Question 1

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Spartacists

Accepted Answer

The Spartacists were a radical socialist

Question 2

In which ways was totalitarianism pseudoreligious?

Accepted Answer

A) It provided people with explanations for the entire world and for all of history. 
B) It focused on one over-arching battle between good and evil. 
C) It gave isolated people an almost mystical sense of belonging. 
D) It inspired, in some, a fervor and devotion that historically has only been religious. 
E) all of the above 
A) It provided people with explanations for the entire world and for all of history. 
B) It focused on one over-arching battle between good and evil. 
C) It gave isolated people an almost mystical sense of belonging. 
D) It inspired, in some, a fervor and devotion that historically has only been religious. 
E) all of the above

Question 3

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 metamyth

Accepted Answer

Metamyth is a term used to describe the

Question 4

Compared to Hitler's Nazism

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A) Fascism in Italy had the same industrial and military strength upon which to draw for power. 
B) Fascism in Italy employed a similar belief in the special destiny of the national racial community. 
C) Italian Fascism enjoyed a legacy of militarism much like that established by Prussia. 
D) Mussolini had less of an impact on Italian Fascism and did not inspire the same devotion among the people. 
E) all of the above 
A) Fascism in Italy had the same industrial and military strength upon which to draw for power. 
B) Fascism in Italy employed a similar belief in the special destiny of the national racial community. 
C) Italian Fascism enjoyed a legacy of militarism much like that established by Prussia. 
D) Mussolini had less of an impact on Italian Fascism and did not inspire the same devotion among the people. 
E) all of the above

Question 5

How did Germany's universities react to the Nazi system?

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A) Germany's long and powerful academic tradition created a habit of independent, critical thinking that dominated academia and vigorously opposed the Nazis. 
B) For generations, German universities promoted extreme nationalism, opposed liberalism, and supported "irrational political Romanticism" and hero worship. A majority of professors and student found their hero in Hitler. 
C) Germany's universities were focused on the physical sciences and technology (especially since the Second Industrial Revolution)and, thus, were neutral about the highly politicized Nazi system. 
D) As part of the policy of coordination, massive purges removed a majority of university professors. Universities, therefore, supported the Nazis. 
E) After initial uncertainties, most German universities adopted a policy of passive resistance. 
A) Germany's long and powerful academic tradition created a habit of independent, critical thinking that dominated academia and vigorously opposed the Nazis. 
B) For generations, German universities promoted extreme nationalism, opposed liberalism, and supported "irrational political Romanticism" and hero worship. A majority of professors and student found their hero in Hitler. 
C) Germany's universities were focused on the physical sciences and technology (especially since the Second Industrial Revolution)and, thus, were neutral about the highly politicized Nazi system. 
D) As part of the policy of coordination, massive purges removed a majority of university professors. Universities, therefore, supported the Nazis. 
E) After initial uncertainties, most German universities adopted a policy of passive resistance.

Question 6

The text states that Stalin's ultimate motivation was to

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A) impose total obedience on the Soviet population in order to effectively modernize the Soviet Union. 
B) expand his personal power for the purpose of self-gratification. 
C) ignore the threats of foreign powers and concentrate on domestic issues alone. 
D) abandon  the cause of  worldwide revolution. 
E) all of the above 
A) impose total obedience on the Soviet population in order to effectively modernize the Soviet Union. 
B) expand his personal power for the purpose of self-gratification. 
C) ignore the threats of foreign powers and concentrate on domestic issues alone. 
D) abandon  the cause of  worldwide revolution. 
E) all of the above

Question 7

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Gestapo

Accepted Answer

The Gestapo was the secret police force

Question 8

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How were the "totalitarianisms" of Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union different one from another? How were they similar?

Accepted Answer

The "totalitarianisms" of Italy, Germany

Question 9

Before World War II, Jews in the Third Reich encountered all the following EXCEPT

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A) mass extermination. 
B) loss of citizenship. 
C) exclusion from most public facilities. 
D) a prohibition against intimate relationships with Germans. 
E) a massive attack on their property during Kristallnacht . 
A) mass extermination. 
B) loss of citizenship. 
C) exclusion from most public facilities. 
D) a prohibition against intimate relationships with Germans. 
E) a massive attack on their property during Kristallnacht .

Question 10

Hitler's racial nationalism included all the following EXCEPT

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A) a Social Darwinist emphasis on progress through life and death struggles between individuals of different value. 
B) a Volkish contempt for the Slavs, who Hitler regarded as "a mass of born slaves who feel the need of a master." 
C) a conviction that a reawakened, racially pure German would build a new superior European civilization. 
D) the concept of Lebensraum in which the superior Germans would seize Slavic lands and put it to better use. 
E) a conviction that the darker the race , the more inferior the race. 
A) a Social Darwinist emphasis on progress through life and death struggles between individuals of different value. 
B) a Volkish contempt for the Slavs, who Hitler regarded as "a mass of born slaves who feel the need of a master." 
C) a conviction that a reawakened, racially pure German would build a new superior European civilization. 
D) the concept of Lebensraum in which the superior Germans would seize Slavic lands and put it to better use. 
E) a conviction that the darker the race , the more inferior the race.

Question 11

Fascist propaganda in Italy glorified which part of the Italian past?

