Question 1

Which of the following was not true about Mussolini's Fascist rule in Italy?

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A) It gave him total control over all aspects of Italian life. 
B) It never achieved the totality of power, in repression and media control that the dictatorships in Germany and the Soviet Union did. 
C) It tried to involve all Italian youth in a program of indoctrination, but achieved only limited success in that area. 
D) It maintained a program of traditional values in regard to women, and mutual acceptance and coexistence with the Catholic Church. 
E) It was strongly supported by business and large landlord groups. 
A) It gave him total control over all aspects of Italian life. 
B) It never achieved the totality of power, in repression and media control that the dictatorships in Germany and the Soviet Union did. 
C) It tried to involve all Italian youth in a program of indoctrination, but achieved only limited success in that area. 
D) It maintained a program of traditional values in regard to women, and mutual acceptance and coexistence with the Catholic Church. 
E) It was strongly supported by business and large landlord groups.

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk

Accepted Answer

The Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk were

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Nuremberg rallies and Nuremberg laws

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The Nuremberg Rallies and the Nuremberg

Question 4

By 1939, only two major states in Europe, France and Great Britain, remained democratic.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

The Nuremberg Laws established the

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A) process of collectivization. 
B) ethnic racial homogeneity of Nazi Germany by expelling all Asians. 
C) institutionalization of an annual kristallnacht celebration at the end of June. 
D) the legal isolation of German Jews from citizenship and legal rights. 
E) Nazi renunciation of all anti-Semitic policies in Germany. 
A) process of collectivization. 
B) ethnic racial homogeneity of Nazi Germany by expelling all Asians. 
C) institutionalization of an annual kristallnacht celebration at the end of June. 
D) the legal isolation of German Jews from citizenship and legal rights. 
E) Nazi renunciation of all anti-Semitic policies in Germany.

Question 6

The Cold War

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A) was a major factor in world affairs for several decades after World War II. 
B) resulted from the significant differences between Germany and the Soviet Union. 
C) was the result of the agreements reached at the Allied war conferences that took place in 1939 and 1940, early in the war. 
D) began during the battle of Stalingrad. 
E) only began with the onset of the Korean War in 1950. 
A) was a major factor in world affairs for several decades after World War II. 
B) resulted from the significant differences between Germany and the Soviet Union. 
C) was the result of the agreements reached at the Allied war conferences that took place in 1939 and 1940, early in the war. 
D) began during the battle of Stalingrad. 
E) only began with the onset of the Korean War in 1950.

Question 7

The 250,000 collectivized farms were known as ​

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A) ​kulak 
B) ​kitchen plots 
C) ​khoziaka 
D) ​kolkhozes 
E) ​kartoshka 
A) ​kulak 
B) ​kitchen plots 
C) ​khoziaka 
D) ​kolkhozes 
E) ​kartoshka

Question 8

After Hitler occupied most of France, the remainder of the country became

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A) Free France under Charles de Gaulle. 
B) Vichy France under Marshal Henri Petain. 
C) Communist France under Pierre Mendez-France. 
D) Republican France under Georges Clemenceau. 
E) prosperous. 
A) Free France under Charles de Gaulle. 
B) Vichy France under Marshal Henri Petain. 
C) Communist France under Pierre Mendez-France. 
D) Republican France under Georges Clemenceau. 
E) prosperous.

Question 9

The naval battle that established United States naval superiority in the Pacific was the Battle of

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A) Midway. 
B) the Coral Sea. 
C) Shimonosecki Strait. 
D) Malacca. 
E) New Caledonia. 
A) Midway. 
B) the Coral Sea. 
C) Shimonosecki Strait. 
D) Malacca. 
E) New Caledonia.

Question 10

Describe the Holocaust in terms of its most significant events and participants. Which groups were targeted, and why?

Accepted Answer

The Holocaust was a systematic, state-sp

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Hitler Jugend

Accepted Answer

The term "Hitler Jugend" translates to "

Question 12

Identify the following terms.
-"unconditional surrender"

Accepted Answer

The answer of Identify the following terms.
-"unconditional surrender"...

