Question 1

IDENTIFICATIONS
-German Expressionism

Accepted Answer

German Expressionism is an artistic move

Question 2

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

Accepted Answer

A)  a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B)  an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C)  the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D)  an increase in the size of the German military. 
E)  Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations. 
A)  a policy of passive resistance by the German government and German resort to printing money to pay war debts. 
B)  an alliance concluded between Germany and Russia. 
C)  the election of Raymond Poincaré's French government in 1924. 
D)  an increase in the size of the German military. 
E)  Germany's decision to leave the League of Nations.

Question 3

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Fascio di Combattimento

Accepted Answer

Fascio di Combattimento was a political

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-"wireless" and the BBC

Accepted Answer

The term "wireless" in the context of th

Question 5

IDENTIFICATIONS
-George Grosz and Otto Dix

Accepted Answer

George Grosz and Otto Dix were both Germ

Question 6

The European economy did not begin to recover from the First World War until

Accepted Answer

A)  1920. 
B)  1922. 
C)  1928. 
D)  1939. 
E)  1946. 
A)  1920. 
B)  1922. 
C)  1928. 
D)  1939. 
E)  1946.

Question 7

Mein Kampf

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A)  depicted Hitler's plan to take power through a massive rebellion. 
B)  was autobiographical, setting forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. 
C)  excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism. 
D)  was immediately seen by German politicians as the dangerous work of a madman. 
E)  immediately became a best-seller throughout Europe including the Soviet Union. 
A)  depicted Hitler's plan to take power through a massive rebellion. 
B)  was autobiographical, setting forth Hitler's ideology of Aryan supremacy and anti-Semitism. 
C)  excluded any trace of Hitler's anti-Semitism. 
D)  was immediately seen by German politicians as the dangerous work of a madman. 
E)  immediately became a best-seller throughout Europe including the Soviet Union.

Question 8

After 1929, Stalin adopted the policy of world revolution, thus reversing Lenin and Trotsky's aim of establishing "socialism in one country."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

IDENTIFICATIONS
-John Maynard Keynes

Accepted Answer

John Maynard Keynes was a British econom

Question 10

The physicist Walter Heisenberg was most noted for

Accepted Answer

A)  proposing that uncertainty was at the bottom of all physical laws. 
B)  being among the first team to split the atom. 
C)  resurrecting the scientific predictability of classical physics. 
D)  the development of the atomic bomb. 
E)  correcting Einstein's errors in the latter's theory of relativity. 
A)  proposing that uncertainty was at the bottom of all physical laws. 
B)  being among the first team to split the atom. 
C)  resurrecting the scientific predictability of classical physics. 
D)  the development of the atomic bomb. 
E)  correcting Einstein's errors in the latter's theory of relativity.

Question 11

Artistic and intellectual trends in the inter-war years reflected

Accepted Answer

A)  a rejection of the avant-garde. 
B)  a disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I. 
C)  realistic forms of art, as with the Dadaists. 
D)  an acceptance of modern art forms, especially in Germany and Russia. 
E)  a rediscovery of Romantic Realism as the major art movement in the West. 
A)  a rejection of the avant-garde. 
B)  a disillusionment with Western Civilization provoked by the horrors of the World War I. 
C)  realistic forms of art, as with the Dadaists. 
D)  an acceptance of modern art forms, especially in Germany and Russia. 
E)  a rediscovery of Romantic Realism as the major art movement in the West.

Question 12

After the failure of his Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Hitler made the decision to establish a political party that could compete in Germany's democratic election process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

How many Italians are estimated to have died during World War I

Accepted Answer

A)  zero (as they did not participate) 
B)  1 millions 
C)  700,000 
D)  100,000 
E)  50,000 
A)  zero (as they did not participate) 
B)  1 millions 
C)  700,000 
D)  100,000 
E)  50,000

Question 14

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 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Arnold Schoenberg and atonal music

Accepted Answer

Arnold Schoenberg was a pioneering compo

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Joseph Stalin

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin was a Soviet political lea

Question 17

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler's core ideas and assumption

Question 18

How were the totalitarian revolutions in the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany similar? How were they different?

Accepted Answer

The totalitarian revolutions in the Sovi

Question 19

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Louis H.Sullivan and the Chicago School

Accepted Answer

Louis Henri Sullivan (September 3, 1856

Question 20

The institutional framework of Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship

Accepted Answer

A)  lacked a secret police force. 
B)  included highly popular and well attended Fascists youth organizations. 
C)  was primarily aimed at aiding the workers and peasants. 
D)  never created the degree of totalitarian control found in Russia and Germany in the 1930s. 
E)  was the most successful of the authoritarian states that appeared in Europe in the interwar years. 
A)  lacked a secret police force. 
B)  included highly popular and well attended Fascists youth organizations. 
C)  was primarily aimed at aiding the workers and peasants. 
D)  never created the degree of totalitarian control found in Russia and Germany in the 1930s. 
E)  was the most successful of the authoritarian states that appeared in Europe in the interwar years.

IDENTIFICATIONS -German Expressionism

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Fascio di Combattimento

IDENTIFICATIONS -"wireless" and the BBC

IDENTIFICATIONS -George Grosz and Otto Dix

The European economy did not begin to recover from the First World War until

Mein Kampf

After 1929, Stalin adopted the policy of world revolution, thus reversing Lenin and Trotsky's aim of establishing "socialism in one country."

IDENTIFICATIONS -John Maynard Keynes

The physicist Walter Heisenberg was most noted for

Artistic and intellectual trends in the inter-war years reflected

After the failure of his Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Hitler made the decision to establish a political party that could compete in Germany's democratic election process.

How many Italians are estimated to have died during World War I

The two Western nations most affected by the Great Depression were

IDENTIFICATIONS -Arnold Schoenberg and atonal music

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph Stalin

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

How were the totalitarian revolutions in the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany similar? How were they different?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Louis H.Sullivan and the Chicago School

The institutional framework of Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship

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

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Exam 14: The Futile Search for Stability: Europe Between the Wars, 1919-1939

IDENTIFICATIONS -German Expressionism

Following Germany's failure to pay its war reparations, France occupied Germany's Ruhr valley, resulting in

IDENTIFICATIONS -Fascio di Combattimento

IDENTIFICATIONS -"wireless" and the BBC

IDENTIFICATIONS -George Grosz and Otto Dix

The European economy did not begin to recover from the First World War until

Mein Kampf

After 1929, Stalin adopted the policy of world revolution, thus reversing Lenin and Trotsky's aim of establishing "socialism in one country."

IDENTIFICATIONS -John Maynard Keynes

The physicist Walter Heisenberg was most noted for

Artistic and intellectual trends in the inter-war years reflected

After the failure of his Beer Hall Putsch of 1923, Hitler made the decision to establish a political party that could compete in Germany's democratic election process.

How many Italians are estimated to have died during World War I

The two Western nations most affected by the Great Depression were

IDENTIFICATIONS -Arnold Schoenberg and atonal music

IDENTIFICATIONS -Joseph Stalin

What were Hitler's core ideas or assumptions? What were the methods used to implement them once he and the Nazis had established the Nazi state in Germany?

How were the totalitarian revolutions in the Soviet Union, Italy, and Germany similar? How were they different?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Louis H.Sullivan and the Chicago School

The institutional framework of Mussolini's Fascist dictatorship

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

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