Question 1

What was the primary reason for Hitler's seizure of power as a dictator in Germany?

Accepted Answer

A)  His election to chancellor in 1933 
B)  The death of President von Hindenburg 
C)  Passage of the Enabling Act 
D)  Passage of the Nuremburg Laws 
E)  A National Socialist majority in parliament 
A)  His election to chancellor in 1933 
B)  The death of President von Hindenburg 
C)  Passage of the Enabling Act 
D)  Passage of the Nuremburg Laws 
E)  A National Socialist majority in parliament

Question 2

Stalinism in the 1930s generated what effect?

Accepted Answer

A)  A decline in industry 
B)  A rebound in agricultural productivity 
C)  Widespread paranoia as citizens were dispersed into forced labor camps 
D)  International admiration for Stalin's leadership and management techniques 
E)  Proof of the viability of a communist state 
A)  A decline in industry 
B)  A rebound in agricultural productivity 
C)  Widespread paranoia as citizens were dispersed into forced labor camps 
D)  International admiration for Stalin's leadership and management techniques 
E)  Proof of the viability of a communist state

Question 3

The first victims in the Great Purges were the leaders of the NKVD.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Atlantic Charter

Accepted Answer

Agreement between Churchill an

Question 5

The propaganda masterpiece Triumph of the Will was directed by Joseph Goebbels.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Discuss the reactions of religious leaders to World War II.

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. Germans were not unit

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Appeasement

Accepted Answer

Policy of giving in

Question 8

Which country was a dictatorship in the late 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain 
B)  France 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Sweden 
E)  Greece 
A)  Britain 
B)  France 
C)  Belgium 
D)  Sweden 
E)  Greece

Question 9

What was the strategy behind the German tactic of Blitzkrieg?

Accepted Answer

A)  Raining down massive artillery shelling on Britain 
B)  Directing bombing raids by the Luftwaffe 
C)  Rapidly mobilizing tanks and troops to overwhelm opponents 
D)  Defying a neutrality pact with Stalin and invade Poland without notice 
E)  Creating a single front war on the east after neutralizing France 
A)  Raining down massive artillery shelling on Britain 
B)  Directing bombing raids by the Luftwaffe 
C)  Rapidly mobilizing tanks and troops to overwhelm opponents 
D)  Defying a neutrality pact with Stalin and invade Poland without notice 
E)  Creating a single front war on the east after neutralizing France

Question 10

What was Hitler's secret police force known as?

Accepted Answer

A)  Einsatzgruppen 
B)  NKVD 
C)  Blackshirts 
D)  Gestapo 
E)  Brigando 
A)  Einsatzgruppen 
B)  NKVD 
C)  Blackshirts 
D)  Gestapo 
E)  Brigando

Question 11

Who attributed the Great Depression to the deflationary policies of the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A)  Neville Chamberlain 
B)  John Maynard Keynes 
C)  Ramsay MacDonald 
D)  James Keir Hardie 
E)  Winston Churchill 
A)  Neville Chamberlain 
B)  John Maynard Keynes 
C)  Ramsay MacDonald 
D)  James Keir Hardie 
E)  Winston Churchill

Question 12

How many Russian peasants starved to death in the winter of 1932-1933?

Accepted Answer

A)  500,000-1 million 
B)  1-3 million 
C)  3-5 million 
D)  5-7 million 
E)  7-9 million 
A)  500,000-1 million 
B)  1-3 million 
C)  3-5 million 
D)  5-7 million 
E)  7-9 million

Question 13

What happened to the Soviet economy during the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was severely damaged because the United States recalled all foreign loans. 
B)  There was an ongoing crisis after the end of NEP. 
C)  There was no effect on Russia because it was not part of the Dawes Plan. 
D)  Russia struggled to create a balanced economy. 
E)  War communism was extended from 1918 to 1939. 
A)  It was severely damaged because the United States recalled all foreign loans. 
B)  There was an ongoing crisis after the end of NEP. 
C)  There was no effect on Russia because it was not part of the Dawes Plan. 
D)  Russia struggled to create a balanced economy. 
E)  War communism was extended from 1918 to 1939.

