Improved wartime technology during World War I led to

1. Which of the following best describes the 1936 lithograph (entitled The Hero) by German artist George Grosz?

“At school the teachers say it is our patriotic duty to stop using foreign words. I didn’t know what they meant by this at first, but now I see it—you must no longer say ‘adieu’ [‘farewell’] because that is French. It is in order to say ‘lebwohl’ [‘farewell’ in German] instead. We also have a little tin box in which we’ll put some small change in every time we slip up and use a foreign word. The contents of this little war savings box will go towards buying knitting wool. We must now knit woollen things for the soldiers.”

Diary of a twelve-year old German girl, August 1914

The passage above best exemplifies which of the following processes shortly after the outbreak of the First World War?

Which of the following is NOT one of the extreme beliefs that people turned to during the low period of economic activity?

 a system of government characterized by strong, often dictatorial control of political and economic affairs, and often by warlike nationalism and brutal suppression of political protesters and ethnic minorities

a member of the majority faction of the party that seized power in 1917 and formed the Communist party in the Soviet Union

a formal pact or agreement between or among nations

 a form of government in which the state’s power is unlimited and controls virtually all aspects of public and private life. Examples include Mussolini, Stalin, and Hitler.

the intentional attempt to exterminate all members of a certain race, nationality, religious, or ethnic group

information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person

the theory of a classless social system in which all property and means of production are owned in common; socialist theory deriving from the works of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels

prejudice, discrimination, or hostility toward Jews

Why did Russia leave WWI?

Germany was forced to pay billions of dollars for war damages. This is called paying for

What is the organization created to prevent future wars called?

Which future event did the Treaty of Versailles cause?

The Nazis blamed ___________ for Germany losing WWI.

Armenia was different to other countries in the Ottoman Empire because they were

What effect did the Stock market crash in America have on Germany?

Analyze the photograph! It provides evidence of...

What was the Great Depression?

What caused many farmers to foreclose on their farms in the 1930s?

What forced banks to close during the Great Depression?

What is the name of the new political party to rise in Germany following WW1?

What is militarism?

What was the first event that began World War II?

What past state-sponsored genocide represented the blueprint of the Holocaust?

What did Fascist and Communist leaders such as Hitler and Stalin use in order to put fear into their enemies?

What ushered in a greater concern for Americans after the Stock Market Crash in 1929?

What event during the Great Depression caused a greater concern, after the stock market crash, for people living on the Great Plains of the U.S.?

Which royal family was killed during the Russian Revolution of 1917?

What type of government will Russia become when they officially convert to the Soviet Union in 1921-22?

Who will become the first leader of the Soviet Union until he dies in 1924? (Stalin takes over after his death)

What was the name of the working-class Russians who supported Lenin during the Russian Revolution?

What is the English translation for Hitler's strategy known as, blitzkrieg?

Which of the following were NOT members of the Axis Powers in WWII?

Which of the following were NOT members of the Allied Powers in WWII?

What was the name of the alliance in WWI that defended against the Triple Alliance?

Initially in WWI and WWII the United States claimed to be...

Which answer best represents anti-semitism?