Chapter 17 World History Test

1.

1 point

Why did Germany choose to become involved in the Spanish Civil War?

because Hitler wanted to take control of other countries throughout Europe

it was an opportunity to test new weapons

because they were threatening a Communist takeover

2.

1 point

Why did Hitler label modern art as degenerate?

he blamed the Jews

he felt it was an outcome of arrogance

because most of the modern artists were not of German decent

3.

1 point

What is a period of low economic activity and high unemployment?

famine

recession

depression

hunger strike

4.

1 point

What was the leading policy maker of the Communist Party?

Stalin

Communist government

Politburo

5.

1 point

What was the significance of the Italian Fascists slogan "Woman Into the Home?"

it did not allow women the right to vote

women were to be homemakers and mothers

it decreased the opportunity for women in education

6.

1 point

The German Parliament is known as the what?

Dictatorship

Marxisits

Communists

Reichstag

7.

1 point

The belief that no one could determine the path of subatomic particles, meaning all physical laws had elements of unpredictability?

uncertainty principle

scientific method

Newton's Law of Physics

8.

1 point

Lenin abandoned war communism in 1921 in favor of this modified version of the old capitalists system. This was known as what?

New Economic Policy

Communism

New Deal

Capitalism

9.

1 point

What was the basic purpose of the Nuremberg Laws?

to make Hitler dictator

exclude Jewish people from German citizenship

to exterminate the Jews

10.

1 point

The government policy of going into debt to pay for public works projects is called what?

depression

collective bargaining

deficit spending

11.

1 point

This exists when almost all power in a nation is held by the government.

monarchy

totalitarian state

dictatorship

anarchy

12.

1 point

What was the policy that the Soviet government followed when it took private property after WWI without payments to its former owners?

collectivization

politburo

reichstag

uncertainty principle

13.

1 point

What did President Roosevelt call the program designed to fight the depression in the U.S.?

FDIC

New Deal

WPA

TVA

14.

1 point

Which of the following was not a part of Lenin's New Economic Policy?

all government workers fell under a "protection plan"

peasants were allowed to sell their produce openly

heavy industry and banks under government control

small industries were privately owned

15.

1 point

What is a picture made up of a combination of photographs?

collective bargaining

photomontage

collage

collectivization

16.

1 point

Why did Trosky and his followers want to spread communism to other nations?

to make the Western powers weak

because he wanted his country to become the example of communism

because they believed that the revolution in Russia could not survive without other Communist states

17.

1 point

What did Germany do to cause high rates of inflation after WWI?

raised the cost of housing

paid salaries by printing more money

due to the high rate of unemployment

18.

1 point

Why were Germans unable to pay all of the war reparations assessed by the Treaty of Versailles?

they were too busy plotting revenge

they just refused to pay them

Germany was faced with too many financial problems

19.

1 point

What is the right of the unions to negotiate with employees?

negotiation agreements

collective bargaining

strike