Question 1

The story of the Anschluss does NOT include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) The Treaty of Versailles explicitly forbids an Anschluss. 
B) The Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg defended Austrian independence and resisted pressure from Austrian Nazis. 
C) Schuschnigg resigned after France and Britain informed him that they would not help in the event of a German invasion. 
D) Austrian Nazis took over the government, and German troops moved in on March 13, 1938. 
E) The Austrians offered significant opposition to the invasion and the annexation. 
A) The Treaty of Versailles explicitly forbids an Anschluss. 
B) The Austrian chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg defended Austrian independence and resisted pressure from Austrian Nazis. 
C) Schuschnigg resigned after France and Britain informed him that they would not help in the event of a German invasion. 
D) Austrian Nazis took over the government, and German troops moved in on March 13, 1938. 
E) The Austrians offered significant opposition to the invasion and the annexation.

Question 2

The text includes commentary from Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, who recorded all of the following observations EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) the selection of those unfit for work but fit for death. 
B) the ruse of delousing. 
C) occasional signs of compassion by those sending the prisoners to their deaths. 
D) the futile attempts of mothers to hide their children. 
E) riots that stemmed from the victims' realization of their impending deaths. 
A) the selection of those unfit for work but fit for death. 
B) the ruse of delousing. 
C) occasional signs of compassion by those sending the prisoners to their deaths. 
D) the futile attempts of mothers to hide their children. 
E) riots that stemmed from the victims' realization of their impending deaths.

Question 3

Included among the actions undertaken by the Soviets to repel the Germans was

Accepted Answer

A) the recruitment of hundreds of thousands of women for military action. 
B) a Soviet propaganda campaign that promoted the defend of the motherland as a great "patriotic war."​ 
C) the movement of industrial facilities from vulnerable areas to locations beyond the range of the Luftwaffe.​ 
D) the merciless treatment of Russian deserters.​ 
E) all of the above 
A) the recruitment of hundreds of thousands of women for military action. 
B) a Soviet propaganda campaign that promoted the defend of the motherland as a great "patriotic war."​ 
C) the movement of industrial facilities from vulnerable areas to locations beyond the range of the Luftwaffe.​ 
D) the merciless treatment of Russian deserters.​ 
E) all of the above

Question 4

As the SS ruthlessly attacked European Jews, they were motivated by

Accepted Answer

A) a belief they were defending the Volk. 
B) a desire to destroy individualism, tolerance, and equality. 
C) the mythical view that Jews were not really human beings. 
D) a sense of correcting a past injustice. 
E) all of the above 
A) a belief they were defending the Volk. 
B) a desire to destroy individualism, tolerance, and equality. 
C) the mythical view that Jews were not really human beings. 
D) a sense of correcting a past injustice. 
E) all of the above

Question 5

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Where did resistance movements form in occupied Europe, and what tactics did they employ? Which were most successful?

Accepted Answer

Resistance movements formed in occupied

The story of the Anschluss does NOT include which of the following?

The text includes commentary from Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, who recorded all of the following observations EXCEPT

Included among the actions undertaken by the Soviets to repel the Germans was

As the SS ruthlessly attacked European Jews, they were motivated by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Where did resistance movements form in occupied Europe, and what tactics did they employ? Which were most successful?

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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Exam 31: World War II Western Civilization in the Balance

The story of the Anschluss does NOT include which of the following?

The text includes commentary from Rudolf Höss, the commandant of Auschwitz, who recorded all of the following observations EXCEPT

Included among the actions undertaken by the Soviets to repel the Germans was

As the SS ruthlessly attacked European Jews, they were motivated by

Instructions: Please write a thorough, well-organized essay to answer each question. Where did resistance movements form in occupied Europe, and what tactics did they employ? Which were most successful?

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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