Question 1

Which of the following is the reason that Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in February 1917?

Accepted Answer

A)  His generals believed that protests against the tsar in the capital threatened the war effort along the Eastern Front. 
B)  His generals believed that the troops along the Eastern Front were needed to fight the Ottomans,but the Tsar did not agree. 
C)  The Tsar abdicated because his son was desperately ill and needed his father's care. 
D)  The Tsar abdicated in protest over the failures of the Russian military against the German army. 
A)  His generals believed that protests against the tsar in the capital threatened the war effort along the Eastern Front. 
B)  His generals believed that the troops along the Eastern Front were needed to fight the Ottomans,but the Tsar did not agree. 
C)  The Tsar abdicated because his son was desperately ill and needed his father's care. 
D)  The Tsar abdicated in protest over the failures of the Russian military against the German army.

Question 2

European and Middle Eastern leaders collaborated in shaping the geopolitics of the post-World War I Middle East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The Ottoman massacre and deportation of over a million Armenians during World War I is generally considered to have been the world's first genocide.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Like other authoritarian movements,the Bolsheviks first acquired power through legal,electoral means.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Compare the development of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with the development of Brazil under Getulio Vargas.What changes were made in each country,and why? To what global events were they responding?

Accepted Answer

Both Brazil under Vargas and Turkey unde

Question 6

For Gandhi,the most effective route to accomplishing Indian independence was for all Indians to embrace self-reliance and nonviolent resistance to colonial rule.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Why did Gandhi choose salt as the testing ground for his principles of civil disobedience?

Accepted Answer

A)  Salt,a government monopoly,symbolized Indians' subjugation to British rule. 
B)  Salt was easy to make in India and so it would not be difficult to replace British sources. 
C)  The British were not as heavily invested in the salt trade as they were in tea and opium production. 
D)  The British would likely react more leniently to civil disobedience if its purpose was to collect salt for personal use. 
A)  Salt,a government monopoly,symbolized Indians' subjugation to British rule. 
B)  Salt was easy to make in India and so it would not be difficult to replace British sources. 
C)  The British were not as heavily invested in the salt trade as they were in tea and opium production. 
D)  The British would likely react more leniently to civil disobedience if its purpose was to collect salt for personal use.

Question 8

Which of the following industries best represents the development of mass culture in the United States after World War I?

Accepted Answer

A)  The steel industry 
B)  The railroad industry 
C)  The shipping industry 
D)  The advertising industry 
A)  The steel industry 
B)  The railroad industry 
C)  The shipping industry 
D)  The advertising industry

Question 9

The tension in Europe that led to World War I was partly caused by a growing nationalist rivalry between which two states?

Accepted Answer

A)  Great Britain and Germany 
B)  Great Britain and France 
C)  France and Russia 
D)  Russia and Great Britain 
A)  Great Britain and Germany 
B)  Great Britain and France 
C)  France and Russia 
D)  Russia and Great Britain

Question 10

What prevented the republic established in China in 1911 from gaining legitimacy?

Accepted Answer

A)  Opposition from the Guomindang 
B)  Opposition from Chiang Kai-shek 
C)  Factional and regional conflicts 
D)  Lack of support from the military or rural elites 
A)  Opposition from the Guomindang 
B)  Opposition from Chiang Kai-shek 
C)  Factional and regional conflicts 
D)  Lack of support from the military or rural elites

Question 11

Following World War I,Indian nationalists embraced which of the following methods of combating colonial control?

Accepted Answer

A)  Indians joined forces with other colonized peoples in Africa and Asia to wage war against all Western domination. 
B)  Indians cooperated with British rule to prove that they were ready for self-government. 
C)  Indians supported the actions of educated elite lawyers and merchants in the Indian National Congress. 
D)  Indians boycotted British goods,refused to pay taxes,and refused to send their children to British schools. 
A)  Indians joined forces with other colonized peoples in Africa and Asia to wage war against all Western domination. 
B)  Indians cooperated with British rule to prove that they were ready for self-government. 
C)  Indians supported the actions of educated elite lawyers and merchants in the Indian National Congress. 
D)  Indians boycotted British goods,refused to pay taxes,and refused to send their children to British schools.

Question 12

How did World War I change the role of states?

Accepted Answer

A)  It made them afraid of overstepping and causing another war. 
B)  It led to an increase in the size and scope of their role in society. 
C)  It encouraged them to cooperate more closely with one another after the war. 
D)  It led to more autonomy for individual citizens and subjects. 
A)  It made them afraid of overstepping and causing another war. 
B)  It led to an increase in the size and scope of their role in society. 
C)  It encouraged them to cooperate more closely with one another after the war. 
D)  It led to more autonomy for individual citizens and subjects.

Question 13

Analyze the ways in which World War I and the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s changed the role of the state.

