Question 1

Much of Europe's prosperity in the 1920s was built on ____.

Accepted Answer

A) budget deficits 
B) loans from the United States 
C) excessive taxation 
D) faulty accounting 
E) the strength of the agricultural sector 
A) budget deficits 
B) loans from the United States 
C) excessive taxation 
D) faulty accounting 
E) the strength of the agricultural sector B

Question 2

Which two Western nations were most affected by the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany and France 
B) France and Sweden 
C) the United States and Great Britain 
D) Germany and Belgium 
E) Germany and the United States 
A) Germany and France 
B) France and Sweden 
C) the United States and Great Britain 
D) Germany and Belgium 
E) Germany and the United States E

Question 3

What did the artistic and intellectual trends of the inter-war years reflect?

Accepted Answer

A) A rejection of the avant-garde 
B) A disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I 
C) A realistic forms of art, as with the Dadaists 
D) An acceptance of modern art forms, especially in Germany and Russia 
E) A rediscovery of Romantic Realism as the major art movement in the West 
A) A rejection of the avant-garde 
B) A disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I 
C) A realistic forms of art, as with the Dadaists 
D) An acceptance of modern art forms, especially in Germany and Russia 
E) A rediscovery of Romantic Realism as the major art movement in the West B

Question 4

Britain was eager to grant India independence in the 1920s, but practical challenges stood in the way.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Who was the most famous of the Surrealistic painters?

Accepted Answer

A) Arnold Schonberg 
B) Pablo Picasso 
C) Walter Gropius 
D) Jackson Pollack 
E) Salvador Dalí 
A) Arnold Schonberg 
B) Pablo Picasso 
C) Walter Gropius 
D) Jackson Pollack 
E) Salvador Dalí

Question 6

Following the Ruhr crisis, Gustav Stresemann took over as the leader of the ____ government.

Accepted Answer

A) Polish 
B) Dutch 
C) German 
D) French 
E) Belgian 
A) Polish 
B) Dutch 
C) German 
D) French 
E) Belgian

Question 7

What best describes the first Popular Front government in France?

Accepted Answer

A) It solved the nation's budget problems by eliminating workers' benefits. 
B) It gave ordinary workers new rights and benefits including a minimum wage. 
C) It was able to solve the problems of economic depression. 
D) It collapsed in 1926, allowing Raymond Poincaré's Cartel of the Left to take power. 
E) It remained in power until the German invasion of 1942. 
A) It solved the nation's budget problems by eliminating workers' benefits. 
B) It gave ordinary workers new rights and benefits including a minimum wage. 
C) It was able to solve the problems of economic depression. 
D) It collapsed in 1926, allowing Raymond Poincaré's Cartel of the Left to take power. 
E) It remained in power until the German invasion of 1942.

Question 8

Which of these states was the first to adopt fascism?

Accepted Answer

A) Germany 
B) Spain 
C) Italy 
D) Russia 
E) Canada 
A) Germany 
B) Spain 
C) Italy 
D) Russia 
E) Canada

Question 9

What was the result of France's occupation of the Ruhr valley?

Accepted Answer

A) A policy of passive resistance by the German government 
B) An alliance between Germany and Russia 
C) The election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924 
D) An increase in the size of the German military 
E) A decision by Germany to leave the League of Nations 
A) A policy of passive resistance by the German government 
B) An alliance between Germany and Russia 
C) The election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924 
D) An increase in the size of the German military 
E) A decision by Germany to leave the League of Nations

Question 10

Germany responded to the French occupation of the Ruhr by declaring war on France and Britain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

For what development was the physicist Walter Heisenberg most noted?

Accepted Answer

A) Developing the uncertainty principle 
B) Being among the first team to split the atom 
C) Resurrecting the scientific predictability of classical physics 
D) Contributing to the development of the atomic bomb 
E) Correcting Einstein's errors in the latter's theory of relativity 
A) Developing the uncertainty principle 
B) Being among the first team to split the atom 
C) Resurrecting the scientific predictability of classical physics 
D) Contributing to the development of the atomic bomb 
E) Correcting Einstein's errors in the latter's theory of relativity

Question 12

Italy experienced a rare period of political and social stability in the five years following World War I.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Above all else, the German Expressionists were influenced by the ideas of Freud.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

How many peasants died in the artificially created Soviet famines of 1932 and 1933?

Accepted Answer

A) 90,000 
B) 120 million 
C) 750,000 
D) 1 million 
E) 10 million 
A) 90,000 
B) 120 million 
C) 750,000 
D) 1 million 
E) 10 million

Question 15

What best describes Hitler's book, Mein Kampf?

Accepted Answer

A) It depicted Hitler's plan to take power through a massive rebellion. 
B) It set forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. 
C) It excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism. 
D) It was immediately seen by German politicians as the dangerous work of a madman. 
E) It immediately became a best-seller throughout Europe including the Soviet Union. 
A) It depicted Hitler's plan to take power through a massive rebellion. 
B) It set forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. 
C) It excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism. 
D) It was immediately seen by German politicians as the dangerous work of a madman. 
E) It immediately became a best-seller throughout Europe including the Soviet Union.

