Question 1

Which of the following circumstances were conducive to the growth of Fascism?

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A)  economic depression or recession 
B)  political instability or paralysis 
C)  disappointed nationalist aspirations 
D)  abreakdown of meaning and values 
E)  all of the above 
A)  economic depression or recession 
B)  political instability or paralysis 
C)  disappointed nationalist aspirations 
D)  abreakdown of meaning and values 
E)  all of the above

Question 2

What role did terror play in the building of Soviet society?

Accepted Answer

A)  Terror was used against every group and eventually it was institutionalized and internalized. 
B)  Only the upper echelons of the Party were spared the purges. 
C)  Terror was only used mainly against party members who were weak or disloyal. 
D)  Terror was used only during the Civil War and the collectivization campaigns. 
E)  The use of terror was limited to external enemies. 
A)  Terror was used against every group and eventually it was institutionalized and internalized. 
B)  Only the upper echelons of the Party were spared the purges. 
C)  Terror was only used mainly against party members who were weak or disloyal. 
D)  Terror was used only during the Civil War and the collectivization campaigns. 
E)  The use of terror was limited to external enemies.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Gleichschaltung was a term used in Nazi

Question 4

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Locate and label the following: the first Fascist state,the most powerful Fascist state,and General Franco's state.

Accepted Answer

The first Fascist state was Italy, which

Question 5

Right-wing intellectuals in Germany attacked democracy during the Weimar Republic

Accepted Answer

A)  as a barrier to the true unity of the German nation. 
B)  by drawing on the traditions of the nineteenth-century Volkish thinkers. 
C)  by glorifying instincts and race over reason. 
D)  and longer for a German state that would emphasize order and authority. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  as a barrier to the true unity of the German nation. 
B)  by drawing on the traditions of the nineteenth-century Volkish thinkers. 
C)  by glorifying instincts and race over reason. 
D)  and longer for a German state that would emphasize order and authority. 
E)  all of the above

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Collectivization refers to the process o

Question 7

Within two decades after World War I,which of the following saw the collapse of democracy and the rise of authoritarian government?

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A)  Spain 
B)  Portugal 
C)  Yugoslavia 
D)  Italy 
E)  all of the above 
A)  Spain 
B)  Portugal 
C)  Yugoslavia 
D)  Italy 
E)  all of the above

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

The New Deal refers to a series of progr

Question 9

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-Why did some of the peoples of Europe celebrate Fascism? What conditions of the 1920s and 1930s allowed Fascism to gain cultural and political currency?

Accepted Answer

Some of the peoples of Europe celebrated

Question 10

Fascism condemned liberalism for all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  taking the spirit out of people and making them into materialistic creatures. 
B)  creating mass mediocrity. 
C)  ineffective, feeble government. 
D)  eradicating greed and materialism. 
E)  a decayed sense of nation. 
A)  taking the spirit out of people and making them into materialistic creatures. 
B)  creating mass mediocrity. 
C)  ineffective, feeble government. 
D)  eradicating greed and materialism. 
E)  a decayed sense of nation.

Question 11

In 1924,the Dawes Plan

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A)  called for the creation of a new German constitution to govern the unpopular German republic. 
B)  signaled the collapse of German industry until the 1930s. 
C)  reduced Germany's reparations according to Germany's economic capacity. 
D)  legitimized France's seizure of the Ruhr. 
E)  expressed the demands of Britain and the United States for full payment of reparations. 
A)  called for the creation of a new German constitution to govern the unpopular German republic. 
B)  signaled the collapse of German industry until the 1930s. 
C)  reduced Germany's reparations according to Germany's economic capacity. 
D)  legitimized France's seizure of the Ruhr. 
E)  expressed the demands of Britain and the United States for full payment of reparations.

Question 12

Mussolini's Fascist government sought to put into placean economic policy best described as

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A)  laissez-faire. Each person was free to pursue his economic interests. 
B)  socialist. The people owned the means of production. 
C)  state socialism. The state owned the means in production in the name of the people. 
D)  corporative. Labor and business would cooperate in a given branch of industry. 
E)  mixed. The government nationalized most, but not all the economy. 
A)  laissez-faire. Each person was free to pursue his economic interests. 
B)  socialist. The people owned the means of production. 
C)  state socialism. The state owned the means in production in the name of the people. 
D)  corporative. Labor and business would cooperate in a given branch of industry. 
E)  mixed. The government nationalized most, but not all the economy.

Question 13

With regard to women,the Communist Party under Lenin

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A)  successfully combatted traditional values for women. 
B)  sought to free women from the burdens of their traditional domestic roles. 
C)  established equality between the sexes throughout the Soviet Union. 
D)  was able to incorporate female leadership into the party. 
E)  none of the above 
A)  successfully combatted traditional values for women. 
B)  sought to free women from the burdens of their traditional domestic roles. 
C)  established equality between the sexes throughout the Soviet Union. 
D)  was able to incorporate female leadership into the party. 
E)  none of the above

Question 14

Before his March on Rome,Mussolini's resume included all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  elementary school teacher. 
B)  editor of the socialist paper, Avanti. 
C)  service at the front in World War I. 
D)  seizure of Fiume in 1919. 
E)  founder of the Fascist Party. 
A)  elementary school teacher. 
B)  editor of the socialist paper, Avanti. 
C)  service at the front in World War I. 
D)  seizure of Fiume in 1919. 
E)  founder of the Fascist Party.

