In the years after World War I 
A. Both victors and vanquished enjoyed great prosperity with low inflation 
B. Democratic governments were established throughout all of Europe 
C. European colonial empires ended 
D. The unresolved problems of the time helped lead to World War II 
ANSWER: D
In the immediate aftermath of World War I 
A. German reparations payments prevented any serious economic difficulties in Britain and France 
B. International trade was quickly reestablished 
C. The major currencies of the victorious powers retained most of their pre-World War I purchasing power 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: D
The German government established in the aftermath of World War I was known as the 
A. Third Reich 
B. Third Republic 
C. Weimar Republic 
D. Holy Roman Empire 
ANSWER: C
Of the major the major countries after World War I, the one which suffered the worst inflation was 
A. Britain 
B. Germany 
C. The United States 
D. France 
ANSWER: B
During the 1920's, Germany 
A. Seemed to be prosperous and peaceful, joining the League of Nations and signing treaties with Belgium and France 
B. Adopted Hitler's ideas 
C. Restored its pre-World War I boundaries 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: A
A leading institution for the development of modern architecture was the Bauhaus, located in 
A. Britain 
B. Germany 
C. Italy 
D. France 
ANSWER: B
Eastern European countries in the 1920's 
A. Overcame their nationality problems 
B. For the most part became monarchies 
C. For the most part became nationalistic dictatorships 
D. Usually became strong democracies 
ANSWER: C
The anti-liberal political ideology that arose in Italy after World War I was 
A. Fascism 
B. Communism 
C. Nazism 
D. Utopianism 
ANSWER: A
After World War I, Italy 
A. Became a democratic republic 
B. Saw its monarchy replaced by the rule of the pope 
C. Became strongly Communist 
D. Suffered from a weak economy and considerable political and social unrest 
ANSWER: D
The founder of Fascism was 
A. Mussolini 
B. Cavour 
C. Victor Emmanuel 
D. Garibaldi 
ANSWER: A
Fascist Italy under Mussolini 
A. Saw greater economic opportunities for women 
B. Undertook a radical attack on the Catholic Church and the pope 
C. Saw labor exalted at the expense of employers 
D. Was concerned more with the appearance of power than with political and economic reality 
ANSWER: D
After the Russian Revolution Lenin 
A. Voluntarily resigned his powers to Stalin 
B. Permitted small-scale capitalism with the NEP (New Economic Policy) 
C. Undertook an invasion of Western Europe in the hope of establishing Communist regimes everywhere 
D. All of the above 
ANSWER: B
Before Stalin, the Soviet Union in the 1920's 
A. Emphasized traditional family life 
B. In spite of its proclaimed equality, permitted Communist Party members, the military, and the intellectual elite to enjoy a higher standard of living 
C. Forced all peasants to work for the state 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: B
After several years of political maneuvering, ________ emerged as the successor of Lenin 
A. Stalin 
B. Trotsky 
C. Bukharin 
D. Rasputin 
ANSWER: A
The Five Year Plans were 
A. Mussolini's ideas for Italian agriculture development 
B. Stalin's ideas for rapid increase of industrial production in the Soviet Union 
C. The means by which the United States ended the Great Depression 
D. Hitler's plans for German rearmament 
ANSWER: B
The collectivization of agriculture in the Soviet Union 
A. Led to peasant resistance and a famine that took 4-6 million lives 
B. Was abandoned by Stalin because of its lack of success 
C. Was supported by the kulaks 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: A
Stalin's Great Purge 
A. Was directed against the remaining supporters of the Tsar 
B. Was directed especially against members of the Communist Party 
C. Resulted in Trotsky replacing Stalin 
D. All of the above 
ANSWER: B
The Great Depression 
A. Occurred after World War II 
B. Occurred only in the United States; Europe was spared serious economic problems 
C. Was caused by Stalin's five Year Plans 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: D
European and American governments during the Great Depression 
A. Did nothing, believing that all economic cycles should be permitted to run their natural course 
B. Tried to emulate Stalin's Five Year Plans 
C. Usually tried the unsuccessful policy of balancing budgets and raising tariffs to protect domestic jobs 
D. Lowered tariffs to promote greater international trade 
ANSWER: C
The National Socialist German Workers' Party 
A. Was, in spite of its name, not traditionally socialist nor did it appeal much to urban workers 
B. Was founded by Adolf Hitler 
C. Was a pre-World War I political party that collapsed in 1920 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: A
Which of the following was not a doctrine of the Nazi Party? 