Question 13

What socio-economic factors carried during the period after World War I to create conditions ripe for the rise of fascism? What appeal did totalitarianism have to the people of western Europe? ​Why did no one raise concerns about the insidious underpinnings?

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After World War I, several socio-economi

Question 14

Why did Japan ultimately fail in its campaign of "Asia for the Asians"?

Accepted Answer

Japan's campaign of "Asia for the Asians

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Mukden incident and Manchukuo

Accepted Answer

The Mukden Incident, also known as the M

Question 16

In the attempt to avoid a two-front war, in 1939, Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Stalin limited to​

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A) ​the Baltics 
B) ​Scandanavia 
C) ​Poland 
D) ​Romania 
E) ​Bulgaria 
A) ​the Baltics 
B) ​Scandanavia 
C) ​Poland 
D) ​Romania 
E) ​Bulgaria

Question 17

Identify the following terms.
-the Rhineland and Ethiopia

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The Rhineland and Ethiopia are two disti

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-"Night Witches"

Accepted Answer

"Night Witches" refers to the female pil

Question 19

Which of the following statements best characterizes the totalitarian state in the 1930s?

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A) It was democratic and championed individualism and democratic freedoms. 
B) It was an all-compassing, authoritarian dictatorship that subordinated individual needs, and employed police power and mass propaganda to achieve total control. 
C) It limited its authoritarian dictates to the political and economic aspects of the state's affairs, in an effort to have freer social and cultural choices serve as means of placating the masses. 
D) It wanted the masses to keep quiet and not obstruct state policy. 
E) It depended upon the appeasement policies of the Eastern democracies. 
A) It was democratic and championed individualism and democratic freedoms. 
B) It was an all-compassing, authoritarian dictatorship that subordinated individual needs, and employed police power and mass propaganda to achieve total control. 
C) It limited its authoritarian dictates to the political and economic aspects of the state's affairs, in an effort to have freer social and cultural choices serve as means of placating the masses. 
D) It wanted the masses to keep quiet and not obstruct state policy. 
E) It depended upon the appeasement policies of the Eastern democracies.

Question 20

Identify the following terms.
-Dunkirk evacuation

Accepted Answer

The Dunkirk evacuation, also known as th

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War 2

Which of the following was not true about Mussolini's Fascist rule in Italy?

Identify the following terms. -Battles of Stalingrad and Kursk

Identify the following terms. -Nuremberg rallies and Nuremberg laws

By 1939, only two major states in Europe, France and Great Britain, remained democratic.

The Nuremberg Laws established the

The Cold War

The 250,000 collectivized farms were known as ​

After Hitler occupied most of France, the remainder of the country became

The naval battle that established United States naval superiority in the Pacific was the Battle of

Describe the Holocaust in terms of its most significant events and participants. Which groups were targeted, and why?

Identify the following terms. -Hitler Jugend

Identify the following terms. -"unconditional surrender"

What socio-economic factors carried during the period after World War I to create conditions ripe for the rise of fascism? What appeal did totalitarianism have to the people of western Europe? ​Why did no one raise concerns about the insidious underpinnings?

Why did Japan ultimately fail in its campaign of "Asia for the Asians"?

Identify the following terms. -Mukden incident and Manchukuo

In the attempt to avoid a two-front war, in 1939, Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Stalin limited to​

Identify the following terms. -the Rhineland and Ethiopia

Identify the following terms. -"Night Witches"

Which of the following statements best characterizes the totalitarian state in the 1930s?

Identify the following terms. -Dunkirk evacuation

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The First World Civilizations: Rome, China, and the Emergence of the Silk Road

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

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

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

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The 250,000 collectivized farms were known as

What socio-economic factors carried during the period after World War I to create conditions ripe for the rise of fascism? What appeal did totalitarianism have to the people of western Europe? Why did no one raise concerns about the insidious underpinnings?

In the attempt to avoid a two-front war, in 1939, Hitler signed a non-aggression pact with Stalin limited to