Question 1

Whose assassination triggered Stalin's spectacular purge trials?

Accepted Answer

A) Leon Trotsky 
B) Sergei Kirov 
C) Lavrenty Beria 
D) Tsar Nicholas II 
E) Vladimir Lenin 
A) Leon Trotsky 
B) Sergei Kirov 
C) Lavrenty Beria 
D) Tsar Nicholas II 
E) Vladimir Lenin

Question 2

During the Battle of Midway, the United States sank most of Japan's largest

Accepted Answer

A) battleships. 
B) aircraft carriers. 
C) troop transports. 
D) island bases. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) battleships. 
B) aircraft carriers. 
C) troop transports. 
D) island bases. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 3

The Purges were a series of trials based on the opportunity to do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Stalin's desire to remove old supporters of Lenin from the Party 
B) The plan to remove Red Army officers suspected of treason 
C) Spread the terror to the lower levels of the population 
D) Prepare the population for a dictatorship of the proletariat 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) Stalin's desire to remove old supporters of Lenin from the Party 
B) The plan to remove Red Army officers suspected of treason 
C) Spread the terror to the lower levels of the population 
D) Prepare the population for a dictatorship of the proletariat 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 4

Which of the following were actions taken by Benito Mussolini?

Accepted Answer

A) He put Fascists in government jobs. 
B) He took over education. 
C) He gave employers control over employees. 
D) He crushed all other political parties. 
E) All of these are correct. 
A) He put Fascists in government jobs. 
B) He took over education. 
C) He gave employers control over employees. 
D) He crushed all other political parties. 
E) All of these are correct.

Question 5

One of the most significant long-lasting consequences of World War II in the United States was the

Accepted Answer

A) recruitment of women and minorities into the labor force. 
B) end of any German military threat. 
C) loss of the U.S. Pacific colonies. 
D) encouragement of racial discrimination. 
E) extension of mandatory retirement until age sixty-five. 
A) recruitment of women and minorities into the labor force. 
B) end of any German military threat. 
C) loss of the U.S. Pacific colonies. 
D) encouragement of racial discrimination. 
E) extension of mandatory retirement until age sixty-five.

Question 6

How was World War II different from World War I? What made it more of a "world" war, with extensive violence and loss of population?

Accepted Answer

While technology had certainly advanced

Question 7

The stock market crash of 1929 turned into

Accepted Answer

A) the deepest depression in history. 
B) an economic boon to the "common man," as he was now able to afford stock. 
C) a minor depression followed by an economic recovery. 
D) a "limited" depression in some countries, but not most Western countries. 
E) a depression for the United States only. 
A) the deepest depression in history. 
B) an economic boon to the "common man," as he was now able to afford stock. 
C) a minor depression followed by an economic recovery. 
D) a "limited" depression in some countries, but not most Western countries. 
E) a depression for the United States only.

Question 8

Which segment of Japanese society tended to provoke attacks on China?

Accepted Answer

A) The nobility 
B) Shinto priests 
C) Senior military commanders 
D) Junior military officers 
E) Japanese enlisted men 
A) The nobility 
B) Shinto priests 
C) Senior military commanders 
D) Junior military officers 
E) Japanese enlisted men

Question 9

What were some of the technological advances during World War II that made it a "war of science"?

Accepted Answer

Existing technology underwent considerab

Question 10

The German military tactic was known as

Accepted Answer

The answer of The German military tactic was known as...

Question 11

The end of the war in the Pacific arena was hastened by

Accepted Answer

A) the United States use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
B) the refusal of the United States to consider any alternatives. 
C) international objection to the slaughter of civilian populations. 
D) the environmental effects of radioactivity. 
E) the economic devastation that would occur to the rest of Japan. 
A) the United States use of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. 
B) the refusal of the United States to consider any alternatives. 
C) international objection to the slaughter of civilian populations. 
D) the environmental effects of radioactivity. 
E) the economic devastation that would occur to the rest of Japan.

Question 12

What did the Smoot-Hawley tariff and retaliatory measures do to world trade by 1932?

Accepted Answer

A) It rose 25 percent. 
B) It doubled. 
C) It dropped 36 percent. 
D) It plunged 62 percent. 
E) It was unchanged. 
A) It rose 25 percent. 
B) It doubled. 
C) It dropped 36 percent. 
D) It plunged 62 percent. 
E) It was unchanged.

Question 13

What did Adolf Hitler write while in jail in the 1920s?

