Strayer Chapters 21-22 Combined Review 2018-19

What was the effect of Germany's arrival as a new powerful player on the international scene?

• It provided stability.

• It made little difference.

• It was disruptive to the established order.

• Germany quickly became the lone superpower.

What was the popular attitude in Europe towards the prospect of war in the summer of 1914?

• Widespread enthusiasm for war

• Widespread opposition to war

• Widespread indifference to war

• Widespread unawareness of the fact that there might be a war

What impact did World War I have on Europe's colonial empires?

• The war drew in laborers and soldiers from the colonies.

• The war left the colonies untouched.

• The war was fought mainly in the colonies.

• The war lead directly to widespread independence of colonies.

What term best describes the predominant style of warfare in World War I?

• Shock and awe

• Blitzkrieg

• Divide and Conquer

• Trench warfare

What was the reaction of many European intellectuals to the experience of World War I?

• Newfound patriotism

• Profound disillusionment with European civilization

• Most intellectuals were killed in the war.

• Most were not concerned with the war at all.

Which of the following seriously weakened Wilson's idea of a League of Nations?

• Language barriers

• Wilson's own overbearing personality

• Failure of U.S. Senate to ratify the League

• Failure of many major nations to join the League

Which of the following was NOT a factor in causing the Great Depression?

• High reparations payments by Germany and Austria to France and Britain

• Overproduction in the United States

• Stock market speculation

• Government interference in market economies

The "Axis" nations were united by their opposition to what international movement?

• Fascism

• Communism

• Imperialism

• Industrialization

Mussolini's "fascist" movement came to power promising an alternative to what?

• Democracy

• Communism

• Both democracy and communism

• Monarchy

What was meant by the term "corporate state," used to describe fascist Italy?

• Big businesses ran the state.

• Big businesses were favored by the state.

• Business and labor were to be unified within the state.

• Business and labor were left alone to run the state themselves.