Question 1

What caused the Great Depression,and how did it end?

Accepted Answer

The roots of the depression were embedde

Question 2

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

Accepted Answer

The collapse of the Weimar Republic,and

Question 3

The NEP was primarily successful in the urban centers of Russia,but left the peasants in a difficult position of subsistence living and frequent food shortages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

To what does the term gulag refer?

Accepted Answer

A) The first collective farms in the Soviet Union. 
B) Forced-labor camps populated by political prisoners of Stalin's government. 
C) Stalin's institutional replacement for the rural Soviets. 
D) The technical term for Stalin's first Five-Year Plan as it applied to industry. 
E) Prisoner-of-war camps for "White" Russian partisans during the Civil War. 
A) The first collective farms in the Soviet Union. 
B) Forced-labor camps populated by political prisoners of Stalin's government. 
C) Stalin's institutional replacement for the rural Soviets. 
D) The technical term for Stalin's first Five-Year Plan as it applied to industry. 
E) Prisoner-of-war camps for "White" Russian partisans during the Civil War.

Question 5

The term fascio means group or band and derives from the symbol of an ax bundled with sticks that represented the authority of the Roman state.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Who were the "Whites?"

Accepted Answer

A) Ardently Catholic politicians who supported Mussolini's rise to power in Italy. 
B) Royalist opponents of the revolutionary communists in Russia. 
C) Paramilitary opponents of the Weimar Republic in Germany. 
D) The remnants of the Menshevik faction in Russia,reformed in opposition to the Bolshevik regime. 
E) Noncombatants who attempted to care for the sick and wounded during the Russian Civil War. 
A) Ardently Catholic politicians who supported Mussolini's rise to power in Italy. 
B) Royalist opponents of the revolutionary communists in Russia. 
C) Paramilitary opponents of the Weimar Republic in Germany. 
D) The remnants of the Menshevik faction in Russia,reformed in opposition to the Bolshevik regime. 
E) Noncombatants who attempted to care for the sick and wounded during the Russian Civil War.

Question 7

Although Lenin wanted to establish,for the short term,a state-capitalist economic system in Russia,which resembled the successful European wartime economies,the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as:

Accepted Answer

A) socialism for the masses. 
B) socialism with a human face. 
C) peacetime communism. 
D) mercantile communism. 
E) war communism. 
A) socialism for the masses. 
B) socialism with a human face. 
C) peacetime communism. 
D) mercantile communism. 
E) war communism.

Question 8

After 1928,the Nazi party guided by the chief propagandist,Joseph Goebbles:

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A) outlined with force the negative critique of the Weimar Republic. 
B) began a systematic program for eradication of Germany's Jewish population. 
C) praised nationalist movies such as All Quiet on The Western Front. 
D) alienated voters especially those in German rural areas. 
E) worked with the Weimar government to put together a national coalition party. 
A) outlined with force the negative critique of the Weimar Republic. 
B) began a systematic program for eradication of Germany's Jewish population. 
C) praised nationalist movies such as All Quiet on The Western Front. 
D) alienated voters especially those in German rural areas. 
E) worked with the Weimar government to put together a national coalition party.

Question 9

After 1928,the Nazi party guided by the chief propagandist,Joseph Goebbels outlined with force the negative critique of the Weimar Republic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

When in October 1922 a Red shirt militia of 50,000 had gained control of the Italian government?

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

During the 1920s,the British government,under the leadership of the Conservative party,pursued a policy of "deflation" in an attempt to:

Accepted Answer

A) break the power of labor unions. 
B) reduce the influence of the Labor party. 
C) regain its position in the League of Nations as the preeminent country. 
D) regain its position as the leading industrial and financial power in the world. 
E) control the banking industry in Britain and strengthen the Bank of England. 
A) break the power of labor unions. 
B) reduce the influence of the Labor party. 
C) regain its position in the League of Nations as the preeminent country. 
D) regain its position as the leading industrial and financial power in the world. 
E) control the banking industry in Britain and strengthen the Bank of England.

Question 12

Which of the following statements best describes the way Nazi propagandists tried to portray Hitler?

