Question 1

Fascist propaganda in Italy glorified which part of the Italian past?

Accepted Answer

A)  the Roman Republic 
B)  the Roman Empire 
C)  the Renaissance 
D)  Cavour's newly-unified Italy 
E)  the medieval Venetian Republic 
A)  the Roman Republic 
B)  the Roman Empire 
C)  the Renaissance 
D)  Cavour's newly-unified Italy 
E)  the medieval Venetian Republic

Question 2

Before becoming Chancellor,Hitler's experiences included all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  rejected art student. 
B)  postcard artist. 
C)  a short stint as a Marxist. 
D)  political agitator. 
E)  prison inmate. 
A)  rejected art student. 
B)  postcard artist. 
C)  a short stint as a Marxist. 
D)  political agitator. 
E)  prison inmate.

Question 3

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Gestapo

Accepted Answer

The Gestapo was the secret police force

Question 4

Mussolini drew support from all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  capitalists. 
B)  socialists. 
C)  aristocrats. 
D)  the church. 
E)  army officers. 
A)  capitalists. 
B)  socialists. 
C)  aristocrats. 
D)  the church. 
E)  army officers.

Question 5

With regard to Marxism,Fascists

Accepted Answer

A)  ​were largely receptive to Marxist goals. 
B)  ​believed Marxism strengthened the state economy. 
C)  ​embraced the Marxist call for workers to unite. 
D)  ​rejected class conflict as dangerously divisive. 
E)  ​all of the none 
A)  ​were largely receptive to Marxist goals. 
B)  ​believed Marxism strengthened the state economy. 
C)  ​embraced the Marxist call for workers to unite. 
D)  ​rejected class conflict as dangerously divisive. 
E)  ​all of the none

Question 6

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Popular Front

Accepted Answer

The Popular Front was a political allian

Question 7

How did Stalin come to succeed Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union?

Accepted Answer

A)  Throughout the Revolution and the Civil War, Stalin was consistently Lenin's most high-profile comrade. 
B)  Though he was not a visible leader, Stalin used the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party to build up an unbeatable following that he adroitly used. 
C)  Due to his charisma, Stalin had built up a following that, though occasionally at odds with Lenin, formed a majority in the Party at Lenin's death. 
D)  Due to Lenin's failing health, Stalin officially shared authority with Lenin since the failed assassination attempt on Lenin in 1918. 
E)  Upon Lenin's death, the Party decided on a major change in direction, a change that surprised even Stalin. 
A)  Throughout the Revolution and the Civil War, Stalin was consistently Lenin's most high-profile comrade. 
B)  Though he was not a visible leader, Stalin used the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party to build up an unbeatable following that he adroitly used. 
C)  Due to his charisma, Stalin had built up a following that, though occasionally at odds with Lenin, formed a majority in the Party at Lenin's death. 
D)  Due to Lenin's failing health, Stalin officially shared authority with Lenin since the failed assassination attempt on Lenin in 1918. 
E)  Upon Lenin's death, the Party decided on a major change in direction, a change that surprised even Stalin.

Question 8

In the Bolshevik struggle against the Whites

Accepted Answer

A)  the Whites were plagued by internal divisions. 
B)  the Bolsheviks were unable to gain possession of interior communications. 
C)  the Whites gained greater popular support. 
D)  the Germans intervened on behalf ofthe Bolsheviks. 
E)  the Whites were quickly able to shed their​​association with the defunct tsarist system. 
A)  the Whites were plagued by internal divisions. 
B)  the Bolsheviks were unable to gain possession of interior communications. 
C)  the Whites gained greater popular support. 
D)  the Germans intervened on behalf ofthe Bolsheviks. 
E)  the Whites were quickly able to shed their​​association with the defunct tsarist system.

Question 9

Britain,in the interwar period,experienced

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A)  prolonged economic problems even before the Great Depression. 
B)  falling competitiveness in the world economy due to aging, inefficient industries. 
C)  a General Strike that failed but which demonstrated that the British working class was not Bolshevik in its sympathies. 
D)  political stability. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  prolonged economic problems even before the Great Depression. 
B)  falling competitiveness in the world economy due to aging, inefficient industries. 
C)  a General Strike that failed but which demonstrated that the British working class was not Bolshevik in its sympathies. 
D)  political stability. 
E)  all of the above

Question 10

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Locate and label the Soviet Republic in which resistance to collectivization was most intense and which the Soviet government subjected to an artificial famine that killed 6 million people.

Accepted Answer

The Soviet Republic you are referring to

Question 11

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Action Française

Accepted Answer

The Action Française was a French far-ri

Question 12

The German Republic in the 1920s was opposed by all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the SPD, the Catholic Centrists, and the German Democrats. 
B)  traditional conservatives who preferred the prewarauthoritarian government. 
C)  the middle classes. 
D)  right-wing intellectuals. 
E)  the Communists. 
A)  the SPD, the Catholic Centrists, and the German Democrats. 
B)  traditional conservatives who preferred the prewarauthoritarian government. 
C)  the middle classes. 
D)  right-wing intellectuals. 
E)  the Communists.

Question 13

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-apparatchiki

Accepted Answer

The term "apparatchiki" refers to member

Question 14

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Weimar Republic

Accepted Answer

The Weimar Republic refers to the federa

Question 15

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Comment on the effectiveness of parliamentary systems in three of the following countries during the 1930s: Spain,Austria,Hungary,or Czechoslovakia.