Accepted Answer

A) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 
B) All Quiet on the Western Front 
C) Mein Kampf 
D) The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 
E) Das Boot 
A) The Protocols of the Elders of Zion 
B) All Quiet on the Western Front 
C) Mein Kampf 
D) The Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 
E) Das Boot

Question 14

Explain the differences between the dictatorships of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini. What political ideology was each following, and how did each rise to power?

Accepted Answer

While each did establish a dictatorship

Question 15

Hitler's "master race" was what group?

Accepted Answer

A) Alpine Italians 
B) Aryans 
C) Eastern European Slavs 
D) Jews 
E) Africans 
A) Alpine Italians 
B) Aryans 
C) Eastern European Slavs 
D) Jews 
E) Africans

Question 16

Per his earlier writings in Mein Kampf , Hitler's plan for Russia was

Accepted Answer

A) to enslave the Slavic people and create "living space" to the East. 
B) complete genocide of all Bolsheviks. 
C) to work in cooperation with Stalin to execute all Jews. 
D) to take over the fertile agricultural lands of western Russia. 
E) to install Catholicism in place of the Russian Orthodox Church. 
A) to enslave the Slavic people and create "living space" to the East. 
B) complete genocide of all Bolsheviks. 
C) to work in cooperation with Stalin to execute all Jews. 
D) to take over the fertile agricultural lands of western Russia. 
E) to install Catholicism in place of the Russian Orthodox Church.

Question 17

Despite the Stalinist terror, Soviet women

Accepted Answer

A) found themselves in more repressed roles. 
B) were expected to work only in farm collectives. 
C) entered jobs and careers previously closed to them. 
D) found their roles in society unchanged. 
E) gained equality with men. 
A) found themselves in more repressed roles. 
B) were expected to work only in farm collectives. 
C) entered jobs and careers previously closed to them. 
D) found their roles in society unchanged. 
E) gained equality with men.

Question 18

What was the German word for "lightning war"?

Accepted Answer

A) Blitzkrieg 
B) Sitzkrieg 
C) Wehrmacht 
D) Gestapo 
E) Banzai 
A) Blitzkrieg 
B) Sitzkrieg 
C) Wehrmacht 
D) Gestapo 
E) Banzai

Question 19

The better-off peasants were called

Accepted Answer

A) Stalinists. 
B) Bolsheviks. 
C) Kulaks. 
D) Proletariat. 
E) None of these are correct. 
A) Stalinists. 
B) Bolsheviks. 
C) Kulaks. 
D) Proletariat. 
E) None of these are correct.

Question 20

The prime motivation for the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia was

Accepted Answer

A) its abundant strategic materials including oil and rubber. 
B) the opportunity to defeat Western powers. 
C) to keep the Japanese people satisfied. 
D) to keep the United States from entering the war. 
E) to avenge the execution of Japanese sailors in 1938. 
A) its abundant strategic materials including oil and rubber. 
B) the opportunity to defeat Western powers. 
C) to keep the Japanese people satisfied. 
D) to keep the United States from entering the war. 
E) to avenge the execution of Japanese sailors in 1938.

Exam 29: The Collapse of the Old Order

Whose assassination triggered Stalin's spectacular purge trials?

During the Battle of Midway, the United States sank most of Japan's largest

The Purges were a series of trials based on the opportunity to do which of the following?

Which of the following were actions taken by Benito Mussolini?

One of the most significant long-lasting consequences of World War II in the United States was the

How was World War II different from World War I? What made it more of a "world" war, with extensive violence and loss of population?

The stock market crash of 1929 turned into

Which segment of Japanese society tended to provoke attacks on China?

What were some of the technological advances during World War II that made it a "war of science"?

The German military tactic was known as

The end of the war in the Pacific arena was hastened by

What did the Smoot-Hawley tariff and retaliatory measures do to world trade by 1932?

What did Adolf Hitler write while in jail in the 1920s?

Explain the differences between the dictatorships of Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini. What political ideology was each following, and how did each rise to power?

Hitler's "master race" was what group?

Per his earlier writings in Mein Kampf , Hitler's plan for Russia was

Despite the Stalinist terror, Soviet women

What was the German word for "lightning war"?

The better-off peasants were called

The prime motivation for the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia was

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The Sasanid Empire and the Rise of Islam

Christian Societies Emerge in Europe

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East Asia in Global Perspective

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