This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 13 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 13 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The event that caused Britain and France to finally declare war on Germany and start World War II was ..... A) Germany's invasion of Poland. B) Germany's invasion of the Rhineland. C) Italy's invasion of Ethiopia. D) Germany's acquisition of Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germany's invasion of Poland. 2. Henry Ford is credited with mastering A) Radio Broadcasting. B) Modern day filming. C) Flying aeroplanes. D) Use of the Assembly Line. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Use of the Assembly Line. 3. What led to the rise of totalitarianism governments in Germany, Italy and Spain in the 1920s and 1930s. A) The success of the Communist in a command economy. B) Severe economic problems that arose in Europe after WWI. C) The active support of the United States. D) Movements demanding the reture of the old monarchies. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Severe economic problems that arose in Europe after WWI. 4. When Wilson become President? A) 1910. B) 1912. C) 1914. D) 1916. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1912. 5. What was the Marxist-Leninist state that existed between 1922-1991, consisting of various "communist" republics ruled by the Russian Communist Party centered in Moscow? A one-party state that saw itself as the leader of international communism. A) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. B) Weimar Republic. C) Provisional Republic of Russia. D) Munich Soviet Socialist Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. 6. A system of brutal labor camps in the USSR A) Kulak. B) Collectivization. C) Gulags. D) Concentration Camps. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gulags. 7. Last of the Russian Czars A) Nicholas. B) Alexandra. C) Lenin. D) Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nicholas. 8. How did U-boat warfare lead to the U.S. entering WWI? A) The U.S. Navy wanted to protect territory in the Pacific. B) Unrestricted warfare resulted in the sinking of American ships. C) The U.S. wanted to prevent other countries from getting technologically superior navies. D) The U.S. wanted German territory for itself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unrestricted warfare resulted in the sinking of American ships. 9. A government that takes total, centralized, state control over every aspect of public and private life defines which term? A) Communism. B) Fascism. C) Totalitarianism. D) Nazism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Totalitarianism. 10. In the USA, during the Great Depression farmers lost farms and there was a shortage of food due to ..... A) Famine. B) Dust Bowl. C) Imports from Europe. D) Disease of plants. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dust Bowl. 11. Which Country chose to use a Policy of Appeasement A) Italy. B) Japan. C) France. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Great Britain. 12. Which country revolted and led to the Red Scare in the United States? A) China. B) France. C) Russia. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Russia. 13. Stalin killed many of his opponents within his Soviet Communist Party in what event? A) The Great Purge. B) Terror Famine. C) Kristallnacht. D) Dust Bowl. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Great Purge. 14. Which group did Mao Zedong believe would drive the Chinese revolution? A) Nationalists. B) Imperialists. C) Urban working class. D) Peasants. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Peasants. 15. Which of the following actions did Benito Mussolini take after he became the leader of Italy? A) He began to use terror and violence to enforce his policies. B) He legalized the use of strikes and boycotts. C) He allowed for multiple political parties. D) He ended the relationship between the government and industrial business leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He began to use terror and violence to enforce his policies. 16. Why did Japan invade Manchuria in 1931? A) More territory for its growing population. B) To establish a puppet government. C) For its natural resources. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 17. What was the immediate cause of World War I in Europe? A) Start of the civil war in Russia. B) Sinking of the British passenger liner, Lusitania. C) Attack on Poland by the German army. D) Assassination of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Assassination of the heir to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian empire. 18. What was one of the ways Nazi educators manipulated history? A) By promoting the achievements of other nations. B) By highlighting the failures of the German people. C) By encouraging critical thinking about historical events. D) By serving the German people's interests. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By serving the German people's interests. 19. In the 1920s, the arts and sciences both exhibited a sense of A) Uncertainty about the future. B) Optimism. C) Self-confidence. D) Decline. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Uncertainty about the future. 20. Where Hitler invaded first in violation to the Treaty of Versailles A) Austria. B) Bavaria. C) Poland. D) Rhineland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rhineland. 21. This battle of WWI featured the French bravely defending Paris from the advancing German troops by arriving to the battle via taxis and digging trenches in a "race to the sea" in September 1914. A) Saint Mihiel. B) Marne. C) Somme. D) Meuse Argonne. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marne. 22. What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race" ? A) Aryan. B) Americans. C) Japanese. D) Japanese. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aryan. 23. Who was the leader of India's non violent revolution and practiced civil disobedience? A) Sun Yat-Sen. B) Gandhi. C) Reza Shah Pahlavi. D) Mao Zedong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Gandhi. 24. Belief in a policy of abstaining from alliance and other international political and economic relations A) Totalitarian State. B) Isolationism. C) Dictator. D) Authoritarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolationism. 25. Which of the following became its own independent country (not a colony of Britain or France) after the Ottoman Empire collapsed? A) Syria. B) Palestine. C) Iraq. D) Turkey. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Turkey. 26. Which BEST describes an agricultural practice that led decline of the farming industry A) Western constructed irrigation to bring water desert regions. B) Farmers imported seed and grain from other countries. C) Technology was used clear large tracts land, =overproduction. D) Cattle drives were increased meet the demand from consumers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Technology was used clear large tracts land, =overproduction. 27. What was time of booming business, lots of new entertainment like Jazz Age music, and new technologies.? A) Isolationism. B) Flapper. C) Scientific Racism. D) Totalitarianism. E) Roaring 20s. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Roaring 20s. 28. The I in MAIN stands for A) Illuminate. B) Intermittent. C) Imperialism. D) Immediate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Imperialism. 29. Which option below best describes the Atlantic Charter?S/N #3 A) An agreement between Hitler and Roosevelt to not attack each other. B) 26 nations pledge to use their full resources against the Axis Powers. C) The great naval hunt for German U-Boats. D) Britain's attempt to keep the peace with Hitler with bribes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 26 nations pledge to use their full resources against the Axis Powers. 30. A government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual, and cultural lives of its citizens is classified as A) European. B) Communism. C) Socialism. D) Totalitarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totalitarian. 31. How was the island of Ireland divided after the partition? A) Into three separate countries. B) Into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. C) Into the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. D) Into Northern Ireland and Wales. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Into the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland. 32. What is the reactionary political ideology that views the individual as belonging to the state and the state being led by a single party or leader? Characterized as being ultra-nationalistic, anti-communist, anti-democratic, and imperialist. Traditional class or race hierarchies remain in place or are promoted. A) Marxist-Leninism. B) Fascism. C) Democratic Liberalism. D) Scientific Racism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascism. 33. Who was the Fascist dictator of Italy whose paramilitary organization (The Black shirts) seized control of the Italian state in 1921 and was proclaimed Prime Minister by King Victor Emmanuel III? He ceded the Vatican to the Catholic Church, promoted militarism, anti-communism, and promised a revival of the Ancient Roman Empire. A) Benito Mussolini. B) Gian Galeazzo Ciano. C) Alcide De Gasperi. D) Giovanni Gentile. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benito Mussolini. 34. Ernest Hemingway, part of the "lost generation, " often wrote works related to A) The conflict between classes. B) The futility of war. C) The excesses of wealth. D) The hope of youth. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The futility of war. 35. What was Germany's democratic government formed after World War 1 that the Nazi Party eventually replaced? A) Weimar Republic. B) Socialist Party. C) New Deal. D) Bourgeoisie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weimar Republic. 36. In the Porvenir Massacre, who did the Texas Ranger killed? A) Mexicans and African Americans. B) Mexicans & Mexican Americans. C) Chinese and Japanese Americans. D) Irish and German Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mexicans & Mexican Americans. 37. What precedents set by the New Deal have been put into play during periods of recession? A) Axes on wealthy business owners have been lowered. B) Social programs have been cut to save money. C) Financial aid has been supplied to the jobless. D) More power has been given to the states to solve the problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Financial aid has been supplied to the jobless. 38. Which of the following most likely contributed to the outbreak of World War II? A) Global economic depression. B) Higher tariff rates in European countries. C) Sanctions imposed by the United States. D) Embargoes on international trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Global economic depression. 39. One major project that began in the 20's was the A) Construction of the Opera House. B) Construction of Parliament House. C) Construction of the sydney Harbour Bridge. D) Construction of the Indian Pacific Trainline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Construction of the sydney Harbour Bridge. 