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A) A patriotic defender of German businesses and monarchical sentiments. 
B) A capable former soldier who would apply his political and organizing skills to rebuilding German power in Europe and regaining foreign allies. 
C) A charismatic leader with magnetic energy who would act as a bulwark against communism and cultural pollution. 
D) A creative economic thinker who would resolve the material disasters of the Great Depression. 
E) A new Kaiser for a new empire. 
A) A patriotic defender of German businesses and monarchical sentiments. 
B) A capable former soldier who would apply his political and organizing skills to rebuilding German power in Europe and regaining foreign allies. 
C) A charismatic leader with magnetic energy who would act as a bulwark against communism and cultural pollution. 
D) A creative economic thinker who would resolve the material disasters of the Great Depression. 
E) A new Kaiser for a new empire.

Question 13

Stalin's Five Year Plan except:

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A) the Bolsheviks built new industries In entirely new cities. 
B) Soviet statistics boasted annual growth rates of 20%. 
C) many of the large scale industrial projects employed free peasant labor. 
D) distributed additional land to farmers for cultivation. 
E) created a network liberated serfs to work as industrialized manual labor. 
A) the Bolsheviks built new industries In entirely new cities. 
B) Soviet statistics boasted annual growth rates of 20%. 
C) many of the large scale industrial projects employed free peasant labor. 
D) distributed additional land to farmers for cultivation. 
E) created a network liberated serfs to work as industrialized manual labor.

Question 14

What was the Dawes Plan?

Accepted Answer

A) A proposed treaty to begin genuine disarmament among the former Allies. 
B) A diplomatic effort to return the Rhineland to Germany as a demilitarized zone. 
C) The diplomatic effort to fully implement the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war. 
D) An attempt to bring the Soviet Union into the League of Nations. 
E) A new system of war reparations for Germany,intended to ease the financial strain. 
A) A proposed treaty to begin genuine disarmament among the former Allies. 
B) A diplomatic effort to return the Rhineland to Germany as a demilitarized zone. 
C) The diplomatic effort to fully implement the Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war. 
D) An attempt to bring the Soviet Union into the League of Nations. 
E) A new system of war reparations for Germany,intended to ease the financial strain.

Question 15

Novelists,poets,and dramatists were disillusioned by the first World War.Which of the authors is incorrectly paired with their work?

Accepted Answer

A) John Steinbeck-Grapes of Wrath 
B) T.S.Eliot-The Waste Land 
C) Marcel Proust-Ulysses 
D) W.H.Auden-Age of Anxiety 
E) Ernest Hemingway-The Sun Also Rises 
A) John Steinbeck-Grapes of Wrath 
B) T.S.Eliot-The Waste Land 
C) Marcel Proust-Ulysses 
D) W.H.Auden-Age of Anxiety 
E) Ernest Hemingway-The Sun Also Rises

Question 16

The interwar period may be viewed as a series of failures typified by all of the following except the:

Accepted Answer

A) collapse of democracies across Europe. 
B) failure of capitalism in the Great Depression. 
C) failure of the League of Nations to deal with totalitarian regimes. 
D) apprehension and dread with which most people looked to the future. 
E) failure of new authoritarian regimes to establish a sense of political legitimacy. 
A) collapse of democracies across Europe. 
B) failure of capitalism in the Great Depression. 
C) failure of the League of Nations to deal with totalitarian regimes. 
D) apprehension and dread with which most people looked to the future. 
E) failure of new authoritarian regimes to establish a sense of political legitimacy.

Question 17

One of the greatest German film directors,_________,left Germany in 1933 for the United States rather than work for the Nazis.

Accepted Answer

A) George Grosz 
B) Fritz Lang 
C) Leni Riefenstahl 
D) Walter Gropius 
E) Charlie Chaplin 
A) George Grosz 
B) Fritz Lang 
C) Leni Riefenstahl 
D) Walter Gropius 
E) Charlie Chaplin

Question 18

Having sidelined all his opposition within the Bolshevik party,Stalin solidified his control in 1929 by removing _________ from the ruling Politburo.

Accepted Answer

A) Iosep Jughashvili 
B) Leon Trotsky 
C) Aktybinsk Kazakhstan 
D) Nikolai Bukharin 
E) Gregory Zinoviev 
A) Iosep Jughashvili 
B) Leon Trotsky 
C) Aktybinsk Kazakhstan 
D) Nikolai Bukharin 
E) Gregory Zinoviev

Question 19

The Freikorps (free corps)of Germany was made up of veterans from the First World War and other young nationalists who acted as counterrevolutionaries.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

As one response to the Great Depression,the United States adopted one idea from Germany,that of:

Accepted Answer

A) nationalization of heavy industry. 
B) full employment through the institution of military conscription. 
C) the Social Security system. 
D) a public works program to build new highways across the country. 
E) renunciation of all foreign debt. 
A) nationalization of heavy industry. 
B) full employment through the institution of military conscription. 
C) the Social Security system. 
D) a public works program to build new highways across the country. 
E) renunciation of all foreign debt.

