Question 1

An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 was carried out by

Accepted Answer

A) General Charles de Gaulle. 
B) Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 
C) Marshal Hermann Göring. 
D) Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain. 
E) none of the above 
A) General Charles de Gaulle. 
B) Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg. 
C) Marshal Hermann Göring. 
D) Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain. 
E) none of the above B

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

The New Order refers to a period of political and social change in a country or organization.

Who? The New Order can be implemented by a new government or leadership within a country or organization.

What? It involves the restructuring of political, social, and economic systems, often with the aim of creating a more efficient or stable society.

Where? The New Order can take place in any country or organization where there is a desire for change in the existing systems.

When? The timing of the New Order can vary, but it often occurs during times of political upheaval or transition.

Why Important? The New Order is important because it can bring about significant changes in governance, social policies, and economic structures, potentially leading to improvements in the overall functioning of a society or organization. It can also have a lasting impact on the lives of the people affected by the changes.

Question 3

Resistance movements against the Nazis included all the following EXCEPT

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A) the Yugoslav partisans led by Tito in the liberation of much of their country. 
B) the large Polish Resistance, which attempted to liberate Warsaw in a mass uprising. 
C) a well-developed German resistance that increasingly paralyzed the German bureaucracy. 
D) the resistance of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, which held the Germans off for several weeks. 
E) a French resistance that interfered with German reinforcements during the Normandy invasion. 
A) the Yugoslav partisans led by Tito in the liberation of much of their country. 
B) the large Polish Resistance, which attempted to liberate Warsaw in a mass uprising. 
C) a well-developed German resistance that increasingly paralyzed the German bureaucracy. 
D) the resistance of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw, which held the Germans off for several weeks. 
E) a French resistance that interfered with German reinforcements during the Normandy invasion. C

Question 4

The 1935-1936 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy resulted in all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) revenge for Italy's defeat by the Ethiopians in 1896. 
B) economic sanctions on Italy by the League of Nations. 
C) American violation of economic sanctions against Italy. 
D) strong diplomatic opposition from France and Britain. 
E) saturation bombing, use of poison gas, and establishment of concentration camps in Ethiopia. 
A) revenge for Italy's defeat by the Ethiopians in 1896. 
B) economic sanctions on Italy by the League of Nations. 
C) American violation of economic sanctions against Italy. 
D) strong diplomatic opposition from France and Britain. 
E) saturation bombing, use of poison gas, and establishment of concentration camps in Ethiopia.

Question 5

The Nazis used which of the following as part of the Final Solution?

Accepted Answer

A) special mobile mass murder squads called Einsatzgruppen 
B) rounding up Jews into ghettos where many starved to death 
C) gassing at extermination camps 
D) working people to death at work camps 
E) all of the above 
A) special mobile mass murder squads called Einsatzgruppen 
B) rounding up Jews into ghettos where many starved to death 
C) gassing at extermination camps 
D) working people to death at work camps 
E) all of the above

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Einsatzgruppen were mobile killing units

Question 7

Popular reaction in Austria to the German Anschluss was

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A) passive resistance. 
B) the formation of guerrilla resistance groups. 
C) the formation of organizations to protect the Jews. 
D) enthusiastic demonstrations and attacks on Jews. 
E) panic and dismay. 
A) passive resistance. 
B) the formation of guerrilla resistance groups. 
C) the formation of organizations to protect the Jews. 
D) enthusiastic demonstrations and attacks on Jews. 
E) panic and dismay.

Question 8

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? 
 Kellogg-Briand Pact

Accepted Answer

The Kellogg-Briand Pact, also known as t

Question 9

What developments played in Germany's favor in the years leading up to ​ World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) France adopted a mainly defensive posture with the building of the Maginot Line. 
B) Britain and, subsequently, France adopted a policy of appeasement in the hopes of mellowing Hitler. 
C) the United States seemed unconcerned with events in Europe. 
D) Germany had secret agreements to train pilots and tank corpsmen in the Soviet Union. 
E) all of the above 
A) France adopted a mainly defensive posture with the building of the Maginot Line. 
B) Britain and, subsequently, France adopted a policy of appeasement in the hopes of mellowing Hitler. 
C) the United States seemed unconcerned with events in Europe. 
D) Germany had secret agreements to train pilots and tank corpsmen in the Soviet Union. 
E) all of the above

Question 10

In regards to Nazi racial policies during the war, Germans

Accepted Answer

A) in the army were quite devoted to their realization. 
B) deliberately starved to death over 3 million captive Soviet soldiers. 
C) attempted to reduce entire populations to servants. 
D) treated the "subhuman" Slav (Poles, Russians, etc.)with particular brutality. 
E) all of the above 
A) in the army were quite devoted to their realization. 
B) deliberately starved to death over 3 million captive Soviet soldiers. 
C) attempted to reduce entire populations to servants. 
D) treated the "subhuman" Slav (Poles, Russians, etc.)with particular brutality. 
E) all of the above

Question 11

Particularly common among those who conducted the Final Solution was

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A) the disproportionate number of previously jailed or institutionalized sociopaths. 
B) the difficulty in finding people willing to participate. 
C) their short tenure at the job; many burned out very quickly. 
D) the very businesslike performance of the job and subsequent lack of any guilt or regrets. 
E) the large number of suicides among this group after the war. 
A) the disproportionate number of previously jailed or institutionalized sociopaths. 
B) the difficulty in finding people willing to participate. 
C) their short tenure at the job; many burned out very quickly. 
D) the very businesslike performance of the job and subsequent lack of any guilt or regrets. 
E) the large number of suicides among this group after the war.

