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Mod Civ Final

Total questions: 150

Worksheet time: 38hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In many cities, socialists set up a council of workers and soldiers called soviets.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

A Commissar taught Communist party policies and loyalty to army units.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

The proletariat consisted of nobles and landowners.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

The Communists created an organization of secret police called the Cheka.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Nicholas Il was the last tsar in Russia.

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Nicholas II was a strong, effective leader who led Russia during WWI.

a)

True

b)

False

7.

During WW I, Russian soldiers deserted their posts and returned home.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

One reason Russia suffered disastrous losses in WW I was the transportation system broke down and very little

materials made it to the front.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Rasputin was a well respected holy man who was incredibly intelligent and no threat to the government.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

The November Revolution brought the Bolsheviks to power.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

During the Bolshevik takeover of 1917, they ended private ownership of land and distributed land to peasants.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Germany helped Lenin get back into Russia so he could gain control and pull Russia out of World War I.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Lenin died in 1924 at the age of 54.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

After Lenin's death, a struggle among Russian Communist leaders took place between Trotsky and Kerensky.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

After being stripped of party membership, Trotsky fled Russia and was murdered in Mexico in 1940.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

In 1918, the Tsar, his wife, and five children were murdered by the Communists.

a)

True

b)

False

17.

Which of the following groups seized complete control of Russia in 1917?

a)

The Black Hand

b)

The Whites

c)

The Serbian Nationalists

d)

The Bolsheviks

18.

Which of the following is the best explanation for Russia's entrance into World War I?

a)

Russia wanted to punish Serbia for encouraging terrorism.

b)

Russia stood by its one dependable ally, Austria-Hungary.

c)

Russia wanted to defend the Slavic peoples in Serbia.

d)

Russia wanted to avoid facing Germany alone at a later date.

19.

At first, the Allies welcomed the overthrow of Russia's tsar in 1917 because

a)

it allowed Germany to concentrate its forces on the Western Front.

b)

they hoped Russia would become more democratic and a stronger ally.

c)

they believed the spread of Communism would help end the war.

d)

the tsar had recently made a secret alliance with Germany.

20.

Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks in 1917 during the November revolution?

a)

Gregory Rasputin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

V.l. Lenin

d)

Joseph Stalin

21.

During the three-year long civil war in Russia, the "White" armies were composed of

a)

Bolsheviks and other revolutionaries.

b)

German refugees from World War I.

c)

armies from France, Britain, and the United States.

d)

tsarist officers, democrats, and other anti-Bolsheviks

22.

Two factors that led to the tsar's abdication of the throne were

a)

food shortages and victory in battle

b)

food shortages and defeat in battle

c)

Rasputin's influence and Marx's speeches

d)

power of the Duma and the November

Revolution

23.

Why did Lenin adapt Marxist ideas to Russian conditions?

a)

Russia did not have a large force of rural workers.

b)

Russia did not have a large force of urban workers.

c)

Russia was a wealthy country, rather than a poor one.

d)

Russia was ruled by a tsar, not an elected body.

24.

Which one of these events occurred first?

a)

The tsar stepped down

b)

The Bolsheviks gained power

c)

Russia entered WWl

d)

Civil War erupted in Russia

25.

The New Economic Policy of 1921

a)

outlawed all capitalist activities.

b)

allowed small businesses to reopen for

private profit.

c)

provoked armed resistance

d)

led to severe food shortages and a drop in production.

26.

The leader of the provisional government was

a)

Kerensky

b)

Trotsky

c)

Lenin

d)

Nicholas

27.

The New flag in Russia symbolized the union between

a)

Rich and poor

b)

Socialists and Capitalists

c)

Landowners and nobles

d)

Workers and peasants

28.

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was made up of

a)

Only European countries

b)

European and Asian countries

c)

Only Asian countries

d)

None of the above

29.

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk affected Russia in which way (s)?

a)

By signing it, they were allowed to leave WWl

b)

They lost territory and population to

Germany

c)

it allowed Lenin and the Communists to

focus on defeating non-Communists

d)

All of the above

30.

