Honors History Quiz #5

Question 1

What was the German name for the method of rapid warfare they used in the fall of France?

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg

Question 2

The Cold War could be described as a struggle between...

Accepted Answer

Capitalism and Communism

Question 3

The five major Allied Powers were...

Accepted Answer

Britain, France, America, Soviet Union, China

Question 4

Who was assassinated in Sarajevo in 1914?

Accepted Answer

Both Franz and Sophia Ferdinand

Question 5

The rapid fall of which nation stunned the world into realizing the danger of Nazi Germany?

Accepted Answer

France

Question 6

The Cold War alliance led by the United States was called...

Accepted Answer

North Atlantic Treaty Organization

Question 7

German setbacks in what two countries began turning the tide of the Atlantic front?

Accepted Answer

Great Britain and Soviet Union

Question 8

Trench warfare was characterized by...

Accepted Answer

Prolonged, indecisive combat

Question 9

How many people were killed in the Holocaust?

Accepted Answer

11,000,000

Question 10

World War I ended in 1918 with which treaty ratified the next year?

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 11

True or False: There was a large degree of democratic representation throughout the Austro-Hungarian Empire

Accepted Answer

False

Question 12

Who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945?

Accepted Answer

Adolf Hitler

Question 13

In the wake of World War I, the international political system was...

Accepted Answer

Destabilized

Question 14

After the Germans were halted in France and Belgium, the war in the western front became primarily...

Accepted Answer

Trench Warfare

Question 15

Which one of these were NOT one of the main goals of Hitler's Nazi ideology?

Accepted Answer

Capitalism

Question 16

19th Century Anarchists wanted to

Accepted Answer

Eliminate Government

Question 17

Which of one of these dictators did NOT align with fascism?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 18

True or False: 1939-1942 marked a period of general Axis victories in World War Two.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 19

What ideology did the Serbian Black Hand hold?

Accepted Answer

Nationalist

Question 20

Who was the dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975?

Accepted Answer

Francisco Franco

Question 21

What was the primary interest that drove the German Empire into war?

Accepted Answer

Grab for World Power

Question 22

True or False: Anarchism was always a violent ideology

Accepted Answer

False

Question 23

Who was the dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1943?

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Question 24

In the wake of the destabilization, what began to arise across Europe?

Accepted Answer

Extremist Ideologies

Question 25

Who was the dictator of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Stalin

Question 26

Whose late entry into the turned the tide on the Western Front?

Accepted Answer

United States of America

Question 27

What phrase defined the anarchist approach in the late 19th century?

Accepted Answer

The Propaganda of the Deed

Question 28

What was the ultimate technological advantage the Allies held over the Axis Powers

Accepted Answer

Atomic Weapons

Question 29

What strategy did Hitler NOT employ in his efforts to rebuild the German economy?

Accepted Answer

Increased Trade with Britain, France, and America

Question 30

Who was not one of the original members of the Central Powers?

Accepted Answer

Bulgaria

Question 31

The Cold War Alliance led by the Soviet Union was called...

Accepted Answer

Warsaw Pact

Question 32

Which essay helped lead to the rise of scientific racism?

Accepted Answer

Essay on the Inequality of the Human Races

Question 33

The 19th Century saw the rise of which ideology?

Accepted Answer

Nationalism

Question 34

World War Two began with Germany's invasion of what country?

Accepted Answer

Poland

Question 35

How many people died in World War I?

Accepted Answer

20,000,000

Question 36

Of the major powers of the war, which was the first to drop out?

Accepted Answer

Russia

Question 37

Following the end of World War Two, most European countries fell under the influence of which two nations?

Accepted Answer

United States and Soviet Union

Question 38

Of those four breakthroughs, which arguably had the largest impact on the ultimate course of the war?

Accepted Answer

Submarines

Question 39

True or False: Aircraft, Tanks, Gas, and Submarines were some of the warfare technological breakthroughs of World War I.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 40

Which of these world leaders were NOT assassinated by an anarchist?

Accepted Answer

President James Garfield

Question 41

Where was the Black Hand based out of?

Accepted Answer

Serbia

Question 42

Which of these did NOT aid the rise of extremist ideologies?

Accepted Answer

Lack of Aid From America

Question 43

How many people were killed in World War 2?

Accepted Answer

53,000,000

Question 44

Who were the two main rising powers in the years before World War I?

Accepted Answer

United States and Japan

Question 45

Which one of these is NOT one of the proposed explanations for World War I?

Accepted Answer

Different Forms of Government

Question 46

What was the name of the German naval policy that precipitated American involvement?

Accepted Answer

Unrestricted Submarine Warfare

Question 47

Increasingly during this period, people despised each other based on

Accepted Answer

Nationality

Question 48

What was German's plan to quickly win the war called?

Accepted Answer

Schlieffen Plan

Question 49

Russia's departure was primarily caused by a revolution led by whom?

Accepted Answer

Vladimir Lenin

Question 50

What was the large, multi-national empire in Southeastern Europe?

Accepted Answer

Austro-Hungarian Empire

Question 51

Which of these nations were NOT a member of the Axis Powers?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 52

What was the primary interest that drove the Austro-Hungarian Empire into war?

Accepted Answer

Self-Perservation

Question 53

True or False: Initially, almost the entire world sympathized with Serbia

Accepted Answer

False

Question 54

Who assassinated them?

Accepted Answer

Gavrilo Princip

Question 55

Who was not an original member of the Entente Cordiale?

Accepted Answer

Italy

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