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WorksheetsCh 12: Milestones of the Past Century: War and Revolution
Total questions: 90
Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins
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
The "Axis" nations were united by their opposition to what international movement?
Fascism
Communism
Imperialism
Industrialization
What was the real reason that Japan began invading French, British, Dutch, and American territories in Southeast Asia and the Pacific?
To liberate Asians from colonial domination
To establish a new ruling dynasty in China
To control resources and end their dependence on the West
Preemptive self-defense against colonial powers that were planning an attack on Japan from their bases in Asia
Which of the following best describes the attitude of Japanese leaders toward their decision to bomb Pearl Harbor and thus start a war with the United States?
They were enthusiastic, but knew they stood no chance against the United States.
They were enthusiastic, believing they could easily beat an overrated American military.
They were regretful, for they knew that they could have achieved more power over the United States through negotiations.
They were reluctant, for they knew that they stood only a small chance against the mighty United States, though they saw no other way to maintain power in the Pacific.
Which of the following is NOT an example of the term "Total War" during WWII?
The firebombing of German cities by Britain and the United States
The mass rape and mutilation of Chinese women by Japanese troops in Nanjing
The bombing of Pearl Harbor
The atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki by the United States
What was the impact of the outcome of World War II on communism?
It destroyed communism.
It transformed communism into a pacifist movement.
It allowed communism to spread across Western Europe.
It gave communism legitimacy in the Soviet Union and control over half of Europe and much of Asia.
What happened to European economies after the United States began its Marshall Plan in 1948?
Europe saw massive economic growth and widespread prosperity.
Europe sank deeper into economic misery.
The Marshall Plan helped initially, but could not sustain Europe's broken economy in the long run.
The European economy recovered, but only after several decades of recession and poverty.
After World War I, the demilitarized zone between Germany and France included which region, shown at point A?
Ruhr
Crimea
Sudetenland
Luxembourg
What country, ceded by the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I, is shown at point B?
Serbia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Yugoslavia
What country, ceded by Russia and Germany after World War I, is shown at point C?
Estonia
Poland
Ukraine
Belarus
What country, created from British Mandates, is shown at point D?
Iran
Syria
Turkey
Iraq
One factor underpinning the United States' global influence after World War II was
its administration of numerous territories that had formerly been part of European colonial empires.
a booming economy in a country untouched by the destruction of World War II.
China's inability to develop nuclear weapons.
the isolationist policies of the Soviet Union.
Which of the following best describes the attitude of Japanese leaders toward their decision to bomb Pearl Harbor and thus start a war with the United States?
They were enthusiastic, but knew they stood no chance against the United States.
They were enthusiastic, believing they could easily beat an overrated American military.
They were regretful, for they knew that they could have achieved more power over the United States through negotiations.
They were regretful, for they knew that they stood only a small chance against the mighty United States, though they saw no other way to maintain power in the Pacific.
In what way was nationalist Japan most similar to Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?
Widespread arrest and execution of political opponents
Political takeover of right-wing radical groups
Complete censorship over intellectuals and artists
Aggressive ambition for conquest and empire-building.
How did Japanese nationalists differentiate Japanese society from Western society?
They believed that the Japanese were more individualistic than westerners.
They believed that the Japanese were better at technology than westerners
They believed that the Japanese were more loyal to their ruler than westerners to their own rulers.
They believed Japanese society to be far more modern than Western society.
Which Enlightenment values did the Nazis draw upon in their ideology?
Science and human perfectibility
Liberty and equality
Rationalism and democracy
Skepticism and open-mindedness
How did Hitler and the Nazis view modern, urban life?
As the best part of Germany
As a Jewish conspiracy to corrupt traditional, German values
As something the Americans had and that they wanted
As Germany’s main hope for defeating the centuries long Jewish presence in Germany
What myth arose in Germany in the 1920s to explain why Germany lost World War I?
The German forces were hexed
Socialist, Jews, and liberals in Germany stabbed Germany in the back.
French and American soldiers were genetically superior to German soldiers.
The Kaiser (German Emperor) gave crucial information to the enemy.
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.
Mussolini's "fascist" movement came to power promising an alternative to what?
