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Totalitarianism, World War 2, and Cold War
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1
Which of the following was NOT an economic problem during the Weimar Republic?
High unemployment rates
Lack of well trained workers
Historically high inflation
Loss of key industrial centers
2
Which of the following was NOT a tactic Mussolini used to control information?
Widespread propaganda
Freedom of speech and press were protected
Secret police attacked and jailed political opponents
Rewriting school textbooks
3
Identify the country Mussolini invaded in 1935 attempting to rebuild the Roman Empire.
Soviet Union
Austria-Hungary
France
Ethiopia
4
Which is NOT true about the Spanish Civil War?
The non-fascist Popular Front was a diverse coalition
Franco's Nationalists won
Spanish democracy survived the war
Civilians faced large casualties
5
Which "turning point" WWII battle resulted in the German army starting to retreat from the Soviet Union's interior?
D-Day
El Alamein
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of Midway Island
6
Which of the following was NOT a political issue during the Weimar Republic?
Its leaders were blammed for the Treaty of Versailles
Germans were ready to move on from decades of a republic government
Forming coalitions became a source of instability
A large number of ideologically diverse political parties
7
Which "turning point" WWII battle resulted in a third front being opened up against the German army?
Battle of the Bulge
Iwo Jima
D-Day
Okinawa
8
Which was NOT a Nuremberg Law?
Marriage restrictions
Jews were allowed to freely move to other countries
Expulsion from certain professions
Segregation in schools and public places
9
Which of the following countries was NOT an Axis country during World War 2?
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
Gerrmany
10
Which of the following was NOT a strategy Mussolini used to maintain political control?
Gaining support from the Catholic Church
Protecting civil liberties and rights
Violence against political opponents
Banning elections and opposition political parties
11
Which event resulted in the United States government declaring war in 1941?
Germany successfully developing nuclear weapons
Pearl Harbor attack
Hitler declaring emergency political powers
Discovery of Germany's concentration camps
12
What was a result of the Cold War arms race?
Nuclear was between the USA and USSR
The world enjoyed peace and stability
The USA and USSR stockpiled thousands of nuclear weapons
World War 3
13
The world's first fascist leader, who gained power in Italy in 1922?
Benito Mussolini
Julius Caeser
Pope Pius XII
Adolf Hitler
14
How did Hitler transform the German economy during the early years of his rule?
Discovering oil in the Baltic Sea
Invading Italy
Increased employment through public works projects
SS officers trained workers for new jobs
15
The fascist leader of Spain from 1939-1975?
Benito Mussoini
Adolf Hitler
Francisco Franco
Joseph Stalin
16
The first groups sent to Hitler's concentration camps during the early 1930's were
LGBTQ+ Germans
Political opponents
Jews
Aryans
17
Which is NOT accurate about German death camps like Auschwitz?
Death camps were opened immediately after Hitler gained power
Most were located in present-day Poland
Jews were brought to them from throught Nazi-controlled Europe
They were forced labor camps
18
The Soviet Union's totalitarian leader from 1924-1953?
Joseph Stalin
Czar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin
Vladimir Putin
19
Which was NOT a group targeted by Hitler's Nazi government?
Black Germans
Industrial leaders
Jews and other religious minorities
Germans with physical or mental disabilities
20
What was the cause many early Cold War conflicts, including the Korean War?
Communist leaders won numerous elections
The United States always supported democracies during the Cold War
The USSR broke agreements to hold elections in WW2 liberated territories
Joseph Stalin's mustache divided public opinion
21
During the Cold War, the Soviet Union and its allies
Axis
Central Powers
Warsaw Pact
NATO
22
Which is NOT true about Hitler's Mein Kampf?
It spread Hitler's ideas nationally and internationally
One of its themes was German territorial expansion
One of its themes was creating a "racially pure state"
It targeted minority groups like Aryans and Austrians
23
Which "turning point" WWII battle resulted in eliminating Japanese naval offensive capability?
Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Midway Island
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Astoria, Oregon
24
Which of the following shows how the Blackshirts helped Mussolini gain power?
Protected freedom of speech
Promoted ratifying the Treaty of Versailles
Trained citizens on voting rights
Widespread violence against political opponents
25
Which was the new military tactic Germany developed during World War II?
Blitzkrieg
Trench Warfare
Guerilla Warfare
Nuclear warfare
26
The United States' primary Cold War foreign policy
Total nuclear war
Containment
Appeasment
Isolationism
27
What was the result of the Korean War?
North Korea reunified the Korean peninsula
Korea was separated into two countries
South Korea reunified the Korean peninsula
The United States retreated from Cold War conflicts
28
During the Cold War, the United States and our allies
Warsaw Pact
Central Powers
NATO
Axis
29
What type of government did Germany have before Hitler rose to power?
Absolute monarchy
Republic
Constitutional monarchy
Communist
30
Which side of the Spanish Civil War did the German and Italian militaries support?
Andora's military
Basque resistance
Popular Front coalition
Franco's Nationalists
31
Which country does NOT have permanent membership and veto power in the United Nations (UN) Security Council?
Taiwan
United States
Russia
China
32
Why was the Reichstag fire a turning point for the German government?
Hitler declared emergency powers and suspended the constitution
Communists took control of the government
Allies helped Germany rebuild its capital
Treaty of Versailles reparations were forgiven
33
Which international organization was created after WW II (1945) to promote peaceful resolution to global conflicts?
Appeasement
League of Nations
United Nations
Nuremberg Trials
34
How did the Allies initially respond to Hitler's annexation of the Ruhr Valley, Austria and western Czechoslovakia?
Declaring war
Appeasment
Punnishment in the League of Nations
Economic sanctions
35
Why did the Japanese military surrender in August 1945?
The fire bombing of Tokyo
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
They were defeated by the Chinese resistance forces
US invasion of Honshu island
36
Which of the following countries was NOT an Allied power during World War 2?
Soviet Union
United Kingdom/Great Britain
United States
Spain