Question 15

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

Accepted Answer

The corporative system is a method of or

Question 16

Stalin expressed admiration for which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alexander the Great, forhis efforts to fuse societies together into one world society, a cosmopolis. 
B)  Augustus, forcreating peace and prosperity. 
C)  Ivan the Terrible, forhis ruthless establishment of autocracy. 
D)  Catherine II, forher attempts to enlighten the Russian people. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  Alexander the Great, forhis efforts to fuse societies together into one world society, a cosmopolis. 
B)  Augustus, forcreating peace and prosperity. 
C)  Ivan the Terrible, forhis ruthless establishment of autocracy. 
D)  Catherine II, forher attempts to enlighten the Russian people. 
E)  all of the above

Question 17

Reaction to collectivization in the 1930sincluded all of the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  the mass slaughter of livestock. 
B)  pitched battles between peasants and the authorities. 
C)  significantly lowered agricultural production. 
D)  attemptsto defend private property. 
E)  widespread reluctance on the part of local officials to enact party requirements. 
A)  the mass slaughter of livestock. 
B)  pitched battles between peasants and the authorities. 
C)  significantly lowered agricultural production. 
D)  attemptsto defend private property. 
E)  widespread reluctance on the part of local officials to enact party requirements.

Question 18

Which of the following does NOT correctly describe events in Central and Eastern Europe during the interwar period?

Accepted Answer

A)  Parliamentary governments were very successful in Eastern Europe. 
B)  Czechoslovakia was the most advanced country in the region, and its democratic system was the most resilient. 
C)  Austria suffered from massive economic dislocation due to the loss of its empire. 
D)  Hungary experienced a brief Communist revolution in 1919, but by the 1930, was drifting toward an alliance with Germany because of its desire to regain its lost territories. 
E)  Most states in the region developed either royal or military dictatorships. 
A)  Parliamentary governments were very successful in Eastern Europe. 
B)  Czechoslovakia was the most advanced country in the region, and its democratic system was the most resilient. 
C)  Austria suffered from massive economic dislocation due to the loss of its empire. 
D)  Hungary experienced a brief Communist revolution in 1919, but by the 1930, was drifting toward an alliance with Germany because of its desire to regain its lost territories. 
E)  Most states in the region developed either royal or military dictatorships.

Question 19

Compared to Hitler's Nazism

Accepted Answer

A)  Fascism in Italy had the same industrial and military strength upon which to draw for power. 
B)  Fascism in Italy employed a similar belief in the special destiny of the national racial community. 
C)  Italian Fascism enjoyed a legacy of militarism much like that established by Prussia. 
D)  Mussolini had less of an impact on Italian Fascism and did not inspire the same devotion among the people. 
E)  all of the above 
A)  Fascism in Italy had the same industrial and military strength upon which to draw for power. 
B)  Fascism in Italy employed a similar belief in the special destiny of the national racial community. 
C)  Italian Fascism enjoyed a legacy of militarism much like that established by Prussia. 
D)  Mussolini had less of an impact on Italian Fascism and did not inspire the same devotion among the people. 
E)  all of the above

Question 20

Stalin's industrialization campaign included all the following EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A)  a concerted attempt to expand the consumer goods sector. 
B)  a determination to catch up with the West in the space of a few years. 
C)  intensified exploitation of the peasants and workers. 
D)  a massive expansion of heavy industry. 
E)  continuing growth despite the global Great Depression. 
A)  a concerted attempt to expand the consumer goods sector. 
B)  a determination to catch up with the West in the space of a few years. 
C)  intensified exploitation of the peasants and workers. 
D)  a massive expansion of heavy industry. 
E)  continuing growth despite the global Great Depression.

Which of the following circumstances were conducive to the growth of Fascism?

What role did terror play in the building of Soviet society?

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label the following: the first Fascist state,the most powerful Fascist state,and General Franco's state.

Right-wing intellectuals in Germany attacked democracy during the Weimar Republic

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

Within two decades after World War I,which of the following saw the collapse of democracy and the rise of authoritarian government?

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Why did some of the peoples of Europe celebrate Fascism? What conditions of the 1920s and 1930s allowed Fascism to gain cultural and political currency?

Fascism condemned liberalism for all the following EXCEPT

In 1924,the Dawes Plan

Mussolini's Fascist government sought to put into placean economic policy best described as

With regard to women,the Communist Party under Lenin

Before his March on Rome,Mussolini's resume included all the following EXCEPT

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

Stalin expressed admiration for which of the following?

Reaction to collectivization in the 1930sincluded all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following does NOT correctly describe events in Central and Eastern Europe during the interwar period?

Compared to Hitler's Nazism

Stalin's industrialization campaign included all the following EXCEPT

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

Which of the following circumstances were conducive to the growth of Fascism?

What role did terror play in the building of Soviet society?

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Locate and label the following: the first Fascist state,the most powerful Fascist state,and General Franco's state.

Right-wing intellectuals in Germany attacked democracy during the Weimar Republic

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

Within two decades after World War I,which of the following saw the collapse of democracy and the rise of authoritarian government?

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

Instructions: Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -Why did some of the peoples of Europe celebrate Fascism? What conditions of the 1920s and 1930s allowed Fascism to gain cultural and political currency?

Fascism condemned liberalism for all the following EXCEPT

In 1924,the Dawes Plan

Mussolini's Fascist government sought to put into placean economic policy best described as

With regard to women,the Communist Party under Lenin

Before his March on Rome,Mussolini's resume included all the following EXCEPT

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

Stalin expressed admiration for which of the following?

Reaction to collectivization in the 1930sincluded all of the following EXCEPT

Which of the following does NOT correctly describe events in Central and Eastern Europe during the interwar period?

Compared to Hitler's Nazism

Stalin's industrialization campaign included all the following EXCEPT

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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