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Discontent & Experimentation Honors WorldHistory Study Guide

Total questions: 67

Worksheet time: 1hrs 7mins

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Class
Date
1.

What was the name of President Roosevelt’s plan to end the Great Depression?

a)

Fair Deal

b)

New Deal

c)

Real Deal

d)

Big Deal

e)

Square Deal

2.

The Statute of Westminster established . . .

a)

Léon Blum as premier of France.

b)

the separation of church and state in Britain.

c)

a British Commonwealth of Nations.

d)

the trend toward socialism in Britain.

3.

The Russian czar Alexander III wished to do all the following except . . .

a)

censor the press.

b)

suppress revolutionary ideas.

c)

help exiled Bolsheviks return to their homeland.

d)

force minority groups to become “Russian” in language and religion.

4.

What occurred in October 1929?

a)

Mussolini marched on Rome.

b)

Hitler became chancellor of Germany.

c)

Calvin Coolidge was elected president of the United States.

d)

The American stock market collapsed.

5.

Who was elected president of the United States in 1932?

a)

Warren G. Harding

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Calvin Coolidge

6.

Which U.S. president received most of the blame for the Depression?

a)

Calvin Coolidge

b)

Herbert Hoover

c)

Franklin Roosevelt

d)

Warren G. Harding

7.

The first Labour Party prime minister of Britain was . . .

a)

Léon Blum.

b)

Lloyd George.

c)

Ramsay MacDonald.

d)

Louis Sullivan.

8.

What factor allowed the Reds to win the Russian civil war?

a)

The Whites fell victim to the brutal Russian winter.

b)

The Russian people were afraid the Whites would restore the czar to power.

c)

The Allied powers stopped supporting the Whites.

d)

No one in Russia truly supported the Whites.

9.

Who was the Menshevik leader of the provisional government?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Alexander Kerensky

d)

Joseph Stalin

10.

One hindrance for effective government under the Weimer Republic was . . .

a)

that there were too many political parties.

b)

that the government was too centralized.

c)

not a strong military in the Republic.

d)

opposition from America toward the Weimer Republic.

11.

During the administration of Woodrow Wilson, the United States Senate twice refused to ratify . . .

a)

the Versailles Treaty.

b)

“normalcy.”

c)

the Civilian Conservation Corps.

d)

the Lateran Treaty.

12.

What group of people did Stalin target during the Reign of Terror?

a)

Jews

b)

Mensheviks

c)

Communists

d)

farmers

e)

Bolsheviks

13.

The Comintern was organized to . . .

a)

promote nationalism in Russia.

b)

found Communist parties in other countries.

c)

give the Russian people a legislative body.

d)

suppress the Nazi Party, which opposed communism.

14.

The New Economic Policy may best be described as . . .

a)

the nationalization of heavy industry.

b)

an attempt to collectivize agriculture.

c)

a temporary retreat from communism to rescue the Russian economy.

d)

the organization of the entire work force into thirteen groups, or syndicates.

15.

What group did Hitler form in 1920 only to purge later on?

a)

Gestapo

b)

Bolsheviks

c)

SA (Sturm Abteilung)

d)

SS (Schutzstaffel)

16.

Lenin’s chief opponents during the civil war (1918–1921) were the . . .

a)

White Russians.

b)

members of industrial Soviets.

c)

followers of Leon Trotsky.

d)

followers of Joseph Stalin.

17.

Lenin’s takeover of the Russian government was the result of all the following except . . .

a)

the assassination of Nicholas II.

b)

the Russian people’s desire for an end to war.

c)

the desertion of over two million Russian soldiers.

d)

the failure of the provisional government to deal with the Russian economy.

18.

During World War I the German government helped Bolshevik leaders return to Russia because . . .

a)

it supported a worldwide Bolshevik revolution.

b)

it hoped to strengthen the rule of moderates such as Kerensky.

c)

it was required to do so under terms of the Versailles Treaty.

d)

it hoped the Bolsheviks would disrupt Russia’s war effort.

19.

Which of the following is not associated with Hitler?

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

stormtroopers

c)

Five-Year Plans

d)

Autobahnen

20.

An artistic movement where the artist tried to paint what he felt about his subject rather than trying

to realistically reproduce the subject.

a)

Cubism

b)

Expressionism

c)

Existentialism

d)

Romanticism

21.

Who led the SS and the Gestapo?

a)

Kemal Ataturk

b)

Leon Trotsky

c)

Heinrich Himmler

d)

Warren G. Harding

22.

Lenin’s demand that Russian peasants turn over their surplus crops to the state was part of . . .

a)

autarky.

b)

pogroms.

c)

war communism.

d)

the New Economic Policy.

