Question 1

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-collective farms

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Collective farms, also known as collecti

Question 2

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-Fuhrerprinzip

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The term "Führerprinzip" refers to a lea

Question 3

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-Dawes Plan

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The Dawes Plan was an economic plan firs

Question 4

The Stalinist era in the 1930s witnessed

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A)  the decline of industrialization in favor of the collectivization of agriculture. 
B)  real wages and social conditions for the industrial labor force improve dramatically. 
C)  millions of ordinary citizens arrested and sent into force labor camps. 
D)  an abundance of permissive social legislation. 
E)  an activist foreign and military policy, bent upon immediately making Eastern Europe a satellite region to the Soviet Union. 
A)  the decline of industrialization in favor of the collectivization of agriculture. 
B)  real wages and social conditions for the industrial labor force improve dramatically. 
C)  millions of ordinary citizens arrested and sent into force labor camps. 
D)  an abundance of permissive social legislation. 
E)  an activist foreign and military policy, bent upon immediately making Eastern Europe a satellite region to the Soviet Union.

Question 5

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-Birth of a Nation and The Blue Angel

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"Birth of a Nation" and "The Blue Angel"

Question 6

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-Lebensraum

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Lebensraum is a German term that transla

Question 7

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-Weimar Republic

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The Weimar Republic refers to the federa

Question 8

In Europe, functionalism in architecture was best exemplified by Walter Gropius' Bauhaus School.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

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-totalitarianism

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Totalitarianism is a form of government

Question 10

James Joyce's Ulysses and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway

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James Joyce's Ulysses and Virginia Woolf

Question 11

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-Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West

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Oswald Spengler's "The Decline of the We

Question 12

What were the causes of the Great Depression? How did the European states respond to the Great Depression?

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The Great Depression was caused by a com

Question 13

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-German Expressionism

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German Expressionism is an artistic move

Question 14

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

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A)  a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B)  an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C)  the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D)  an increase in the size of the German military. 
E)  Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations. 
A)  a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B)  an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C)  the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D)  an increase in the size of the German military. 
E)  Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations.

Question 15

Using Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia as the models, what were the philosophic and practical differences between communism and fascism?

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Communism and fascism are two distinct p

Question 16

Which one of the following was not true of modern totalitarian states?

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A)  They expected active loyalty from citizens. 
B)  They used modern mass propaganda techniques. 
C)  They aimed to control economical and political aspects of life. 
D)  They largely ignored cultural aspects of life. 
E)  They were led by a single leader and a single party. 
A)  They expected active loyalty from citizens. 
B)  They used modern mass propaganda techniques. 
C)  They aimed to control economical and political aspects of life. 
D)  They largely ignored cultural aspects of life. 
E)  They were led by a single leader and a single party.

Question 17

All of the following are correct about the European nations and their colonial empires during the interwar years except

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A)  despite World War I, the Europeans had maintained their colonial empires. 
B)  Britain and France had added to their empires by dividing up many of Germany's colonial possessions. 
C)  the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was strengthened during the 1920s and 1930s. 
D)  the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was undermined during the 1920s and 1930s. 
E)  there was a rising tide of unrest in the colonial world against Western imperialism. 
A)  despite World War I, the Europeans had maintained their colonial empires. 
B)  Britain and France had added to their empires by dividing up many of Germany's colonial possessions. 
C)  the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was strengthened during the 1920s and 1930s. 
D)  the political and social foundations and the self-confidence of European imperialism was undermined during the 1920s and 1930s. 
E)  there was a rising tide of unrest in the colonial world against Western imperialism.

Question 18

Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf

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Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf is a novel t

Question 19

Why does the author state that the Stalinist era inaugurated an "economic, social, and political revolution that was more sweeping in its results than the revolutions of 1917"?

Accepted Answer

The author's statement that the Stalinis

Question 20

The new forms of mass communication and leisure created between the wars included all except

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A)  cinema becoming an increasingly popular form of entertainment. 
B)  Fascist nations them for propaganda purposes. 
C)  radio production and broadcasting companies increasing dramatically. 
D)  the widespread use of television in most middle class homes. 
E)  the automobile becoming a common method of travel for the middle classes 
A)  cinema becoming an increasingly popular form of entertainment. 
B)  Fascist nations them for propaganda purposes. 
C)  radio production and broadcasting companies increasing dramatically. 
D)  the widespread use of television in most middle class homes. 
E)  the automobile becoming a common method of travel for the middle classes

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

IDENTIFICATIONS -collective farms

IDENTIFICATIONS -Fuhrerprinzip

IDENTIFICATIONS -Dawes Plan

The Stalinist era in the 1930s witnessed

IDENTIFICATIONS -Birth of a Nation and The Blue Angel

IDENTIFICATIONS -Lebensraum

IDENTIFICATIONS -Weimar Republic

In Europe, functionalism in architecture was best exemplified by Walter Gropius' Bauhaus School.

IDENTIFICATIONS -totalitarianism

James Joyce's Ulysses and Virginia Woolf's Mrs. Dalloway

IDENTIFICATIONS -Oswald Spengler's The Decline of the West

What were the causes of the Great Depression? How did the European states respond to the Great Depression?

IDENTIFICATIONS -German Expressionism

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

Using Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia as the models, what were the philosophic and practical differences between communism and fascism?

Which one of the following was not true of modern totalitarian states?

All of the following are correct about the European nations and their colonial empires during the interwar years except

Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf

Why does the author state that the Stalinist era inaugurated an "economic, social, and political revolution that was more sweeping in its results than the revolutions of 1917"?

The new forms of mass communication and leisure created between the wars included all except

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