Question 1

The only eastern European nation to maintain political democracy throughout the 1930s was

Accepted Answer

A) Bulgaria. 
B) Yugoslavia. 
C) Poland. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Czechoslovakia. 
A) Bulgaria. 
B) Yugoslavia. 
C) Poland. 
D) Hungary. 
E) Czechoslovakia.

Question 2

The two Western nations most affected by the Great Depression were

Accepted Answer

A) Germany and France. 
B) France and Sweden. 
C) the United States and Great Britain. 
D) Germany and Belgium. 
E) Germany and the United States. 
A) Germany and France. 
B) France and Sweden. 
C) the United States and Great Britain. 
D) Germany and Belgium. 
E) Germany and the United States.

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

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 4

The film Triumph of the Will , which serves as an example of the propaganda potential of film, is a product of

Accepted Answer

A) Stalin's Soviet Union. 
B) Mussolini's Italy. 
C) Franco's Spain. 
D) Hitler's Germany. 
E) Salazar's Portugal. 
A) Stalin's Soviet Union. 
B) Mussolini's Italy. 
C) Franco's Spain. 
D) Hitler's Germany. 
E) Salazar's Portugal.

Question 5

Lenin's New Economic Policy was designed to

Accepted Answer

A) increase the production of food and consumer goods. 
B) eliminate all private enterprise in Russia. 
C) increase production in heavy industry. 
D) fully initiate economic communism. 
E) reduce political controls such as censorship. 
A) increase the production of food and consumer goods. 
B) eliminate all private enterprise in Russia. 
C) increase production in heavy industry. 
D) fully initiate economic communism. 
E) reduce political controls such as censorship.

Question 6

define the following term:
-Lebensraum

Accepted Answer

Lebensraum is a German term that transla

Question 7

define the following term:
-Dopolavoro and Kraft durch Freude

Accepted Answer

Dopolavoro and Kraft durch Freude were b

Question 8

What impact did the growth of mass culture and mass leisure have upon European society in the 1920s and 1930s?

Accepted Answer

The growth of mass culture and mass leis

Question 9

The growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement was aided by

Accepted Answer

A) the reaction against Italy's communist government, formed after World War I. 
B) popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following World War I. 
C) crop failures in 1920 and 1921. 
D) economic cooperation between Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. 
E) the fall of the Italian monarchy and the establishment of a workers' dictatorship. 
A) the reaction against Italy's communist government, formed after World War I. 
B) popular, nationalistic resentment toward Italy's treatment following World War I. 
C) crop failures in 1920 and 1921. 
D) economic cooperation between Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union. 
E) the fall of the Italian monarchy and the establishment of a workers' dictatorship.

Question 10

define the following term:
-the Enabling Act

Accepted Answer

The Enabling Act was a law passed by the

Question 11

Squadristi were

Accepted Answer

A) the closest advisors of Mussolini. 
B) armed bands of Fascists who used violence to intimidate enemies. 
C) elite soldiers of the Fascist state. 
D) officers in the Italian military. 
E) military opponents of Mussolini. 
A) the closest advisors of Mussolini. 
B) armed bands of Fascists who used violence to intimidate enemies. 
C) elite soldiers of the Fascist state. 
D) officers in the Italian military. 
E) military opponents of Mussolini.

Question 12

define the following term:
-propaganda

Accepted Answer

Propaganda is a form of communication th

Question 13

define the following term:
-League of Nations

Accepted Answer

The League of Nations was an internation

Question 14

define the following term:
-Werner Heisenberg and the uncertainty principle

Accepted Answer

Werner Heisenberg was a German physicist

Question 15

define the following term:
-totalitarianism

Accepted Answer

Totalitarianism is a form of government

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

The only eastern European nation to maintain political democracy throughout the 1930s was

The two Western nations most affected by the Great Depression were

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

The film Triumph of the Will , which serves as an example of the propaganda potential of film, is a product of

Lenin's New Economic Policy was designed to

define the following term: -Lebensraum

define the following term: -Dopolavoro and Kraft durch Freude

What impact did the growth of mass culture and mass leisure have upon European society in the 1920s and 1930s?

The growth of Mussolini's Fascist movement was aided by

define the following term: -the Enabling Act

Squadristi were

define the following term: -propaganda

define the following term: -League of Nations

define the following term: -Werner Heisenberg and the uncertainty principle

define the following term: -totalitarianism

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Hellenistic World

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: the Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

The Eighteenth Century: an Age of Enlightenment

The Eighteenth Century: European States, International Wars, and Social Change

A Revolution in Politics: the Era of the French Revolution and Napoleon

The Industrial Revolution and Its Impact on European Society

Reaction, Revolution, and Romanticism, 1815-1850

An Age of Nationalism and Realism, 1850-1871

Mass Society in an Age of Progress, 1871-1894

An Age of Modernity, Anxiety, and Imperialism, 1894-1914

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

The Deepening of the European Crisis: World War Ii

Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1965

Protest and Stagnation: the Western World, 1965-1985

After the Fall: the Western World in a Global Age Since 1985

Filters