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WorksheetsEurope Between the Wars
Total questions: 65
Worksheet time: 2hrs 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The Triple Entente basically blamed only____________for the war.
a)
France
b)
Germany
c)
Austria-Hungary
d)
Russia
2.
Which of the following was NOT a factor in Russia's defeat in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-1905?
a)
Russia's advanced technology gave them a strong advantage in the fight against Japan.
b)
Russia's Czar Nicholas inherited a technologically backwards military from his father, Czar Alexander.
c)
Czar Nicholas was not a strong military leader or strategist, but was expected to lead the army in the war.
d)
The was was unpopular in Russia, leading to unhappy peasants and frequent anti-was riots.
3.
Which treaty did Russia sign in order to exit World War I as the Revolution broke out?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Treaty of Ghent
4.
What did the Bolshevik slogan, "Peace! Bread! Land!" mean to the peasants of Russia?
a)
The Bolsheviks promised to increase grain production after the revolution
b)
The Bolsheviks intended to de-industrialize Russia after the Communist victory
c)
It promised peasants they could have access to farmland without threat of warfare or oppression
d)
It promised to open more bread factories with money the Czar would have spent on needless wars
5.
Which economic theory was first put into practice in Russia when it became the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics after the Revolution?
a)
Socialism
b)
Capitalism
c)
Communism
d)
Keynesianism
6.
What type of economic system did Russia adopt when Stalin took power after the death of Lenin?
a)
Free market (Capitalism)
b)
Command (Totalitarian)
c)
Mixed (Well-regulated)
d)
Open (Anarchic)
7.
What was "The Great Purge?"
a)
Stalin's violent elimination of all opposition
b)
Stalin's expulsion of Jews to other parts of Europe
c)
Stalin's land seizures from the Proletariat
d)
The expulsion of all communists to Poland
8.
What event is credited with starting the Great Depression in the US?
a)
The Stock Market Crash
b)
The Dust Bowl
c)
A run on the bank in Louisville, Kentucky
d)
Herbert Hoover's inability to govern
9.
Why was the German economy the hardest-hit in the global depression of the 1930s?
a)
It was overly reliant on its investments in the NY stock exchange, so when i fell, they suffered.
b)
It was heavily industrialized, and many were unemployed when demand for goods fell.
c)
It had a corrupt banking system, which led to economic unrest and scapegoating Jewish banking establishment.
d)
It was reliant on contributions from the US government to support its war-ravaged economy.
10.
How were the Fascists able to gain control in Italy and Germany?
a)
Political and economic instability left the people desperate for a strong leader.
b)
Hitler and Mussolini made false promises to the people, and took control by force.
c)
The people were too involved in their own lives and failed to resist their unjust government.
d)
Mussolini and Hitler committed widespread election fraud and ruled without the consent of the people.
11.
Of the following which was the MOST significant cause of World War II?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Stock Market Crash
c)
The Russian Revolution
d)
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
12.
In what country did fascism begin?
a)
Germany
b)
Italy
c)
Spain
d)
Japan
13.
What group of people was used as the scapegoats for all of Germany's problems by the Nazi party?
a)
Muslims
b)
Communists
c)
African Americans
d)
Jews
14.
What was the name of the book that Hitler wrote while in prison detailing his ideas and plans for Germany's government?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
My Country
c)
Fuhrer
d)
Swastika
15.
What was the plan created by an American banker to help Germany's failing economy pay off the war reparations from WWI?
a)
Nazism
b)
New Deal
c)
Fascism
d)
Dawes Plan
16.
A political movement in Germany that was founded on fascist principles and promoted totalitarian rule, racial superiority, and state control of industry
a)
Nazism
b)
Communism
c)
New Deal
d)
Dawes Plan
17.
Name the government created for Germany at the Paris Peace Conference.
a)
German Republic
b)
Weimar Republic
c)
Third Reich
d)
Hitler's Government
18.
Which was not a punishment of Germany in the Treaty of Versailles?
a)
Limited their armed forces
b)
Reparations
c)
Lost land
d)
Fascism in Germany
19.
What term means "hatred of Jews"?
a)
Anti Semitism
b)
Pogroms
c)
Holocaust
d)
Swastika
20.
Both Hitler and Mussolini rose to power in their country because of _______________?
a)
Election Laws
b)
Economic problems
c)
World War II
d)
the Weimar Republic
21.
What secured the western borders of Germany to give it security between the two wars?
a)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
b)
Treaty of Locarno
c)
Dawes Plan
22.
