This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 24 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 24 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The SS's focus on controlling the German people by using strategies such as A) Terrorizing people with secret police, concentration camps, and death squads. B) Organizing mass rallies and exciting events. C) Spreading political propaganda using media such as films. D) Reducing unemployment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terrorizing people with secret police, concentration camps, and death squads. 2. Interconnectivity means there is an ease of: A) Transportation. B) Communication. C) Technology. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 3. How did WWI contribute to the downfall of Czar Nicholas II? A) WWI was a disaster from the beginning-millions died in the first year. B) Czar left his wife in charge of the government to join the front lines. C) The Russian people needed food and fuel. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 4. What was the highest unemployment reached in the United States during the Great Depression? A) 55%. B) 5%. C) 39%. D) 25%. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 25%. 5. Mussolini's government attempted to control its citizens through A) Mass propaganda. B) Mandatory military service for youth groups. C) Untraditional roles for women. D) Rewards and honors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mass propaganda. 6. Territory believed to be necessary for national existence or economic dependence A) Genocide. B) Liberate. C) Kristallnacht. D) Lebensraum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lebensraum. 7. Why did Japan attack Manchuria? A) Because the emperor ordered them to. B) To gain control of it's natural resources. C) To stop terrorism in the area. D) To keep Manchuria form attacking Japan. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To gain control of it's natural resources. 8. Which is the best example of how women went against social norms during the Roaring Twenties? A) Women became flappers who danced the Charleston. B) Women became business people who bought cars. C) Women became celebrities who starred in movies. D) Women became landlords who bought property. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Women became flappers who danced the Charleston. 9. Installment Plan is like an old version of: A) Consumer Theft. B) Communism. C) Barter System. D) Credit card. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Credit card. 10. What made India the "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire? A) Its vast natural resources. B) Its strategic location. C) Its large population. D) Both a & c. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a & c. 11. All of the following are reasons Mussolini came to power EXCEPT: A) March on Rome. B) Preached Italian Nationalism. C) Voted into office. D) Promised to get more land. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Voted into office. 12. Which of the following groups would have supported the Red Army? A) Whites. B) Americans. C) Bolsheviks. D) Burgoisie. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bolsheviks. 13. Which of the following was NOT a goal of the New Deal? A) To create a new financial system. B) To devalue the dollar. C) To increase government control over the stock market. D) The payment of compensations to farmers to reduce the area under cultivation and reduce surpluses. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create a new financial system. 14. The agreement between Germany and America over reparations in 1924 was called?S/N #1 A) The Dawes Plan. B) The Lend-Lease Act. C) The Versailles Treaty. D) The Marshall Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Dawes Plan. 15. Which New Deal program helped control flooding in the south by damming rivers and providing electricity? A) Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA). B) Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). C) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). D) Works Progress Administration (WPA). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). 16. What is the term for prejudice against the Jews? A) Anti-selective. B) Anti-semitism. C) Anti-Jewish. D) Anti-religion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anti-semitism. 17. Which aspect of the Versailles Treaty forced Germany to make payments? A) Loss of Land. B) Reduction of Military. C) War guilt clause. D) Reparations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Reparations. 18. The Western powers chose a policy of appeasement during the 1930s because they A) Supported acts of aggression. B) Wanted to avoid a repeat of World War I. C) Were fighting civil wars of their own. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wanted to avoid a repeat of World War I. 19. What is the international movement for peace and prosperty? A) Internationalism. B) League of Nations. C) Kellog-Briand Pact. D) Prohibition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Internationalism. 20. Which is NOT a characteristic of the Treaty of Versailles? A) Germany had to surrender their territory and military. B) Germany had to except blame for the war and pay reparations. C) The League of Nations was created to keep the peace and prevent future wars. D) All are true of the Treaty of Versailles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All are true of the Treaty of Versailles. 