To the war weary people, he promised, "Peace, land, and bread."

a)

Stalin

b)

Lenin

c)

Trotsky

d)

Nicholas ll

31.

Nazi secret police

(a)  

32.

militant supporters of Benito Mussolini

(a)  

33.

liberated young women of the Jazz Age

(a)  

34.

a class of wealthy farmers whom Stalin destroyed

(a)  

35.

"Night of Broken Glass"

(a)  

36.

a system of brutal Russian labor camps

(a)  

37.

renounced war as an instrument of policy

(a)  

38.

a one-party dictatorship that tries to regulate all aspects of its citizens' lives

(a)  

39.

encouraged worldwide communist revolution

(a)  

40.

an artistic movement that attempts to portray the workings of the unconscious

(a)  

41.

In 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming discovered

a)

Atomic fission

b)

Penicillin

c)

The theory of relativity

d)

psychoanalysis

42.

Lenbensraum means

a)

Expensive living

b)

Living room

c)

Living quarters

d)

Living space

43.

Identify the event when thousands of fascists swarmed their capital to demand that the government make

changes.

a)

March on Moscow

b)

March on Rome

c)

March on Berlin

d)

The Long March

44.

James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer, Langston Hughes, and Claude McKay were all part of the

a)

Era of Prohibition

b)

Harlem Renaissance

c)

Jazz Age

d)

Age of Inventions

45.

A German chancellor is similar to

a)

President

b)

Kaiser

c)

Prime minister

d)

King

46.

Stalin requires artists and writers to create their works in a style called

a)

Realist impressionism

b)

Socialist realism

c)

Socialist surrealism

d)

Surreal post-impressionist abstract romanticism.

47.

France occupied Germany's coal-rich Ruhr Valley in 1923

a)

To protest the policies of Adolf Hitler

b)

Because the French wanted to acquire more land

c)

To force striking German miners back to work

d)

Because Germany had fallen behind in reparations

48.

In 1935, the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws which

a)

combined all Protestant sects into a single state church.

b)

deprived Jews of German citizenship.

c)

required all young Germans to join the Hitler Youth.

d)

established the Third Reich under Hitler.

49.

What was the one reason authoritarian rule spread in Eastern Europe?

a)

alliances with Hitler

b)

the influence of Mussolini and the Fascists

c)

lack of ethnic conflict

d)

their lack of experience with the

democratic process

50.

The name of illegal bars during Prohibition were known as

a)

speaksoftlies

b)

speakgentles.

c)

speakeasies.

d)

speakloudies.

51.

What 1924 agreement reduced German reparations and provided U.S. loans to Germany?

a)

Dawes Plan

b)

Versailles Treaty

c)

Locarno treaties

d)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

52.

Which art style was composed only of lines, colors, and shapes, sometimes with no recognizable subject at all?

a)

Surrealism

b)

Dada

c)

Abstract

d)

Impressionism

53.

What is the key characteristic of fascism in the 1920’s and 1930’s?

a)

Glorification of human reason

b)

Supremacy of the state

c)

Open political debate

d)

Pursuit of a classless society

54.

The Weimar Republic faced many severe problems, including

a)

The lack of a bill of rights and suffrage for women

b)

Runway inflation and one party tule

c)

Runway inflation and many political parties

d)

the inability to develop a multi-party system

55.

Which of the following terms do not belong with the others?

a)

Fascism

b)

Communism

c)

Nazism

d)

Totalitarianism

56.

What was the name of the series of massacres that Japan committed in China in the 1930s?

a)

Manchuria Massacre

b)

Nanjing Massacre

c)

Rape of Nanjing

d)

Rape of Manchuria

57.

Austrian scientist Sigmund Freud pioneered or discovered

a)

The theory of relativity

b)

Penicillin

c)

Radioactivity

d)

Psychoanalysis

58.

Which of the following does not belong?

a)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

b)

Duke Ellington

c)

Louis Armstrong

d)

Count Basie

59.

Francisco Franco was a fascist dictator from

a)

The Soviet union

b)

Spain

c)

Germany

d)

Italy

60.

