Multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer.
- German re-militarization of the Rhineland violated the Versailles Treaty and the
a) Munich Pact.
b) Locarno Pact.
c) Kellogg-Briand Pact.
d) Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact.
- During the inter-war period, the Nazi and Communist governments practised
a) dictatorial rule.
b) collective bargaining.
c) freedom of assembly.
d) religious tolerance.
- During the Great Depression, the Weimar Republic could not solve the problem of
a) falling levels of production.
b) inflation of the German mark.
c) its exclusion from the League of Nations.
d) French refusal to settle border disputes.
- "I took over a state faced by ruin thanks to the trust in the promises of the rest of the world ..."
Adolf Hitler in speech to Reichstag
The promises to which Hitler referred were found in thea) Dawes Plan.
b) Rapallo Pact.
c) Fourteen Points.
d) Kellogg-Briand Pact.
- By 1939, French security from German attack depended mainly upon the
a) Stressa Front.
b) Locarno Pact.
c) Maginot Line.
d) Siegfried Line.
- The correct chronological order in the attainment of power is
a) Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini.
b) Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler.
c) Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler.
d) Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini.
- An ultimate result of the appeasement of Germany in September 1938 was that
a) Churchill became Prime Minister of Britain.
b) Britain guaranteed the independence of Czechoslovakia.
c) Germany gave up plans for further expansion.
d) Britain signed the Dual Alliance with Italy.
- Fascist and democratic philosophies agree on the
a) desire for the nation-state to be strong.
b) political equality for all people.
c) religious tolerance.
d) freedom of political criticism.
- Italian relations with Germany in 1934 are best described as
a) friendly.
b) hostile.
c) cooperative.
d) indifferent.
- In 1935, Italy invaded
a) Ethiopia.
b) the Sudetenland.
c) Spanish Morocco.
d) Smyrna on the west coast of Turkey.
- France's response to the Depression included all of the following EXCEPT
a) calls to end democracy and set up a dictatorship.
b) election of a liberal government with wide public support.
c) reforms to help the workers.
d) creation of a coalition government of moderates, socialists and radicals.
- The coalition government of France in 1936 was known as the
a) National Socialist Party.
b) Weimar Republic.
c) Popular Front.
d) New Deal.
- Britain muddled through the Depression in all the following ways EXCEPT by
a) taking an extreme course of government action.
b) electing an all-party coalition government.
c) increasing taxes and lowering the interest rate.
d) raising tariffs and regulating the currency.
- The prime minister of the British National Government and leader of the Labour Party during the Depression was
a) Ramsey MacDonald.
b) Neville Chamberlain.
c) Stanley Baldwin.
d) Winston Churchill.
- The leader of the Conservative Party in England from 1923 to 1937 was
a) Ramsey MacDonald.
b) Neville Chamberlain.
c) Stanley Baldwin.
d) Winston Churchill.
- Which best describes the "Night of the Long Knives" (1934)?
a) Hitler's purge and murder of the SA generals including Ernst Roehm.
b) The night Nazi thugs in Germany smashed Jewish businesses and property.
c) The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people.
d) The Nazi plan to invade Austria.
- Hitler's purge and murder of the SA generals including Ernst Roehm is known as
a) Anschluss.
b) the "Night of the Long Knives".
c) the "Final Solution".
d) Kristallnacht.
- In 1934, Nazi thugs in Vienna
a) organized a mass demonstration to promote closer ties with Italy.
b) marched to the border with Germany and burned a customs post in Bavaria.
c) signed a "Pact of Steel" with the Austrian government.
d) assassinated Chancellor Englebert Dollfuss.
- In 1936, Adolf Hitler defied the Treaty of Versailles by
a) accepting American economic aid to prevent further inflation.
b) constructing a network of roads called autobahns.
c) refusing to pay reparations to Russia.
d) re-militarizing the Rhineland.
- Which best describes "Kristallnacht" (1938)?
a) Hitler's purge and murder of the SA generals including Ernst Roehm
b) The night Nazi thugs in Germany smashed Jewish businesses and property.
c) The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people.
d) The Nazi plan to "unite" with Austria.
- The night Nazi thugs in Germany destroyed Jewish property was called
a) Anschluss.
b) the "Night of the Long Knives".
c) the "Final Solution".
d) Kristallnacht.
- Which best describes "Anschluss" (1938)?
a) Hitler's purge and murder of the SA generals including Ernst Roehm
b) The night Nazi thugs in Germany smashed Jewish businesses and property.
c) The Nazi plan to exterminate the Jewish people.
d) The German plan to "unite" with Austria.
- The German plan to "unite" with Austria was called
a) Anschluss.
b) the "Night of the Long Knives".
c) the "Final Solution".
d) Kristallnacht.
- In 1938, German troops occupied
a) Denmark and Norway.
b) Holland and Belguim.
c) the Sudetenland and Austria.
d) Poland and Lithuania.
- In 1938, Adolf Hitler signed the "Pact of Steel" with
a) Emperor Hirohito of Japan.
b) Josef Stalin of Russia.
c) Benito Mussolini of Italy.
d) the Krupp Steel Corporation to increase war production.
- In 1938, Adolf Hitler signed a Non-Agression Pact with
a) Emperor Hirohito of Japan.
b) Josef Stalin of Russia.
c) Benito Mussolini of Italy.
d) Leon Blum of France.
- The German blitzkrieg campaign of 1939 was directed against
a) Czechoslovakia.
b) Austria.
c) Poland.
d) France.
Answer key 1. b 6. b 11. b 16. a 21. d 26. b 2. a 7. a 12. c 17. b 22. d 27. c 3. b 8. a 13. a 18. d 23. a 28. _ 4. c 9. b 14. a 19. d 24. c 29. _ 5. c 10. a 15. c 20. b 25. c 30. _
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