Question 1

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
United Nations

Accepted Answer

The United Nations (UN) is an international organization founded in 1945 after World War II to promote peace, security, and cooperation among nations. It replaced the ineffective League of Nations and has since played a key role in addressing global issues such as human rights, humanitarian aid, and international development. The UN also provides a forum for member states to discuss and resolve conflicts through diplomacy and negotiation. Its historical significance lies in its efforts to prevent future global conflicts and promote international cooperation for the betterment of all nations.

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Vichy France

Accepted Answer

Vichy France refers to the government of France that was established in 1940 following the German occupation of the country during World War II. The Vichy regime, led by Marshal Philippe Pétain, collaborated with the Nazi regime and enacted anti-Semitic laws, leading to the persecution and deportation of thousands of Jews. The Vichy government also implemented authoritarian policies and suppressed political opposition. After the war, many Vichy officials were tried for collaboration with the Nazis. The term "Vichy France" is significant in understanding the complexities of French history during World War II and the moral and political challenges faced by the country during this period.

Question 3

In order to secure reliable sources of rubber, tin, rice, scrap iron and liquid fuel, Japan decided it must

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A)  seize much of Southeast Asia. 
B)  attack British Pacific bases in Australia and elsewhere. 
C)  make arrangements with France and the Soviet Union to get oil and steel. 
D)  make trade treaties with Nazi Germany. 
E)  invade and conquer all of China. 
A)  seize much of Southeast Asia. 
B)  attack British Pacific bases in Australia and elsewhere. 
C)  make arrangements with France and the Soviet Union to get oil and steel. 
D)  make trade treaties with Nazi Germany. 
E)  invade and conquer all of China. A

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Lebensraum

Accepted Answer

Lebensraum, a German term meaning "livin

Question 5

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944

Accepted Answer

The Invasion of Normandy, also known as

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
the Grand Alliance

Accepted Answer

The Grand Alliance refers to the militar

Question 7

The originator of the concept and practice of fascism was

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A)  Adolph Hitler. 
B)  General Francisco Franco. 
C)  Juan Peron. 
D)  Benito Mussolini. 
E)  Otto von Bismarck. 
A)  Adolph Hitler. 
B)  General Francisco Franco. 
C)  Juan Peron. 
D)  Benito Mussolini. 
E)  Otto von Bismarck.

Question 8

Under Hitler's New Order

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A)  racial considerations played a major role in how conquered people were treated. 
B)  Latins and Aryans were equal in status and far superior to Slavic peoples. 
C)  conquered areas were directly annexed to Germany. 
D)  the Nazis sought lands to the East to extract natural resources. 
E)  the Nazi empire was ruled with equal brutality in all areas. 
A)  racial considerations played a major role in how conquered people were treated. 
B)  Latins and Aryans were equal in status and far superior to Slavic peoples. 
C)  conquered areas were directly annexed to Germany. 
D)  the Nazis sought lands to the East to extract natural resources. 
E)  the Nazi empire was ruled with equal brutality in all areas.

Question 9

After World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones, which were administered by the four victorious powers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which group was a target in Stalin´s infamous purges of the later 1930s?

Accepted Answer

A)  The old Bolsheviks 
B)  Peasants who resisted the collectivization of the first five-year plan 
C)  Nazi sympathizers in Russia 
D)  Russian Jews 
E)  Western spies who were trying to infiltrate Russian industry 
A)  The old Bolsheviks 
B)  Peasants who resisted the collectivization of the first five-year plan 
C)  Nazi sympathizers in Russia 
D)  Russian Jews 
E)  Western spies who were trying to infiltrate Russian industry

Question 11

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Triumph of the Will

Accepted Answer

Triumph of the Will is a documentary fil

Question 12

Aerial bombing of wartime Japan

Accepted Answer

A)  occurred only during the last month of the war. 
B)  had virtually no effect on Japanese industrial facilities. 
C)  included the first use of an atomic bomb. 
D)  produced very little destruction of Japanese housing. 
E)  spared Tokyo entirely. 
A)  occurred only during the last month of the war. 
B)  had virtually no effect on Japanese industrial facilities. 
C)  included the first use of an atomic bomb. 
D)  produced very little destruction of Japanese housing. 
E)  spared Tokyo entirely.

Question 13

What was the "Cold War," and was it inevitable? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The Cold War was a period of geopolitica

Question 14

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman

Accepted Answer

Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman w

Question 15

Under Japan's "New Order" in Asia

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A)  the Japanese government and military sincerely intended to liberate their fellow Asians from the burdens of Western colonialism and grant them complete independence. 
B)  Japanese treatment of conquered Asian peoples was intensely brutal in many cases. 
C)  Asian nationalists generally sided with the Japanese. 
D)  the Japanese were held in high regard by the conquered peoples of Asia. 
E)  Japan hoped to sell raw materials to conquered Asian lands to raise money for its military. 
A)  the Japanese government and military sincerely intended to liberate their fellow Asians from the burdens of Western colonialism and grant them complete independence. 
B)  Japanese treatment of conquered Asian peoples was intensely brutal in many cases. 
C)  Asian nationalists generally sided with the Japanese. 
D)  the Japanese were held in high regard by the conquered peoples of Asia. 
E)  Japan hoped to sell raw materials to conquered Asian lands to raise money for its military.

Question 16

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Blitzkrieg

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg, meaning "lightning war" in G

Question 17

During World War II, the Soviet Union

Accepted Answer

A)  moved many factories from the eastern part of the nation to safer locations in the west. 
B)  had women actively participating in all aspects of the war effort, including combat. 
C)  suffered few civilian casualties, although its military losses were well into the millions. 
D)  captured Paris from the Vichy regime. 
E)  joined the war against Japan in 1941, immediately after Pearl Harbor. 
A)  moved many factories from the eastern part of the nation to safer locations in the west. 
B)  had women actively participating in all aspects of the war effort, including combat. 
C)  suffered few civilian casualties, although its military losses were well into the millions. 
D)  captured Paris from the Vichy regime. 
E)  joined the war against Japan in 1941, immediately after Pearl Harbor.

Question 18

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Joseph Stalin

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin was a key figure in the hi

Question 19

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. 
Chiang Kai-Shek

Accepted Answer

Chiang Kai-Shek was a Chinese political

Question 20

Why were militarists able to gain and exert so much power in Japan in the 1930s? Did their control of government make the Pacific phase of World War II inevitable? Explain.

Accepted Answer

Militarists were able to gain and exert

Exam 25: The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. United Nations

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Vichy France

In order to secure reliable sources of rubber, tin, rice, scrap iron and liquid fuel, Japan decided it must

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Lebensraum

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. the Grand Alliance

The originator of the concept and practice of fascism was

Under Hitler's New Order

After World War II, Germany was divided into four occupation zones, which were administered by the four victorious powers.

Which group was a target in Stalin´s infamous purges of the later 1930s?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Triumph of the Will

Aerial bombing of wartime Japan

What was the "Cold War," and was it inevitable? Why or why not?

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Franklin Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman

Under Japan's "New Order" in Asia

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Blitzkrieg

During World War II, the Soviet Union

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Joseph Stalin

Instructions: Identify the terms and briefly state their historical significance. Chiang Kai-Shek

Why were militarists able to gain and exert so much power in Japan in the 1930s? Did their control of government make the Pacific phase of World War II inevitable? Explain.

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

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

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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