Europe in the 20th Century Final exam There is nothing fancy here. 60 questions to research and answer. Send the answer sheet via Black Board email by Monday 12/14/2020 by 6:15 PM 1. The purpose of the Nuremberg laws was to 1. Crush free speech 2. Keep Germany from rearming 3. Deprive all German Jews of citizenship rights 4. Punish all those involved in the genocide 5. Organize Jewish holidays 2. In order to appeal to the middle classes, Hitler focused on 1. Authoritarianism 2. Nationalism 3. Anti-communism 4. Expanded territory 5. Military build-up 3. By both encouraging Austria and planning an attack of France in World War I, Germany 1. Scared Italy into attacking it from the South 2. Risked losing its colonial empire in Africa 3. Lost the alliance it had with Great Britain 4. Ended its dominance over continental Europe 5. Turned a small war into a continent wide war 4. The dominant philosophy which spurred WWI was 1. Futurism 2. Conservatism 3. Nationalism 4. Liberalism 5. Socialism 5. Austria-Hungary responded to the assassination of their heir to the throne by 1. Assassinating the Serbian head of state. 2. Demanding effective control over Serbia 3. Beginning an alliance with Germany 4. Surrendering to Serbia 5. Destroying the Schlieffen Plan 6. The Central Powers in WWI included all of the following except: 1. Austria-Hungary 2. Bulgaria 3. Turkey 4. Russia 5. Germany 7. What happened to Austria-Hungary after WWI? 1. It became a constitutional monarchy under a Hapsburg 2. It was divided into several different republican states. 3. It was cut up into socialist countries 4. It was immediately overtaken by dictators 5. It was swallowed up by Russia. 8. Which nation was not a winner in WWI? 1. The United States 2. Great Britain 3. Russia 4. France 5. Italy 9. Of the following people, this man was the least significant to Russia in 1917: 1. Stalin 2. Lenin 3. Kerensky 4. Trotsky 5. Tsar Nicholas II 10. Whose challenge did Stalin overcome to be the leader of the Soviet Union in 1928? 1. Dugashvili 2. Lenin 3. Trotsky 4. Kirov 5. Tsar Nicholas II 11. Which area of production improved the most during Stalin’s Five-Year Plans? 1. Steel 2. Wages 3. Auto production 4. Agriculture 5. Consumer goods 12. Which group of farmers was completely destroyed by Stalin? 1. Cossacks 2. Aryans 3. Soldiers 4. Kulakhs 5. Tsarevichs 13. Which of the following was not a part of the 1920s? 1. The Dawes Plan 2. France invaded the Ruhr valley 3. The Beer Hall Putsch 4. German economic collapse 5. Hitler is elected Chancellor of Germany 14. This was the first place Hitler occupied in 1936: 1. Poland 2. The Rhineland 3. Austria 4. The Sudetenland 5. Albania 15. In Munich in 1938, Britain and France 1. Invaded Germany 2. Repudiated the Treaty of Versailles 3. Appeased Hitler 4. Approached Roosevelt for help 5. Divided Germany into four zones 16. Hitler broke the Munich Agreement by 1. Invading Poland 2. Invading Austria 3. Invading Czechoslovakia 4. Invading the USSR 5. Invading Great Britain 17. The nation that stood directly in Hitler’s way until 1935 was: 1. The USSR 2. Italy 3. The United States 4. Norway 5. Denmark 18. In 1939, to guarantee success, Hitler made a Non-Aggression Pact with 1. Roosevelt of the USA 2. Tojo of Japan 3. Mao of China 4. Stalin of the USSR 5. Chamberlain of Great Britain 19. Wannsee is synonymous with what WWII event? 1. The dropping of the bombs in Japan 2. The Holocaust 3. The bombing of Dresden 4. The Battle of Stalingrad 5. Pearl Harbor 20. Which battle was both a turning point of WWII and one of the bloodiest battles in history? 1. Stalingrad 2. Pearl Harbor 3. Ardennes forest 4. Leningrad 5. Britain 21. Which nation lost the most people in WWII? 1. Poland 2. The USSR 3. The USA 4. Germany 5. Great Britain 22. Which nation lost the most people to the Holocaust? 1. Poland 2. The USSR 3. The USA 4. Germany 5. Great Britain 23. Which name does not belong in a conversation about the Holocaust? 1. Mengele 2. Macarthur 3. Heydrich 4. Aushwitz 5. Hitler 24. The Allied invasion of Normandy began with a battle called: 1. D-Day 2. X-Ray 3. The Bulge 4. Stalingrad 5. Iwo Jima 25. The post war conference where Stalin and Churchill divided Europe was held in 1. Malta 2. Teheran 3. Potsdam 4. Yalta 5. Washington 26. The post war conference where the Allies divided Germany was held in 1. Malta 2. Teheran 3. Potsdam 4. Yalta 5. Washington 27. The phrase used to describe the physical division between East and West in the Cold War 1. Steel Curtain 2. Iron Curtain 3. Communist Fog 4. United Nations 5. Mutually Assured Destruction 28. All of the following are associated with policies in the early Cold War except: 1. Truman Doctrine 2. Marshall Plan 3. Glasnost 4. Containment 5. Warsaw Pact 29. The idea of both sides in the cold war pursuing massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons was called: 1. Mutually Assured Destruction 2. Strategic Defense Initiative 3. Relatively Sane Ideology 4. Laugh Out Loud 5. Stalin is Crazy 30. The event most commonly believed to be the closest the world has come to nuclear destruction was: 1. The Berlin Blockade 2. The Bay of Pigs 3. The Election of George W. Bush 4. The Cuban Missile Crisis 5. The Berlin Wall construction 31. The man who became the leader of the USSR immediately after Khrushchev was called 1. Konstantin 2. Stalin 3. Gorbachev 4. Brezhnev 5. Andropov 32. Khrushchev, who had tried to de-Stalinize, was forced to invade this country in 1956 1. Czechoslovakia 2. Hungary 3. Afghanistan 4. France 5. Yugoslavia 33. The leader of Yuglosavia who was able to remain an independent communist leader was 1. Milosevic 2. Chernenko 3. Solzhenystsyn 4. Tito 5. Nagy 34. This country was not part of the Warsaw Pact: 1. Poland 2. Turkey 3. Bulgaria 4. Hungary 5. East Germany 35. All of these are part of the early stages of the European Union except: 1. The Monnet plan 2. The Schuman Plan 3. The treaty of Rome 4. The European Coal and Steel Community 5. The Schlieffen Plan 36. The Brezhnev Doctrine was announced in 1968 with the Soviet invasion of 1. Czechoslovakia 2. Hungary 3. Poland 4. Rumania 5. Afghanistan 37. The invasion of this nation in 1979 prompted the United States to boycott the 1980 Summer Olympics 1. Albania 2. Afghanistan 3. Hungary 4. Czechoslovakia 5. Rumania 38. A period of good relations between the superpowers during the cold war was called 1. Denouement 2. Détente 3. Flava flav 4. Camp David accords 5. Nixon magic 39. A large student led general strike shut down which nation in the summer of 1968? 1. Czechoslovakia 2. USSR 3. France 4. USA 5. Denmark 40. Which nation underwent significant turmoil in 1968? 1. France 2. USA 3. Vietnam 4. All of the above 5. None of the above 41. The economic problems of the 1970s saw which of the following? 1. High oil prices 2. High unemployment 3. High inflation 4. All of the above 5. None of the above 42. The correct order of Soviet leaders is: 1. Gorbachev. Andropov, Brezhnev 2. Brezhnev. Gorbachev, Andropov 3. Andropov, Chernenko, Khrushchev 4. Chernenko. Gorbachev, Brezhnev 5. Brezhnev, Andropov, Chernenko 43. Which term does not belong in a discussion about nuclear weapons? 1. MAD 2. ICBM 3. MORV 4. MIRV 5. ABM 44. Gorbachev’s plan for economic restructuring was called: 1. Glasnost 2. Perestroika 3. Détente 4. Stalinization 5. NEP 45. Gorbachev’s plan to open Soviet society to new ideas was called: 1. Glasnost 2. Perestroika 3. Détente 4. Stalinization 5. NEP 46. The Berlin Wall came down in 1989 after standing for 1. 25 years 2. 27 years 3. 28 years 4. 50 years 5. 52 years 47. This nation was the last to lose its communist government in Europe: 1. Yugoslavia 2. The USSR 3. France 4. Albania 5. East Germany 48. Berlin itself was located in which nation during the Cold War 1. West Germany 2. East Germany 3. Poland 4. Spain 5. France 49. The treaty which formalized the European Union in 1993 was signed in 1. Nuremburg 2. Berlin 3. Maastricht 4. Warsaw 5. Moscow 50. The common currency of the EU is called the 1. Dinar 2. Ruble 3. Piata 4. Euro 5. Europa 51. This nation is not part of the Euro monetary union 1. United Kingdom 2. Ireland 3. France 4. Italy 5. Germany 52. This nation is not part of the EU 1. France 2. Italy 3. Ireland 4. Russia 5. Poland 53. This is the name of the first President of the EU: 1. Van Helsing 2. Blair 3. Thatcher 4. Van Rompuy 5. Gorbachev 54. This leader grew to become the most powerful leader of Yugoslavia after Josep Tito 1. Milosevic 2. Harpov 3. Vanek 4. Havel 5. Arkaan 55. The post WWII plan to rebuild Europe was named after this American: 1. George Patton 2. Marshall Eisenhower 3. George Marshall 4. Charles DeGaulle 5. Zach Gillefinakas 56. The current leader of Russia is 1. Vlad the Impaler 2. George Medvedev 3. Vladimir Putin 4. Donald Trump 5. Mikhail Gorbachev 57. In 2014 Russia reacquired territory in South Eastern Ukraine called 1. The Baltic 2. The Crimean Peninsula 3. Estonia 4. Lithuania 5. Poland 58. The current leader of the United Kingdom is 1. Angela Merkel 2. Margaret Thatcher 3. Boris Johnson 4. Queen Elizabeth I 5. Winston Churchill 59. A current leader of Germany is 1. Bismarck 2. Merkel 3. Hitler 4. Putin 5. Hollande 60. What country has been the focus of the recent European economic crisis? 1. France 2. The Netherlands 3. Ukraine 4. Poland 5. Greece
Europe in the 20th Century Final exam There is nothing fancy here. 60 questions to research and answer. Send the answer sheet via Black Board email by Monday 12/14/2020 by 6:15 PM The purpose of the Nuremberg laws was to Crush free speech Keep Germany from rearming Deprive all German Jews of citizenship rights Punish all those involved in the […]