Unit 2 European History Study Guide

Which of the following scenarios best exemplifies communism?

• The United Kingdom has a free market economy. People decide what to produce, how to produce and for whom

• The U.S.S.R had sociopolitical model wherein all property is publically owned and workers are paid according to their abilities and needs

• During Hitler's regime, all aspects of Germany life was controlled by the Nazi party.

• The United States is a federal government. Both states and national government share power.

Which of the following scenarios best illustrates the term fascism?

• The attempt by the United States to spread democracy after WWI.

• A cultural movement in Europe and the United States after WWI where citizens enjoyed prosperity

• Political movements in Central and Eastern Europe supporting strong, authoritarian government dictatorship after WWI

• Vatican City has a form of government in which a deity of some type is recognized as the supreme ruling authority, giving divine guidance to human intermediaries that manage the day-to-day affairs of the government.

What is a binding formal agreement, contract, or other written instrument that establishes obligations between two or more subjects of international law?

• A pact

• A treaty

• A confederation

• A federation

The Dust Bowl

Hoovervilles

Black Tuesday

Bread Lines

Soup Kitchens

Job Wanted for a decent man

Which of the following historical events is associated with the terms above?

• The Russian Revolution

• World War I

• The Roaring Twenties

• The Great Depression

An agreement or truce for the cessation or stop of active hostilities between two or more sides in a war is known as:

• Treaty

• Militarism

• Armistice

• Imperialism

What was a political movement in Germany, from the end of World War I through the end of World War II, which espoused totalitarian government, staunch nationalism, and racial supremacy?

• Fascism

• Socialism

• Communism

• Nazism

Which of the following best describes the the system of Alliances during WWI and WWII?

• Countries throughout the world have always made mutual defense agreements with their neighbors, treaties that could pull them into battle. These treaties meant that if one country was attacked, the other friend countries were bound to defend them.

• The late nineteenth century was an era of military competition, particularly between the major European powers. The policy of building a stronger military was judged relative to neighbors, creating a culture of paranoia that heightened the search for alliances

• When a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control, usually without outright colonizing or resettling them.

• An intense form of patriotism or loyalty to one’s country. Nationalists exaggerate the value or importance of their home country, placing its interests over and above those of other nations.

SS6H3A What was a factor in the worldwide economic depression?

• U.S. Stock Market Crash of 1929

• Brexit

• exchange rates

• The creation of the atomic bomb

SS6H3A Which of the following countries was NOT affected by the worldwide depression

• Germany

• USA

• China

• Austria

SS6H3B Which answer best describes Anti-Semitism

• acceptance and tolerance of all peoples

• Racial bias and prejudice towards Jews

• A law that requires all people to have a curfew

• A way for people to trade.