WWII & Between the Wars 2020
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- Q1Which statement best characterizes the rule of Joseph Stalin in the Soviet Uniondemocratic reforms were carried outOwnership of farms were returned to the individual farmerbasic human rights were deniedfree enterprise replaced a command economy30s
- Q2Which is a major reason the Holocaust is considered a unique event in modern European history?The genocide was planned in great detail and required the cooperation of many people.Civilians rarely were killed during air raids on Great Britain.Adolf Hitler concealed his anti-Jewish feelings until after he came to power.Jews of Europe have seldom been victims of persecution.30s
- Q3One smiliarity between Russia under the czars and the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin is that in both types of government these leadersdeveloped policies to limit industrial growthsupported the creation of a national churchestablished an authoritarian form of governmenttried to reduce their nation's influence in world affairs30s
- Q4What was one reason the Nazi programs and policies of the early 1930's appealed to many people in Germany?The people were frustrated with their curent economic and political situation.Germany had been denied membership in the United Nations.The German people feared that the French or the British would soon gain control of the Polish corridor.A coup d'etat had forced communism on the German people30s
- Q5Joseph Stalin's leadership of the Soviet Union can be best characterized as a period ofcensorship and terrorhumanism and democracyreligious freedom and tolerancedemocratic reform and nationalism30s
- Q6The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and Hitler's rebuilding of the German military in 1935 demonstrate thesuccess of defensive alliancesfear of communist expansionfailure of the League of Nationssupport for the Treaty of Versailles30s
- Q7Which action illustrates the concept of genocide?Adolf Hitler and Joseph stalin signing a nonaggression pact in 1939the British negotiating peace with Adolf Hitler during the 1938 Munich Conferencethe Nazi armies eleiminating the Jews and other groups as part of Hitler's Final Solution.German genteal plotting agains Adolf Hitler30s
- Q8Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, and Communist Russia were similar in that eachprotected individual rightssupported market-based economieselected their leaders through popular voteestablished totalitarian governments30s
- Q9Which action taken by both Hitler and Napoleon is considered by historians to be a strategic military error?using conquered peoples as slave laborersintroducing combined ground and naval assaultsinvading Russia with limited supply linesinvading Great Briatin by land30s
- Q10The Treaty of Versailles angered many Germans after WWI because the treatymade Germany restore its emperorrequred all German-speaking Europeans to return to Germanyforced Germany to pay large war repartionsdivided Germany into Communist and non-Communist zones30s
- Q11Many historians believe that the harsh terms found in the Treaty of Versailles helped lead toItaly's unificationrevolutions in RussiaTurkey's modernizationWorld War II30s
- Q12The term appeasement is best defined asa period of peace and prosperity, resulting in cultural achievementan agreement removing economic barriers between nationsa declaration of war between two or more nationsan attempt to avoid conflct by meeting the demands of an aggressor30s
- Q13One goal of the League of Nations was topromote peaceful relations worldwidestimulate the economy of Europebring World War I to an endencourage a strong alliance system30s
- Q14Which statement about the worldwide depression of the 1930's is a fact rather than opinon?Political leaders shouldhave prevented the DepressionThe economic upheaval of the Depression had major political effectsGermany wa hurt more by the Treaty of Versailles than by the DepressionWorld War I was the only reason for the Depression30s
- Q15Which group was accused of violting human rights in the city of Nanking during WWII?GermansJapaneseAmericansChinese30s