True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. |
| 1. | The
New Deal solved the unemployment problems in the United States. |
| 2. | British leaders embraced the theories of John Maynard Keynes. |
| 3. | The
failures of the Weimar Republic paved the way for extremist solutions in Germany. |
| 4. | In
the Kellogg-Briand pact, a number of nations pledged to denounce war. |
| 5. | The
Dawes Plan in 1924 increased Germanys war reparations payments. |
| 6. | Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while he was in jail for leading an armed
uprising. |
| 7. | Hitlers Nazi Party militia were known as the Redshirts. |
| 8. | Unemployment decreased to 6 million by 1937 under Hitlers regime . |
| 9. | The
Nazis believed that women were meant to be only wives and mothers. |
| 10. | The
Nuremberg Laws required Jews to wear yellow Stars of David. |
Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| 11. | The League
of Nations was less than effective for all of the following reasons EXCEPT a. | the United States did
not join. | b. | the United States did not ratify the Treaty of
Versailles. | c. | the league could use only economic
sanctions. | d. | President Wilson did not support the idea. | | |
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| 12. | The Great
Depression was caused primarily by a. | economic downturn and the U.S. stock market
crash. | b. | failure of nations to reduce their military
forces. | c. | new interest in Marxist theory. | d. | strengthening of
European banks. | | |
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| 13. | The Weimar
Republic was hurt by all of the following EXCEPT a. | lack of strong political leadership. | b. | serious social
problems. | c. | too much spending on the German military. | d. | the Great
Depression. | | |
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| 14. | The
economist, John Maynard Keynes, argued that a. | depressions should be allowed to resolve
themselves. | b. | depressions were incurable. | c. | unemployment came from
decline in demand for goods and services. | d. | free economies never worked. | | |
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| 15. | The French
New Deal program started by Frances Popular Front a. | solved the depression
in France. | b. | failed to solve the depression in France. | c. | weakened workers
rights. | d. | improved confidence in the French political
system. | | |
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| 16. | Parliamentary systems failed in most eastern European states, in part,
because a. | these states had little
democratic tradition. | b. | the systems were weakened by repayments. | c. | the citizens were too
well educated. | d. | they all had large middle classes. | | |
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| 17. | Francos military regime in Spain was supported by a. | the United States and
Britain. | b. | Germany and Italy. | c. | Stalin and the
Communists. | d. | France and Britain. | | |
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| 18. | Stalins Five Year Plans were intended to transform Russia into a. | an agricultural
society. | b. | an industrial society. | c. | a
democracy. | d. | a monarchy. | | |
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| 19. | Lenin
intended his economic policies to a. | replace communism. | b. | create a permanent
capitalist system. | c. | allow the economy to re-build itself. | d. | restore the Romanov
dynasty. | | |
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| 20. | Mussolinis regime compromised with a. | opposition parties in
Italy. | b. | Italian Protestants. | c. | Italian Socialists and
Communists. | d. | Italys traditional institutions. | | |
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| 21. | Hitler
inaccurately associated the concept of an Aryan race with all of the following groups
EXCEPT a. | ancient Greeks and
Romans. | b. | Germans. | c. | Scandinavians. | d. | Jews. | | |
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| 22. | Hitler ended
Germanys economic woes, unemployment, and the depression by a. | putting women to work
in factories. | b. | passing the Nuremberg Laws. | c. | public works projects
and a rearmament program. | d. | building more churches and universities. | | |
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| 23. | The Kristallnacht, which happened on November 9, 1938, was a. | the inspiration for the
anthem of the Nazi Party. | b. | a destructive rampage against German Jews led by
Nazis. | c. | the signing of Hitlers agreement with
Russia. | d. | the creation of Hitlers secret police under Heinrich
Himmler. | | |
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| 24. | Hitlers goal was to create a a. | Third Reich, or German Empire. | b. | Third Workers
Party. | c. | Third Depression. | d. | Third
Reichstag. | | |
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| 25. | Hitlers political theories were based on all of the following
EXCEPT a. | racism, especially
anti-Semitism. | b. | Darwinian social struggle. | c. | communism. | d. | nationalism. | | |
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| 26. | Artistic
trends between the wars reflected a fascination with a. | color and
light. | b. | the absurd and the subconscious. | c. | reason and
stability. | d. | faith in social structures. | | |
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| 27. | Werner
Heisenbergs 1927 observations that emphasized the apparent randomness of subatomic particles is
called a. | Newtonian
physics. | b. | splitting the atom. | c. | the uncertainty
principle. | d. | physics of the unconscious. | | |
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| 28. | Hermann
Hesses Siddhartha and Steppenwolf were based on a. | Joyle and
Protestantism. | b. | Dali and Lama. | c. | Heisenberg and
Judaism. | d. | Freud and Buddhism. | | |
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| 29. | Nazi Germany
considered modern art to be a. | degenerate. | b. | nationalistic and patriotic. | c. | useful in propaganda
efforts. | d. | a form of documentary. | | |
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| 30. | The Nazi
regimes popular Strength through Joy program offered working
people a. | inexpensive
vacations. | b. | courses in modern art. | c. | training in
physics. | d. | political debates. | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement. |
| 31. | Because Francos dictatorship did not try to control every aspect of life, it was
____________________ rather than totalitarian.
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| 32. | ____________________ goods are items devoted to the production of other goods, such as
heavy machinery.
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| 33. | Stalin had ____________________ expelled from the party and, probably, had him
murdered.
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| 34. | The
Spanish Civil War ended with Francos capture of ____________________.
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| 35. | The
term ____________________ is derived from the Fascio di Combattimento or League of
Combat.
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| 36. | Wireless radio waves were discovered by ____________________.
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| 37. | By
1939, about 40 percent of adults in the more industrialized countries attended at least one
____________________ a week.
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| 38. | By
1920, the ____________________-hour workday had become the norm in northern and western
Europe.
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| 39. | Hitlers propaganda minister, Joseph ____________________, created documentaries
and popular feature films to carry the Nazi message.
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| 40. | James
____________________ used a technique called stream of consciousness in his novel Ulysses.
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Matching |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | collective bargaining | b. | depression | c. | active government | d. | deficit | e. | inflation | | |
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| 41. | general rise
in prices and pay rates |
| 42. | period of
low economic activity and high unemployment |
| 43. | right of
unions to negotiate with employees |
| 44. | the result
of a government spending more than it takes in |
| 45. | nature of
Roosevelts New Deal |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | New Economic Policy | b. | totalitarian
state | c. | collectivization | d. | Politburo | e. | fascism | | |
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| 46. | government
that aims to rule by broad control |
| 47. | philosophy
that values the state over the individual |
| 48. | Lenins
scheme to replace war communism |
| 49. | leading
policy-making committee in the USSR |
| 50. | elimination
of private farms by Stalin |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Nazi | b. | Lebensraum | c. | Enabling
Act | d. | Mein
Kampf | e. | Austria | | |
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| 51. | Hitlers birthplace |
| 52. | National
Socialist German Workers Party |
| 53. | Hitlers philosophical work |
| 54. | Hitlers right of superior nations to living space |
| 55. | legislation
that gave Hitler supreme power |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | surrealism | b. | dadaism | c. | documentaries | d. | stream of
consciousness | e. | photomontage | | |
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| 56. | non-fiction
films |
| 57. | art movement
that sought a reality in the unconscious |
| 58. | literary
technique of portraying innermost thoughts |
| 59. | absurdist
art form |
| 60. | combination
of individual photographs |