Accepted Answer

World War I and the economic crisis of t

Question 14

Peasants in the Soviet Union eagerly relinquished their small plots of land in order to work in large state collectives.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Excerpts from Victor Klemperer's diary and Anna Kovaleva's "Letter to Marfa Gudzia" demonstrate that people in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union often ignored what their respective states said.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Under what circumstances did Benito Mussolini initially gain control of the Italian government?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Fascist Party achieved a large majority of the vote in national elections. 
B)  The Fascist Party overthrew the Italian government in a violent coup d'état. 
C)  Mussolini was appointed prime minister by the Italian king. 
D)  He used intimidation tactics to force the prime minister to do his bidding. 
A)  The Fascist Party achieved a large majority of the vote in national elections. 
B)  The Fascist Party overthrew the Italian government in a violent coup d'état. 
C)  Mussolini was appointed prime minister by the Italian king. 
D)  He used intimidation tactics to force the prime minister to do his bidding.

Question 17

How did World War I contribute to the rise of mass production?

Accepted Answer

A)  The state took greater control of economic decision making. 
B)  Large amounts of standardized war materiel had to be produced as quickly and cheaply as possible. 
C)  The development of economic nationalism was encouraged by the combatant states. 
D)  Campaigns encouraged people to buy more goods in order to show their patriotism. 
A)  The state took greater control of economic decision making. 
B)  Large amounts of standardized war materiel had to be produced as quickly and cheaply as possible. 
C)  The development of economic nationalism was encouraged by the combatant states. 
D)  Campaigns encouraged people to buy more goods in order to show their patriotism.

Question 18

What did the authoritarian political systems of Germany,Japan,and Italy have in common?

Accepted Answer

A)  All were defeated in World War I. 
B)  All of them lost their colonies after the Versailles Treaty was signed. 
C)  All were excluded from the League of Nations. 
D)  All disliked the left-wing government that emerged in the Soviet Union. 
A)  All were defeated in World War I. 
B)  All of them lost their colonies after the Versailles Treaty was signed. 
C)  All were excluded from the League of Nations. 
D)  All disliked the left-wing government that emerged in the Soviet Union.

Question 19

How did the French Popular Front government respond to threats of a rightist coup in the 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  It instituted a forty-hour workweek,the right to collective bargaining,and a minimum wage. 
B)  It called up the military in Paris to suppress riots. 
C)  It ejected the French Communist Party from its national coalition. 
D)  It made the fascist party illegal in France and reaffirmed its adherence to liberal capitalism. 
A)  It instituted a forty-hour workweek,the right to collective bargaining,and a minimum wage. 
B)  It called up the military in Paris to suppress riots. 
C)  It ejected the French Communist Party from its national coalition. 
D)  It made the fascist party illegal in France and reaffirmed its adherence to liberal capitalism.

Question 20

Which of the following describes the first response of the U.S.government to the Great Depression?

Accepted Answer

A)  It created a jobs program to help the unemployed return to productivity. 
B)  It expanded the role of the state to meet the economic crisis. 
C)  It promoted more active participation in the League of Nations. 
D)  It insisted on individual thrift and self-reliance,not government handouts. 
A)  It created a jobs program to help the unemployed return to productivity. 
B)  It expanded the role of the state to meet the economic crisis. 
C)  It promoted more active participation in the League of Nations. 
D)  It insisted on individual thrift and self-reliance,not government handouts.

Exam 19: Of Masses and Visions of the Modern 1910-1939

Which of the following is the reason that Tsar Nicholas II abdicated in February 1917?

European and Middle Eastern leaders collaborated in shaping the geopolitics of the post-World War I Middle East.

The Ottoman massacre and deportation of over a million Armenians during World War I is generally considered to have been the world's first genocide.

Like other authoritarian movements,the Bolsheviks first acquired power through legal,electoral means.

Compare the development of Turkey under Mustafa Kemal Atatürk with the development of Brazil under Getulio Vargas.What changes were made in each country,and why? To what global events were they responding?

For Gandhi,the most effective route to accomplishing Indian independence was for all Indians to embrace self-reliance and nonviolent resistance to colonial rule.

Why did Gandhi choose salt as the testing ground for his principles of civil disobedience?

Which of the following industries best represents the development of mass culture in the United States after World War I?

The tension in Europe that led to World War I was partly caused by a growing nationalist rivalry between which two states?

What prevented the republic established in China in 1911 from gaining legitimacy?

Following World War I,Indian nationalists embraced which of the following methods of combating colonial control?

How did World War I change the role of states?

Analyze the ways in which World War I and the economic crisis of the 1920s and 1930s changed the role of the state.

Peasants in the Soviet Union eagerly relinquished their small plots of land in order to work in large state collectives.

Excerpts from Victor Klemperer's diary and Anna Kovaleva's "Letter to Marfa Gudzia" demonstrate that people in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union often ignored what their respective states said.

Under what circumstances did Benito Mussolini initially gain control of the Italian government?

How did World War I contribute to the rise of mass production?

What did the authoritarian political systems of Germany,Japan,and Italy have in common?

How did the French Popular Front government respond to threats of a rightist coup in the 1930s?

Which of the following describes the first response of the U.S.government to the Great Depression?

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