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| 14152273885 | Joseph Stalin's goal was to | turn the USSR into an industrail nation | 0 | |
| 14152273886 | Stalin's First Five-Year Plan stressed | increases in electricity and heavy industries | 1 | |
| 14152273887 | The Soviet Union paid for the First Five-Year Plan by | squeezing the peasants | 2 | |
| 14152273888 | The reaction to collectivization of the better-off peasants, or kulaks, was to | burn their crops and kill their livestock | 3 | |
| 14152273889 | Over ______ kulaks were arrested, some were executed, and the rest starved to death in gulags. | 8 million | 4 | |
| 14152273890 | How did the Nazi takeover of Germany affect Stalin's Second Five-Year Plan? | Stalin intended to produce consumer goods but decided to produce arms instead | 5 | |
| 14152273891 | An example of Stalinist terror in the 1930s was the | secret police arresting people accused of party disloyalty | 6 | |
| 14152273892 | Despite the Stalinist terror, Soviet women | entered jobs and careers previously closed to them | 7 | |
| 14152273893 | The stock market crash of 1929 turned into | the deepest, most widespread depression in history | 8 | |
| 14152273894 | Which two countries were particularly hard hit by the Depression? | Japan and Germany | 9 | |
| 14152273895 | Nationalists during the Depression yearned for autarchy, which was defined as | self-sufficiency and economic independence from the world economy | 10 | |
| 14152273896 | The effect of the Depression on non-industrial nations was | very uneven | 11 | |
| 14152273897 | The South African economy boomed during the Depression because | the Depression made gold more valuable | 12 | |
| 14152273898 | Why were people attracted to the messages of radical politicians after World War I? | they were embittered as a result of WW1 and unemployment and they were bewildered by modernity | 13 | |
| 14152273899 | Italy's fasci di combattimento initially comprised mainly | unemployed veterans and violent youths | 14 | |
| 14152273900 | Which of the following was not one of the actions taken by Benito Mussolini? | he took over the press | 15 | |
| 14152273901 | What did Adolf Hitler write while in jail in the 1920's? | Mein Kampf | 16 | |
| 14152273902 | Hitler's "master race" reserved intense hatred for | Jews | 17 | |
| 14152273903 | Hitler's goal for Germany was | -to expand into Poland -to take over all of German-speaking territory -the repeal of the Treaty of Versailles -to eliminate the Jews from Europe | 18 | |
| 14152273904 | Hitler's popularity came in large part from the German people's belief that | economic well-being outweighed a loss of liberty | 19 | |
| 14152273905 | Despite the fact that Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles | neither Britain nor France tried to stop him | 20 | |
| 14152273906 | Italy took advantage of democratic weakness in 1935 when | Mussolini invaded Ethiopia | 21 | |
| 14152273907 | The major powers at the Munich Conference in 1938 | allowed Hitler to annex Czechoslovakian territory | 22 | |
| 14152273908 | Which of the following does not account for the British and French policy of appeasement? | their desire to end imperialism | 23 | |
| 14152273909 | Many Japanese nationalists thought that the answer to the Depression was to | have Japanese colonies | 24 | |
| 14152273910 | Mao Zedong's variety of Communism was a radical departure from the traditional ideology because it | relied on the peasantry | 25 | |
| 14152273911 | Which of the following was not among Mao Zedong's policies toward women? | he put women in leadership positions | 26 | |
| 14152273912 | Eventually, Japanese leaders realized that the war with China | was a drain on Japanese resources | 27 | |
| 14152273913 | At Nanjing, the Japanese troops raped | 20,000 Chinese women | 28 | |
| 14152273914 | Why did Mao Zedong stop getting aid from Stalin in 1941? | Stalin signed a Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact | 29 | |
| 14152273915 | The German Blitzkrieg meant, literally, | lightning war | 30 | |
| 14152273916 | In the early years of World War II, the Soviet Union invaded which of the following countries? | Poland and the Baltic States | 31 | |
| 14152273917 | The German attack at Stalingrad was important because | it was the key to the Soviet oil supply | 32 | |
| 14152273918 | The prime motivation for the Japanese invasion of Southeast Asia was | its abundant oil and rubber production | 33 | |
| 14152273919 | On December 7, 1941 | Japanese planes bombed the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor | 34 | |
| 14152273920 | The key to victory in the Pacific Ocean was | aircraft carriers | 35 | |
| 14152273921 | The final defeat of Japan took longer than victory over Germany in large part because | the United States had concentrated its efforts on Germany | 36 | |
| 14152273922 | If the allies had agreed sooner to allow the Japanese to retain the emperor | the war might have ended without the use of the atomic bomb | 37 | |
| 14152273923 | Soviet deaths during World War II numbered between ________ million | 20 and 25 | 38 | |
| 14152273924 | Which of the following scientific and technological innovations were not spurred by World War II? | tanks | 39 | |
| 14152273925 | The Holocaust is estimated to have killed ________ Jews. | 6 million | 40 | |
| 14152273926 | Which group was not murdered by the Nazis in the interest of "racial purity?" | Aryans | 41 | |
| 14152273927 | Which of the following was not a result of increased United States production during World War II? | the economy performed at a minimal level | 42 | |
| 14152273928 | One of the most significant long-lasting consequences of World War II in the United States was the | recruitment of women and minorities into the labor force | 43 | |
