Question 1

Carl J. Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzezinski believed that totalitarian states​

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A) ​shared the same ideological aims. 
B) ​drew on vastly different methods to achieve their goals. 
C) ​were a new development, and nothing like them had ever existed. 
D) ​were fundamentally the same as ancient Eastern despotisms, the Roman Empire, Renaissance tyrannies, and absolute monar. 
E) ​were products of scientific theory and irrationalism, devoid of any element that might seem religious. 
A) ​shared the same ideological aims. 
B) ​drew on vastly different methods to achieve their goals. 
C) ​were a new development, and nothing like them had ever existed. 
D) ​were fundamentally the same as ancient Eastern despotisms, the Roman Empire, Renaissance tyrannies, and absolute monar. 
E) ​were products of scientific theory and irrationalism, devoid of any element that might seem religious.

Question 2

Among the formative influences on Hitler were

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A) Wagnerian operas with their glorification of German folk traditions. 
B) a variety of racist, nationalist, Pan-German literature often referring to a heroic Aryan race. 
C) the intense anti-Semitism of Schönerer's Pan-German movement and Vienna's major Karl Lueger. 
D) the clarity of purpose and positive excitement he experienced in World War I . 
E) all of the above 
A) Wagnerian operas with their glorification of German folk traditions. 
B) a variety of racist, nationalist, Pan-German literature often referring to a heroic Aryan race. 
C) the intense anti-Semitism of Schönerer's Pan-German movement and Vienna's major Karl Lueger. 
D) the clarity of purpose and positive excitement he experienced in World War I . 
E) all of the above

Question 3

The Ministry of Popular Enlightenment

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A) refers to a new consortium established among German clerics who promoted Nazism. 
B) is another name for the SA. 
C) controlled propaganda within Nazi Germany. 
D) was an anti-Nazi organization designed to restore liberalism and democracy, drawing on Enlightenment principles. 
E) celebrated Karl Marx as a German hero and sought a Communist takeover of government. 
A) refers to a new consortium established among German clerics who promoted Nazism. 
B) is another name for the SA. 
C) controlled propaganda within Nazi Germany. 
D) was an anti-Nazi organization designed to restore liberalism and democracy, drawing on Enlightenment principles. 
E) celebrated Karl Marx as a German hero and sought a Communist takeover of government.

Question 4

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How may one say that the experience of Nazism illustrates the dynamic power of myth? How did myth confer power on Hitler's movement?

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The experience of Nazism illustrates the

Question 5

With regard to women, the Communist Party under Lenin

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A) successfully combatted traditional values for women. 
B) sought to free women from the burdens of their traditional domestic roles. 
C) established equality between the sexes throughout the Soviet Union. 
D) was able to incorporate female leadership into the party. 
E) none of the above 
A) successfully combatted traditional values for women. 
B) sought to free women from the burdens of their traditional domestic roles. 
C) established equality between the sexes throughout the Soviet Union. 
D) was able to incorporate female leadership into the party. 
E) none of the above

Question 6

The politburo refers to

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A) the agricultural bureau established to collect state grain. 
B) the ruthless secret police organization. 
C) the office charged with eliminating the influence of the Orthodox Church. 
D) a small, intimate group of Communist Party leaders. 
E) a group of intellectuals employed by the government to promote Marxist and Leninist thought. 
A) the agricultural bureau established to collect state grain. 
B) the ruthless secret police organization. 
C) the office charged with eliminating the influence of the Orthodox Church. 
D) a small, intimate group of Communist Party leaders. 
E) a group of intellectuals employed by the government to promote Marxist and Leninist thought.

Question 7

Stalin expressed admiration for which of the following?

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A) Alexander the Great, for  his efforts to fuse societies together into one world society, a cosmopolis. 
B) Augustus, for  creating peace and prosperity. 
C) Ivan the Terrible, for  his ruthless establishment of autocracy. 
D) Catherine II , for  her attempts to enlighten the Russian people. 
E) all of the above 
A) Alexander the Great, for  his efforts to fuse societies together into one world society, a cosmopolis. 
B) Augustus, for  creating peace and prosperity. 
C) Ivan the Terrible, for  his ruthless establishment of autocracy. 
D) Catherine II , for  her attempts to enlighten the Russian people. 
E) all of the above

Question 8

Mussolini drew support from all of the following EXCEPT

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A) capitalists. 
B) socialists. 
C) aristocrats. 
D) the church. 
E) army officers. 
A) capitalists. 
B) socialists. 
C) aristocrats. 
D) the church. 
E) army officers.

Question 9

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

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Totalitarianism is a form of government

Question 10

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

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War Communism was a policy implemented b

Question 11

In 1924, the Dawes Plan

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A) called for the creation of a new German constitution to govern the unpopular German republic. 
B) signaled the collapse of German industry until the 1930s. 
C) reduced Germany's reparations according to Germany's economic capacity. 
D) legitimized France's seizure of the Ruhr. 
E) expressed the demands of Britain and the United States for full payment of reparations. 
A) called for the creation of a new German constitution to govern the unpopular German republic. 
B) signaled the collapse of German industry until the 1930s. 
C) reduced Germany's reparations according to Germany's economic capacity. 
D) legitimized France's seizure of the Ruhr. 
E) expressed the demands of Britain and the United States for full payment of reparations.

Question 12

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

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The Popular Front was a political allian

Exam 29: An Era of Totalitarianism

Carl J. Friedrich and Zbigniew Brzezinski believed that totalitarian states​

Among the formative influences on Hitler were

The Ministry of Popular Enlightenment

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. How may one say that the experience of Nazism illustrates the dynamic power of myth? How did myth confer power on Hitler's movement?

With regard to women, the Communist Party under Lenin

The politburo refers to

Stalin expressed admiration for which of the following?

Mussolini drew support from all of the following EXCEPT

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

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

In 1924, the Dawes Plan

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

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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