During the 1920's, Germany

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During the 1920's, Germany

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seemed to be prosperous and peaceful, joining the League of Nations and signing treaties with Belgium and France.

elected Hitler to the presidency in 1920 – at first he was a democrat and led the Weimar Republic 

restored its pre-World War I boundaries through war.

All of these options are incorrect.

Question 2 (2 points)

Germans killed approximately 6 million Jews in the death camps and coordinated campaigns of terror.

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True

False

Question 3 (2 points)

On the home front in World War II

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the United States increased its military production significantly.

every nation utilized some type of rationing system.

Germany and Japan took resources from the areas they conquered and used forced labor to aid their war effort.

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Immediately after World War II

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the Soviet Union annexed all former German colonies in Africa and Asia.

the Soviet Union annexed all former German colonies in Africa and Asia.

the United States installed capitalist governments in Eastern Europe.

the Soviet Union installed Communist governments in Eastern Europe.

Question 5 (2 points)

In the great purges of the Soviet Union, which included the “Great Terror,” of the 1930s, most of the victims were former capitalists who had resisted the Communists.

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True

False

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Question 6 (2 points)

In Asia, the Cold war led to

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a Japanese economic collapse.

the collapse of Communist China.

the Korean War and the Vietnam War.

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Question 7 (2 points)

The appeal of the Nazi Party in Germany

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was based solely upon Nazi racism.

was primarily centered on German intellectuals.

was surprisingly broad—to youth, displaced World War I veterans and the lower middle class.

was exclusively to the German working class.

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Stalin's plans for Eastern Europe after World War II included

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cooperation with the West and with the Marshall Plan.

imposition not only of Soviet-style governments but also of Soviet economic planning and agricultural collectivization.

opening of Eastern Europe to capitalist development.

All of these options are incorrect.

Question 9 (2 points)

France, in World War II,

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was overwhelmed by German forces early in the war, leaving Britain isolated.

invaded Germany and occupied the Rhineland for 3 years.

easily repulsed Hitler's attacks.

proclaimed neutrality at the beginning of the war.

Question 10 (2 points)

France had more difficulty than Great Britain in allowing decolonization, fighting and losing two protracted wars in Vietnam and Algeria.

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True

False

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Question 11 (2 points)

The era 1945-1989 in European history can be described as the era of

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The Cold War.

Enlightenment.

Global disarmament.

Imperialism.

Question 12 (2 points)

The Spanish Civil War led to a dictatorship under Francisco Franco.

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True

False

Question 13 (2 points)

Fear of another great war led Britain and France in 1938

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to forge an effective alliance with the United States directed against Germany.

to blockade Germany until they stopped rearming.

to appease Hitler at Munich, giving him part of Czechoslovakia.

to declare that they would be neutral in any future war.

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In the years after World War I,

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democratic governments were established throughout all of Europe.

both victors and vanquished enjoyed great prosperity with low inflation.

European colonial empires ended.

the unresolved economic and political problems of the times helped lead to World War II.

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It can be said of decolonization in Africa that

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it was primarily peaceful

many new nations did not possess much infrastructure, such as modern railways.

in some areas, White minorities continued to hold power into the 1990s

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Many post-World War II Western European countries

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elected communists to power and peacefully became communist nations, joining the Soviet block after 1955.

developed welfare states with health care benefits, family allowances, and government-run nursery schools.

mirrored exactly the United States – adopting American political processes, the American Dollar as its currency, and rejecting all social welfare reform.

All of these options are correct.

Question 17 (2 points)

By 1955, two opposing military alliances, NATO and the Warsaw Pact, had been formed in Europe.

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