Accepted Answer

During the 1930s, the effectiveness of p

Question 16

Church-state relations in Mussolini's Italy can be described as

Accepted Answer

A)  hostile. The Church was seen as an obstacle to national unity. 
B)  cool. Both Mussolini and the government were anticlerical but pragmatic. 
C)  pragmatic. Outstanding problems were solved through compromise. 
D)  warm. Mussolini was personally quite religious but many in his party distrusted the Church. 
E)  enthusiastic. Mussolini and the Pope agreed that their power depended on the other. 
A)  hostile. The Church was seen as an obstacle to national unity. 
B)  cool. Both Mussolini and the government were anticlerical but pragmatic. 
C)  pragmatic. Outstanding problems were solved through compromise. 
D)  warm. Mussolini was personally quite religious but many in his party distrusted the Church. 
E)  enthusiastic. Mussolini and the Pope agreed that their power depended on the other.

Question 17

The ultimate point of collectivization was to

Accepted Answer

A)  exterminate the peasants. 
B)  organize peasants like factory workers. 
C)  conscript peasants into the army. 
D)  bring women into agricultural labor. 
E)  improve conditions for farmers. 
A)  exterminate the peasants. 
B)  organize peasants like factory workers. 
C)  conscript peasants into the army. 
D)  bring women into agricultural labor. 
E)  improve conditions for farmers.

Question 18

The Comintern was all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  Lenin's political tool for world revolution. 
B)  also known as the Communist International. 
C)  an attempt to organize Communist parties or parties sympathetic to the Communists in the world. 
D)  the basis of the Gulag, the future system of forced labor camps. 
E)  made other Communist parties into agents of the Soviet Union. 
A)  Lenin's political tool for world revolution. 
B)  also known as the Communist International. 
C)  an attempt to organize Communist parties or parties sympathetic to the Communists in the world. 
D)  the basis of the Gulag, the future system of forced labor camps. 
E)  made other Communist parties into agents of the Soviet Union.

Question 19

In the totalitarian state,the individual​

Accepted Answer

A)  ​was allowed to retain private moral judgment. 
B)  ​was able to question authority if dictated by conscience. 
C)  ​existed for the purpose of enabling the state to build a new social order. 
D)  ​could hold unorthodox opinions if they were kept private. 
E)  ​none of the above 
A)  ​was allowed to retain private moral judgment. 
B)  ​was able to question authority if dictated by conscience. 
C)  ​existed for the purpose of enabling the state to build a new social order. 
D)  ​could hold unorthodox opinions if they were kept private. 
E)  ​none of the above

Question 20

Upon securing the Enabling Act,the Nazis

Accepted Answer

A)  disbanded their greatest opponent, the Social Democratic party. 
B)  faced great resistance from the legislatures of the various German states. 
C)  placed the leadership of the Sturmabteilung (S
A)  into high political offices. 
D)  renegotiated collective bargaing agreements with labor unions to increase incentives for productivity. 
E)  shut down the civil service. 
A)  disbanded their greatest opponent, the Social Democratic party. 
B)  faced great resistance from the legislatures of the various German states. 
C)  placed the leadership of the Sturmabteilung (S
A)  into high political offices. 
D)  renegotiated collective bargaing agreements with labor unions to increase incentives for productivity. 
E)  shut down the civil service.

Fascist propaganda in Italy glorified which part of the Italian past?

Before becoming Chancellor,Hitler's experiences included all the following EXCEPT

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Gestapo

Mussolini drew support from all of the following EXCEPT

With regard to Marxism,Fascists

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Popular Front

How did Stalin come to succeed Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union?

In the Bolshevik struggle against the Whites

Britain,in the interwar period,experienced

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label the Soviet Republic in which resistance to collectivization was most intense and which the Soviet government subjected to an artificial famine that killed 6 million people.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Action Française

The German Republic in the 1920s was opposed by all the following EXCEPT

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -apparatchiki

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Weimar Republic

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Comment on the effectiveness of parliamentary systems in three of the following countries during the 1930s: Spain,Austria,Hungary,or Czechoslovakia.

Church-state relations in Mussolini's Italy can be described as

The ultimate point of collectivization was to

The Comintern was all the following EXCEPT

In the totalitarian state,the individual

Upon securing the Enabling Act,the Nazis

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

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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Exam 14: An Era of Totalitarianism

Fascist propaganda in Italy glorified which part of the Italian past?

Before becoming Chancellor,Hitler's experiences included all the following EXCEPT

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Gestapo

Mussolini drew support from all of the following EXCEPT

With regard to Marxism,Fascists

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Popular Front

How did Stalin come to succeed Lenin as leader of the Soviet Union?

In the Bolshevik struggle against the Whites

Britain,in the interwar period,experienced

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label the Soviet Republic in which resistance to collectivization was most intense and which the Soviet government subjected to an artificial famine that killed 6 million people.

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Action Française

The German Republic in the 1920s was opposed by all the following EXCEPT

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -apparatchiki

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Weimar Republic

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Comment on the effectiveness of parliamentary systems in three of the following countries during the 1930s: Spain,Austria,Hungary,or Czechoslovakia.

Church-state relations in Mussolini's Italy can be described as

The ultimate point of collectivization was to

The Comintern was all the following EXCEPT

In the totalitarian state,the individual​

Upon securing the Enabling Act,the Nazis

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

Thought and Culture in an Era of World Wars and Totalitarianism

World War Ii: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

Filters

In the totalitarian state,the individual