Question 12

According to the text "the most important single victory of the war... at which the initiative passed to the Soviet side" was the Battle of

Accepted Answer

A) Stalingrad. 
B) Leningrad. 
C) Moscow. 
D) Kursk. 
E) Velikiye Luki. 
A) Stalingrad. 
B) Leningrad. 
C) Moscow. 
D) Kursk. 
E) Velikiye Luki.

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

The Axis refers to the alliance between

Question 14

Amidst the Nazi crimes of World War II, the Holocaust was unique because it

Accepted Answer

A) was based on racial doctrines and Social Darwinism. 
B) produced tremendous suffering. 
C) was done with impunity, in a business-like manner. 
D) aimed at killing every last member of a given people. 
E) aimed at creating a more racially pure Europe. 
A) was based on racial doctrines and Social Darwinism. 
B) produced tremendous suffering. 
C) was done with impunity, in a business-like manner. 
D) aimed at killing every last member of a given people. 
E) aimed at creating a more racially pure Europe.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about the Spanish Civil War is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) the Fascists received little aid from Italy, and the republicans got considerable aid from the American government. 
B) France aided the Spanish Republic at the encouragement of French leftists. 
C) Franco limited his reprisals after victory to about 200,000 executed or imprisoned. 
D) Germany used the war to test new weapons and tactics. 
E) It demonstrated France and Britain's determination to fight Fascism. 
A) the Fascists received little aid from Italy, and the republicans got considerable aid from the American government. 
B) France aided the Spanish Republic at the encouragement of French leftists. 
C) Franco limited his reprisals after victory to about 200,000 executed or imprisoned. 
D) Germany used the war to test new weapons and tactics. 
E) It demonstrated France and Britain's determination to fight Fascism.

Question 16

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. To what degree was World War II a product of World War I and its settlement? To what degree was it also shaped by older resentments and newer political realities?

Accepted Answer

World War II was undeniably a product of

Question 17

Which of the statements concerning Hitler's goals is NOT accurate?

Accepted Answer

A) Hitler believed that waging a war against Russia would allow Germany to attain living space and security. 
B) Western statesmen had considerable warning that Hitler was a threat to peace but failed to act on that knowledge. 
C) Hitler thought that the people of Germany constituted a superior race. 
D) World War I had no discernible impact on Hitler's ideas and policies. 
E) Because Hitler believed that the Versailles treaty was an obstacle to his agenda, he abandoned it in the 1930s. 
A) Hitler believed that waging a war against Russia would allow Germany to attain living space and security. 
B) Western statesmen had considerable warning that Hitler was a threat to peace but failed to act on that knowledge. 
C) Hitler thought that the people of Germany constituted a superior race. 
D) World War I had no discernible impact on Hitler's ideas and policies. 
E) Because Hitler believed that the Versailles treaty was an obstacle to his agenda, he abandoned it in the 1930s.

Question 18

Which of the following sequences of events leading up to World War II is accurate? ​

Accepted Answer

A) the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, Anschluss, the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis 
B) Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis, Anschluss,  the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain 
C) the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis,  the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain,  Anschluss,  Italy's invasion of Ethiopia 
D) Anschluss,  the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia,  the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis 
E) none of the above 
A) the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, Anschluss, the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis 
B) Italy's invasion of Ethiopia, the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis, Anschluss,  the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain 
C) the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis,  the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain,  Anschluss,  Italy's invasion of Ethiopia 
D) Anschluss,  the establishment of Franco's dictatorship in Spain, Italy's invasion of Ethiopia,  the formation of the Berlin-Rome Axis 
E) none of the above

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Manchukuo was a puppet state of the Empi

Question 20

In support of its foreign policy, Nazi propaganda projected

Accepted Answer

A) the image of Germany as Europe's main defense against Communism. 
B) the injustice of the Treaty of Versailles. 
C) the dangers of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy. 
D) an image of Germany attractive to Germans living outside the borders of the Reich. 
E) all of the above 
A) the image of Germany as Europe's main defense against Communism. 
B) the injustice of the Treaty of Versailles. 
C) the dangers of a worldwide Jewish conspiracy. 
D) an image of Germany attractive to Germans living outside the borders of the Reich. 
E) all of the above

Exam 31: World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

An unsuccessful attempt to assassinate Hitler in July 1944 was carried out by

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

Resistance movements against the Nazis included all the following EXCEPT

The 1935-1936 invasion of Ethiopia by Italy resulted in all the following EXCEPT

The Nazis used which of the following as part of the Final Solution?

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

Popular reaction in Austria to the German Anschluss was

Instructions: Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? Kellogg-Briand Pact

What developments played in Germany's favor in the years leading up to ​ World War II?

In regards to Nazi racial policies during the war, Germans

Particularly common among those who conducted the Final Solution was

According to the text "the most important single victory of the war... at which the initiative passed to the Soviet side" was the Battle of

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

Amidst the Nazi crimes of World War II, the Holocaust was unique because it

Which of the following statements about the Spanish Civil War is accurate?

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. To what degree was World War II a product of World War I and its settlement? To what degree was it also shaped by older resentments and newer political realities?

Which of the statements concerning Hitler's goals is NOT accurate?

Which of the following sequences of events leading up to World War II is accurate? ​

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

In support of its foreign policy, Nazi propaganda projected

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

An Era of Totalitarianism

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

Europe After World War II Recovery and Realignment 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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What developments played in Germany's favor in the years leading up to World War II?

Which of the following sequences of events leading up to World War II is accurate?