A. Strong hatred of Jewish elements in German Society 
B. Undoing the "unjust" Treaty of Versailles 
C. Making Germany a truly democratic state 
D. The exaltation of Germans as the great example of the "Aryan" race 
ANSWER: C
Adolf Hitler came to power in Germany 
A. Through the Beer Hall Putsch in 1923 
B. Because the Nazi Party had become the largest political party in Germany by 1930 
C. Through secret help from Stalin, though Hitler later turned on him 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: B
The appeal of the Nazi Party in Germany 
A. Was exclusively to the German working class 
B. Was based solely upon Nazi racism 
C. Was surprisingly broad-to youth, displaced World War I veterans, and the lower middle class 
D. Was especially to German intellectuals 
ANSWER: C
As part of the effort to control Germany, the Nazi party did all of the following except 
A. Encourage women to become homemakers with large numbers of children 
B. Undertake persecution of Jews 
C. Organize spectacular political rallies, to present the image of Hitler as a heroic leader 
D. Promote Jazz and modern art 
ANSWER: D
As part of his plans for military expansion, Hitler 
A. Developed a secret four-year plan for German rearmament 
B. Took Germany out of the League of Nations and the Geneva Disarmament Conference 
C. Abolished independent labor unions and created the Nazi Labor Front 
D. All of the above 
ANSWER: D
The conflicts that led to World War II began outside of Europe with 
A. The Japanese invasion of Manchuria 
B. The Chinese invasion of Japan 
C. The Korean War 
D. The Egyptian invasion of Israel 
ANSWER: A
The Civil War in Spain 
A. Ended with a victory for the Spanish Republic 
B. Became in international war when Hitler and Mussolini sent men and equipment to aid Franco 
C. Was fought at the same time as the American Civil War 
D. All of the above 
ANSWER: B
Between 1936 and 1939 Hitler invaded or annexed all of the following areas except 
A. The Rhineland 
B. Manchuria 
C. Austria 
D. Czechoslovakia 
ANSWER: B
The European country that was partially dismembered at the Munich conference was 
A. Czechoslovakia 
B. Austria 
C. Poland 
D. Hungary 
ANSWER: A
Fear of another great war led Britain and France in 1938 
A. To renew the Triple Entente 
B. To appease Hitler at Munich, giving him part of Czechoslovakia 
C. To forge an effective alliance with the United States directed at Germany 
D. To declare that they would be neutral in any future war 
ANSWER: B
World War II started on September 1, 1939, with the German invasion of 
A. Austria 
B. Czechoslovakia 
C. Poland 
D. Hungary 
ANSWER: C
The term blitzkrieg developed during World War II because 
A. New weapons were developed that cast fatal bolts of lightning at enemy troops 
B. Strategic bombing was directed at electric power plants 
C. Germany developed tactics of air strikes and rapid penetration of opponents' lines with tanks 
D. All of the above 
ANSWER: C
France in World War II 
A. Was overwhelmed by German forces early in the war, leaving Britain isolated 
B. Invaded Germany and occupied the Rhineland 
C. Proclaimed neutrality at the beginning of the war 
D. Easily repulsed Hitler's attacks 
ANSWER: A
World War II took a decisive turn in June, 1941, when Hitler invaded 
A. Rumania 
B. Yugoslavia 
C. Russia 
D. France 
ANSWER: C
The text attributes Japan's military behavior in Asia especially 
A. As a response to attacks by the United States 
B. To the domination of the Japanese government by ultranationalists and the military 
C. To Japanese response to Chinese aggression 
D. As a response by European attempts to reduce Japan to colonial status 
ANSWER: B
The most important target of Hitler's racist program were the 
A. Jews 
B. French 
C. Dutch 
D. Slavs 
ANSWER: A
During World War II Auschwitz became famous as 
A. Hitler's headquarters for planning all of his major invasions 
B. The center for German research on atomic weapons 
C. The site a major battle that was the turning point of the war 
D. The largest of the famous extermination camps 
ANSWER: D
Josip Broz (Tito) 
A. Was a Hungarian leader who collaborated with Hitler 
B. After World War II became a pro-Stalinist dictator in Romania 
C. Led the breakup of Yugoslavia into separate republics in 1991 
D. None of the above 
ANSWER: C
On the home front in World War II 
A. The United States increased its military production by 400% in two years 
B. Russia dismantled factories threatened by Germany invasion and rebuilt them elsewhere 