23.

According to Mein Kampf, what group of people was to blame for Germany’s problems?

a)

Christians

b)

capitalists

c)

Jews

d)

Aryans

e)

Indians

24.

Which of the following is a twentieth-century art movement?

a)

cubism

b)

impressionism

c)

classicalism

d)

provincialism

25.

What political group in Germany did the Nazis blame for the Reichstag fire?

a)

Fascists

b)

Socialists

c)

Communists

d)

Capitalists

26.

“The Waste Land” was written by . . .

a)

T. S. Eliot.

b)

Walter Gropius.

c)

James Joyce.

d)

Thomas Mann.

27.

The Fascist Party was founded by . . .

a)

Adolf Hitler.

b)

Vladimir Lenin.

c)

Benito Mussolini.

d)

Paul von Hindenburg.

28.

Which of the following was not a cause for Mussolini’s coming to power in Italy?

a)

Italy had gained very little from its support for the Allies in World War I.

b)

Strikes, inflation, and debt plagued the economy.

c)

The Italians were bitter about the “war guilt” clause in the Treaty of Versailles.

d)

Landowners and industrialists feared a Communist revolution.

29.

How did artists and writers of the early twentieth century respond to the war?

a)

They returned to the ideas of romanticism

b)

They started to view the events going on through the Bible.

c)

They began to have a positive view of man.

d)

They portrayed a pessimistic and disjointed view of man.

30.

What was the result of Germany printing large amounts of paper money?

a)

The value of the German Mark declined dramatically.

b)

The value of the German Mark grew slightly.

c)

There was no change in the value of the German Mark.

d)

The value of the German Mark declined slightly

31.

How did Adolf Hitler treat German Christians?

a)

He supported the churches.

b)

He persecuted Christians who did not support him.

c)

He allowed them to worship as normal

d)

He didn’t even know about them.

32.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


cubism

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Alexander III

d)

Aleksandr Kerensky

e)

Heinrich Himmler

33.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


elected president of the United States in 1932

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Alexander III

d)

Aleksandr Kerensky

e)

Heinrich Himmler

34.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


supported Russian pogroms

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Alexander III

d)

Aleksandr Kerensky

e)

Heinrich Himmler

35.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


led the provisional government following the czar’s abdication

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Alexander III

d)

Aleksandr Kerensky

e)

Heinrich Himmler

36.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


led the SS and the Gestapo

a)

Pablo Picasso

b)

Franklin Roosevelt

c)

Alexander III

d)

Aleksandr Kerensky

e)

Heinrich Himmler

37.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


The Rite of Spring

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

Heinrich Himmler

38.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


conducted the Reign of Terror to purge his party of disloyal members

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

Heinrich Himmler

39.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


signed the Lateran Treaties with the Vatican

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

Heinrich Himmler

40.

Match the following with the correct answer choice.


developed theories to explain human behavior

a)

Igor Stravinsky

b)

Joseph Stalin

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Sigmund Freud

e)

Heinrich Himmler

41.

What served as France’s main defense against the threat of a future German invasion?

(a)  

42.

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s program of relief, recovery, and reform was known as what?

(a)  

43.

What term was used for the organized government massacres of Jews in Russia?

(a)  

44.

How did the Russian government punish Peter Vins for sharing Christ with others?

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45.

What occurred on Bloody Sunday?

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46.

Who led the Russian provisional government?

(a)  

47.

What was the name of the German legislative body?

(a)  

48.

Which monk became an adviser to the Russian royal family?

(a)  

49.

Who was the leader of the Red Army?

(a)  

50.

Which U.S. president promised a “return to normalcy”?

(a)  

51.

What was the German variety of fascism?

(a)  

52.

What system did Stalin institute to accomplish his goal of eradicating those disloyal to his regime?

(a)  

53.

In what year did Russia end its involvement in World War I?

(a)  

54.

What were Stalin’s economic programs called?

(a)  

55.

What is the German word for superhighways?

(a)  

56.

Who became ruler of Russia in 1917?

(a)  

57.

Name the last czar of Russia.

(a)  

58.

What act allowed Hitler to suspend the republic?

(a)  

59.

What government replaced the German monarchy?

(a)  

60.

To what position was Hitler appointed in 1933?

(a)  

61.

What is the name of Hitler’s book that explains the beliefs of the Nazi Party?

(a)  

62.

What does USSR stand for?

(a)  

63.

Which art style often reduced figures to various geometric shapes?

(a)  

64.

Who is sometimes considered the father of modern music?

(a)  

65.

What is the infamous symbol of the Nazi party?

(a)  

66.

How were Christians treated in Stalin’s Russia?

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67.

What was the focus of eugenics?

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