| 14152273929 | The main cause of environmental stress during World War II was the | economic development that sustained the fighting | 44 | |
| 14152273930 | In order to realize his vision of an industrialized Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin: | launched a series of Five-Year Plans. | 45 | |
| 14152273931 | In response to resistance to collectivization, Stalin ordered: | the "liquidation of the kulaks as a class." | 46 | |
| 14152273932 | Following the Stock Market crash, New York banks called in their loans to Germany and Austria causing them to: | stop paying reparations to Britain and France. | 47 | |
| 14152273933 | At the height of Stalin's purges, some ________ people were sent to labor camps. | 8 million | 48 | |
| 14152273934 | The Depression affected nonindustrial countries: | because industrialized countries cut their imports of raw materials | 49 | |
| 14152273935 | When ________ threatened to march on Rome in 1922 if he was not made prime minister, the government gave in. | Mussolini | 50 | |
| 14152273936 | Which of the following does NOT explain why European leaders followed a policy of appeasement with Hitler? | People assumed that Hitler would overextend himself and then be easier to defeat. | 51 | |
| 14152273937 | Japanese nationalists saw the conquest of ________ as the solution to their country's problems | China | 52 | |
| 14152273938 | What was the Manchurian Incident? | A railway explosion that gave Japanese officers an excuse to take over Manchuria. | 53 | |
| 14152273939 | The United States and Europe reacted to the Manchurian Incident by: | taking no real action. | 54 | |
| 14152273940 | Why did the Western powers not leap immediately to China's aid when the Japanese attacked? | They were preoccupied with events in Europe and economic problems at home. | 55 | |
| 14152273941 | Mao received little aid from the Soviet Union until: | Stalin signed the Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact. | 56 | |
| 14152273942 | By June 1940, Hitler had conquered all of the following EXCEPT: | Spain | 57 | |
| 14152273943 | The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor believing that: | the shock of the attack would be so great that the United States would accept Japanese conquest of Southeast Asia. | 58 | |
| 14152273944 | Which was NOT an advantage the Guomindang had over the communists? | Japanese support | 59 | |
| 14152273945 | World War II represented a change in moral values as: | belligerents identified not just soldiers but entire peoples as enemies | 60 | |
| 14152273946 | The Battle of Midway was significant because: | Japan lost four of its six largest aircraft carriers. | 61 | |
| 14152273947 | The Nazis' "final solution" killed so many Jews because: | they applied modern industrial methods to the slaughter of human beings. | 62 | |
| 14152273948 | The mass extermination of the Jews that cost six million lives is now called the | Holocaust | 63 | |
| 14152273949 | Germany's defeat at ___________ in February 1943 meant that it had lost its last chance of defeating the Soviet Union and winning the war. | Stalingrad | 64 | |
| 14152273950 | The allied landing on the coast of Normandy in June 1944 was known as | D-Day | 65 | |
| 14152273951 | Stalin's second ___________ emphasized the development of heavy industry. | Five-Year Plan | 66 | |
| 14152273952 | Adolf Hitler outlined his goals and ideas in | Mein Kampf | 67 | |
| 14152273953 | The allies gave Hitler everything he wanted at the ___________ Conference of 1938. | Munich | 68 | |
| 14152273954 | The 1920s & 1930s are often known as the | interwar period | 69 | |
| 14152273955 | In the 1920s, Japan | struggled politically but succeeded economically | 70 | |
| 14152273956 | In what nation did the first Fascist regime take power? | Italy | 71 | |
| 14152273957 | Which of these best describes the League of Nations? | a debating society where much was said but little was done | 72 | |
| 14152273958 | which of these nations did NOT experience political revolution in this era? | France | 73 | |
| 14152273959 | Which of these was NOT a political or military leader in the era of the Mexican Revolution? | Rivera | 74 | |
| 14152273960 | The international agreement outlawing war forever was the | Kellogg-Briand Pact | 75 | |
| 14152273961 | Which of these was NOT a popular American innovation of this era? | Nationalized industries | 76 | |
| 14152273962 | The Great Depression in the United States | had a ripple effect across the world and impacted many nations in Europe, Africa, and Asia | 77 | |
| 14152273963 | The first fascist leader to gain control of a nation in these twentieth century was | Bentio Mussolini | 78 | |
| 14152273964 | Hitler's goal was not prosperity or popularity but | conquest and revenge for WWI | 79 | |
| 14152273965 | One of the founders & eventual leader of China's Communist Party was | Mao Zedong | 80 | |
| 14152273966 | The so-called Long March | is the name give to the escape of the Chinese Communist Party from the Guomindang attempt to eradicate them | 81 | |
| 14152273967 | When Japan attacked China in 1937, | Japan's leaders hoped for a quick victory and an end to japan's economic problems | 82 | |
| 14152273968 | By the end of June 1940, Hitler | had conquered almost all of Europe except Spain, Great Britain, and the USSR? | 83 | |
| 14152273969 | By the middle of 1943, it was becoming apparent that neither Germany nor Japan could win the war. In part this was due to | ... | 84 | |
| 14152273970 | Following the end of WWII in 1945, the Guomindang & the Chinese Communist Party | renewed their war against each other and for control of china's gov. | 85 | |
| 14152273971 | Unlike in WWI, in WWII | there was less of a distinction b/w the "front" and the "home front" | 86 |
