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CIVILIZATION Name
Test # 804B
1. During the 1920’s
and 1930’s, England and France:
a. were controlled by socialist governments;
b. were controlled by fascist governments;
c. had difficulty maintaining a politically
stable government while the forces
of the right and left demanded action and power;
d. were ruled by conservatives who were able to
return the country to economic
prosperity by holding down the socialist and communist parties.
2. Which of the
following statements is true about the inter-war period?
a. Ireland becomes independent, while India
does not;
b. India becomes independent, while Ireland
does not;
c. both become independent;
d. both re main British colonies;
3. Which German
leader was in charge of the SS?
a.
Joseph Goebbels;
b.
Herman Goering;
c.
Hans Guderian;
d.
Heinrich Himmler.
4. Which are the
correct dates for England’s involvement in World War II? a. 1941-1946
b.
1940-1946
c.
1938-1945
d.
1939-1945
5. The Popular Front
in France was a coalition elected in 1936 that?
a. represented the Fascists party;
b. represented the Communist party;
c. represented a coalition of left wing groups;
d. represented a coalition of center groups.
6. The Spartacus rebellion in 1918 of
Socialists occurred in what country?
a.
Italy;
b.
Germany;
c.
Austria;
d.
Turkey.
7. American aid to
pre-war Germany came in the form of loans through the
a. Dawes plan
b. Roosevelt plan
c. Hoover plan
d. Lend lease
8. Hitler was born
in
a. Germany;
b. Austria;
c. Russia;
d. Italy.
9. The Weimar
Constitution called for
a.
a legislature- one house of which was called a Reichstag;
b.
a judiciary with a supreme court called the Reichstag;
c.
a President and a Prime Minster-called the Reichstag;
d.
a Chancellor called the Reichstag.
10. What is true
about the German elections from 1919 to 1933?
a. The Communists won all of the major
elections;
b. the Nazi party never won more than 50% of
the voter;
c. the Nazi party won the 1932 election;
d. the Social Democrats were the political
party of the Marxian socialists.
11. Which came last
a. V-E Day;
b. V-J Day;
c. V-8 Day;
d. V-WW II Day.
12. What famous
German war leader was tried at the Nuremberg Trials?
a. Adolf Hitler;
b. Herman Goring;
c. Adolf Eichmann;
d. Hans Kohler.
13. In 1940, when
France fell to the Nazi armies, a new state was set up at
a. Vichy
b. Paris
c. Bordeaux
d. Calais
14. ’The painting of
the destruction of Guernica, a Spanish village, by the German air force during
the Spanish Civil War was painted by?
a. Marcel Duchamp;
b. Pablo Picasso;
c. Salvadore Dali;
d. Henri Matisse.
15. What is true about Hitler’s anti -semitic
policies
a.
he felt that Jews were a race not just a religious group,
b.
he allowed prominent Jews to stay in important positions provided they paid off Nazi officials;
c.
he took an active part in the planning and carrying out of the mass execution of Jews;
d.
he prohibited the German Army from killing Jews in France..
16. What country was not an ally of England and
the U.S. in World War II?
a.
Russia;
b.
Ireland;
c.
China;
d.
Canada.
17. All
the following concepts are part of Fascism, EXCEPT:
a.
economic socialism;
b.
aggressive nationalism
c.
single party rule
d.
survival of the fittest.
18. The following were all allied victories in
World War Two EXCEPT?
a.
The Battle of El Alamein;
b.
The Battle of Stalingrad;
c.
The Battle of Britain; ;
d.
The Battle of France.
19. In January 1933 Hitler was invited to form a
government by President? a. Otto Meissner;
b.
Franz von Papen;
c.
Paul von Hindenburg;
d.
Gustav Stresemann.
20. The paramilitary group of the Nazi Party
that was called the Brown Shirts, eventually became known as the
a.
SA;
b. SS;
c.
USCHILA;
d.
OSS.
21. In 1936, at the start of the Civil War,
Spain was ruled by
a.
a king
b.
a Republican(democratic) government
c.
General Franco
d.
the Falange party
22. The father of
Cubism was
a. Marcel Duchamp;
b. Salvadore Dali;
c. Pablo Picasso;
d. Henri Matisse.
23. What happened on
June 6, 1944
a.
V-E Day;
b.
V-J Day
c.
Normandy invasion;
d.
Germany invasion of France.
24.
Der Fü hrer is to Adolf Hitler
as, -------- is to Benito Mussolini
a. El Caudillo;
b. La Mancha;
c. ll Mondo;
d. Il Duce.
25. A B-17 and a B-29 were
a.
American airplanes;
b.
British submarines;
c.
Japanese aircraft carriers;
d.
German missiles.
26. Kristallnacht”, known as the night of the
broken glass, was
a.
a celebration of Hitler’s first year in power;
b.
the destruction of the Polish churches in Germany;
c.
the smashing of the Russian air force at the start of the german
invasion;
d.
the burning and looting of Jewish businesses and synagogues.
27. The Nuremberg Laws dealt with
a.
who was to follow Hitler after his death;
b.
how the Final Solution would be carried out;
c.
who constituted being a German citizen;
d.
what should be done with the Communists.
28. Which one of the following was a battle
fought mostly on the ground?
a.
the Battle of Britain;
b.
the Battle of Atlantic;
c.
the Battle of the Bulge;
d.
the Battle of the Coral Sea.
29. Captured in 1962 in Argentina, this former
SS officer, the SS’s leading “Jewish expert”, was sentenced to death by an Israel
court
a.
Martin Borman
b.
Adolf Eichmann
c.
Heinrich Himmler
d.
Albert Hess
30. The first step in the pattern of the
Holocaust was the
a.
establishment of Judenrats, or worker councils;
b.
registration of all the peoples;
c.
Einsatzgruppen;
d. the ghettoization of the Jews.
31. Blitzkrieg, the new military tactic used by the Germany Army included all the
following, EXCEPT:
a.
use of tanks;
b.
paratroopers dropped behind the enemy lines;
c.
air attacks from dive bombers;
d.
concentrating artillery fire on key areas of the enemy line.
32. He was famous for his ready made art and
sculptures. His “Nude Descending the
Staircase” has had sophomores boys looking hard ever since.
a.
Marcel Duchamp;
b.
Salvadore Dali;
c.
Pablo Picasso;
d.
Henri Matisse.
33. He started out painting when he was a small
child. Although classically trained he
would become one of the world’s most prolific and innovative artists.
He was
a.
Marcel Duchamp;
b.
Salvadore Dali;
c.
Pablo Picasso;
d.
Henri Matisse.
34. Which happened first?
a.
Russia invaded Germany
b.
Japan invaded China
c.
Germany invaded Poland
d.
Russia invaded Japan.
DO NOT PUT ON THE SCANTRON SHEET:
35-39. Place in order of occurrence.
A.
“Kristallnacht”
B.
Hitler becomes Chancellor
C.
Hitler wounded in World War I
D.
Mein Kampf written
E.
Hitler joins the National Socialist Workers Party
40-44. Place in order of their occurrence:
A.
Germany invades France
B.
Germany takes the Sudetenland
C.
Germany invades Poland
D.
Japan invades Manchuria
E.
Germany marches into Austria
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45.-50. Place in order of occurrence.
A.
Reichstag Fire
B.
Hitler comes to Power
C.
Reichstag Fire
D.
Munich Conference
E.
Germany attacks France
F.
Munich Beer-Hall Putsch
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