21. Which battle represented the Russian's furthest advance on the eastern front and was a shocking defeat to the Allies? A) Verdun. B) Somme. C) Tannenburg. D) Ypres. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tannenburg. 22. Operation Overlord, the landing of Allied troops in German-controlled France, is more commonly referred to as ..... A) D-Day. B) VJ Day. C) VE Day. D) Y-Day. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) D-Day. 23. What was the main reason some Irish leaders rejected the Anglo-Irish Treaty? A) It dissolved the British Empire. B) It kept ties to Britain. C) It led to economic prosperity. D) It promoted religious harmony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It kept ties to Britain. 24. A system of government characterized by strong, often dictatorial control of political and economic affairs, and often by warlike nationalism and brutal suppression of political protesters and ethnic minorities A) Fascism. B) Bolshevism. C) Authoritarianism. D) Totalitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fascism. 25. The Nazis encouraged radio listening because A) Radio could be used for political purposes. B) The government could easily convey emergency information. C) The people could keep up-to-date on the news of the day. D) The radio was a great new source of entertainment. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Radio could be used for political purposes. 26. A ..... state is a government that aims to control the political, economic, social, intellectual and cultural lives of its citizens. A) Democratic. B) Totalitarian. C) Absolute. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Totalitarian. 27. Which of the following ideas illustrates the Nazi Party's view? A) The Aryan race was dangerous to society, and anyone of that race should be destroyed. B) Higher education contributed to the natural progression of genetically superior humans. C) The Nazis would rule the world by becoming leaders in Marxism and international finance. D) The Jews were considered racially inferior and a threat to having a society of pure Aryans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Jews were considered racially inferior and a threat to having a society of pure Aryans. 28. How did Stalin's brand of communism differ from the communism described in Carl Marx's Communist Manifesto? A) He mixed it with Capitalism. B) He realised the means of production to the people. C) He ended the communist state. D) He formed a totalitarian state. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He formed a totalitarian state. 29. The Soviet Union, Germany and Italy were all fascist. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 30. What invention spreads mass culture? A) Telephone. B) Car. C) Phohograph. D) Radio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Radio. 31. Which book by Ernest Hemingway is set during the Spanish Civil War? A) The Sun Also Rises. B) For Whom the Bell Tolls. C) A Farewell to Arms. D) The Old Man and the Sea. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) For Whom the Bell Tolls. 32. Sustenance payments provided by the government were commonly called the A) Welfare. B) Susso. C) Dole. D) Sesso. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Susso. 33. One result of the Opium Wars was that China ..... A) Gained control of Hong Kong. B) Adopted democratic reforms. C) Was divided into "spheres of influence". D) Regained control of Manchuria. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Was divided into "spheres of influence". 34. What principles stood in the way of the power of the state in fascism? A) Democracy and capitalism. B) Military and technology. C) Religion and tradition. D) Art and culture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Democracy and capitalism. 35. When he loses the election for President of Germany, what position does Hitler eventually get appointed to? A) Governor. B) Vice Chancellor. C) Chancellor. D) Vice President. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Chancellor. 36. The economic policy meaning "hands-off" -best describes the U.S. economy during the era of the rise of big businesses/the Gilded Age A) Mercantilism. B) Laissez-faire capitalism. C) Socialism. D) New Deal Programs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laissez-faire capitalism. 37. To teach people (usually young) to accept a system of beliefs/thoughts without questioning A) Indoctrination. B) Propaganda. C) Charisma/Cult of Personality. D) Terror. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Indoctrination. 38. Which statement would Adam Smith most likely agree with? A) Government should interfere as little as possible in the economy. B) Elimination of most agriculture is necessary in order to industrialize. C) Mercantilism is the best policy to promote economic growth. D) Revolution is the only solution to a country's economic problems. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government should interfere as little as possible in the economy. 39. State-owned farms A) Inflation. B) Censorship. C) Terror. D) Collectives. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collectives. 40. Believe that the capitalist system is damaging to the interests of the masses, and that workers must unite and overturn it by revolutionary means A) Communism. B) Socialism. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Communism. 41. Which of the following angered many Germans and let Adolf Hitler take advantage of that anger? A) The Treaty of Versailles. B) The Congress of Vienna. C) The emergence of communism in Russia. D) The Roaring 20s in the United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Treaty of Versailles. 