Question 1

The city in which Hitler spent his formative years and developed his fundamental ideas was

Accepted Answer

A)  Berlin. 
B)  Munich. 
C)  Frankfort. 
D)  Hamburg. 
E)  Vienna. 
A)  Berlin. 
B)  Munich. 
C)  Frankfort. 
D)  Hamburg. 
E)  Vienna. E

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Adolph Hitler

Accepted Answer

Adolph Hitler was a German politician and leader of the Nazi Party. He rose to power as Chancellor of Germany in 1933 and later Führer in 1934. Hitler's aggressive foreign policies led to the outbreak of World War II in 1939. He was responsible for the Holocaust, the systematic extermination of millions of Jews and other minority groups. Hitler's dictatorship and expansionist policies led to the deaths of millions of people and the devastation of much of Europe. He was ultimately defeated in 1945, and his actions during his time in power have had a lasting impact on the world. Hitler's ideology of fascism and racial superiority has been widely condemned, and he is often cited as one of history's most notorious and reviled figures.

Question 3

After the failure of his Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Hitler made the decision to establish a political party that could compete in Germany's democratic election process.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Aryanism

Accepted Answer

Aryanism, in its historical context, ref

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Ataturk and Mohandas Gandhi

Accepted Answer

Ataturk and Mohandas Gandhi are two prom

Question 6

What are the chief characteristics of totalitarianism? To what extent was Fascist Italy a totalitarian state?

Accepted Answer

Totalitarianism is a form of government

Question 7

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera

Accepted Answer

Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera is a g

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-squadristi

Accepted Answer

Squadristi were members of the Italian F

Question 9

Did anything good immediately result from the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

The Great Depression, which began in 192

Question 10

Artistic and intellectual trends in the inter-war years reflected

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A)  a rejection of the avant-garde. 
B)  a disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I. 
C)  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)  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.

Question 11

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies in the United States

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A)  were successful by 1932. 
B)  virtually eliminated unemployment. 
C)  brought about government ownership of most industries. 
D)  brought about a partial economic recovery, but full employment did not return until World War II's rearmament. 
E)  were all declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. 
A)  were successful by 1932. 
B)  virtually eliminated unemployment. 
C)  brought about government ownership of most industries. 
D)  brought about a partial economic recovery, but full employment did not return until World War II's rearmament. 
E)  were all declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Question 12

Women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy were

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A)  coerced into factory work to aid industrial production. 
B)  regarded as equal to men in social status. 
C)  largely forced through government legislation to become homemakers. 
D)  aided by the government's emphasis on birth control. 
E)  required under pain of imprisonment to join the Black Shirts. 
A)  coerced into factory work to aid industrial production. 
B)  regarded as equal to men in social status. 
C)  largely forced through government legislation to become homemakers. 
D)  aided by the government's emphasis on birth control. 
E)  required under pain of imprisonment to join the Black Shirts.

Question 13

Mussolini came to power and made Italy the first fascist nations in 1922 as the result of a violent civil war that drove King Victor Emmanuel III into exile.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Efforts to maintain European peace following World War I included

Accepted Answer

A)  a three-way alliance between Great Britain, France, and the Weimar Republic. 
B)  the addition of an armed international security force to the League of Nations. 
C)  an inherently weak system of alliances between France and the Little Entente. 
D)  increased intervention by the United States in European political affairs. 
E)  the belated United States decision to Join the League of Nations. 
A)  a three-way alliance between Great Britain, France, and the Weimar Republic. 
B)  the addition of an armed international security force to the League of Nations. 
C)  an inherently weak system of alliances between France and the Little Entente. 
D)  increased intervention by the United States in European political affairs. 
E)  the belated United States decision to Join the League of Nations.

Question 15

The United States joined the League of Nations but refused to abide by its decisions and so had its membership revoked in 1922.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

How many Italians are estimated to have died during World War I

Accepted Answer

A)  zero (as they did not participate) 
B)  1 millions 
C)  700,000 
D)  100,000 
E)  50,000 
A)  zero (as they did not participate) 
B)  1 millions 
C)  700,000 
D)  100,000 
E)  50,000

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"war communism"

Accepted Answer

The answer of IDENTIFICATIONS
-"war communism"...

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Arnold Schoenberg and atonal music

Accepted Answer

Arnold Schoenberg was a pioneering compo

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Hannah Hoch and Tristan Tzara

Accepted Answer

Hannah Höch and Tristan Tzara were both

Question 20

Not associated with the new literary techniques of the 1920's was

Accepted Answer

A)  the "stream of consciousness." 
B)  James Joyce. 
C)  Herman Hesse. 
D)  Ernest Rutherford. 
E)  Virginia Woolf. 
A)  the "stream of consciousness." 
B)  James Joyce. 
C)  Herman Hesse. 
D)  Ernest Rutherford. 
E)  Virginia Woolf.

Exam 26: the Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

The city in which Hitler spent his formative years and developed his fundamental ideas was

IDENTIFICATIONS -Adolph Hitler

After the failure of his Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Hitler made the decision to establish a political party that could compete in Germany's democratic election process.

IDENTIFICATIONS -Aryanism

IDENTIFICATIONS -Ataturk and Mohandas Gandhi

What are the chief characteristics of totalitarianism? To what extent was Fascist Italy a totalitarian state?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Kurt Weill's The Threepenny Opera

IDENTIFICATIONS -squadristi

Did anything good immediately result from the Great Depression?

Artistic and intellectual trends in the inter-war years reflected

Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal policies in the United States

Women in Mussolini's Fascist Italy were

Mussolini came to power and made Italy the first fascist nations in 1922 as the result of a violent civil war that drove King Victor Emmanuel III into exile.

Efforts to maintain European peace following World War I included

The United States joined the League of Nations but refused to abide by its decisions and so had its membership revoked in 1922.

How many Italians are estimated to have died during World War I

IDENTIFICATIONS -"war communism"

IDENTIFICATIONS -Arnold Schoenberg and atonal music

IDENTIFICATIONS -Hannah Hoch and Tristan Tzara

Not associated with the new literary techniques of the 1920's was

the Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

the Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

the Civilization of the Greeks

the Hellenistic World

the Roman Republic

the Roman Empire

late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

european Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

the Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

the Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

the Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

state Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

the Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

the Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

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

the Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

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 Ii

cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

after the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age (Since 1985)

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