What caused the Great Depression,and how did it end?

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

The NEP was primarily successful in the urban centers of Russia,but left the peasants in a difficult position of subsistence living and frequent food shortages.

To what does the term gulag refer?

The term fascio means group or band and derives from the symbol of an ax bundled with sticks that represented the authority of the Roman state.

Who were the "Whites?"

Although Lenin wanted to establish,for the short term,a state-capitalist economic system in Russia,which resembled the successful European wartime economies,the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as:

After 1928,the Nazi party guided by the chief propagandist,Joseph Goebbles:

After 1928,the Nazi party guided by the chief propagandist,Joseph Goebbels outlined with force the negative critique of the Weimar Republic.

When in October 1922 a Red shirt militia of 50,000 had gained control of the Italian government?

During the 1920s,the British government,under the leadership of the Conservative party,pursued a policy of "deflation" in an attempt to:

Which of the following statements best describes the way Nazi propagandists tried to portray Hitler?

Stalin's Five Year Plan except:

What was the Dawes Plan?

Novelists,poets,and dramatists were disillusioned by the first World War.Which of the authors is incorrectly paired with their work?

The interwar period may be viewed as a series of failures typified by all of the following except the:

One of the greatest German film directors,_________,left Germany in 1933 for the United States rather than work for the Nazis.

Having sidelined all his opposition within the Bolshevik party,Stalin solidified his control in 1929 by removing _________ from the ruling Politburo.

The Freikorps (free corps)of Germany was made up of veterans from the First World War and other young nationalists who acted as counterrevolutionaries.

As one response to the Great Depression,the United States adopted one idea from Germany,that of:

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Exam 16: Turmoil Between the Wars

What caused the Great Depression,and how did it end?

What role did the economy play in the collapse of the Weimar Republic?

The NEP was primarily successful in the urban centers of Russia,but left the peasants in a difficult position of subsistence living and frequent food shortages.

To what does the term gulag refer?

The term fascio means group or band and derives from the symbol of an ax bundled with sticks that represented the authority of the Roman state.

Who were the "Whites?"

Although Lenin wanted to establish,for the short term,a state-capitalist economic system in Russia,which resembled the successful European wartime economies,the necessities of the civil war pushed the government to a more radical economic system known as:

After 1928,the Nazi party guided by the chief propagandist,Joseph Goebbles:

After 1928,the Nazi party guided by the chief propagandist,Joseph Goebbels outlined with force the negative critique of the Weimar Republic.

When in October 1922 a Red shirt militia of 50,000 had gained control of the Italian government?

During the 1920s,the British government,under the leadership of the Conservative party,pursued a policy of "deflation" in an attempt to:

Which of the following statements best describes the way Nazi propagandists tried to portray Hitler?

Stalin's Five Year Plan except:

What was the Dawes Plan?

Novelists,poets,and dramatists were disillusioned by the first World War.Which of the authors is incorrectly paired with their work?

The interwar period may be viewed as a series of failures typified by all of the following except the:

One of the greatest German film directors,_________,left Germany in 1933 for the United States rather than work for the Nazis.

Having sidelined all his opposition within the Bolshevik party,Stalin solidified his control in 1929 by removing _________ from the ruling Politburo.

The Freikorps (free corps)of Germany was made up of veterans from the First World War and other young nationalists who acted as counterrevolutionaries.

As one response to the Great Depression,the United States adopted one idea from Germany,that of:

The Medieval World, 1250-1350

Rebirth and Unrest, 1350-1453

Innovation and Exploration, 1453-1533

The Age of Dissent and Division, 1500-1564

Europe in the Atlantic World, 1550-1660

European Monarchies and Absolutism, 1660-1725

The New Science of the Seventeenth Century

Europe During the Enlightenment

The French Revolution

The Industrial Revolution and Nineteenth-Century Society

The Age of Ideologies: Europe in the Aftermath of Revolution, 1815-1848

Revolutions and Nation Building, 1848-1871

Imperialism and Colonialism, 1870-1914

Modern Industry and Mass Politics, 1870-1914

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The Second World War

The Cold War World: Global Politics, economic Recovery, and Cultural Change

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