This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Holocaust is an example of A) Geography's influence on culture. B) Violations of human rights. C) Conflict between political parties. D) Limited technological development. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Violations of human rights. 2. The harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I laid the foundation for what? A) Division of Germany. B) The rise of fascism in Germany. C) Uprisings during the French Revolution. D) Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The rise of fascism in Germany. 3. What is the name of the leader who rose to power in Italy? A) Franklin D. Roosevelt. B) Adolf Hitler. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Woodrow Wilson. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benito Mussolini. 4. Year of the crash of New York? A) 1925. B) 1929. C) 1924. D) 1930. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1929. 5. The non-aggression pact signed between Hitler and Stalin in 1939. A) The Nazi-Soviet Pact. B) The Warsaw Pact. C) The Munich Pact. D) The Nazi-Communist Pact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Nazi-Soviet Pact. 6. Hoovervilles were A) A great place to live. B) A wealthy neighborhood. C) Shacks and tents made from anything people could find. D) Cities with a lot of unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Shacks and tents made from anything people could find. 7. Stalin's "five year plans" were aimed at A) Building heavy industry and improving transportation and infrastructure. B) Raising the poor people's standard of living. C) Giving factory owners private control. D) Revealing the injustice of the Great Purge. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Building heavy industry and improving transportation and infrastructure. 8. What did Britain need to make sure of before facing Germany in an armed conflict? A) That they had the support of the USA. B) That the army was ready. C) That the countries in its empire or Commonwealth would give their support. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 9. What's the name of the woman that founded the "Woman Social and Political Union" and came up with a more vigorous way to demande rights for women? A) Christabel Pankhurst. B) Ms Banks. C) Millicent Fawcett. D) Emmeline Pankhurst. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emmeline Pankhurst. 10. Prohibition resulted in: A) Disappearance of racial prejudice. B) More stable marriages. C) The rise of organized crime. D) Widespread poverty. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The rise of organized crime. 11. The effectiveness of the New Deal in ending the Great Depression is hard to measure because A) FDR died during his fourth term. B) Later presidents didn't support the New Deal. C) US involvement in WWII rapidly increased economic growrth. D) The Supreme Court declared most New Deal programs unconstitutional. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) US involvement in WWII rapidly increased economic growrth. 12. What was the Saar Plebiscite? A) A vote taken by Austrian Nazis who wanted to unify with Hitler's Germany. B) A vote taken by Germans wishing to seperate from Nazi Germany. C) An anti-communist alliance of fascist states set up to challenge Soviet Russia. D) A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar on 13 January 1935. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A referendum on territorial status was held in the Territory of the Saar on 13 January 1935. 13. What was the result of the Nuremberg Laws of 1935? A) Deprived Jews of their rights, citizenship, and prohibited marriage or sexual relations between Jews and Germans. B) Encouraged marriage between Jews and Germans. C) Granted Jews full citizenship rights. D) Abolished all discriminatory laws. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Deprived Jews of their rights, citizenship, and prohibited marriage or sexual relations between Jews and Germans. 14. True or false, the Treaty of Versailles had lots of consultation with Germany A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. Which statement is NOT true regarding Germany after World War I? A) Germany had a new democratic government-the Weimar Republic-that was perceived to be weak because of the Treaty of Versailles. B) Large numbers of people were unemployed due to a weak German economy. C) The Germany government printed additional money to try to pay war debts. D) Hitler and the Nazi party seized control of the government by force, using military support. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hitler and the Nazi party seized control of the government by force, using military support. 16. What major historic event generally is considered to have begun in 1929? A) The Russian Revolution. B) World War 2. C) The Great Depression. D) World War 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Great Depression. 17. Strategies used by totalitarian dictators to control citizen's thoughts and hopes. A) Regulate businesses and tariffs. B) Allowing multi-party systems. C) Use of propaganda and control of the press (censorship). D) Public expression and patriotism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Use of propaganda and control of the press (censorship). 18. What was one reason the Nazi programs and policies of the early 1930's appealed to many people in Germany? A) The people were frustrated with their current economic and political situation. B) Germany had been denied membership in the United Nations. C) A coup d'etat had forced communism on the German people. D) The German people feared that the French of the British would soon gain control of the Polish corridor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The people were frustrated with their current economic and political situation. 