In 1928, Stalin proposed a series of__________aimed at building heavy industry, improving transportation, and increasing farm output

a)

Five year plan

b)

Three year plan

c)

Seven year plan

d)

Programs

61.

I Duce was the title of which of the following leaders?

a)

Juan Peron

b)

Adolph Hitler

c)

Fidel Castro

d)

Benito Mussulini

62.

How long did Hitler predict that his Third Reich would last?

a)

500 years

b)

1000 years

c)

250 years

d)

750 years

63.

On Stalins Collectives,

a)

Individual peasants could own small plots of land

b)

Agricultural output skyrocketed in the 1930’s

c)

The government provided tractors, fertilizers, and seed.

d)

Peasants set all prices and controlled access to farm supplies

64.

What was a result of prohibition, which was made law in the United States in 1919?

a)

greater freedom for women

b)

an increase in organized crime

c)

voting rights for more citizens

d)

the development of jazz music

65.

The League of Nations was headquartered in

a)

Paris, France

b)

Geneva, Switzerland

c)

New York, New York

d)

Amsterdam, the Netherlands

66.

How did the League of Nations respond when Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931?

a)

It insisted that the United States solve the problem.

b)

It sent arms and supplies to the Manchurians.

c)

It launched an assault against the invading forces.

d)

It condemned Japan's action but did nothing to stop it.

67.

Stalin sent_____to oppressive labor camps because they resisted his collectivization policy.

a)

The middle class

b)

Business leaders

c)

military officials

d)

Kulaks

68.

The official state religious policy under Communism was

a)

atheism.

b)

Protestantism

c)

Judaism

d)

Catholicism

69.

Which of the following items is unrelated to the others?

a)

Jews

b)

Homosexuals

c)

Gypsies

d)

Aryans

70.

What was the name of Germany's government after World War I?

a)

Weimar Republic

b)

Deutschland Republic

c)

German Republic

d)

German Democratic Republic

71.

U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt proposed a massive package of Depression relief called the

a)

New Deal

b)

Federal Reserve

c)

Fair deal

d)

Great Society

72.

Nazism is the German brand of

a)

Fascism

b)

Democracy

c)

Communism

d)

Marxism

73.

The series of defensive fortifications that France built along its border with Germany following World War I

was known as the

a)

Franco-Deutsch Line

b)

Anti-Germán Invasion Line

c)

Maginot Line

d)

French-German Defensive Line

74.

In what type of an economy does the government make all the decisions?

a)

Command economy

b)

Mixed economy

c)

Free market economy

d)

Capitalist economy

75.

Stalin attempted to make the cultural life of the Soviet Union more Russian by promoting a policy of

a)

Russification

b)

Surrealism

c)

Tsarism

d)

Capitalism

76.

According to Hitler, how was a Jew defined?

a)

By having at least one Jewish grandparent.

b)

By having three out of four Jewish

grandparents.

c)

By having two or more Jewish

grandparents.

d)

By having all four Jewish grandparents

77.

Which of the following was the Nazi secret police?

a)

Cheka

b)

Black Shirts

c)

Gestapo

d)

Storm troopers

78.

Many critics of Stalin’s regime were sent to

a)

Gulags

b)

Penitentiaries

c)

jails

d)

State prisons

79.

The book that Hitler wrote in person was titled

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Racist thoughts

c)

My Beliefs

d)

Chow mein

80.

How did Hitler achieve power?

a)

Revolution

b)

With help from communists

c)

By legal election

d)

Coup d’ etat

81.

The Nuremberg Laws stripped Jews of their citizenship in Germany.

a)

True

b)

False

82.

The atomic bomb was first dropped on Tokyo

a)

True

b)

False

83.

During the Bataan Death March, US soldiers were tortured and killed by the Japanese.

a)

True

b)

False

84.

Aryans" were Stalin's idea of the perfect person with blond hair and blue eyes.

a)

True

b)

False

85.

President Roosevelt had to make the ultimate decision to drop the Atomic Bomb on Japan.

a)

True

b)

False

86.

The D Day invasion took place on the beaches of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944.

a)

True

b)

False

87.

