EUROPE BETWEEN THE WARS; THE GREAT DEPRESSION

Question 1

Which of the following is a major theme depicted in the painting by Dali of the melting clocks?

A. A scientific view of the world 
B. Enlightened rationalism 
C. Romantic concern with nature 
D. Realistic appraisal of industrial progress 
E. The world of the unconscious mind

Answer 1

E. The world of the unconscious mind

Question 2

The term “collective security” would most likely be discussed in which of the following studies?

A. A book on the twentieth-century welfare state
B. A monograph on Soviet agricultural policy during the 1920s
C. A book on Bismarckian imperialism
D. A treatise on Social Darwinism
E. A work on European diplomacy during the 1920s

Answer 2

E. A work on European diplomacy during the 1920s

Question 3

The British economist John Maynard Keynes did which of the following?

A. He urged governments to increase mass purchasing power in times of deflation.
B. He defended the principles of the Versailles Treaty.
C. He helped to establish the British Labour party.
D. He prophesied the inevitable economic decline of capitalism.
E. He defined the concept of marginal utility to replace the labor theory of value.

Answer 3

A. He urged governments to increase mass purchasing power in times of deflation.

Question 4

All of the following factors contributed to the rise of the National Socialist German Workers’ party (Nazis) EXCEPT

A. the weakness of the Weimar Republic 
B. the dissatisfaction with the Versailles Treaty 
C. the impact of the Great Depression 
D. the support of German conservatives 
E. the support of Socialist trade unions

Answer 4

E. the support of Socialist trade unions

Question 5

The map of Europe shown portrays national boundaries as they existed in

A. 1871 
B. 1913 
C. 1925 
D. 1948 
E. 1950

Answer 5

C. 1925

Question 6

“We are fifty or a hundred years behind the advanced countries. We must make good this distance in ten years. Either we do it or they crush us.”

The quotation above is attributed to

A. Charles de Gaulle calling for France to prepare for tank warfare
B. Winston Churchill demanding that Britain expand its air force and navy
C. Joseph Stalin explaining the need for continued industrial development in the Soviet Union
D. Mao Zedong (Mao Tse-tung) introducing the Cultural Revolution in China
E. Adolf Hitler inaugurating German rearmament

Answer 6

C. Joseph Stalin explaining the need for continued industrial development in the Soviet Union

Question 7

In 1936 it was widely assumed that France would come to the aid of the Republicans in Spain because France

A. had been a consistent supporter of Franco
B. opposed the Moscow-dominated government in Madrid
C. wanted to seize Gibraltar
D. was mandated by the League of Nations to defend Spain
E. had a Popular Front government, as did Spain

Answer 7

E. had a Popular Front government, as did Spain

Question 8

The Great Depression that began in 1929 was made worse by government actions that instituted

A. budget cuts and higher tariffs on foreign goods
B. banking reform and old-age pensions
C. military expansion and imperialism
D. high taxes and low national debt
E. national transportation and conservation projects

Answer 8

A. Budget cuts and higher tariffs on foreign goods.

Question 9

9. Autarky, a stated political goal of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, refers to the

A. establishment of dictatorial authority
B. creation of a racially purified state
C. establishment of economic self-sufficiency
D. abolition of the democratic legislative process
E. coordination of everyday life

Answer 9

C. Establishment of economic self-sufficiency