C. Germany relied on spoils from its conquests and labor conscripted there, not turning to full war mobilization until 1942 
D. All of the above 
ANSWER: D
Probably the greatest battle of World War II, leading to the total destruction of the German army engaged there, took place at 
A. Stalingrad 
B. The Marne 
C. Pearl Harbor 
D. Verdun 
ANSWER: A
The famous D-Day invasion took place at 
A. Antwerp 
B. Normandy 
C. El Alamein 
D. Sicily 
ANSWER: B
The Japanese city destroyed by the first atomic bomb was 
A. Tokyo 
B. Hong Kong 
C. Hiroshima 
D. Leyte 
ANSWER: C
The middle class was the best able to adjust to the great European inflation that resulted from World War I.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The German regime that emerged after World War I is called the Weimar Republic.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
German post-World War I reparations payments to France were increased by the Dawes Plan.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The Locarno Agreements of 1925 guaranteed the existing boundaries of France and Belgium with Germany.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
The new countries that emerged in Eastern Europe after World War I usually had democratic governments.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
Mussolini started his political career as a socialist.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
The early Fascist movement in Italy appealed to factory workers.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
Lenin intended that the NEP be the capstone of communism.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
At the death of Lenin, most outside observers concluded that Stalin would be his successor.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
A major purpose of Stalin's collectivization of agriculture was to use the agricultural surpluses to finance the Five Year Plan's industrialization.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
In Stalin's Russia, women were generally kept subordinate to men, in spite of an official legal sexual equality.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
In the great purges of the 1930s in the Soviet Union, most of the victims were former capitalists.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
By the end of the 1930s the Soviet Union was the third largest industrial power in the world.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
Hitler blamed Jews and Marxists for the German defeat in World War I.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
Hitler's "Beer Hall Putsch" destroyed the Weimar government in Germany.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The Great Depression helped propel the Nazis from a fringe group to a major party in Germany.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The Nuremberg Laws deprived German Jews of their citizenship.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
Japan invaded China only after Hitler launched World War II in Europe.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The Spanish Civil War led to a long dictatorship under Francisco Franco.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
The British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, opposed the appeasement of Hitler at Munich.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
Just prior to his invasion of Poland, Hitler signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
Stalin ordered an attack on Germany in June, 1941.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
By January 1, 1942, it seemed that Japan and Germany were winning World War II.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
The largest of the German death camps was Auschwitz.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
There is good evidence that a considerable number of Germans knew what was going on in the death camps.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
In Yugoslavia, Tito not only fought the Germans, but also other Yugoslav resistance movements.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
Germany came very close to winning World War II because of their crushing defeat of Russia at Stalingrad.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The major British and American assault on Germany in World War II really began with the invasion of Norway in 1942.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: B
The first city to be destroyed by an atomic bomb was Hiroshima.
A. True
B. False
C. 
D. 
ANSWER: A
