AP World History Chapter 21 Flashcards

4147056353	What was the effect of Germany's arrival as a new powerful player on the international scene?	It was disruptive to the established order.	0
4147056354	What was the popular attitude in Europe toward the prospect of war in the summer of 1914?	Widespread enthusiasm for war	1
4147056355	What impact did Europe's colonial empires have on the conduct of World War I?	The war drew in laborers and soldiers from the colonies.	2
4147056356	What term best describes the predominant style of warfare in World War I?	Trench warfare	3
4147056357	What was the reaction of many European intellectuals to the experience of World War I?	Profound disillusionment with European civilization	4
4147056358	Which of the following seriously weakened Wilson's idea of a League of Nations?	The failure of the U.S. Senate to ratify the League	5
4147056359	Which of the following was NOT a factor in causing the Great Depression?	Government interference in market economies	6
4147056360	The "Axis" nations were united by their opposition to what international movement?	Communism	7
4147056361	Benito Mussolini's fascist movement came to power promising an alternative to what?	Both democratic rule and communism	8
4147056362	What was meant by the term "corporate state," used to describe fascist Italy?	Business and labor were to be unified within the state.	9
4147056363	What myth arose in Germany in the 1920s to explain why Germany lost the First World War?	Socialists, Jews, and liberals in Germany had betrayed the nation.	10
4147056364	How did Adolf Hitler and the Nazis view modern urban life?	As a Jewish conspiracy to corrupt traditional German values	11
4147056365	Which Enlightenment values did the Nazis draw upon in their ideology?	Science and human perfectibility	12
4147056366	How did Japanese nationalists differentiate Japanese society from Western society?	They believed that the Japanese were more loyal to their ruler than westerners were to their own rulers.	13
4147056367	In what way was nationalist Japan most similar to fascist Italy and Nazi Germany?	Aggressive ambition for conquest and empire building	14
4147056368	What was the real reason that the Japanese began invading French, British, Dutch, and American territories in Southeast Asia and the Pacific?	To gain control of Asia's resources and end Japan's dependence on the West	15
4147056369	Which of the following best describes the attitude of Japanese leaders toward their decision to bomb Pearl Harbor and thus start a war with the United States?	They were regretful, for they knew that they stood only a small chance against the mighty United States, though they saw no other way to maintain power in the Pacific.	16
4147056370	Which of the following events of the Second World War is NOT an example of the term "total war"?	The bombing of Pearl Harbor	17
4147056371	What impact did World War II ultimately have on communism?	It gave communism legitimacy in the Soviet Union and control over half of Europe and much of Asia.	18
4147056372	What happened to European economies after the United States began its Marshall Plan in 1948?	Europe saw massive economic growth and widespread prosperity.	19