19. Which of the following is NOT an example of the infringement of individual rights? A) Holocaust. B) 1st Amendment. C) Nurmeberg Laws. D) Dekulakization. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1st Amendment. 20. The Popular Front was a mix of political ideologies that emerged in ..... A) Germany. B) United States. C) Great Britain. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) France. 21. What was the United State's Foreign Policy after WWI? A) Interventionism. B) Isolationism. C) Socialism. D) Globalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Isolationism. 22. What were Lenin's promises to the people of Russia? A) More taxes. B) Peace, land, and bread. C) Continued war. D) Increased censorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peace, land, and bread. 23. What caused of ww1? A) Nationalism. B) Militarism. C) Imperialism. D) Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. E) All of the Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the Above. 24. Which country was the first to declare war? A) Serbia. B) Italy. C) Austria. D) Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Austria. 25. How did China's two rival political parties place nationalism over their own interests? A) They created a peace treaty and agreed to rule the country together. B) They held elections to decide who would be the next government. C) They worked together to fight against Russia. D) The joined forces to fight against Japanese encroachment into Chinese territory. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The joined forces to fight against Japanese encroachment into Chinese territory. 26. Which of the following was a result of the Stock Market Crash of 1929? A) Great Britain was heavily invested in the US Stock Market and lost billions. B) The United States provided military assistance to Germany and Great Britain. C) The United States no longer provided financial assistance to Europe leading to a total collapse of the German economy. D) Great Britain and Germany declared war on each other leading to the starvation of millions. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The United States no longer provided financial assistance to Europe leading to a total collapse of the German economy. 27. What were Great Britain, France, and Italy's goal for the Treaty of Versailles? A) To punish Germany. B) To maintain a balance of power in Europe. C) To create a "lasting peace" in Europe. D) To protect themselves from communist Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To punish Germany. 28. Which of these was NOT one of the Allies powers? A) France. B) Japan. C) Soviet Union. D) Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Japan. 29. What international agreement attempted to outlaw war? A) Dawes Act. B) Harpers Act. C) Kellogg-Briand Pact. D) Geneva Code. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kellogg-Briand Pact. 30. Which type of political system did V. I. Lenin, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini establish in their countries? A) Constitutional monarchy. B) Totalitarianism. C) Theocracy. D) Representative democracy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totalitarianism. 31. Which country invaded China in 1931? A) Germany. B) Soviet Union. C) Italy. D) Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Japan. 32. A major goal of Joseph Stalin's five-year plans was to A) Encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers. B) Transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power. C) Expand the Soviet Union's borders to include warm-water ports. D) Reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power. 33. Which group was most affected by the Nazi ideology of Aryan Superiority? A) Atheists. B) Muslims. C) Catholics. D) Jews. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Jews. 34. What were members of the Italian fascist party called? A) Brown Shirts. B) Blue Shirts. C) Red Shirts. D) Black Shirts. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Black Shirts. 35. How did the use of tanks impact the outcome of World War I? A) They had little to no impact on the war's outcome. B) They were crucial in breaking the stalemate of trench warfare. C) They led to the development of anti-tank weapons, which ended the war. D) They were primarily used for reconnaissance missions. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They were crucial in breaking the stalemate of trench warfare. 36. What was one of the societal issues debated in the post-war period? A) Industrialization. B) Urbanization. C) Women's suffrage. D) Colonization. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Women's suffrage. 37. What does the Interwar years BEST refer to? A) The time of World War 1. B) Any time there is a treaty within a war. C) The period of time between WW1 and WW2. D) The policy of Appeasement law written post WW2. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The period of time between WW1 and WW2. 38. The GREAT CRISIS was caused by a combination of A) Overproduction and speculation. B) Overproduction and increasing salaries. C) Speculation and high profit. D) Overproduction and production line method. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Overproduction and speculation. 39. Which of the following was NOT from one of the wars which Japan expanded overseas territory? A) China. B) Korea. C) Russia. D) Philippines. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Philippines. 40. After World War I Mohandas Gandhi led an nonviolent independence movement ..... He and the people of his nation were trying end 300 years of British rule there. A) China. B) Japan. C) India. D) Ireland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) India. 