Question 1

What part of the Soviet Union suffered the most from the Great Famine?

Accepted Answer

A)  Georgia 
B)  Russia 
C)  Ukraine 
D)  The Caucasus 
E)  Siberia 
A)  Georgia 
B)  Russia 
C)  Ukraine 
D)  The Caucasus 
E)  Siberia

Question 2

The American effort to create an atomic bomb that could end the war was called what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Operation Firestrike 
B)  The Manhattan Project 
C)  Operation Overlord 
D)  D-Day 
E)  The Enola Gay 
A)  Operation Firestrike 
B)  The Manhattan Project 
C)  Operation Overlord 
D)  D-Day 
E)  The Enola Gay

Question 3

Which was the first concentration camp to deal with the undesirables in the German population?

Accepted Answer

A)  Auschwitz 
B)  Dachau 
C)  Thieresenstad 
D)  Bergen 
E)  Treblinka 
A)  Auschwitz 
B)  Dachau 
C)  Thieresenstad 
D)  Bergen 
E)  Treblinka

Question 4

What were the government policies toward Aryans and non-Aryans in 1930s Germany?

Accepted Answer

Although the Final Solution was not prop

Question 5

The guiding principle of the five-year plans was based on what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Socialism 
B)  Gradual transition to communism 
C)  Command economy 
D)  Nationalization of industry 
E)  State-controlled labor forces 
A)  Socialism 
B)  Gradual transition to communism 
C)  Command economy 
D)  Nationalization of industry 
E)  State-controlled labor forces

Question 6

The greatest defeat to Germany was at the battle in ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Kalininigrad 
B)  Leningrad 
C)  Moscow 
D)  Kursk 
E)  Novosibirsk 
A)  Kalininigrad 
B)  Leningrad 
C)  Moscow 
D)  Kursk 
E)  Novosibirsk

Question 7

Eugenicist theories in Germany focused on what aspect of eliminating the undesirable elements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Intermarriage of suitable members of the population 
B)  Sterilization of inferior members of the population 
C)  Euthanasia 
D)  Denial of social services to the genetically inferior 
E)  All of these. 
A)  Intermarriage of suitable members of the population 
B)  Sterilization of inferior members of the population 
C)  Euthanasia 
D)  Denial of social services to the genetically inferior 
E)  All of these.

Question 8

Lodz, Poland had the largest Jewish population of any European city.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The campaign to liberate France was termed ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Operation Overlord 
B)  Operation Barbarossa 
C)  Operation Normandy 
D)  Battle of the Marne 
E)  Battle of the Boats 
A)  Operation Overlord 
B)  Operation Barbarossa 
C)  Operation Normandy 
D)  Battle of the Marne 
E)  Battle of the Boats

Question 10

Where was the strike which drew the United States into World War II initiated?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leningrad 
B)  London 
C)  Pearl Harbor 
D)  San Diego 
E)  Stalingrad 
A)  Leningrad 
B)  London 
C)  Pearl Harbor 
D)  San Diego 
E)  Stalingrad

Question 11

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Aryan Race

Accepted Answer

Pseudoscientific ide

Question 12

Collectivization succeeded ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  in supporting the kulaks 
B)  in ending the famine 
C)  ideologically 
D)  in doubling the production quotas of livestock 
E)  in uniting the peasants behind Stalin 
A)  in supporting the kulaks 
B)  in ending the famine 
C)  ideologically 
D)  in doubling the production quotas of livestock 
E)  in uniting the peasants behind Stalin

Question 13

What was the intention of the Berlin-Rome Axis?

Accepted Answer

A)  To create a cooperative economic union to rebuild their respective militaries 
B)  To consolidate forces to support the Falangistas in the Spanish Civil War 
C)  To unify and combat Communism 
D)  To mutually support expansionist goals 
E)  To impose fascism across Europe 
A)  To create a cooperative economic union to rebuild their respective militaries 
B)  To consolidate forces to support the Falangistas in the Spanish Civil War 
C)  To unify and combat Communism 
D)  To mutually support expansionist goals 
E)  To impose fascism across Europe

Question 14

All of the following provided popular resistance to Hitler's ideas except ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Thomas Mann 
B)  Charlie Chaplin 
C)  Léon Blum 
D)  Cardinal Pacelli 
E)  Dietrich Bonhoeffer 
A)  Thomas Mann 
B)  Charlie Chaplin 
C)  Léon Blum 
D)  Cardinal Pacelli 
E)  Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Question 15

How was the Final Solution conceived of and enacted?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The Final Solution wa

Question 16

What artist glorified the Soviet Union under Stalin?

Accepted Answer

A)  René Magritte 
B)  Marc Chagall 
C)  Pablo Picasso 
D)  Mary Cassatt 
E)  None of these. 
A)  René Magritte 
B)  Marc Chagall 
C)  Pablo Picasso 
D)  Mary Cassatt 
E)  None of these.

Question 17

Discuss the differing responses to the Great Depression in Europe.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Some nations managed

Question 18

Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt met during the war to discuss postwar goals. The most important of these was the conference at ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Teheran 
B)  Yalta 
C)  Crete 
D)  Kiev 
E)  Beirut 
A)  Teheran 
B)  Yalta 
C)  Crete 
D)  Kiev 
E)  Beirut

Question 19

Hitler's policies on racial purity put which race at the highest point of supremacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aryans 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Jews 
D)  Gypsies 
E)  Caucasians 
A)  Aryans 
B)  Slavs 
C)  Jews 
D)  Gypsies 
E)  Caucasians

Question 20

What was Léon Blum able to accomplish in French politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  He overturned the politics of appeasement proposed by Chamberlain. 
B)  He reached a détente with Comintern. 
C)  He formed a Popular Front coalition between Socialism, Communist, and Radical parties to work cooperatively against Nazism. 
D)  He established an alliance of the scientific community to raise conscious awareness against warfare. 
E)  He brought together radical anarchosyndicalists with conservative Republicans to object to the Spanish Civil War. 
A)  He overturned the politics of appeasement proposed by Chamberlain. 
B)  He reached a détente with Comintern. 
C)  He formed a Popular Front coalition between Socialism, Communist, and Radical parties to work cooperatively against Nazism. 
D)  He established an alliance of the scientific community to raise conscious awareness against warfare. 
E)  He brought together radical anarchosyndicalists with conservative Republicans to object to the Spanish Civil War.

Exam 27: Democracy Under Siege

What part of the Soviet Union suffered the most from the Great Famine?

The American effort to create an atomic bomb that could end the war was called what?

Which was the first concentration camp to deal with the undesirables in the German population?

What were the government policies toward Aryans and non-Aryans in 1930s Germany?

The guiding principle of the five-year plans was based on what?

The greatest defeat to Germany was at the battle in ______________.

Eugenicist theories in Germany focused on what aspect of eliminating the undesirable elements?

Lodz, Poland had the largest Jewish population of any European city.

The campaign to liberate France was termed ______________.

Where was the strike which drew the United States into World War II initiated?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Aryan Race

Collectivization succeeded ______________.

What was the intention of the Berlin-Rome Axis?

All of the following provided popular resistance to Hitler's ideas except ______________.

How was the Final Solution conceived of and enacted?

What artist glorified the Soviet Union under Stalin?

Discuss the differing responses to the Great Depression in Europe.

Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt met during the war to discuss postwar goals. The most important of these was the conference at ______________.

Hitler's policies on racial purity put which race at the highest point of supremacy?

What was Léon Blum able to accomplish in French politics?

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