21 Great Depression and WWII Unit Test Review

How did many Germans respond to challenges of the global depression in the 1930s?

• by following an extremist political party

• by stopping the production of new paper money

• by negotiating a series of loans from the United States

• by taking back money paid to France in war reparations

Governments around the world responded to the global economic depression in different ways.

Which countries focused mostly on improving conditions for its citizens by way of reform?

• The United States and Great Britain

• Great Britain and France

• The United States and France

• France and Germany

All of the above are associated with which type of government?

• democracy

• republic

• totalitarian

• theocracy

Which of the following was an action taken by Adolf Hitler to control Germany?

• Organizing a multinational police force

• Banning opposition political parties

• Formalizing a non-aggression treaty with the Soviet Union

• Withdrawing government funding from Rhineland industrial areas

Which of the following best completes the title?

• Stasi

• Nazis

• Inquisition

• Red Guard

Which of the following was the primary method used by Stalin to consolidate his power in the Soviet Union?

• Committing troops to foreign conflicts

• Elimination of political opposition

• Establishment of social reforms

• Gaining support of other communist countries

Which statement is the best example of the similarities between the totalitarian regimes of Hitler and Stalin?

• Both were against business ownership and created collective farms.

• Both abolished private property ownership and persecuted religious leaders.

• Both were fascists and fought together in World War II against the United States.

• Both used propaganda and sent people to prison camps during World War II.

What action by Great Britain in the Munich Agreement is Churchill criticizing?

• the movement toward independence in India

• the demand for war reparations from Germany

• the policy of appeasement over the Sudetenland

• the formation of an alliance with the Soviet Union

How did the beginning of the D-Day campaign impact World War II?

• It led to the immediate surrender of Japan.

• It forced Russia to retreat from its western invasion.

• It put Germany on the defensive against a new Allied front.

• It left England vulnerable to blitzkrieg attacks from the Luftwaffe.

Which action of the Japanese government contributed to the outbreak of World War II in the Pacific region?

• military seizure of Soviet resources

• economic boycott of European exports

• political alliance with the Chinese government

• aggressive expansion throughout the Asian mainland