Question 1

The Weimar Republic responded to its fiscal crisis by printing more paper money.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

How did Mao Zedong's ideology differ from that of Karl Marx?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mao did not believe in a violent revolution; Marx did. 
B)  Marx did not believe in a violent revolution; Mao did. 
C)  Mao believed that peasants, not urban proletariats, could lead a Communist revolution. 
D)  Marx believed that peasants, not urban proletariats, could lead a Communist revolution. 
A)  Mao did not believe in a violent revolution; Marx did. 
B)  Marx did not believe in a violent revolution; Mao did. 
C)  Mao believed that peasants, not urban proletariats, could lead a Communist revolution. 
D)  Marx believed that peasants, not urban proletariats, could lead a Communist revolution.

Question 3

Before starting the Fascist party, Mussolini had been a socialist.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Compare and contrast the ideologies of Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt regarding the government's role in ending the Depression.

Accepted Answer

Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt had differ

Question 5

Hitler was imprisoned for a year following the failed

Accepted Answer

A)  presidential election. 
B)  burning of the Reichstag. 
C)  Communist revolution. 
D)  Beer Hall Putsch. 
A)  presidential election. 
B)  burning of the Reichstag. 
C)  Communist revolution. 
D)  Beer Hall Putsch.

Question 6

Which man believed that the Depression would be short-lived and would end without government intervention?

Accepted Answer

A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Woodrow Wilson 
C)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
D)  Calvin Coolidge 
A)  Herbert Hoover 
B)  Woodrow Wilson 
C)  Franklin Delano Roosevelt 
D)  Calvin Coolidge

Question 7

Which of these governed Germany following World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  a coalition under the League of Nations 
B)  the Weimar Republic 
C)  the Allied Powers 
D)  a union of workers' soviets 
A)  a coalition under the League of Nations 
B)  the Weimar Republic 
C)  the Allied Powers 
D)  a union of workers' soviets

Question 8

Einstein asserted that measures of time, space, and motion vary with the movements of observers. This is known as the theory of

Accepted Answer

A)  gravity. 
B)  relativity. 
C)  synchronicity. 
D)  constant motion. 
A)  gravity. 
B)  relativity. 
C)  synchronicity. 
D)  constant motion.

Question 9

The Stalin Revolution was devastating for

Accepted Answer

A)  the military. 
B)  industry. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  modernization. 
A)  the military. 
B)  industry. 
C)  farmers. 
D)  modernization.

Question 10

Discuss Hitler's rise to power in postwar Germany.

Accepted Answer

After World War I, Germany was in a stat

Question 11

How did most Germans view the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

A)  the only viable alternative to Hitler 
B)  traitorous for its association with the Treaty of Versailles 
C)  a dictatorship claiming to be a republic 
D)  imperfect, yet the only logical choice for postwar Germany 
A)  the only viable alternative to Hitler 
B)  traitorous for its association with the Treaty of Versailles 
C)  a dictatorship claiming to be a republic 
D)  imperfect, yet the only logical choice for postwar Germany

Question 12

Discuss the modernization of Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

Accepted Answer

The modernization of Turkey after the fa

Question 13

The term fascism was a reference to a symbol of power used by the ancient

Accepted Answer

A)  a Greeks. 
B)  Etruscans. 
C)  Romans. 
D)  Germans. 
A)  a Greeks. 
B)  Etruscans. 
C)  Romans. 
D)  Germans.

Question 14

Which of these was a victim of the Great Purges?

Accepted Answer

A)  Leon Trotsky 
B)  Joseph Stalin 
C)  V.I. Lenin 
D)  Alexander Kerensky 
A)  Leon Trotsky 
B)  Joseph Stalin 
C)  V.I. Lenin 
D)  Alexander Kerensky

Question 15

Which Middle Eastern nation originally attempted to emulate Mustafa Kemal's policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iran 
B)  Iraq 
C)  Saudi Arabia 
D)  Afghanistan 
A)  Iran 
B)  Iraq 
C)  Saudi Arabia 
D)  Afghanistan

Question 16

How did German expectations at the end of World War I differ from the realities of the Treaty of Versailles?

Accepted Answer

A)  Germans expected the blame to be placed on Austria, but it was instead placed on them. 
B)  Germans expected the peace treaty to be based on the Fourteen Points, but it was instead a punitive treaty. 
C)  Germans expected the United States to help the German economy rebuild, but the Treaty of Versailles forbade such assistance. 
D)  Germans expected to remain a unified nation, but the treaty divided their land into two separate nations. 
A)  Germans expected the blame to be placed on Austria, but it was instead placed on them. 
B)  Germans expected the peace treaty to be based on the Fourteen Points, but it was instead a punitive treaty. 
C)  Germans expected the United States to help the German economy rebuild, but the Treaty of Versailles forbade such assistance. 
D)  Germans expected to remain a unified nation, but the treaty divided their land into two separate nations.

Question 17

Which people espoused the notion that it is right that the strong overcome the weak?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Which people espoused the notion that it...

Question 18

The Great Depression came to an end because of

Accepted Answer

A)  the election of Herbert Hoover. 
B)  the reopening of banks. 
C)  World War II. 
D)  the rising stock market. 
A)  the election of Herbert Hoover. 
B)  the reopening of banks. 
C)  World War II. 
D)  the rising stock market.

Question 19

According to Freud, absolute moral standards could not exist because

Accepted Answer

A)  people were driven by unconscious instincts. 
B)  people behaved according to the influences of the environment. 
C)  there was no god. 
D)  people could never meet such high standards. 
A)  people were driven by unconscious instincts. 
B)  people behaved according to the influences of the environment. 
C)  there was no god. 
D)  people could never meet such high standards.

Question 20

The United States failed to join the League of Nations because

Accepted Answer

A)  Germany had been excluded. 
B)  the Senate was wary of foreign commitments. 
C)  Wilson vetoed the Congressional vote to join. 
D)  America was too weak and poor after the war. 
A)  Germany had been excluded. 
B)  the Senate was wary of foreign commitments. 
C)  Wilson vetoed the Congressional vote to join. 
D)  America was too weak and poor after the war.

Exam 32: Anxieties and Ideologies of the Interwar Years, 1918-1939

The Weimar Republic responded to its fiscal crisis by printing more paper money.

How did Mao Zedong's ideology differ from that of Karl Marx?

Before starting the Fascist party, Mussolini had been a socialist.

Compare and contrast the ideologies of Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt regarding the government's role in ending the Depression.

Hitler was imprisoned for a year following the failed

Which man believed that the Depression would be short-lived and would end without government intervention?

Which of these governed Germany following World War I?

Einstein asserted that measures of time, space, and motion vary with the movements of observers. This is known as the theory of

The Stalin Revolution was devastating for

Discuss Hitler's rise to power in postwar Germany.

How did most Germans view the Weimar Republic?

Discuss the modernization of Turkey after the fall of the Ottoman Empire.

The term fascism was a reference to a symbol of power used by the ancient

Which of these was a victim of the Great Purges?

Which Middle Eastern nation originally attempted to emulate Mustafa Kemal's policies?

How did German expectations at the end of World War I differ from the realities of the Treaty of Versailles?

Which people espoused the notion that it is right that the strong overcome the weak?

The Great Depression came to an end because of

According to Freud, absolute moral standards could not exist because

The United States failed to join the League of Nations because

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