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A) the Roman Republic 
B) the Roman Empire 
C) the Renaissance 
D) Cavour's newly-unified Italy 
E) the medieval Venetian Republic 
A) the Roman Republic 
B) the Roman Empire 
C) the Renaissance 
D) Cavour's newly-unified Italy 
E) the medieval Venetian Republic

Question 12

Which of the following is the most accurate statement? In the years 1921-1928

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A) the Communists dramatically broadened the number of party members who created key policies. 
B) the NEP represented the final death of capitalism in  Communist Russia . 
C) Communist Russia successfully extended the revolution but only to Asian countries. 
D) the Communists in Russia liberalized the economy but tightened controls both inside the Party and inside the government. 
E) the Communists eliminated e very vestige of tsarist Russia including authoritarianism. 
A) the Communists dramatically broadened the number of party members who created key policies. 
B) the NEP represented the final death of capitalism in  Communist Russia . 
C) Communist Russia successfully extended the revolution but only to Asian countries. 
D) the Communists in Russia liberalized the economy but tightened controls both inside the Party and inside the government. 
E) the Communists eliminated e very vestige of tsarist Russia including authoritarianism.

Question 13

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the idea and practice of totalitarianism. Can the goals of totalitarianism be achieved?

Accepted Answer

Totalitarianism is a political concept t

Question 14

Collectivization in the Soviet Union included the

Accepted Answer

A) extermination of many prosperous peasants. 
B) exile to the far north of millions of peasants. 
C) forceful requisition of agricultural assets by the state. 
D) establishment of "factory farms" or collective farms. 
E) all of the above 
A) extermination of many prosperous peasants. 
B) exile to the far north of millions of peasants. 
C) forceful requisition of agricultural assets by the state. 
D) establishment of "factory farms" or collective farms. 
E) all of the above

Question 15

Britain, in the interwar period, experienced

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A) prolonged economic problems even before the Great Depression. 
B) falling competitiveness in the world economy due to aging, inefficient industries. 
C) a General Strike that failed but which demonstrated that the British working class was not Bolshevik in its sympathies. 
D) political stability. 
E) all of the above 
A) prolonged economic problems even before the Great Depression. 
B) falling competitiveness in the world economy due to aging, inefficient industries. 
C) a General Strike that failed but which demonstrated that the British working class was not Bolshevik in its sympathies. 
D) political stability. 
E) all of the above

Question 16

Hitler's worldview involved all of the following factors EXCEPT

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A) Volkish ideas. 
B) anti-Marxist thought. 
C) democratic ideals. 
D) an exalting of blood, instinct, and will. 
E) the belief that the intellect was the enemy of the soul. 
A) Volkish ideas. 
B) anti-Marxist thought. 
C) democratic ideals. 
D) an exalting of blood, instinct, and will. 
E) the belief that the intellect was the enemy of the soul.

Question 17

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Trace the major restructuring of the economy that was implemented in the Soviet Union between 1920 and 1940. In what ways did they represent the rejection of Marxist thought?

Accepted Answer

The major restructuring of the economy i

Question 18

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Fascism

Accepted Answer

Fascism:

Who?
Fascism is a political id

Question 19

German historian Karl Dietrich Bracher argues that the assistance of which of the following was indispensable for the creation of "the total leader state" in Germany?

Accepted Answer

A) the clergy 
B) the army 
C) the aristocrats 
D) the workers 
E) the industrialists 
A) the clergy 
B) the army 
C) the aristocrats 
D) the workers 
E) the industrialists

Question 20

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Weimar Republic

Accepted Answer

The Weimar Republic was the democratic g

Exam 29: An Era of Totalitarianism

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Spartacists

In which ways was totalitarianism pseudoreligious?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? metamyth

Compared to Hitler's Nazism

How did Germany's universities react to the Nazi system?

The text states that Stalin's ultimate motivation was to

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Gestapo

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How were the "totalitarianisms" of Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union different one from another? How were they similar?

Before World War II, Jews in the Third Reich encountered all the following EXCEPT

Hitler's racial nationalism included all the following EXCEPT

Fascist propaganda in Italy glorified which part of the Italian past?

Which of the following is the most accurate statement? In the years 1921-1928

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Explain the idea and practice of totalitarianism. Can the goals of totalitarianism be achieved?

Collectivization in the Soviet Union included the

Britain, in the interwar period, experienced

Hitler's worldview involved all of the following factors EXCEPT

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Trace the major restructuring of the economy that was implemented in the Soviet Union between 1920 and 1940. In what ways did they represent the rejection of Marxist thought?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Fascism

German historian Karl Dietrich Bracher argues that the assistance of which of the following was indispensable for the creation of "the total leader state" in Germany?

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Weimar Republic

The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

The Greek City-State Democratic Politics

Greek Thought From Myth to Reason

The Hellenistic Age Cultural Diffusion

The Roman Republic City-State to World Empire

The Roman Empire a World-State

Early Christianity a World Religion

The Heirs of Rome Byzantium Islam and Latin Christendom

The High Middle Ages Vitality and Enewal

The Flowering of Medieval Culture the Christian Synthesis

The Late Middle Ages Crisis and Dissolution

The Renaissance Transition to the Modern Age

The Reformation the Shattering of Christian Unity

European Expansion Economic and Social Transformations

The Rise of Sovereignty Transition to the Modern State

The Scientific Revolution the Universe Seen As a Mechanism

The Age of Enlightenment Reason and Reform

The French Revolution the Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution the Great Transformation

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Revolution and Counterrevolution 1815-1848

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century Realism and Social Criticism

The Surge of Nationalism From Liberal to Extreme Nationalism

The Industrial West Responses to Modernization

Imperialism Western Global Dominance

Modern Consciousness New Views of Nature Human Nature and the Arts

World War I the West in Despair

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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