attempts by the SPD in 1932. 
B)  the death of President Hindenburg and Hitler's speech at Hindenburg's funeral. 
C)  the Reichstag fire, Mussolini's "Caesar" speech, and Rommel's endorsement. 
D)  the crushing of the Kiel Mutiny by the SS. 
E)  the passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag. 
A)  his Dachau speech and the two subsequent assassination attempts by the SPD in 1932. 
B)  the death of President Hindenburg and Hitler's speech at Hindenburg's funeral. 
C)  the Reichstag fire, Mussolini's "Caesar" speech, and Rommel's endorsement. 
D)  the crushing of the Kiel Mutiny by the SS. 
E)  the passage of the Enabling Act by the Reichstag.

Question 12

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Battle of Stalingrad

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Stalingrad was a major bat

Question 13

In 1939, Germany angered the Soviet Union with its conquest of Poland.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
SS/Schutzstaffel

Accepted Answer

The SS, or Schutzstaffel, was a paramili

Question 15

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Allied strategic bombing survey

Accepted Answer

The Allied Strategic Bombing Survey was

Question 16

Hitler intended to gain more land for Germany in

Accepted Answer

A)  France. 
B)  Russia. 
C)  Africa. 
D)  the British Empire. 
E)  the Middle East. 
A)  France. 
B)  Russia. 
C)  Africa. 
D)  the British Empire. 
E)  the Middle East.

Question 17

The concept of a new "Monroe Doctrine for Asia" meant that

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States would protect Asia from European exploitation. 
B)  Japan would play the role of guiding Asia to prosperity and development. 
C)  the Soviet Union would become the Chinese protector against Japanese aggression. 
D)  Japanese diplomatic and military relationships with the other nations of Asia would be reduced. 
E)  the British navy would protect East Asian waters. 
A)  the United States would protect Asia from European exploitation. 
B)  Japan would play the role of guiding Asia to prosperity and development. 
C)  the Soviet Union would become the Chinese protector against Japanese aggression. 
D)  Japanese diplomatic and military relationships with the other nations of Asia would be reduced. 
E)  the British navy would protect East Asian waters.

Question 18

To address the labor shortage during World War II, the Japanese government

Accepted Answer

A)  limited the deployment of men, which contributed to Japan's loss of the war. 
B)  relied on imported Chinese and Korean workers. 
C)  encouraged the employment of women in former male-dominated industries. 
D)  shut down all non-military industries which weakened its economy and contributed to the eventual war loss. 
E)  encouraged immigration from Western nations. 
A)  limited the deployment of men, which contributed to Japan's loss of the war. 
B)  relied on imported Chinese and Korean workers. 
C)  encouraged the employment of women in former male-dominated industries. 
D)  shut down all non-military industries which weakened its economy and contributed to the eventual war loss. 
E)  encouraged immigration from Western nations.

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Winston Churchill and the "Iron Curtain"

Accepted Answer

Winston Churchill was a British statesma

Question 20

At the meeting of the Big Three at Tehran

Accepted Answer

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.

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. "comfort women"

What political, economic, and/or social conditions enabled the rise of Hitler in Germany? How did Hitler take advantage of Germany´s problems in seizing political power?

War in China spread after Chinese and Japanese forces clashed at the Marco Polo Bridge, near Beijing, in 1937.

Hitler´s support in Germany derived partly from

The turning point on the Eastern Front was the battle of

Conventional aerial bombing during World War II

Compare the roles of women in the war economies of the major combatants in World War II. How do you explain the difference?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Hitler-Stalin nonaggression pact

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. free elections in Eastern Europe

Which act by Hitler constituted a violation of the Versailles Treaty?

The event(s) that allowed Hitler to gain dictatorial powers by "legal" means was/were

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Battle of Stalingrad

In 1939, Germany angered the Soviet Union with its conquest of Poland.

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. SS/Schutzstaffel

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Allied strategic bombing survey

Hitler intended to gain more land for Germany in

The concept of a new "Monroe Doctrine for Asia" meant that

To address the labor shortage during World War II, the Japanese government

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Winston Churchill and the "Iron Curtain"

At the meeting of the Big Three at Tehran

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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