Which of the following did Mussolini and Hitler use in their countries to gain support?
a)
Fear of communism
b)
Promises of economic resurgence
c)
propaganda
d)
all choices are correct
23.
Why is the Spanish Civil War significant?
a)
It allowed Hitler to prepare for WWII in advance.
b)
It gave France and Britain a democratic ally in Europe
c)
It challenged the Dawes Plan and League of Nations
24.
Lebensraum is
a)
living space desired by Stalin for a more powerful USSR
b)
living space desired by Hitler for an Aryan Germany
c)
a financial plan submitted by the League of Nations to end the Great Depression
25.
What allowed Hitler to become the legal dictator of Germany?
a)
The Hindenburg Act
b)
The Enabling Act
c)
The Nuremberg Act
26.
Which of the following events is considered by many to be the true beginning of the Holocaust?
a)
Kristallnacht
b)
Kraft durch Freude
c)
Blitzkrieg
27.
True or False?
Mass media (radio, movies, etc) was incredibly important to the rise of Fascism in Europe?
Mass media (radio, movies, etc) was incredibly important to the rise of Fascism in Europe?
a)
True
b)
False
28.
The titles Il Duce and Der Fuhrer both mean ______________ in their respective languages?
a)
the Leader
b)
the Supreme One
c)
the Uncontested One
29.
system in which private farms were eliminated and the government owned the land
a)
Nuremberg laws
b)
New Economic Policy
c)
collectivization
d)
fascism
30.
John Maynard Keynes argued that unemployment
a)
was a symptom of the demise of the socialist system
b)
came not from overproduction, but from a decline in demand
c)
was actually healthy for the economy in the long run
d)
came from government mismanagement of the entertainment industry
31.
A ______ state is a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens
a)
socialist
b)
European
c)
Communist
d)
totalitarian
32.
How did Benito Mussolini gain the support of the Catholic Church?
a)
He threatened to execute the pope, his bishops, and cardinals
b)
He gave the Church money and official recognition
c)
He greatly expanded Vatican City's land by giving it control over half of Rome
d)
He assigned squadristi to be guards for the pope
33.
The purpose of Stalin's Five Year Plans was to
a)
transform the USSR from an agricultural economy to an industrial economy
b)
strengthen the Red Army so that is could take back lost territories
c)
reduce the massive poverty and improve the standard of living
d)
drastically boost food production to end the widespread famines
34.
The Enabling Act allowed Hitler to establish a totalitarian state by
a)
giving the government the power to ignore the constitution for four years
b)
establishing concentration camps for people who opposed the new regime
c)
dissocving the trade unions and abolishing all sports activities
d)
abolishing the office of the president and declaring Hitler the sole ruler
35.
The Kristallnacht was
a)
a German concentration camp at which thousands of Jews were executed
b)
a set of racial laws that excluded Jews from German citizenship
c)
a destructive Nazi rampage against the Jews
d)
Hitler's account of his movement and its ideas
36.
Surrealist ________ painted everyday objects but separated them from their norman contexts
a)
Hannah Hoch
b)
Hermann Hesse
c)
James Joyce
d)
Salvador Dali
37.
The literary work of_______ includes Siddhartha and Steppenwolf
a)
Hermann Hesse
b)
James Joyce
c)
Hannah Hoch
d)
Werner Heisenberg
38.
Who set up the Nazi secret police forces?
a)
Hermann Hesse
b)
Joseph Goebbels
c)
Leni Riefenstahl
d)
Heinrich Himmler
39.
policy of government intervention in the US economy
a)
New Deal
b)
OVRA
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Aryan
40.
term misused by the Nazis to identify their "master race"
a)
Aryan
b)
totalitarian
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
New Deal
41.
painted a world in which the irrational became visible
a)
Joseph Goebbels
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Hermann Hesse
d)
Salvador Dali
42.
propaganda minister of Nazi Germany
a)
Joseph Goebbels
b)
Joseph Stalin
c)
Hermann Hesse
d)
Salvador Dali
43.
The ________ was the leading policy-making body of the communist Party.
a)
Squadristi
b)
NEP
c)
Politburo
d)
Ulema
44.
Who led the Spanish military in a revolt against the democratic government?
a)
Joseph Stalin
b)
Francisco Franco
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)
Leon Trotsky
45.
A factor in leading many Germans to accept Hitler and the Nazis was
a)
Hitler's abolition of the Reichstag
b)
the regime's temporary suspension of all crime for four years
c)
the Catholic Church's support of the new regime
d)
the belief that Hitler had ended Germany's economic depression
46.