7. The non-aggression pact was an agreement between Germany and Russia to stay out of each other's way in terms of expansion

a)

True

b)

False

88.

The SS were Hitler's guards who tortured or killed Jews or enemies of Germany.

a)

True

b)

False

89.

The Einsatzgruppen were mobile killing squads who massacred Jews.

a)

True

b)

False

90.

Fat man and Little Boy were code names for the Japanese attack at Midway.

a)

True

b)

False

91.

Kamikazes were used by the US to attack Japanese aircraft carriers during suicide missions in the Pacific.

a)

True

b)

False

92.

The Japanese attacked the U.S. at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941.

a)

True

b)

False

93.

The Germans defeated the Soviet Union during the Battle of Stalingrad.

a)

True

b)

False

94.

Auschwitz was the most famous, notorious death camp located in Poland.

a)

True

b)

False

95.

Kristallnacht was the "night of broken glass" where Germans turned their aggression on Jews, destroying homes, churches,

businesses, etc.

a)

True

b)

False

96.

Location of the first US atomic bombing

(a)  

97.

Allowed the US president to aid to American Allie’s

(a)  

98.

Site of Allied war strategy meeting

(a)  

99.

Giving into an aggressors demands to maintain peace

(a)  

100.

Site of major Russian victory over German Troops

(a)  

101.

“Lighting War”

(a)  

102.

Intended to prevent US involvement in a European war

(a)  

103.

Hitler’s plan for the union of Austria and Germany

(a)  

104.

German city in which allies held war crimes trials

(a)  

105.

Opposition to the war

(a)  

106.

German leader known as the desert fox

(a)  

107.

Leader of the US who ended WWll

(a)  

108.

Spanish,fascist dictator

(a)  

109.

Russian leader and ally of US and England

(a)  

110.

Supreme Allied Commander in the Pacific

(a)  

111.

Leader of the US who united the country after the pearl harbor

(a)  

112.

Italian, fascist dictator

(a)  

113.

Leader of England who appeased Hitlers territorial claims without a fight

(a)  

114.

What was the result of the Civil War in Spain

a)

Republic was set up in Spain with the new constitution

b)

Francisco Franco came into power and created a fascist dictatorship

c)

The king of Spain was forced to leave the country

d)

Germany gained control of Spain and made it part of the third Reich

115.

After intense battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese

a)

prepared to use atomic weapons

b)

tried to become an ally of the Soviet Union

c)

began negotiations with the United States

d)

rejected any suggestions of surrender

116.

43.The U.S. strategy of "island-hopping" in the Pacific

a)

quickly weakened the resolve of Japanese soldiers.

b)

was a failure, forcing the U.S. to use atomic weapons.

c)

pushed Japanese forces into the jungles of Burma and Malaya.

d)

allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan.

117.

Hitler' blitzkrieg tactics

a)

allowed Germany to take over much of

Europe by 1940

b)

strained Germany's resources

c)

inspired Britain to establish an air force

d)

had not effect on Norway and Denmark

118.

The concept of total war included

a)

encouraging freedom of the press

b)

manufacturing whatever would bring the Most profit

c)

the regulation of wages and prices

d)

expanding the rights of citizens

119.

46.The leader of the D Day invasion was

a)

Patton

b)

Eisenhower

c)

MacAurthur

d)

Hitler

120.

.The Bataan Death March took place in the

a)

Philippines

b)

Burma

c)

Malaya

d)

None of the above

121.

Who made the final decision to use the atomic bomb?

a)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt

b)

General Douglas MacAurthur

c)

President Harry Truman

d)

General Dwight Eisenhower

122.

Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because

a)

he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia.

b)

he wanted the Soviet Union's vast natural resources.

c)

the Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states.

d)

the Soviets had helped the British at Dunkirk.

123.

Midway and the Coral Sea were

a)

the first American aircraft carriers

b)

sites of Japanese naval victories over the US

c)

where the main Japanese prison camps we’re located

d)

sites of the U.S. naval victories over Japan

124.

•What event marked the beginning of World War Il?

a)

The Nazi-Soviet Pact

b)

The German invasion of Poland

c)

The Anchluss

d)

Germany's annexation of the Sudetenland

125.