40. When did the U.S. enter World War I? A) 1919. B) 1918. C) 1917. D) 1920. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1917. 41. What symbol did the Freikorps soldiers paint on their helmets during the Kapp Putsch? A) Crown. B) Eagle. C) Swastika. D) Iron Cross. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Swastika. 42. The Nazis believed that women should be A) Activists and politicians. B) Doctors and lawyers. C) Wives and mothers. D) Warriors and leaders. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wives and mothers. 43. How did Prohibition affect corruption in the early 1900s? A) Prohibition increased corruption in Chicago but not the rest of the country. B) Prohibition decreased corruption because it cleaned up the liquor industry. C) Prohibition decreased corruption in Chicago but not the rest of the country. D) Prohibition increased corruption because people ignored the law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prohibition increased corruption because people ignored the law. 44. The ..... was the British and French disastrous attempt to open up a supply route with Russia. A) Dardanelles Campaign. B) Suez Campaign. C) Budapest Campaign. D) North Sea Campaign. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Dardanelles Campaign. 45. Totalitarian dictatorship, aggressive nationalism (including imperialism and xenophobia), glorification of politics, and single-party rule A) Marxism. B) Fascism. C) Socialism. D) Communism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fascism. 46. Why was the Reichstag Fire significant in Hitler's rise to power? A) It ended World War I. B) It allowed Hitler to claim emergency powers. C) It started the Russian Revolution. D) It led to the bombing of Hiroshima. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It allowed Hitler to claim emergency powers. 47. Which battle, fought on the eastern front, was a sound German victory and weakened Russia for the remainder of the war? A) Caporetto. B) Marne. C) Somme. D) Lake Naroch. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lake Naroch. 48. What happened at the Beer Hall Putsch led by Hitler? A) He successfully started a revolution. B) He was thrown in prison. C) Nazis became popular. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He was thrown in prison. 49. Which region was occupied by the French to collect payments from the Germans? A) Rhineland. B) Berlin. C) Ruhr Valley. D) Hamburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ruhr Valley. 50. Why did Italy feel "betrayed" and "cheated" by the Treaty of Versailles? A) Because they felt that the treaty did not reward them with enough land. B) Because they felt that the treaty was too harsh on Germany (who was their strongest ally). C) Because they were not invited to join the League of Nations. D) Because they felt the treaty would decrease global trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because they felt that the treaty did not reward them with enough land. 51. What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II? A) Harry S. Truman. B) Franklin D. Roosevelt. C) Dwight D. Eisenhower. D) John F. Kennedy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Harry S. Truman. 52. When the Great Depression began in 1929, the most common economic belief supported by the Republican Party was that A) An increase in defense spending would stimulate the economy. B) Unemployment workers should receive Federal unemployment benefits. C) The government should assume control of all business and industry. D) The economy would recover on its own. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The economy would recover on its own. 53. Factory workers led the revolution in Russia. Who was the revolution for in China? A) Landless farmers. B) The military. C) Factory workers. D) Democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Landless farmers. 54. Which country below was NOT part of the Allied Control Commission which ran Germany after World War 2? A) United States. B) Great Britain. C) Poland. D) Soviet Union. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Poland. 55. The Nazi German state secret police-Geheime Staats Polizei A) Gestapo. B) NKVD. C) Kulak. D) Gulag. E) Cheka. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Gestapo. 56. Which part of Ireland remained under British control after the partition? A) The Irish Free State. B) Northern Ireland. C) The Republic of Ireland. D) Scotland. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Northern Ireland. 57. What were the 3 causes of the Great Depression? A) FDR, The New Deal, The Second New Deal. B) Herbert Hoover, Hobos, Riding the Rails. C) Credit, Stock Market Crash, Corruption. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Credit, Stock Market Crash, Corruption. 58. War of Attrition A) Fighting war from deep ditches. B) When the opponent devotes all resources to war. C) Fighting through heavy losses to succession. D) Wearing down the opponent. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wearing down the opponent. 59. Which of the following WAS NOT a FASCIST Dictator? A) Adolf Hitler. B) Joseph Stalin. C) Benito Mussolini. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Stalin. 60. Which term can be used to describe the governments under Mussolini, Hitler, AND Stalin? A) Fascist. B) Totalitarian. C) Socialist. D) Communist. 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