What were the Nuremberg laws?
a)
They excluded Jews from German citizenship and forbade marriages between Jews and Germans
b)
They banned books, magazines, and newspapers not strictly approved by the Nazi government
c)
they outlawed all religion in Germany, making Hitler's regime a completely secular state
d)
They imposed high fines for citizens having loud, boisterous parties in their homes
47.
Dadaists were artists who
a)
were ordered by Hitler to create pro-Nazi, pro-Germany works of public art
b)
tried to express in their art their revulsion for what they saw as the insanity of life
c)
separated everyday objects from their normal contexts
d)
thought modern art was degenerate
48.
James Joyce's novel Ulysses is the most famous example of
a)
literary surrealism
b)
the influence of dadaism on the nonvisual arts
c)
the postmodern literary novel
d)
the "stream of consciousness
technique
technique
49.
Mein Kampf is
a)
a book written by Adolf Hitler while he was in prison
b)
a surrealist painting by Salvador Dali
c)
a novel by Hermann Hesse that showed the psychological confustion of men
d)
a dadaist photomontage by Hannag Hoch that commented on women's roles
50.
Joseph Stalin’s policies in Ukraine during the 1930s directly resulted in
a)
widespread starvation
b)
agricultural self-sufficiency
c)
the development of cottage industries
d)
the use of subsistence farming techniques
51.
After World War I, the rise of Benito Mussolini in Italy and the rise of Adolf Hitler in Germany are most closely associated with
a)
the development of fascism
b)
the desire for containment
c)
an emphasis on democratic traditions
d)
a return to conservative religious practices
52.
During the 1930s, the Nazi Party received support from the German people because it promised to
a)
abide by the Versailles Treaty
b)
improve economic conditions in Germany
c)
promote policies that ensured ethnic equality
d)
utilize international organizations to solve problems
53.
During the 1930s, the Nazi Party received support from the German people because it promised to
a)
abide by the Versailles Treaty
b)
improve economic conditions in Germany
c)
promote policies that ensured ethnic equality
d)
utilize international organizations to solve problems
54.
-Led the Russians in a second Revolution (1917)
-Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"
-Established New Economic Policy (NEP)
Which leader is being described?
-Promised "Peace, Land, and Bread"
-Established New Economic Policy (NEP)
Which leader is being described?
a)
Czar Nicholas II
b)
Nikita Kruschev
c)
Vladimir Lenin
d)
Mikhail Gorbachev
55.
The main purpose of the many purges and public trials that took place in the Soviet Union in the 1930s was to
a)
force the Jewish people to leave the Soviet Union
b)
eliminate opposition to Joseph Stalin and his government
c)
establish a free and independent court system in the Soviet Union
d)
reform outdated and inadequate agricultural system
56.
Stalin is linked with which economic policy
a)
New Economic Policy
b)
détente
c)
Five Year Plans
d)
glasnost
57.
A key principle of the economic theory of Communism is
a)
restoration of bartering system
b)
organization of workers' unions
c)
government ownership of property
d)
privatization of business
58.
The Bolshevik Party in 1917 gained support of the peasant class because they promised them
a)
democratic reforms in all levels of government
b)
abolition of the secret police
c)
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
d)
"Peace, Land, Bread"
59.
What was a major reason for Adolf Hitler's rise to Power?
a)
provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
b)
Germany's military support of Poland and France
c)
a strong economy
d)
refusal by the League of Nations to admit Germany as a member
60.
Under communism in the former Soviet Union, people were required to
a)
reject modern technology
b)
limit the size of their families
c)
honor their ancestors and religious traditions
d)
put the interests of the state before individual gain
61.
Which aspect of the economy was emphasized in Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans?
a)
heavy industry
b)
consumer goods
c)
famine relief
d)
private landownership
62.
Name of Hitler's government / rule
a)
Third Reich
b)
Fourth Reich
c)
Fascism
d)
Totalitarianism
63.
Giving in to an aggressors demands, in order to keep the peace
a)
Peace Talks
b)
Appeasement
c)
Treaty
d)
Surrender
64.
Council if workers that dominated city governments and supported Lenin after the fall of the Duma
a)
Bolsheviks
b)
Mensheviks
c)
Soviets
d)
Marxists
65.
Last Czar of Russia, who abdicated following the military joining the protests of the March 1917 protests
a)
Alexander III
b)
Nicholas II
c)
Rasputin
d)
Vladimir Lenin
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