On of the reasons the Allies won the war in Europe was

a)

that Hitler underestimated the will of

France to fight

b)

the huge productive capacity of the United States

c)

the development of the atomic bomb by The United States

d)

The Execution of Mussulini

126.

53.Hitler justified Germany's aggression by stating that

a)

Germans had the right to conquer inferior people

b)

he wanted to preserve order in Czechoslovikia

c)

he wanted to spread communism to

Austria and other countries

d)

he felt that other European leaders

approved of his policies

127.

Why did Germany invade the Soviet Union?

a)

Hitler wanted the country's natural resources

b)

Russian Nazis asked for help

c)

Hitler wanted to punish Stalin for breaking

the Nazi-Soviet Pact

d)

Hitler was angry that Russian troops

burned factories and crops

128.

55.The Big Three were

a)

Stalin, Eisenhower, and Churchill

b)

Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini

c)

Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Stalin

d)

Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill

129.

The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between

a)

the United States and Japan to hold peace Talks

b)

Japan and Germany to divide up Eastern Europe

c)

the United States and Britain to destroy

the Nazis

d)

the United States and Britain to defeat

Japan

130.

57.During D Day, the country that was invaded was

a)

Germany

b)

England

c)

Spain

d)

France

131.

58.The German air force was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion because

a)

the Germans feared their planes would be destroyed in the air.

b)

the Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing.

c)

so many German pilots had been killed in the war.

d)

so many German aircraft were in need of repair.

132.

How did Germany's location affect its chances to win the war?

a)

It had to fight several fronts

b)

It was too close to Great Britain

c)

It was too far from the US

d)

Troops had to cross several mountain

ranges to fight

133.

Hitler's "final solution" was his plan to

a)

convince Britain to join the Axis powers

b)

form an alliance with Japan

c)

invade the Soviet Union

d)

ruthlessly murder all European Jews

134.

61.The Battle of the Bulge was

a)

a massive German counterattack against The Allies

b)

the Allied invasion of southern France Following D day

c)

a German attack on the Soviet Red Army Outside Berlin

d)

a successful Soviet encirclement of Berlin in 1945

135.

Which was one reason for the development of the policy of appeasement?

a)

Western democracies saw the desire for peace as weakness

b)

Japan, Germany, and Italy saw the desire for peace as weakness

c)

Britain could not confront Hitler without strong French support

d)

Fascism was considered less of a threat

than communism

136.

What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany?

a)

It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.

b)

It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary.

c)

It gave Germany a free hand in Poland.

d)

It gave Germany a free hand in the Sudetenland.

137.

What was one of Stalin's major goals in Eastern Europe after World War Il?

a)

to debate the proper course of socialism

b)

to lead Eastern Europe to economic prosperity

c)

to create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments

d)

to improve education and protect refugees

138.

What was one reason given for dropping atomic bombs on Japan?

a)

to frighten the Germans

b)

to stop kamikaze attacks

c)

to eliminate Japanese army bases

d)

to end the war without invading Japan

139.

the bolief that one communist victory would lead to many others

(a)  

140.

nations that are stronger than other powerful nations

(a)  

141.

The US and its allies

(a)  

142.

US policy on Communism to prevent further expansion

(a)  

143.

brought on high taxes and greater government rogulation

(a)  

144.

seen as a particular threat to the balance of terror during the SALT talks

(a)  

145.

led the Cuban Revolution in 1959

(a)  

146.

the Soviet leader after Stalin

(a)  

147.

brought the world to the brink of nuclear war in 1962

(a)  

148.

The Soviet Union and its allies

(a)  

149.

What aspect of the Cold War arms race made it so terrifying?

a)

The weapons were more powerful than ever before.

b)

There were many superpowers with hydrogen bombs.

c)

The weapons were being used as fast as they were built

d)

Many countries involved were very small and unstable

150.

What was a change that took place during the Cuban Revolution?

a)

Freedom of the press was guaranteed.

b)

Political freedom was restricted.

c)

Cuba joined SEATO.

d)

The U.S. dropped the embargo on Cuba.