42. ..... was a loan that attempted to help Germany deal with the heavy WWI reparations forced on them. A) The Dawes Plan. B) The European Union. C) NAFTA. D) The Marshall Plan. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Dawes Plan. 43. Who was forced to take responsibility for the Great War (WWI)? A) Germany. B) Hungary. C) Italy. D) Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Germany. 44. What is the difference between the Neutrality Act of 1935 & the Neutrality Act of 1939? A) Relationships with other countries. B) Sale of military goods. C) Providing aid. D) Outlawing loans. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sale of military goods. 45. What was A national policy of avoiding involvement in world affairs? A) Roaring 20s. B) Flapper. C) Totalitarianism. D) Isolationism. E) Scientific Racism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Isolationism. 46. Indian people could not gather and were threatened with jail without a trial under what? A) Rowlatt Acts. B) Indian Restriction Act. C) British Land Control Act. D) Freedom Suppression Act. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rowlatt Acts. 47. In the Chicago Riots, who were the target of the violence? A) African Americans. B) Mexicans & Mexican Americans. C) Chinese and Japanese Americans. D) Irish and German Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) African Americans. 48. What ideology did Adolf Hitler and Anton Drexler develop together? A) National socialism. B) Conservatism. C) Liberalism. D) Anarchism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) National socialism. 49. What was a consequence of high unemployment in Britain after World War I? A) Decrease in labor strikes. B) Expansion of international trade agreements. C) Increased public pressure to protect British jobs. D) Growth in foreign labor markets. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Increased public pressure to protect British jobs. 50. In 1925, President Calvin Coolidge remarked that "the chief business of the American people is business." This remark reflected his support for A) A foreign policy of isolationism. B) Republican economic policies of the 1920s. C) Keynesian economic principles. D) New Deal legislation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Republican economic policies of the 1920s. 51. What was the Pan-African Movement? A) A movement to kick Europeans out of Africa. B) A country-wide protest to colonization. C) A time period when Europeans took over Africa. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A movement to kick Europeans out of Africa. 52. What did the Eighteenth Amendment to the US Constitution accomplish? A) It renewed the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US. B) It gave women, African Americans, and Asians the right to vote. C) It banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US. D) T provided for a graduated income tax on all working Americans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US. 53. When people bought more than they could pay back they ran themselves into: A) Debt. B) Hunger. C) Happiness. D) War. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Debt. 54. A long terms effect of the Industrial Revolution in Europe was ..... A) An increase in the number of small farms. B) A decline in international trade. C) A general rise in standards of living. D) A strengthening of the economic power of the nobility. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A general rise in standards of living. 55. When the American economy collapsed in 1929 A) Australia was not affected. B) Employment rose in Australia. C) 50000 Australians found themselves unemployed almost overnight. D) Australian's enjoyed the benefits. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 50000 Australians found themselves unemployed almost overnight. 56. Hitler believed that Germans belonged to a superior race, known as ..... A) The Romish race. B) The Semite race. C) The Nordic race. D) The Aryan race. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Aryan race. 57. Which best represents communism? A) Having many political parties. B) Only focusing on nationalism. C) Support from the middle class. D) Giving power to factory workers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Giving power to factory workers. 58. Why did Mao Zedong lead the Long March through China? A) To find a safe place for the Chinese Communists. B) To conquer villages controlled by warlords. C) To show Nationalist strength. D) To inspire Chinese peasants to join the Communists. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To find a safe place for the Chinese Communists. 59. Why did fascism became popular in Germany? A) It provided Economic stability. B) It provided solutions for the problems that Germans faced. C) Germans were looking for a Government that could get rid of poverty and get the German people back to work. D) Germans want a dictator that would control them and limit their freedom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Germans were looking for a Government that could get rid of poverty and get the German people back to work. 60. The Meiji Restoration was a response to: A) The need for modernization and westernization in Japan. B) The desire to maintain traditional Japanese culture. C) A rebellion against the ruling shogunate. D) An economic crisis in Japan. 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