Study Guide

Question 0

All of these are reasons people lost money during the depression except

Answer 0

Roaming bands of thieves, down on their luck

Question 1

What best describes the United States government response to the economic collapse?

Answer 1

Government became more involved in citizens daily lives

Question 2

In the early 20th century, nations such as Germany, Italy, Japan, and the Soviet Union developed totalitarian governments. This meant that the citizens:

Answer 2

Were under total control of the government

Question 3

Which best describes communism

Answer 3

Communism overthrows the government, gives power to the people, decreases the power of capitalist by abolishing private ownership, and religion, and created communal education

Question 4

Which best describes fascism

Answer 4

Fascism is when government denied people their individual liberties and were led by authoritarian leaders. The leaders of these government used various methods to create unity in spirit and consolidate their power

Question 5

Which best describes socialism

Answer 5

Socialism is what based on the economic principles of communism and not on the Ideas of violent revolution the primary focus of this government is creating an economic system where the working classes could share in the wealth generated by industry and society as a whole

Question 6

What was the partnership between Germany, Italy and Japan called

Answer 6

The axis powers

Question 7

The US responded to the growing totalitarian threat with a policy of

Answer 7

Isolationism

Question 8

In negating the Munich Pact, Great Britain and France gave into hitters demands for control of the sudenland. The policy was

Answer 8

Appeasement

Question 9

The British and American invasion of Normandy France leading to the eventual end of the war in Europe is called what today

Answer 9

D day

Question 10

The US moved closer to victory in Japan by defeating the Japanese in these two locations

Answer 10

Okinawa and Iwo Jima

Question 11

Where did attempted genocide occur in World War II

Answer 11

Germany and Poland with the attempted destruction of everyone with Jewish heritage

Question 12

Which action illustrates the concept of genocide

Answer 12

Nazi armies eliminated Jews and others as part of the final solution

Question 13

All of these groups were targeted by Hitler except

Answer 13

Aryans

Question 14

And international military tribunal representing 23 nations put Nazi war criminal’s on trial in what city

Answer 14

Nuremberg Germany

Question 15

The Nazi regime describe the extermination with which of the following terms

Answer 15

The final solution

Question 16

Which of the circumstances best describes a ghetto

Answer 16

Large numbers of European Jews held in walled cities

Question 17

Under the Nuremberg laws Jews were

Answer 17

Robbed of their citizenship

Question 18

The following can best be used to describe the Zionist movement The desire to give Jews a homeland in Palestine and create a Jewish nation state

Answer 18

The desire to give Jews a homeland in Palestine and create a Jewish nation state

Question 19

What was the PLO trying to do

Answer 19

The PLO was trying to create a permanent Palestinian state that would not be eroded by the growing Israel