This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 26 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 26 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The Germans launched a major offensive at the Battle of ..... which lasted 11 months and resulted in 300, 000 deaths and a French victory . A) Verdun. B) Ypres. C) Somme. D) Lake Naroch. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Verdun. 2. Treaty of Versailles ended: A) WWII. B) Korea. C) WWI. D) Vietnam. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) WWI. 3. Which area what known as the "Powder Keg" ? A) Northern Africa. B) Eastern Europe. C) English Isle. D) Balkans. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Balkans. 4. Why was the League of Nations unable to fulfill its purpose? A) It lacked the power or military strength to halt aggression. B) It lacked a budget to pursue efforts for peaceful cooperation. C) It prevented American and British efforts to stop German aggression. D) It did not have the ability to extend membership to additional nations after 1924. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It lacked the power or military strength to halt aggression. 5. The movement for a Jewish state in Palestine. A) Pogrom. B) Zionism. C) Third Reich. D) Weimar Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Zionism. 6. What was signed in 1919 to end WWI? A) Treaty of Versailles. B) Treaty of Paris. C) Treaty of World Wars. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treaty of Versailles. 7. The first Axis Power to invade another nation during this era was Japan. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 8. Dictator of Germany prior to WWI A) Hideki Tojo. B) Joseph Stalin. C) Adolf Hitler. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Adolf Hitler. 9. During the 1925 Scopes trial, the prosecution's main argument was that A) Darwin's theory of evolution was scientific. B) Schools had to teach biblical creationism, not Darwin's Theory. C) Evolution should be taught along with creation. D) Darwin's theory of evolution was not scientific. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Schools had to teach biblical creationism, not Darwin's Theory. 10. During the 1920's, most immigrants to Australia were recruited from A) USA. B) China. C) Britain. D) Asia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Britain. 11. Anti-Semitism means to be against: A) Jews. B) Communists. C) Non-Whites. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Jews. 12. What were the main ideas of Main Kampf? A) Class struggle was inevitable. B) Hitler's ideas about the need for more democratic ideas. C) Hitler's youth, early days in the Nazi Party, future plans for Germany, and ideas on politics and race. The original title Hitler chose was "Four and a Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice.". D) Hitler's desire to intentionally start WWII. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hitler's youth, early days in the Nazi Party, future plans for Germany, and ideas on politics and race. The original title Hitler chose was "Four and a Half Years of Struggle against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice.". 13. What is the policy of reaming apart from the affairs or interests from other groups? A) Isolationism. B) Secularism. C) Natural Rights. D) Appeasement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Isolationism. 14. After this event, Indians became more convinced to rid themselves of British rule? A) The Indian Purge. B) The Long March. C) The Balfour Declaration. D) The Amritsar Massacre. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The Amritsar Massacre. 15. How did the New Deal policy of loaning money to farmers help create higher prices for farm goods? A) It permitted farmers to buy land, thus raising prices on crops grown there. B) It permitted farmers to invest money, thus relieving them of the need to work. C) It permitted farmers to produce fewer farm goods, thus raising prices. D) It permitted farmers to produce more farm goods, thus raising prices. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It permitted farmers to produce fewer farm goods, thus raising prices. 16. Panic of 1929, leading to Black Thursday, the heavy selling of stocks in a short period caused: A) People to buy more shares. B) Prices of stock to drop. C) Businesses to issue more stocks. D) Prices of stock to rise. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Prices of stock to drop. 17. Why is Francisco Franco's Spain considered authoritarian, but Stalin's Russia and Mussolini's Italy are considered totalitarian? A) Because he favored traditional groups & didn't try to control every aspect of people's lives. B) He held elections for all major decisions. C) He did not participate in WWII. D) He controlled every aspect of the lives of his people (Spain). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he favored traditional groups & didn't try to control every aspect of people's lives. 18. Why did World War I last much longer that both sides anticipated? A) Trench Warfare made gains by either side very difficult. B) The military strength of Russia was greatly underestimated by the Central Powers. C) Guerilla warfare tactics by the Central Powers made victory difficult for the Allies. D) The war was only fought on one front for its entirety. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Trench Warfare made gains by either side very difficult. 19. What was the outcome of the Kapp Putsch? A) It failed after a few days. B) It led to a stable government. C) It wasn't opposed by the public. D) It was successful for a long period. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It failed after a few days. 20. Il Duce was the title of which of the following leaders? A) Benito Mussolini. B) Adolf Hitler. C) Juan Peron. D) Heile Selassie. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benito Mussolini. 21. What was the German government's response to having to pay war reparations after World War I? A) They refused to pay. B) They printed massive amounts of money which led to rapid inflation. C) They paid off their debt with gold. D) They issued a trade embargo on Allied governments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They printed massive amounts of money which led to rapid inflation. 22. What was the aim of Hitler's policy of Lebensraum? A) To gain living space for the German people in Eastern Europe. B) To conquer the world. C) To gain back the Rhineland. D) To take over Poland. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To gain living space for the German people in Eastern Europe. 23. Hitler believed that his German government/empire, or the ..... would rule Europe for a thousand years A) Empire. B) Aryans. C) Germans. D) Third Reich. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Third Reich. 24. On May 7, 1915, The German's sank which passenger liner? A) Pacific Princess. B) Liberty of the Seas. C) Lusitania. D) Titanic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lusitania. 25. Who created large, state-run farms under the policy of Collectivization? A) Adolf Hitler. B) Benito Mussolini. C) Joseph Stalin. D) Winston Churchill. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joseph Stalin. 26. What is a large DIFFERENCE between communism and fascism? A) Government controls production in communism. B) Fascism has no social classes. C) Communism restricts individual rights. D) Government owns all property in fascism. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Government controls production in communism. 27. The harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I helped lay the foundations of the ..... A) Rise of Nazism in Germany. B) Bolshevik revolution in Russia. C) Rise of military in Japan. D) Rise of Benito Mussolini in Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rise of Nazism in Germany. 28. Which of the following is an artistic movement that reflects a postwar fascination with the absurd and the unconscious content of the mind? A) Postmodernism. B) Surrealism. C) Freud's psychology. D) Uncertainty principle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Surrealism. 29. Mussolini called on the Italian people to unite behind him and restore Italy to the glory of ..... A) Ancient Egypt. B) Ancient Greece. C) Ancient Rome. D) The British Empire. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ancient Rome. 30. IL DUCE "The Leader" A) Adolf HItler. B) Hideki Tojo. C) Joseph Stalin. D) Benito Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benito Mussolini. 31. The use of violence or threat to produce fear so people will obey the state A) Terror. B) Indoctrination. C) Propaganda. D) Censorship. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Terror. 32. How long did the GREAT CRISIS last, approximately? A) 1928-1933. B) 1927-1932. C) 1928-1934. D) 1928-1932. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1928-1933. 33. The banning of any written, spoken, or visual messages that criticize the government is known as ..... A) Censorship. B) Propaganda. C) Fascism. D) Purging. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Censorship. 34. What's the stock exchange? A) It is market where you can find vegetables. B) It is a market where people exchange money. C) It is a way to become rich. D) It is a market where people exchange goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is a market where people exchange money. 35. The ..... conditions lead to totalitarian regimes. A) Optimistic. B) Sarcastic. C) Prosperous. D) Unstable. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Unstable. 36. Who created the New Deal? A) FDR. B) Mussolini. C) Hitler. D) Churchill. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) FDR. 37. "In this form of government, a one-party dictatorship attempts to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens." A) Imperialistic. B) Theocratic. C) Totalitarian. D) Socialist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Totalitarian. 38. What allowed Henry Ford and other manufacturers to increase efficiency and productivity in the 1920's? A) Better labor unions. B) More rights for workers. C) Access to more materials from international trade. D) The assembly line model of production. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The assembly line model of production. 39. Stalin's plans to develop the USSR's economy, with emphasis on industrial output, but resulted in famine A) Disarmament. B) Collectivization. C) Five-Year Plan. D) Comintern. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Five-Year Plan. 40. Developed in the years just prior to the Second World War, which medical invention was responsible for reducing infections among wounded Allied soldiers? A) Morphine. B) Blood transfusions. C) Antibiotics. D) Polio vaccine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antibiotics. 41. The episode of anti-Jewish violence that took place throughout Germany on November 9, 1938 was known as A) Kristallnacht. B) Mein Kampf. C) The Night of the Long Knives. D) SchultzStaffel. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kristallnacht. 42. Fear of Communism: A) Blue Scare. B) Red Scare. C) Yellow Scare. D) Green Scare. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red Scare. 43. By 1933, what percentage of Americans were unemployed? A) 25. B) 50. C) 33. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 25. 