Democracy
Communism
Both democracy and communism
Monarchy
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
Which of the following was an ally of Serbia at the outbreak of World War I?
Germany
Austria
Russia
The United States
Which of the following was a means through which the concept of nationalism was
communicated to Europeans in the years prior to World War I?
Mass media
Public service
Alliance building
Government service
Which of the following represents a response among many Latin American countries to the global repercussions of the Great Depression?
War socialism
Democratic socialism
Policies modeled on the New Deal
Import substitution industrialization
Which of the following appealed to fascists?
Feminism
Nationalism
Socialism
Democracy
What was the purpose of the Manhattan Project?
to create an international peacekeeping organization
top secret government project to develop the atomic bomb
to provide benefits to World War II veterans
to help workers who lost their jobs when the was ended
Which dictator(s) helped cause World War II?
Mussolini, Hitler, and Tojo
Tojo, and Mussolini
Hitler
Mussolini, and Hitler
Why did the nation put thousands of Japanese Americans in internment camps during the war?
They never did that.
They feared that Japanese-Americans were a security threat.
To make Japan "salty".
They wanted to protect Japanese-Americans.
This is a political philosophy in which total power is given to a dictator and individual freedoms are denied
Monarchy
Democracy
Fascism
Realism
the dislike and discrimination against Jewish people is called
Segregation
Anti-Semitism
Communism
Reparations
What was the "Final Solution"?
Dropping the Atomic Bomb
Killing of all Jews in Europe
Attack on Pearl Harbor
Hitler's Suicide
Which battle was the turning point for the Allies in the war in the Pacific
Midway
Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Battle of Britain
What battle was the turning point for the Allies on the Eastern European Front in the Soviet Union?
Battle of Midway
The Battle of Stalingrad
Pearl Harbor
Invasion of Normandy
The Battle of Britain began with
America declaring war on England
Germany bombing London
British troops invading European mainland
Japan's destruction of the British islands
"Lightning War," used by the Germans effectively against the Poles and the French in the early days of WW II.
kamikaze
blitzkrieg
war of attrition
beach invasions
The long-time head of the Communist Party in the USSR, he was responsible for the deaths of an estimated 30 million of his own people.
Hitler
Leon Trotsky
Benito Mussolini
Josef Stalin
Hideki Tojo was responsible for many Japanese military decisions during WW II, including the following: (choose more than one)
The :Rape of Nanking"
the order to execute U.S. POW's
Japanese missile defense system
the attack on Pearl Harbor
The Big Three of the Axis Powers were: (choose more than one)
Japan
USSR
Germany
Italy
Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed
Other countries were trying to conquer Germany
Germany’s people were superior to everyone else
Germany’s natural resources were superior
The Treaty of Versailles would protect Germany
What was the action of Germany taking back and annexing Austria called?
Lebensraum
Blitzkrieg
Anschluss
Farfungroovin
Why did Hitler take over Austria?
Austria had valuable natural resources.
He wanted to keep Austria away from other countries.
Hitler believed Austria would attack Germany.
Hitler viewed Austrians as Germans because they speak the German language.
Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?
To obtain natural resources
To create a separate state
To defy the League of Nations
To control the Japanese military
Which of the following is Mussolini?
Which of the following is Stalin?
Which of the following is Hitler?
What stopped German troops from winning in the Soviet Union?
the language barrier and superior Soviet forces
support from the British forces
the massive length of the battle front
an early winter and fierce Soviet resistance
The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because
The entire Sixth Army, considered the best of German troops, was lost
The German army outnumbered the Swiss army but could not take the city
Soviet soldiers used captured tanks to push Germany out of the Soviet Union
The Japanese army failed to supply the needed air support
What was the name of the puppet government of France that was controlled by Germany?
Vichy France
Triple Entente
Rindfleischalat
Tutor France
The policy of giving in to maintain peace is called
Isolationism
Neutralism
Appeasement
Militarism
Treaty that ended WW I. It blamed Germany for WW I and handed down harsh punishment.
Treaty of Nanjing
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Ghent
Treaty of Paris
Kristallnacht is also known as
The Jews Crash & Burn
The Night of Broken Glass
Nazi Power
The beginning of WWII
