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9323580726In Japan in the 1920s:the populace became politicized0
9323580727Which of the following is NOT a reason why the German people tolerated Hitler's leadership during the mid-1930s?His persecution of the Jews purged Germany of a legitimate threat to national security1
9323580728Fascism does NOT stand for:individual rights2
9323624534Which of the following was NOT a tactic utilized by Mussolini in his efforts to claim power in Italy?rational debate3
9323624535The League of Nations responded to Mussolini's invasion of Ethiopia by:doing almost nothing4
9323624536Japan had a high rate of economic growth during the two decades preceding World War IITrue5
9323624537Adolf Hitler:Laid out his political program in Mein Kampf6
9323624538After World War I, Japan's industrial development:succeeded in integrating large-scale factory production with small-scale cottage industries7
9323624539The Gestapo was established in 1936 to eliminate (through murder or internment) opposition leaders who advocated anti-Hitler ideologiesTrue8
9337961030The League of Nations:was a forum for resolving international conflicts through negotiations9
9337961031Which of the following aggressive actions occurred before World War II had officially begun?Japan invaded China10
9337961032Hitler invaded which of the following on 1 September 1939, opening the European theater in World War II?Poland11
9337961033Which of the following was annexed by Germany in Hitler's Anschluss?Austria12
9337961034Pablo Picasso painted Guernica to protest:Aerial bombardment of civilians13
9337961035Which of the following did NOT support General Francisco Franco during the Spanish Civil War?Soviet Union14
9337961036World War II started when Germany invaded Czechoslovakia.False15
9337961037Which of the following was NOT a part of the famed "Maginot Line"?elevated gun turrets16
9337961038Which of the following was NOT a part of Japan's "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere"?open trade with the West17
9353569017Which of the following was NOT included in the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere" by 1942?Fiji18
9353569018Mohandas Gandhi argued that:the civilization was on the path to self-destruction19
9353569019The turning point in the Eastern front came at the battle of:Stalingrad20
9363871323Hitler believed in a racial hierarchy and placed blacks at the bottom.False21
9363871324The Soviet Union suffered the highest casualty rate in World War II: about 20 million dead.True22
9363871325"Island hopping" was:the U.S. strategy of sequential liberation of Japan's holdings in the Pacific23
9363871326The first atomic bomb was dropped on:Hiroshima24
9363871327In 1941, hundreds of thousands of Serbs and other "undesirables" were murdered by:the Ustasa25
9363871328Women did much of the factory work in America during World War II.True26
9363871329Which of the following achieved the highest level of aircraft production by 1944?USA27
9365315738According to Albert Camus, the only serious philosophical question is:Whether to commit suicide28
9365315739Which of the following was NOT one of the aims of the United Nations, according to the preamble of the organization's charter?establish democratic governments throughout the world29
9365315740According to the preamble to the charter of the United Nations, the world is encouraged to practice tolerance.True30
9365315741The Terror House in Budapest memorializes:Hungary's occupations by the Germans and by the Soviets31
9365315742The atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima:was the first nuclear weapon used in war32
9365315743At the Nuremberg Trials:22 Nazis were tried for criminal acts against humanity33
9365315744The United Nations:was envisioned primarily as a vehicle to promote peace34
9365315745This is NOT part of the United Nations:International Monetary Fund35

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