Question 16

What was a positive achievement of the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A) Increased consumer goods 
B) More educational opportunities 
C) Greater individual employment choices in both agriculture and industry 
D) More economic freedom under Stalin's New Economic Policy 
E) Greater tolerance of political and intellectual diversity 
A) Increased consumer goods 
B) More educational opportunities 
C) Greater individual employment choices in both agriculture and industry 
D) More economic freedom under Stalin's New Economic Policy 
E) Greater tolerance of political and intellectual diversity

Question 17

In 1926 Mussolini's government

Accepted Answer

A) began deporting Italian Jews. 
B) outlawed all anti-Fascist parties. 
C) began a series of attacks on the Catholic Church. 
D) signed an alliance with the Soviet Union. 
E) went to war with Austria. 
A) began deporting Italian Jews. 
B) outlawed all anti-Fascist parties. 
C) began a series of attacks on the Catholic Church. 
D) signed an alliance with the Soviet Union. 
E) went to war with Austria.

Question 18

What was the original purpose of the SS?

Accepted Answer

A) The SS was used to raise funds for party activities. 
B) The SS was used to defend the party in meeting halls. 
C) The SS was used as Hitler's personal body guard. 
D) The SS distributed Nazi propaganda. 
E) The SS was the "respectable" face of the Nazis. 
A) The SS was used to raise funds for party activities. 
B) The SS was used to defend the party in meeting halls. 
C) The SS was used as Hitler's personal body guard. 
D) The SS distributed Nazi propaganda. 
E) The SS was the "respectable" face of the Nazis.

Question 19

What was true of the Lateran Accords of 1929?

Accepted Answer

A) They nationalized all church property. 
B) They recognized Catholicism as the sole religion of Italy. 
C) They marked the Catholic church's official condemnation of the Fascist state. 
D) They eliminated government support for the Catholic church. 
E) They turned the property of the Vatican over to the Italian government in exchange for tax reductions. 
A) They nationalized all church property. 
B) They recognized Catholicism as the sole religion of Italy. 
C) They marked the Catholic church's official condemnation of the Fascist state. 
D) They eliminated government support for the Catholic church. 
E) They turned the property of the Vatican over to the Italian government in exchange for tax reductions.

Question 20

What did "Strength through Joy" achieve?

Accepted Answer

A) It was one of the most effective Nazi propaganda films. 
B) It was Fascist Italy's most popular national recreation agency. 
C) It monitored and homogenized the leisure time of the German workers. 
D) It failed miserably in its attempts to draw German workers to vacation package tours. 
E) It was Spain's Franco's attempt to emulate the popular propaganda movements of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy. 
A) It was one of the most effective Nazi propaganda films. 
B) It was Fascist Italy's most popular national recreation agency. 
C) It monitored and homogenized the leisure time of the German workers. 
D) It failed miserably in its attempts to draw German workers to vacation package tours. 
E) It was Spain's Franco's attempt to emulate the popular propaganda movements of Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy.

Much of Europe's prosperity in the 1920s was built on ____.

Which two Western nations were most affected by the Great Depression?

What did the artistic and intellectual trends of the inter-war years reflect?

Britain was eager to grant India independence in the 1920s, but practical challenges stood in the way.

Who was the most famous of the Surrealistic painters?

Following the Ruhr crisis, Gustav Stresemann took over as the leader of the ____ government.

What best describes the first Popular Front government in France?

Which of these states was the first to adopt fascism?

What was the result of France's occupation of the Ruhr valley?

Germany responded to the French occupation of the Ruhr by declaring war on France and Britain.

For what development was the physicist Walter Heisenberg most noted?

Italy experienced a rare period of political and social stability in the five years following World War I.

Above all else, the German Expressionists were influenced by the ideas of Freud.

How many peasants died in the artificially created Soviet famines of 1932 and 1933?

What best describes Hitler's book, Mein Kampf?

What was a positive achievement of the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union?

In 1926 Mussolini's government

What was the original purpose of the SS?

What was true of the Lateran Accords of 1929?

What did "Strength through Joy" achieve?

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Exam 13: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars 1919-1939

Much of Europe's prosperity in the 1920s was built on ____.

Which two Western nations were most affected by the Great Depression?

What did the artistic and intellectual trends of the inter-war years reflect?

Britain was eager to grant India independence in the 1920s, but practical challenges stood in the way.

Who was the most famous of the Surrealistic painters?

Following the Ruhr crisis, Gustav Stresemann took over as the leader of the ____ government.

What best describes the first Popular Front government in France?

Which of these states was the first to adopt fascism?

What was the result of France's occupation of the Ruhr valley?

Germany responded to the French occupation of the Ruhr by declaring war on France and Britain.

For what development was the physicist Walter Heisenberg most noted?

Italy experienced a rare period of political and social stability in the five years following World War I.

Above all else, the German Expressionists were influenced by the ideas of Freud.

How many peasants died in the artificially created Soviet famines of 1932 and 1933?

What best describes Hitler's book, Mein Kampf?

What was a positive achievement of the Stalinist era in the Soviet Union?

In 1926 Mussolini's government

What was the original purpose of the SS?

What was true of the Lateran Accords of 1929?

What did "Strength through Joy" achieve?

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

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State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

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A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

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Reaction Revolution and Romanticism 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity Anxiety and Imperialism 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War 2

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After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

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