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11. Militarism includes all of the following EXCEPT:

Military preparedness

Seeking peaceful solutions before war

Aggressive arms build up

The idea that security comes from military strenght

12. True or False - Germany suffered from 40% unemployment during the 1930's.

True

False

13. The main causes of WWI are all of the following EXCEPT:

Nationalism

Imperialism

Alliance System

Sneak Attack

Militarism

14. True or False - Jewish people had a choice to move to ghettos or not.

True

False

15. Why did people feel disillusioned after WWI?

Modern technology did not amount to a proper and clean war.

More people knew how gruesome and destructive war is.

The illusion of Europe's wealth, power and invincibility was shattered.

All of the above.

16. True or False - There were Jewish uprising in which Jewish people fought against Germans and their cruelties.

True

False

17. True or False - Different from extermination camps, concentration camps were meant to work and starve prisoners to death.

True

False

18. All of the following were major effects of WWI EXCEPT:

The map of Europe changed

Almost 9 million people were killed

It was successful in stopping political tensions

Economies were in a state of collapse

19. What were people in post WWI Italy afraid of?

Socialism

Being humiliated

Economic Depression

Militant socialist

All of the above

20. True or False - The Stock Market Crash of 1929 was caused by people borrowing too much money to buy stocks.

True

False

21. All of the following are causes of war that WWI and WWII have in common EXCEPT?

Militarism

Nationalism

Industrialization

Sexism

22. All of the following things happened in 1945 EXCEPT:

The atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Japan invades China

Hitler commits suicide

WWII ends

Japan surrenders

23. True or False - The Japanese government apologized for denying that the Nanking Massacre/Rape occured or that it was as horrible as it was for so long.

True

False

24. All of the following is true about the Nanking Massacre/Rape EXCEPT:

Japanese soldiers only raped young women

An estimated 20,000 women were raped

Extreme cruelty and atrocities included decapitation and castration

An estimated 300,000 soldiers and civilians were killed

Japanese soldiers murdered people in civilian safety zones

25. True or False - The United Nations has never participated in any war.

True

False

26. The following countries allied with each other in WWI EXCEPT:

Great Britain and France

France and Germany

Austria-Hungary and Germany

Russia and Serbia

27. The following statement best decribes what? "Economic rivalries fomented (stirred up) colonial competition. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, European nations searched aggressively for new colonies or dependencies to bolster economic performance. In their haste to conquer and colonize, the imperial powers stumbled over each other, repeatedly clashing in one corner of the globe or another. . . ."

Fascism

Imperialsim

Communism

Nationalism

28. True or False - Great Britain and the United States suffered from 25% unemployment during the Great Depression.

True

False

29. What fact most likely helped Hitler's Nazi Party gain power in Germany?

40% unemployment rate in Germany

Other socialist economies were very successful at the time

Germany had a thriving economy at the time

30. Governments were successful in persuading people to support WWII through:

Creating an emotional response in people

Propoganda posters

Promoting nationalism

All of the above

31. True or False - People debate about the actual start date of WWII.

True

False

32. All of the following are true about the Treat of Versailles EXCEPT:

The treaty wasn't too bad for Germany

It officially ended WWI

It took vengnece on the Central Powers

Germany was required to pay huge repairations costs

Germany was required to take full responsibility for the war

33. All of the following are true about the rise of Hitler's Nazi Party in post WWI Germany EXCEPT:

The party promised jobs and food.

The party promised to end reparation payments required by the Treaty of Versailles.

They had someone to blame for Germany's problems.

They worked to raise German nationalism.

They did not take advantage of the poor economic state of Germany after WWI.

34. Which statement is true about Hitler's rise to power?

The President of Germany took a risk by appointing Hitler as chancellor.

Hitler seized total power by staging a fire in a government building and declaring a state of emergency.

He was not very persuasive and had a challenging time convincing people that the Jewish were to blame.

Both A and B

Both B and C

35. True or false - Pure free market economy has never completely been achieved.

True

False

36. True or False - There were no alternatives to dropping the atomic bombs to stop WWII.

True

False

37. Which of these actions were successful in ending the Great Depression?

Lowering salaries

Increasing import taxes

Increased support for local manufacturers.

World War II and the increase in demand for factory products needed for the war.

38. What single event is most linked to the beginning of WWII?

The signing of the Treaty of Versailles

Japan's invasion of China

Germany's invasion of Poland

The Munich Conference of 1938

39. In the Italian Fascist Government the following are true EXCEPT:

Nationalism, patriotism and violence are used to show loyalty to the nation.

Media, elections and the family are completely controled by totalitarian rule.

Jewish people were chosen as the scapegoat and the enemy and nationalism includes rallying against them.

Individuals and their rights are important to the nation.

The Catholic Church and capitalist corporations were supported.

40. The Rape/Massacre of Nanking and the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki have what in common?

The same amount of people were estimated to be killed

Many innocent civilians were killed

Some think they were unnecessary

Both a and b

Both b and c

41. Public transportation and the postal system are examples of:

Government controlled industry

A vital industry in need of government control

A form of socialism

All of the above.

42. All of the following is true about Musollini's rise in power EXCEPT:

He was elected to office by a majority vote.

He spread his ideas through owning and writing for a newspaper.

He threatened to stage a rebellion by united Fascist group memebrs.

He was invited to join the govenrment by the King.

43. All of the following were causes of The Great Depression EXCEPT:

Factories hired too many people.

Less money in banks meant less investment into markets and economies all over the world

Overwhelming debt for many / financial losses

Economic recession caused by overproduction, decreasing prices and many people spending less

Stock Market Crash of 1929 and then the loss of confidence in the economy

44. All of the following are ways that the Japanese Government has tried to cover up the atrocities committed in Nanking EXCEPT:

Total cover up

Denial of the extent of the atrocities

Rewriting of history in textbooks

Total denial

Accusing another country of committing the atrocities

45. True or False - A pure socialist economy has been achieved.

True

False

46. All of the following groups of people were targeted in the Holocaust EXCEPT:

Jews

Aryans

Gypsies

Homosexuals

Jehovah's Witnesses

47. The set of laws designed to exclude Jewish people from public life were called:

Auschwitz Laws

Warsaw Laws

Dachau Laws

Nuremburg Laws

48. How many people are estimated to have been murdered during the Holocaust?

20 million

2 million

11 million

100 million

49. How many Jewish people are thought to have died in the Holocaust?

37 million

48 million

6 million

9 million

13 million

50. Choose the two that apply - What were two causes for the rise in Socialism in the 1800's?

Economic injustices

Leaders brainwashed people into believing in it.

People were taught it in schools for years.

Hatred of vast wealth and power brought by capitalism

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A War To End All Wars... Not!