This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 17 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 17 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. An event that occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War resulting in over 100, 000 deaths? A) The Armenian Genocide. B) The Holocaust. C) The Chinese Genocide. D) The Nanjing Massacre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Nanjing Massacre. 2. Who came up with communism? A) Adam Smith. B) Karl Marx. C) John Locke. D) Thomas Hobbes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Karl Marx. 3. Government organized attacks on the Jews in Russia in the late 1800s-1910s. A) Zionism. B) Palestine. C) Pogroms. D) Weimar Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pogroms. 4. What were the Neutrality Acts passed by Congress intended to do? A) Prohibit the sale of American arms to nations at war. B) Discourage Americans from traveling. C) Implement a "cash and carry" policy. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 5. Fascist Dictator of Italy during World War II- A) Stalin. B) Hitler. C) Mussolini. D) Tojo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mussolini. 6. In 1935 they revoked Jews' German citizenship A) The Holocaust. B) Nuremberg Laws. C) Nazis. D) Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nuremberg Laws. 7. Who was the leader of Italy A) Hitler. B) Mussolini. C) Roosevelt. D) Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mussolini. 8. Why are communism and socialism becoming more popular? A) People wanted to give up rights. B) It led to war. C) Solution to redistribute wealth to poor and unemployed. D) It helped the rich. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solution to redistribute wealth to poor and unemployed. 9. Hitler believed the superior race were the A) Gypsies. B) Aryan. C) Roma. D) Jews. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aryan. 10. In 1935 Italy demonstrated imperialistic aggression by invading- A) "Egypt". B) "Ethiopia". C) "Tunisia". D) "Somalia". Show Answer Correct Answer: B) "Ethiopia". 11. Why is the Holocaust considered genocide? A) The German government established ghettos for Jewish people. B) The German government transported Jewish people away from their homes and countries. C) The German government acted with the intention of eliminating an entire race of people. D) The German government prevented Jewish people from owning or operating any businesses or factories. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The German government acted with the intention of eliminating an entire race of people. 12. Francisco Franco became the dictator of what nation? A) Czechoslovakia. B) Italy. C) Portugal. D) Spain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spain. 13. What government is described?-Personal sacrifice for the good of the state-Using police terror to enforce rule-Controlling social structures (art, education, religion) A) Nazi Germany. B) Romanov Russia. C) Austria Hungary. D) France. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nazi Germany. 14. Women's vote won in ..... A) 6th February 1920. B) 6th February 1918. C) 6th Febraury 1919. D) 6th February 1915. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6th February 1918. 15. Which amendment granted suffrage to women? A) 16th Amendment. B) 21st Amendment. C) 19th Amendment. D) 14th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 19th Amendment. 16. Germany was carved into how many different 'occupation zones' after World War 2?S/N #4 A) 4. B) 6. C) 2. D) 3. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 17. Who was the leader of Germany A) Stalin. B) Roosevelt. C) Hitler. D) Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hitler. 18. An increase in the number of gas stations, tourist cabins and restaurants was a result of: A) The Red Scare. B) The growing auto industry. C) The Harlem Renaissance. D) The 19 amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The growing auto industry. 19. Mussolini tried to replicate the actions of Julius Caesar. Which of the following is NOT an action taken by Mussolini. A) Used a political alliance to gain power. B) Marched on Rome. C) Consistently used military service to climb the ladder of success. D) Used propaganda to sway public opinion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Consistently used military service to climb the ladder of success. 20. Which of the following dictators were communists? A) Benito Mussoloni. B) Francisco Franco. C) Adolf Hitler. D) Emperor Hirohito/Gen. Hideki Tojo. E) Joseph Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Joseph Stalin. 21. Why did the Nationalists and Communists form an alliance in 1923? A) To fight Japan & Korea. B) To fight against Russia. C) To fight against the working class. D) To fight against the warlords & imperialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To fight against the warlords & imperialists. 22. What did France and Britain do to keep Germany happy? A) Do nothing. B) Give up their military. C) Give small territorial claims. D) Threaten War. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Give small territorial claims. 23. Who established a totalitarian form of government in Italy during the 1930s? A) Winston Churchill. B) Joseph Stalin. C) Benito Mussolini. D) Adolf Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Benito Mussolini. 24. Both Mussolini and Hitler saw expansion of their territory as a way to increase A) Pressure on their enemies. B) Goodwill toward their neighbors. C) Pressure on their neighbors. D) National pride. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) National pride. 25. The Bolsheviks became known as ..... and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (U.S.S.R) was created. A) Communists. B) Socialists. C) Anarchists. D) Fascists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communists. 26. What is a period of low economic activity and rising unemployment called? A) Decline. B) Poor economic times. C) Depression. D) Inflation. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Depression. 27. What economic and social conditions led to the rise of fascism? A) Economic instability and political instability. B) Rapid industrial growth and urbanization. C) Advancements in technology and communication. D) Global peace and economic prosperity. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Economic instability and political instability. 28. Which of these ideas was NOT in Hitler's book Mein Kampf? A) Racism. B) Nationalism. C) Allowing other countries to help Germany become strong again. D) Anti-Semitism. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allowing other countries to help Germany become strong again. 29. When did the U.S. join WWI? A) 1916. B) 1915. C) 1917. D) 1914. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 1917. 30. What was the main purpose of the League of Nations established after World War I? A) To establish a new world order under British rule. B) To enforce the Treaty of Versailles. C) To provide a forum for resolving international disputes. D) To coordinate international trade policies. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To provide a forum for resolving international disputes. 31. Following World War II, the United States military occupied Japan in order to: A) Make Japan a colony of the United States. B) Rebuild their military. C) Extract resources and raw materials. D) Demilitarize and embrace political change. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Demilitarize and embrace political change. 32. What was a factor in leading many Germans to accept Hitler and the Nazis? A) Article 231. B) Inflation. C) Great Depression. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 33. Which of the Big Three was leader of France A) Georges Clemenceau. B) David Lloyd George. C) Woodrow Wilson. D) Vittorio Orlando. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Georges Clemenceau. 34. In what way were Mustafa Kemal's (Ataturk's) policies in Turkey similar to other nations in the late 1800s and 1900s? A) Like Peter the Great of Russia, Kemal encouraged western style dress within his country. B) Like the Meiji emperor, he established public education for his people. C) Like the French Republic (and other European nations), he established a secular government, creating a separation between church and state. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 35. Which of the following czars can be considered a reformer in Russia? A) Alexander II. B) Nicholas II. C) Nicholas I. D) Alexander III. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alexander II. 36. The ..... replaced the ..... (each blank = more than one word) A) United Nations; League of Nations. B) Fourteen Points; MacArthur Plan. C) MacArthur Plan, Fourteen Points. D) League of Nations; United Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) United Nations; League of Nations. 37. Immediately after World War I, European nations were ..... A) Struggling to rebuild their economy and countries. B) Preparing for a second world war. C) Becoming more powerful than ever. D) Refusing at accept American loans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Struggling to rebuild their economy and countries. 38. Which of the following is true regarding Germany's Schlieffen Plan? A) Germany intentionally created a two-front war by invading Russia and France at the same time. B) Germany drew Great Britain into the war on the side of the Central Powers. C) Germany promised land to Mexico if they join the war effort. D) Germany planned to quickly beat the French while slowing down the Russians in the east. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Germany planned to quickly beat the French while slowing down the Russians in the east. 39. Which of the following best describes the role and impact of trench warfare during World War I? A) It led to the development of new military strategies and significantly affected soldiers' experiences. B) It had minimal impact on the outcome of the war and is rarely studied by historians. C) It was primarily a naval strategy and did not affect land battles. D) It resulted in quick and decisive victories with minimal casualties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It led to the development of new military strategies and significantly affected soldiers' experiences. 40. In his writings, Karl Marx viewed Europe's social changes resulting from the Industrial Revolution as a A) Class struggle. B) Democratic movement. C) Decline of imperialism. D) Rise in nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Class struggle. 41. Why did the Great Depression affect people around the globe that were not in industrialized society? A) Prohibition. B) Imperialism. C) The Stock Market Crash. D) Internationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imperialism. 42. Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and later on established the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics A) Vladimir Lenin. B) Nicholas Romanov II. C) Adolf Hitler. D) Joseph Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vladimir Lenin. 43. Which statement best summarizes Hitler's economic policies? A) Publics works programs led to high employment. B) Huge growth through foreign trade and investment. C) Hitler's programs caused hyperinflation and depression. D) Large agricultural programs used to feed previous starving people. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Publics works programs led to high employment. 44. Why did Mussolini attack Ethiopia thus violating the League of Nations? A) In order gain access to areas rich in natural resources needed to industrialize. B) In order to access the Suez Canal. C) As revenge for King Menelik II's resistance to imperialism in the 19th century. D) As a favor for Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) As revenge for King Menelik II's resistance to imperialism in the 19th century. 45. Communist dictator of the Soviet Union who ordered the Great Purge and started the Five Year Plans- A) Stalin. B) Tojo. C) Mussolin. D) Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stalin. 46. Who took over Russia after the death of Vladimir Lenin? A) Tojo. B) Trotsky. C) Solzhenitsyn. D) Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stalin. 47. What was the intergovernmental organization founded in 1920 meant to prevent aggressive war. The US never joined the it which left it weak and unable to prevent a second World War. A) The Pact of Steel. B) NATO. C) Kellogg-Briand Pact. D) League of Nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) League of Nations. 48. What was the Kristallnacht, which happened on November 9, 1938? A) The signing of Hitler's agreement with Russia. B) A destructive rampage against German Jews led by Nazis. C) The inspiration for the anthem of the Nazi Party. D) The creation of Hitler's secret police. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A destructive rampage against German Jews led by Nazis. 49. The opposite of Laissez-Faire economics is a belief that deficit spending can help governments create demand for stockpiled products. The British economists who championed this theory during the interwar period was ..... A) John Maynard Keynes. B) Adam Smith. C) Ayn Rand. D) Nigel Blithering. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) John Maynard Keynes. 50. Which amendment established Prohibition in the United States? A) 21st Amendment. B) 15th Amendment. C) 18th Amendment. D) 24th Amendment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 18th Amendment. 51. What type of government / ruling party did the Nazis become? A) Oligarchy. B) Aristocracy. C) Communist. D) Totalitarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Totalitarian. 52. What was started under Stalin to improve the Soviet Union's economy? A) Industrial and agricultural revolutions. B) Bolshevik and Communist revolutions. C) Socialist and totalitarian revolutions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industrial and agricultural revolutions. 53. Whom did Mussolini's system of government favor? A) Farm workers and factory laborers. B) Army officers and Communists. C) The upper classes and industrial leaders. D) Factory owners and their workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The upper classes and industrial leaders. 54. Which New Deal program put people back to work by hiring them to work on projects that benefited their communities? A) America First Association (AFA). B) The Works Progress Administration (WPA). C) Jobs Corps For American (JCFA). D) Social Security Administration (SSA). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Works Progress Administration (WPA). 55. Totalitarianism is a type of government in which ..... A) The government gives complete freedom. B) The government regulates all aspects of its citizens lives. C) Everyone is treated fairly. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The government regulates all aspects of its citizens lives. 56. Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles in all of the following ways EXCEPT? A) Increased the size of the German army. B) Invaded the Rhineland. C) Created the Axis Powers. D) Placed limits on industrialization & rearmament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Placed limits on industrialization & rearmament. 57. What did Joseph Stalin hope to accomplish during the Great Purge of the 1930s? A) He wanted to get rid of all political opponents. B) He wanted to defeat the Nazis in Germany. C) He wanted to end hunger within the Soviet Union. D) He wanted to defend the Soviet Union from foreign invasions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wanted to get rid of all political opponents. 58. Which of the following is NOT an example of Nazi attempts at indoctrination? A) Propaganda. B) Hitler Youth. C) Mein Kampf. D) The Treaty of Versailles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Treaty of Versailles. 59. German people admired Hitler after WWI because he promised to ..... A) Kill everyone. B) Bring Democracy to Germany. C) Make Germany powerful and successful again. D) Ban smoking Tobacco. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make Germany powerful and successful again. 60. What was the British Raj? A) The Indian king from 1757-1947. B) The Indian version of British government. C) The British kingdom in China. D) British controlled territory in India 1757-1947. 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