Deck 21: D: Collapse at the Center World War, Depression, and the Rebalancing of Global Power 1914-1970s

Question 1

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Japanese city that was destroyed by an atomic bomb developed by the United States in 1945.As many as 80,000 inhabitants perished almost instantly from the force and intense heat of the explosion.It is estimated that by 1950,as many as 200,000 additional victims had succumbed to their injuries,especially burns and the terrible effects of radiation.Cancer and genetic deformations caused by exposure to radiation continue to affect survivors and their descendants today.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Answer 1

Hiroshima

Question 2

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Requires each country involved to mobilize its entire population in the effort to defeat the enemy.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Answer 2

total war

Question 3

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Officially ended World War I;the immense penalties it placed on Germany are regarded as one of the causes of World War II.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Answer 3

Treaty of Versailles

Question 4

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Also known as Radical Nationalism,this was a movement in the country's political life between 1930 and 1945 that was marked by extreme nationalism,a commitment to elite leadership focused around the emperor,and dedication to foreign expansion.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 5

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Charismatic leader of the Italian fascist party (1883-1945)who came to power in 1922.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 6

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 who was especially noted for his idealistic approach to the end of World War I.Although his vision largely failed,Wilson was widely respected for his views.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 7

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Leader of the German Nazi Party (1889-1945)and Germany's head of state from 1933 until his death.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 8

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A military and political alliance founded in 1949 that committed the United States to the defense of Europe in the event of Soviet aggression.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 9

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Political ideology marked by its intense nationalism and authoritarianism.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 10

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A struggle essentially to halt German imperial expansion,fought by a coalition of allies that included Great Britain,the Soviet Union,and the United States.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 11

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
The Great War (1914-1918),in essence a European civil war with global implications that was marked by massive casualties,the expansion of offensive military technology beyond tactics and means of defense,and a great deal of disillusionment with the whole idea of progress.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 12

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Also known as the Common Market,it was an alliance formed by Italy,France,West Germany,Belgium,the Netherlands,and Luxembourg in 1957 and dedicated to developing common trade policies and reduced tariffs.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 13

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
As ruled by Hitler and the Nazi Party from 1933 to 1945,a fascist state dedicated to extreme nationalism,territorial expansion,and the purification of the state.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 14

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Worldwide economic downturn that began in 1929 with the New York stock market crash and continued in many areas until the outbreak of World War II.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 15

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Huge U.S.government initiative to aid in the post-World War II restoration of Europe that was masterminded by the U.S.secretary of state and put into effect in 1947.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 16

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A Dutch Jewish woman (1914-1943)who was murdered in the Holocaust.Her letters provide a remarkable record of her inner life during the difficult period of Nazi occupation,casting light on the possibilities of human transformation even amid the most horrendous of circumstances.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 17

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A struggle essentially to halt Japanese imperial expansion,fought by the Japanese against primarily Chinese and American foes.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 18

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
Name commonly used for the Nazi genocide of Jews and other "undesirables" in German society;Jews themselves prefer the term Shoah,which means "catastrophe."

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO

Question 19

Select the word or phrase that best matches the definition or example.
A series of reforms enacted by the Franklin Roosevelt administration between 1933 and 1942 with the goal of ending the Great Depression.

A)World War I
B)Treaty of Versailles
C)Woodrow Wilson/Fourteen Points
D)Great Depression
E)New Deal
F)fascism
G)Mussolini
H)Nazi Germany
I)Hitler
J)Etty Hillesum
K)Revolutionary Right (Japan)
L)World War II in Asia
M)World War II in Europe
N)total war
O)Hiroshima
P)Holocaust
Q)Marshall Plan
R)European Economic Community
S)NATO