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Europe Unit 2 CSA Review

Total questions: 31

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In Nazi Germany, the central government did not share power with local or state government. What type of government system is this?

a)

Confederation

b)

Unitary

c)

Federal

2.

Under Hitler's Nazi regime, German citizens were not allowed to participate in their government and Hitler made all the decisions. What type of citizen participation is this?

a)

Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Oligarchy

3.

The citizens of the United States were able to directly elect president Roosevelt to office. What type of citizen participation is this?

a)

Parliamentary Democracy

b)

Autocracy

c)

Presidential Democracy

d)

Oligarchy

4.

Under Stalin, the Soviet Union's government made all the economic decisions for the country. What type of economic system is this?

a)

Market

b)

Command

c)

Traditional

5.

What war was the result of militarism and nationalism inn the late nineteenth century?

a)

Civil War

b)

Revolutionary War

c)

World War I

d)

Cold War

6.

Which was a cause of the Russian Revolution?

a)

The czar was executed

b)

There were food shortages in Russia and the serfs were starving.

c)

The Germans showed signs of surrender.

d)

Soldiers did not know how to use their weapons.

7.

The Treaty of Versailles ended World War I, but some of the terms of the treaty contributed to the beginning of World War II. Which was one of the terms?

a)

Germany was forced to pay reparations to the Allied countries.

b)

Germany could develop a strong army and navy.

c)

It divided Germany into east and west.

d)

It made Germany a world power.

8.

What was a goal of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

To help Germany rebuild its industry.

b)

To build better roads and factories in Germany.

c)

To make sure Germany did not invade France in the future.

d)

To give Great Britain and the US credit for their help in WWI.

9.

After WWI, how did the Allied countries hope to keep Germany from becoming too powerful again?

a)

US took over German military bases.

b)

Germany was not allowed to have large army or navy.

c)

Germany was allowed to keep its colonies.

d)

Germany did not have to pay any war debts to the Allied countries.

10.

Who was the leader of the Nazi party in Germany?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Vladimir Lenin

c)

Wilhelm II

d)

Woodrow Wilson

11.

Which event triggered Western Europe declaring war against Nazi Germany and WWII breaking out?

a)

The bombing of Pearl Harbor in the United States

b)

The sinking of the Lusitania

c)

Germany's invasion of Poland

d)

The Holocaust

12.

After WWII, which two superpowers engaged in the Cold War?

a)

United States and the Soviet Union

b)

Germany and Italy

c)

Germany and the United States

d)

Soviet Union and Germany

13.

The time of tension without direct warfare from 1945 to 1991 is called:

a)

World War II

b)

Nazism

c)

Cold War

d)

Holocaust

14.

Hitler promised to rebuild Germany. The Treaty of Versailles angered Germans. Hitler said he would get back Germany's lost land.


What are these statements explaining?

a)

Events that led to World War I

b)

Feelings Germans had about other countries.

c)

Ways that German leaders tried to rebuild their countries.

d)

Reasons why Hitler and the Nazis came to power in Germany.

15.

What happened to people who spoke out against Hitler?

a)

They were sent to Siberia.

b)

They were allowed to leave Germany.

c)

Some were put in prison; others were murdered.

d)

Nothing; freedom of speech was allowed.

16.

Which group of people in Germany were blamed for Germany's problems after WWI?

a)

All Germans

b)

Women

c)

Nazi Party

d)

People of the Jewish faith.

17.

The Holocaust is associated with which conflict?

a)

World War I

b)

World War II

c)

The Cold War

d)

Russian Revolution

18.

The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 in which country?

a)

Berlin

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Poland

19.

East Germany and West Germany were controlled by the Soviet Union. They were under what type of regime?

a)

Democratic Regime

b)

Communist Regime

c)

Oligarchic Regime

d)

Nazi Regime

20.

Genocide

a)

National Socialism; based on racism and nationalism.

b)

The deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.

c)

An organization of Western Europe countries, Canada, and the US to prevent Soviets from attacking.

d)

Japanese suicide pilots

21.

Kamikaze

a)

National Socialism; based on racism and nationalism.

b)

The deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.

c)

An organization of Western Europe countries, Canada, and the US to prevent Soviets from attacking.

d)

Japanese suicide pilots

22.

Nazism

a)

National Socialism; based on racism and nationalism.

b)

The deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.

c)

An organization of Western Europe countries, Canada, and the US to prevent Soviets from attacking.

d)

Japanese suicide pilots

23.

NATO

a)

National Socialism; based on racism and nationalism.

b)

The deliberate extermination of a racial or cultural group.

c)

An organization of Western Europe countries, Canada, and the US to prevent Soviets from attacking.

d)

Japanese suicide pilots

24.

Iron Curtain

a)

Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union; competing for world leadership.

b)

Churchills' description of the boundary that divided Europe during the Cold War.

c)

Information, usually misleading or biased, designed to promote a particular political ideology.

d)

Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Initiated the space program as well.

25.

Nikita Khrushchev

a)

Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union; competing for world leadership.

b)

Churchills' description of the boundary that divided Europe during the Cold War.

c)

Information, usually misleading or biased, designed to promote a particular political ideology.

d)

Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Initiated the space program as well.

26.

Cold War

a)

Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union; competing for world leadership.

b)

Churchills' description of the boundary that divided Europe during the Cold War.

c)

Information, usually misleading or biased, designed to promote a particular political ideology.

d)

Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Initiated the space program as well.

27.

Propaganda

a)

Rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union; competing for world leadership.

b)

Churchills' description of the boundary that divided Europe during the Cold War.

c)

Information, usually misleading or biased, designed to promote a particular political ideology.

d)

Led the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Initiated the space program as well.

28.

Which of the allies refused to sign the treaty?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

United States

29.

About how many years passed between the end of WWI and the start of WWII?

a)

18

b)

21

c)

33

d)

45

30.

What major event happened in 1917?

a)

The Russian Revolution

b)

The Treaty of Versailles

c)

World War I ended

d)

World War II began

31.

Hitler contributed to the rise of Nazism by promising the German people several things. Which of the following promises did he NOT make?

a)

To bring communism to Germany

b)

To break the Treaty of Versailles

c)

To rebuild the miitary

d)

To reclaim lost territory