2nd Nine Weeks Social Studies Exam STUDY GUIDE Session 2024

1. What requirements were imposed on Germany in the Treaty of Versailles? (Choose 3)

• A. limit the size of its armed forces

• B. cease the development of the nuclear bomb

• C. pay reparations to other countries

• D. cede 1 million square miles of land

2. What factors in Europe caused the economic situation that occurred after World War I? (Choose 3)

• A. inability to pay debts

• B. refusal to trade between countries

• C. high inflation

• D. loss of lives and property damage from the war

3. What did Adolf Hitler promise the German citizens that helped the Nazi Party gain popularity? (Choose 3)

• A. overthrow the powerful German dictator and restore democracy

• B. recover the German lands lost in the Treaty of Versailles

• C. rebuild the German army

• D. end unemployment and poverty in Germany

4. How did antisemitic propaganda, such as posters, radio programs, and films, impact Germany? (Choose 2)

• A. It caused many Germans to turn against their Jewish German neighbors.

• B. It made German citizens sympathetic towards the Jewish people.

• C. It led German citizens to protest against Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party.

• D. It led to riots and the destruction of Jewish shops, homes, and synagogues.

5. What was the name of the symbolic division between communist and democratic countries in Europe?

• A. Berlin Wall

• B. Iron Curtain

6. What does the following statement mean? Choose the best answer. People feared that the Cold War would become "hot".

• A. The Soviet Union might expand its influence in the United States.

• B. Tensions could erupt into a war between the nations of the United States and the Soviet Union.

• C. Tensions between Britain and Germany threatened to shift the focus of the war.

7. Why were people afraid that the Cold War was turning "hot"?

• A. Both Germany and Great Britain began to amass troops on their borders.

• B. Both the U.S. and the Soviet Union began a buildup of weapons known as the "arms race."

• C. The United States began threatening to invade the Soviet Union.

8. What form of government does the United Kingdom have?

• A. Presidential democracy

• B. Parliamentary democracy

9. What type of government does Russia have?

• A. Presidential democracy

• B. Parliamentary democracy

10. What type of government does Germany have?

• A. Presidential democracy

• B. Parliamentary democracy