44. What warfare strategy was most commonly used in WWI? A) Guerrilla Warfare. B) Blitzkering. C) Standard Warfare. D) Trench Warfare. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trench Warfare. 45. Why was internationalism a threat to the fascist agenda? A) Fascists thought mixing with other countries would ruin the purity of their race. B) Internationalism meant fascists could not unite workers around the world to destroy the capitalist system. C) Internationalism was a competing ideology about nationalism that took people away from fascism. D) Emerging internationalism countered fascism's work to promote extreme nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Emerging internationalism countered fascism's work to promote extreme nationalism. 46. Which factor most impacted Hitler's rise to power A) Torture and imprisonment of political rivals. B) Bribing of officals. C) Taking advantage of a weak system of government. D) Coalition built from diverse groups of communists and socialists. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taking advantage of a weak system of government. 47. What is Pan-Arabism? A) Pan-Arabism is an economic system promoting individualism. B) Pan-Arabism is a political ideology advocating the unity of Arab countries based on their shared language, culture, history, and identity. C) Pan-Arabism is a military alliance between Arab countries. D) Pan-Arabism is a social movement advocating for global unity. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pan-Arabism is a political ideology advocating the unity of Arab countries based on their shared language, culture, history, and identity. 48. After the great War, Germany's government was known as the ..... A) Weimar Republic. B) Democratic Republic of Germany. C) Kaiserschlacht. D) Reichstagg. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weimar Republic. 49. Which of the following statements about women in the 1920's is NOT true A) Women gained the right to vote. B) Women started working outside the home. C) Women bobbed their hair. D) Women could serve in the military. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Women could serve in the military. 50. What fear added to the appeal of fascism in Italy and Germany? A) A Communist revolution. B) A loss of individual rights. C) Foreign attack. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A Communist revolution. 51. Prohibition, established by the Eighteenth Amendment, stated that- A) Only imported alcoholic beverages could be sold. B) The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned. C) Americans must be 18-years old to purchase alcoholic beverages. D) Alcoholic beverages could be sold only in government-run stores. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was banned. 52. Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was an attempt to deal with: A) Problems arising from WWI. B) Hostilities between the Soviet Union and the United States. C) Problems resulting from the Great Depression. D) Discrimination during the 1920's. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Problems resulting from the Great Depression. 53. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the 2 cities bombed with the Atomic bomb? A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 54. The Great Depression influenced which of the following events below ..... A) Paper money being worth more than usual. B) A drop in the unemployment numbers. C) A rise of dictatorships taking control. D) A rise in workers in the industry field. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A rise of dictatorships taking control. 55. Explain the main difference between Fascism and Nazism. A) Fascism is based on communism, while Nazism is not. B) Nazism includes a strong emphasis on racial superiority, while Fascism does not. C) Fascism was only practiced in Germany, while Nazism was only in Italy. D) There is no difference between Fascism and Nazism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nazism includes a strong emphasis on racial superiority, while Fascism does not. 56. The "Final Solution" of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Germany included ..... A) Concentration camps, death camps and mobile killing units. B) Less restrictive laws benefiting Germany's Jewish population. C) Opening a second front in Western Europe. D) Deportation of Jews from all over the European continent. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Concentration camps, death camps and mobile killing units. 57. Which of the following resulted from the Yalta Conference? A) Germany was give most favored nation status. B) Germany was divided into four zones of occupation. C) Germany was forced to give up colonial territory. D) Germany was divided into two zones of occupation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany was divided into four zones of occupation. 58. What country did not have an electoral system by the end of the nineteenth century? A) Russia. B) Germany. C) Poland. D) Austria. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russia. 59. What happened when the First World War was over in USA? A) The USA remained neutral and did not participate in the war. B) The crisis in the countryside began because of the drop in European demand for US products. C) The USA experienced economic growth and social changes. D) The USA experienced a cultural backlash against modernism and change. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The crisis in the countryside began because of the drop in European demand for US products. 60. When did World War I or the Great War end? A) 1919. B) 1920. C) 1917. D) 1918. 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