41. A major criticism of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's programs to combat the Great Depression was that these programs A) Made people dependent on the federal government. B) Reduced the power of the federal government. C) Ignored the plight of homeowners with mortgages. D) Provided too much protection for big business. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Made people dependent on the federal government. 42. There were several events that occurred that would have justified America's involvement in the War, but Wilson chose to maintain a policy of ..... instead. A) Aggression. B) Passiveness. C) Neutrality. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutrality. 43. What country did Mussolini Invade in order to bring back the "glory of Rome" ? A) Kenya. B) Italy. C) Morocco. D) Ethiopia. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ethiopia. 44. Which dictator created the first fascist state? A) Adolf Hitler. B) Benito Mussolini. C) Hideki Tojo. D) Emperor Hirohito. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benito Mussolini. 45. In 1928, Joseph Stalin introduced the first Five Year Plan in the Soviet Union. Under the Five Year Plans, the government set specific goals for industrial and agricultural production. Why did Stalin implement these programs? A) Stalin wanted to increase workers' creativity. B) Stalin thought workers would become wealthier. C) Stalin hoped to improve the Soviet economy. D) Stalin wanted consumers to have more choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stalin hoped to improve the Soviet economy. 46. The deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially of a particular ethnic group A) Anti-Semitism. B) Genocide. C) Extermination. D) Boycott. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Genocide. 47. Which two ideologies were threatening democracy according to the narrator? A) Capitalism and monarchism. B) Liberalism and nationalism. C) Anarchism and conservatism. D) Fascism and socialism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fascism and socialism. 48. The military Dictator of Japan during WWI A) Adolf Hitler. B) Hideki Tojo. C) Joseph Vissarionovich. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hideki Tojo. 49. FOREIGN POLICY:US, Great Britain, France and & Japan; These countries intended to respect interests of others in Pacific Islands, It was expected to produce a balance of forces in the Pacific. A) Dawes Plan. B) Four Power Treaty. C) Kellogg-Briand Pact. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Four Power Treaty. 50. Which term accurately describes a war in which all social, political, and economic resources are used to fight the war? A) Regional War. B) Nuclear War. C) Total War. D) World War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Total War. 51. Which of the following BEST describe Britain and France's response to Hitler? A) Combative. B) Afraid. C) Force. D) Strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Afraid. 52. Which of the following countries were not considered one of the Big Four? Remember the BIg Four were the countries who determined the majority of the Treaty of Versailles. A) France. B) Germany. C) Italy. D) Great Britain. E) The United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany. 53. The Man of Steel A) Adolf Hitler. B) Joseph Stalin. C) Benito Mussolini. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joseph Stalin. 54. In a Marxist society ..... (communism) A) The government controls the means of production. B) Wealth is distributed evenly amongst society. C) There is no wealth or private property. D) The individual owns the means of production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) There is no wealth or private property. 55. Emperor of Japan during World War II- A) Hirohito. B) Tojo. C) Mussolini. D) Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hirohito. 56. Who was the Fascist leader of Italy who set out to create an Italian Empire? A) Benito Mussolini. B) Hirohito. C) Mao Zedong. D) Adolf Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benito Mussolini. 57. What is a factor that led to the Great Depression? A) Nations had war debts. B) Middle class prospered while the poor got poorer. C) The crash of the stock market in 1929. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 58. What was Hitler's aim in his policy of Grossdeutschland? A) To make more room for the German people. B) To unite all German speaking peoples in a Greater Germany. C) To invade all of Europe. D) To join with Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To unite all German speaking peoples in a Greater Germany. 59. What was the Zimmerman Telegram A) A German communication promising to recognize American neutrality. B) A German communication encouraging Mexico to side against the U.S. C) A British communication urging the U.S. to enter the war. D) A German communication promising not to use U-boats. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A German communication encouraging Mexico to side against the U.S. 60. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of art during the Great Depression? A) It reflected a sense of pessimism and despair. B) Artists embraced traditional art forms. C) It often depicted social and political themes. D) It experimented with new forms of expression. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Artists embraced traditional art forms. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesArt Humanities QuizzesClass 12 QuizzesClass 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 1Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 2Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 3Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 4Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 5Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 6Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 7Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books