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- 1. Multiple ChoiceDuring the Great Depression, most nations...cooperated globally to fight the problem, on a scale never seen beforedramatically reduced tariffs in an effort to facilitate international tradeexpanded the money supply and undertook public works to provide jobsdramatically increased tariffs in an effort to protect local industries
- 2. Multiple ChoiceThe first Five-Year Plan was initiated by...LeninStalinMussoliniHitler
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat was one reason that the Great Depression spread quickly from the United States to other nations?The United States had been forced to give up its investments in Latin AmericaThe United States tried to collect on war debts owed by France and EnglandThe Soviet Union had cut off all trade with the WestThe United States had loaned a lot of money to the West
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Which state is BEST supported by the information on this map?By 1918, militarists had gained power in JapanJapan looked to China for natural resources it lackedThe Japanese invasion of China was swift and crushingJapan invaded Korea as a gateway to China - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the chief appeal of fascism to Italians after World War I?It promised a strong and stable governmentIt offered workers hope for socialist reformIt put individual or class interests above national goalsIt emphasized the concepts of equality and fraternity
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe fascist government in Italy and the communist government in the Soviet Union were most similar intheir economic philosophiestheir attitudes toward social classesthe methods they used to ensure loyaltythe status and opportunities they gave to women
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the BEST example of a command economy?The New Deal in the United StatesStalin's Five-Year Plans in the Soviet Unionthe Italian economy under Mussolinithe influence of the zaibatsu in Japan
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis image illustrates the impact on Germany of...the Great DepressionHitler's command economyhyperinflationsocialism
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe quotation below best describes what form of government?
"In this form of government, a one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens."socialisttheocratictotalitarianimperialistic - 10. Multiple ChoiceThe goal of the Nuremberg Laws was toturn Germany into a single-party totalitarian dictatorshipcombat the effects of the Great Depression in Germanydeprive German Jews of citizenship and other basic rightsforce Jews and other "undesirables" to leave Germany
- 11. Multiple ChoiceGermany experienced huge inflation because it printed money to pay for WWI. What is inflation?increase in value of moneydecrease in value of moneyincrease in supply of goodsdecrease in supply of goods
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main purpose of Stalin's five-year plans?To turn the Soviet Union into a military powerTo increase farm productionTo produce more consumer goods
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the cause of Stalin's Great Purge?Peasants did not want to give up their lands to the stateCentral planners did not achieve production goalsStalin feared rival party leadersThe kuklaks resisted collectivization
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following helped Adolf Hitler gain power in Germany?The promise of a new democracyThe Great DepressionBig business and laborThe support of the Weimar government
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following statements regarding Germany under Hitler is true?Most Germans were barely affected by NazismThe Nazis controlled all aspects of German lifeThe Nazis controlled the government but had little influence on other German institutionsTheNazis kept firm control over Germany but followed moderate and tolerant policies
- 16. Multiple ChoiceMany Germans viewed the Weimar Republic as an illegitimate government because its leaderscame to power in a violent coup.drew Germany into WWI.signed the Treaty of Versailles.supported the Nazi Party.
- 17. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following factors helped to radicalize Germany society in the years after WWI?the authoritarianism of the Weimar Republic.drought and famine.out of control inflation.the rise of the middle class.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceHe was the fascist leader of GermanyAdolf HitlerBenito MussoliniVladimir LeninJoseph Stalin
- 19. Multiple ChoiceHitler's first private army were calledBlackshirtsBrownshirtsThe MilitiaNew Kids On The Block
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow did the Nazis take power in Germany?by appointmentby forceby Hitler's decreeby parliamentary election
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThe episode of anti-Jewish violence that took place throughout Germany on November 9, 1938 was known asKristallnacht.Mein Kampf.the Night of the Long Knives.SchultzStaffel.
- 22. Multiple ChoiceThe name of Germany's new government following WWI was theWexner RepublicReichstagWeimer RepublicNazi State
- 23. Multiple ChoiceOne appeal of fascism to Italians and Germans wasthe promise of economic equality.the promise of individual liberties.the promise of an independent justice system.the promise of a stable government.
- 24. Multiple ChoiceA one-party dictatorship that regulates every aspect of its citizens lives is known as a/anrepublic.oligarchy.totalitarian state.theocracy.
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhich policy, that contributed to the start of WWII, did western nations adopt in the 1930s?pacifismappeasementmilitarismfascism
- 26. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the 5 year plan in the USSR?A plan to renew capitalismA time when Jews were torturedA plan to industrialize the countryWhen Mussolini took over
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhich is not a factor of control in a totalitarian government?Using PropogandaUsing secret policeProtecting minoritiesHaving one-party rule
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich best represents facismExtreme nationalismExtreme democracyExtreme support of workersExtreme internationalism
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhich best represents communism?Support from the middle classGiving power to factory workersOnly focusing on nationalismHaving many political parties
- 30. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following were totalitarian in World War II exceptGermanyItalyRussiaBritain
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following was NOT a stipulation of the Treaty of Versailles?Germany would be required to pay for the cost of the warGermany was required to take full responsibility for the war - Article 231Responsibility for the war would be shared by all nationsThe creation of the League of Nations to avoid secret alliances and militarism that had caused WWI
- 32. Multiple ChoiceHow did the German government deal with its economic problems?By printing moneyBy laying off government employeesBy invading France againBy deficit spending
- 33. Multiple ChoiceWhat were members of the Italian fascist party called?Brown ShirtsBlue ShirtsBlack ShirtsRed Shirts
- 34. Multiple ChoiceWho took over Russia after the death of Vladimir Lenin?SolzhenitsynTojoStalinTrotsky
- 35. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the best example of communism?A govt. encourages people to start a business, but the govt. can tell them what to produce.People can start their own business, and produce whatever they want.The govt. controls all the factories, and distributes the profits to the workers equally.A factory owner can make more money than their employees, but not that much more.
- 36. Multiple ChoiceWhat was it called when small farms were joined together to form huge farms that everyone worked on?commonizationcollectivizationcommand farmingbig agriculture
- 37. Multiple ChoiceHow did Mussolini increase Italy's territory and show his dissatisfaction with the Treaty of Versailles?invaded Franceinvaded Ethiopiainvaded Portugalinvaded Liberia
- 38. Multiple ChoiceMussolini maintained his power by using all of the following EXCEPT...secret policecensorshippropagandalistening to ideas of the people
- 39. Multiple ChoiceWhich political party was Joseph Stalin a member of?Bolshevik (communist) partyBlackshirtsSoviet Union Fascist PartyThe Lenin Party
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhich two nations did Fascism become popular in?Russia and FranceItaly and GermanyJapan and ChinaKorea and Portugal
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