Between the Wars

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Between the Wars
Test Review
A ___state is a government that aims
to control the political, economic,
social, intellectual, and cultural lives of
its citizens.
Socialist
b. European
c. Communist
d. totalitarian
a.
Answer: D
Totalitarian.
How did Benito Mussolini gain the
support of the Catholic Church?
He threatened to execute the pope, his bishops, and
cardinals.
b. He gave the Church money and official recognition.
c. He expanded Vatican City’s land greatly by giving it control
over half of Rome.
d. He assigned Squadristi to be “food tasters” for the pope.
a.
Answer: B
He gave the Church money and official recognition.
True or False?
Hitler wrote Mein Kampf while he was in jail
for leading an armed uprising.
True.
The purpose of Stalin’s Five Year Plans
was to
Transform the USSR from an agricultural into an industrial
economy.
b. Strengthen the Red Army so that it could take back lost
territories
c. Reduce the massive poverty and improve the standard of
living.
d. Drastically boost food production to end the widespread
famines.
a.
Answer: A
Transform the USSR from an agricultural into an
industrial economy.
The ___was the leading policy-making
body of the Communist Party.
Squadristi
b. NEP
c. Politburo
d. Ulema
a.
Answer: C
The Politburo
An___is a period of low economic
activity and rising unemployment.
a. Economic cycle
b. Expressionist cycle
c. Economic depression
d. Inflationary period.
Answer: C
Economic Depression
To deal with runaway German inflation,
an international commission created
the Dawes Plan, which.
a. Cancelled Britain’s reparation debt, angering
the Axis Powers.
b. Reduced Germany’s reparations debt.
c. Reduced the interest rates paid by Germany
on its foreign loans.
d. Increased the price paid by foreign markets for
German products.
Answer: B
Reduced Germany’s reparations debt.
Fascism glorifies the state above the
individual by emphasizing the need for
a. A strong central government led by a dictatorial
ruler.
b. A communal system of play in which the state
owns the means of production.
c. Special taxes to help pay for public works
programs.
d. Volunteers to help build bridges, roads, and
public buildings.
Answer: A
A strong central government led by a dictatorial
ruler.
Who led the Spanish military in a revolt
against the democratic government?
a. Richard Blaine
b. Francisco Franco
c. Benito Mussolini
d. Leon Trotsky
Answer: B
Francisco Franco
Who was the successor to Lenin in
Russia?
Who is Joseph Stalin?
Stalin had this man expelled from the
party and, probably, had him
murdered.
Who is Leon Trotsky?
Modified capitalist system Lenin used
to avoid economic disaster.
What is the New Economic Policy, or
NEP?
System in which private farms were
eliminated and the government owned
the land.
What is collectivization?
Its meaning is “living space”.
What is Lebensraum?
“Night of shattered glass”
What is Kristallnacht?
Hitler’s birthplace.
What is Austria?
The National Socialist German
Workers’ Party was otherwise known
as this.
What is Nazi?
This legislation gave Hitler supreme
power.
What is the Enabling Act?
What were the Nuremberg Laws?
They excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade
marriages between Jews and Germans.
b. They banned books, magazines, and newspapers not
strictly approved by the Nazi government.
c. They outlawed all religion in Germany, making Hitler’s
regime a completely secular state.
d. They imposed high fines for citizens having loud,
boisterous parties in their homes.
a.
Answer: A
They excluded Jews from German citizenship
and forbade marriages between Jews and
Germans.
A factor in leading many Germans to
accept Hitler and the Nazis was
a. Hitler’s abolition of the Reichstag.
b. The regime’s temporary suspension of all crime
for four years.
c. The Catholic Church’s support of the new
regime.
d. The belief that Hitler had ended Germany’s
economic depression.
Answer: D
The belief that Hitler had ended Germany’s
economic depression.
The Great Depression was caused
primarily by
Economic downturn and the U.S. stock market crash.
b. Failure of nations to reduce their military forces.
c. New interest in Marxist theories.
d. Strengthening of European banks.
a.
Answer: A
Economic downturn and the U.S. stock market
crash.
Hitler’s goal was to create a
a. Third Reich, or German Empire.
b. Third Workers’ Party
c. Third Depression
d. Third Reichstag
Answer: A
Third Reich, or German Empire.
Hitler’s political theories were based
on all of the following EXCEPT
a. Racism, especially anti-Semitism.
b. Darwinian social struggle.
c. Communism
d. nationalism
Answer: C
Communism
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