Question 14

Over the 1930s, Germany rebuilt what economic industry?

Accepted Answer

A)  Military 
B)  Heavy industry 
C)  Communications 
D)  Agriculture 
E)  Chemical 
A)  Military 
B)  Heavy industry 
C)  Communications 
D)  Agriculture 
E)  Chemical

Question 15

Resistance to Stalinization was found mostly among which population in Russia?

Accepted Answer

A)  Urban factory workers 
B)  Conscripted labor forces 
C)  Labor unions 
D)  Workers' Soviets 
E)  Peasants 
A)  Urban factory workers 
B)  Conscripted labor forces 
C)  Labor unions 
D)  Workers' Soviets 
E)  Peasants

Question 16

What was the purpose and effect of the conferences attended by Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary. The three leaders met

Question 17

What connects Spain, Portugal and Austria's political response to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  It was liberal. 
B)  It was democratic. 
C)  It was explicitly Catholic. 
D)  It was socialist. 
E)  It was communist. 
A)  It was liberal. 
B)  It was democratic. 
C)  It was explicitly Catholic. 
D)  It was socialist. 
E)  It was communist.

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms.
-Operation Overlord

Accepted Answer

Code name for the Al

Question 19

The French resistance movement was led by ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  François Mitterand 
B)  Charles de Gaulle 
C)  Henri Pétain 
D)  Maurice Deschamps 
E)  Paul Reynaud 
A)  François Mitterand 
B)  Charles de Gaulle 
C)  Henri Pétain 
D)  Maurice Deschamps 
E)  Paul Reynaud

Question 20

The debut of an organized solution for extermination of the Jews was at the ______________.

Accepted Answer

A)  Yalta Conference 
B)  Teheran Conference 
C)  Wannsee Convention 
D)  Geneva Accords 
E)  Warsaw Pact 
A)  Yalta Conference 
B)  Teheran Conference 
C)  Wannsee Convention 
D)  Geneva Accords 
E)  Warsaw Pact

Exam 27: Democracy Under Siege

What was the primary reason for Hitler's seizure of power as a dictator in Germany?

Stalinism in the 1930s generated what effect?

The first victims in the Great Purges were the leaders of the NKVD.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Atlantic Charter

The propaganda masterpiece Triumph of the Will was directed by Joseph Goebbels.

Discuss the reactions of religious leaders to World War II.

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Appeasement

Which country was a dictatorship in the late 1930s?

What was the strategy behind the German tactic of Blitzkrieg?

What was Hitler's secret police force known as?

Who attributed the Great Depression to the deflationary policies of the 1920s?

How many Russian peasants starved to death in the winter of 1932-1933?

What happened to the Soviet economy during the Great Depression?

Over the 1930s, Germany rebuilt what economic industry?

Resistance to Stalinization was found mostly among which population in Russia?

What was the purpose and effect of the conferences attended by Churchill, Stalin, and Roosevelt?

What connects Spain, Portugal and Austria's political response to the Great Depression?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. -Operation Overlord

The French resistance movement was led by ______________.

The debut of an organized solution for extermination of the Jews was at the ______________.

The Origins of the West in the Ancient Near East

Iron Age Civilizations

The Rise of Greek Civilization

From Polis to Cosmopolis: the Hellenistic World

The Rise of Rome

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity

The Eastern Mediterranean

The Kingdoms of Western Europe

The High Middle Ages

Reversals and Disasters

The Renaissance in Italy and Northern Europe

Europes Age of Expansion

Reform in the Western Church

A Century of Crisis

State Building and the European State System

The Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment

Trade and Empire

Revolutionary France and Napoleonic Europe

Restoration and Reform: Conservative and Liberal Europe

Industrialization and Society

The Triumph of the Nation-State

The Culture of Industrial Europe

The Age of Imperialism

War and Revolution

A Decade of Revolutionary Experiments

Europe Divided

Lifting the Iron Curtain

Europe in a Globalizing World

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