This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Art Humanities > History > Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 History Chapter 7 The Interwar Years Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. All of the dictators during this time had this in common A) Killed those who stood in their way or hurt their countries chance to grow. B) Made deals with Allied nations in order to keep peace in the world. C) Stay within their nation not using force or intimidation to expand their empire. D) Worked on improving life for all citizens and races in their nation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Killed those who stood in their way or hurt their countries chance to grow. 2. Which political leader gained power as a result of the failing economy of theWeimar Republic? A) Adolf Hitler. B) Benito Mussolini. C) Francisco Franco. D) Joseph Stalin. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adolf Hitler. 3. After WWI, a "return to normalcy" meant: A) An end to isolationism. B) A return to life as it had been before WWI. C) An end to US immigration. D) A return to Prohibition. E) Venus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A return to life as it had been before WWI. 4. When World War I first began, the U.S ..... A) Was neutral. B) Aligned with the Allied Powers. C) Aligned with the Central Powers. D) Signed a secret alliance with Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Was neutral. 5. What did the English Prime Minister Winston Churchill declare had descended upon Europe dividing the continent? (This separated democratic countries from communist countries)S/N #4 A) The Winds of War. B) The Bells of Liberty. C) The Wall of Democracy. D) An Iron Curtain. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An Iron Curtain. 6. Favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority, especially that of the government, at the expense of personal freedom A) Dictator. B) Fascism. C) Isolationist. D) Authoritarian. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Authoritarian. 7. In 1935, the Nazis passed the Nuremberg Laws, which A) Combined all protestant sects into a single state church. B) Required all young Germans to join the Hitler Youth. C) Deprived Jews of German citizenship. D) Established the Third Reich under Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Deprived Jews of German citizenship. 8. Russian withdrawal from World War I can be linked directly to A) The October Revolution in Russia. B) The use of atomic weapons by the Germans. C) The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. D) The promise by Hitler to refrain from invading Russia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The October Revolution in Russia. 9. Which country demanded the harshest punishments for Germany? A) Italy. B) United States. C) France. D) Great Britain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) France. 10. Nativism, Quota Laws, &; Sacco & Vanzetti show: A) Prohibition Outlawed Alcohol. B) American Soldiers Returned to the Workforce. C) African Americans Migrated to Northern Cities. D) Immigration Increased Rapidly. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Immigration Increased Rapidly. 11. This is a policy of giving in to the demands of an aggressor to keep peace. It was pushed by Great Britain and helps explain why the League of Nations did very little in response to Hitler's violation of the Treaty of Versailles. A) Cubism. B) Anschluss. C) Isolationism. D) Appeasement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appeasement. 12. Who was the Fascist leader of Spain that was supported by both Italy and Germany? A) Mussolini. B) Franco. C) Hirohito. D) Hitler. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Franco. 13. Which of the following nations would have entered World War I if the Zimmerman plot had succeeded? A) Serbia. B) Spain. C) Switzerland. D) Mexico. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mexico. 14. What was the effect of the 1929 crisis on Germany? A) Economic growth. B) Unemployment and economic collapse. C) Political stability. D) Social equality. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Unemployment and economic collapse. 15. What is a major factor behind the political dispute between China and Taiwan? A) The Yellow Sea includes disputed Chinese island territories. B) China controls territory claimed by a close neighbor. C) Taiwan seeks recognition as an independent country. D) The Taiwan Strait is viewed as an international choke point. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taiwan seeks recognition as an independent country. 16. Germany experienced huge inflation because it printed money to pay for WWI. What is inflation? A) Increase in supply of goods. B) Increase in value of money. C) Decrease in value of money. D) Decrease in supply of goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Decrease in value of money. 17. What term means giving into an aggressor in order to achieve peace and was responsible for the rise of dictators in the 1920s & 1930s? A) Assimilation. B) Detente. C) Appeasement. D) Containment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appeasement. 18. The night in Germany in which Jewish business were destroyed and Jewish Synagogues were set on fire. This was an attempt to ruin the Jewish community economically. Which of the following does not apply? A) Kristallnacht. B) The Night of the Long Knives. C) The Night of Broken Glass. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The Night of the Long Knives. 19. The crash of ..... led to the worldwide economic downturn. This is where people would buy and sell shares of companies. A) Shares. B) Credit. C) Black Tuesday. D) Stock market. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stock market. 20. Why did Military Dictatorships arise in Germany and Japan in the 1930s? A) The countries are at war. B) To pull countries out of economic depresssion. C) Prosperity helps avert radicalism. D) Because people want to give up their rights. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To pull countries out of economic depresssion. 21. What document, signed by 65 Nations in 1928, pledged to "Renounce War as an instrument of National Policy" ? A) Kellogg-Briand Pact. B) Treaty of Versailles. C) Treaty of Paris. D) Treaty of Locarno. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Kellogg-Briand Pact. 22. The N in MAIN stands for A) Norway. B) Nationalism. C) Necessary. D) Neolithic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nationalism. 23. All of the following are included in the "3 R's" of the New Deal except: A) Reform. B) Relief. C) Reduce. D) Recovery. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reduce. 24. What was the Treaty between the Central Powers and Soviet Russia in 1918 that resulted in pulling Russia out of World War I and ceding massive territories in Eastern Europe to Germany and the Central Powers? These lands would be taken from Germany in the treaty to end World War I. A) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. B) Treaty of Versailles. C) Kellogg-Briand Pact. D) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. 25. Surrealism was a new art form that emphasized ..... A) Unconscious, fantasy, and nightmares. B) Melting clocks and animals. C) Realistic items in realistic settings. D) The physical world. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unconscious, fantasy, and nightmares. 26. What type of economy has prices for crops controlled by the government? A) Market. B) Tribal. C) Blended. D) Command. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Command. 27. True or False? During the Great Depression in the U.S., 1/2 of American workers faced unemployment. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 28. A system in which private farms are eliminated and peasants work land owned by the government (a) A) Gulag. B) Disarmament. C) Fascism. D) Kellog-Briand Pact. E) A. Collectivization. F) Comintern. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) A. Collectivization. 29. Which of the following was not part of the League of Nations A) United Kingdom. B) Germany. C) France. D) United States. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) United States. 30. Why did the Germans start taking Adolf Hitler and his message seriously? A) The example of Mussolini's success in Italy. B) His skill at making persuasive speeches. C) The economic problems caused by the Depression. D) The threat of Russian invasion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The economic problems caused by the Depression. 31. Which did not cause the Depression: A) Overbuying of goods. B) Poor monetary choices. C) Harsh treaties. D) Importing and exporting products. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Importing and exporting products. 32. How were the United States and Germany different during the Great Depression? A) Immigration increased in Germany, not the U.S. B) Germany turned into a dictatorship, the U.S. remained a democracy. C) Germany had public services, U.S. did not. D) Unemployment was only in Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Germany turned into a dictatorship, the U.S. remained a democracy. 33. How did countries try to reduce the possibility of future wars after the First World War and the Second World War? A) By getting rid of national navies. B) By reducing the size of armed forces. C) By introducing atomic weapons. D) By establishing international organizations. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By establishing international organizations. 34. The World War Two Dictators came tp power in several different ways. Which of the following was not a way in which these men came to power? A) The Enabling Act and the Reichstag FIre. B) The February and October Revolutions. C) The March on Rome and a shady election. D) Outmaneuvering political opponents. E) The assassination of a Prime Minister. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The February and October Revolutions. 35. Why was Italy disappointed with the outcome of World War 1? A) It was forced to pay reparations. B) It didn't receive all the land it wanted. C) It didn't get back art treasures stolen during the war. D) It wanted Germany to be treated more generously. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It didn't receive all the land it wanted. 36. Which of the following tactics did Joseph Stalin use to further his plan for economic modernization? A) He worked to improve political rights for women. B) He loosened government control of industry. C) He instituted a policy of collectivization of small farms. D) He encouraged capitalist ideas and beliefs. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He instituted a policy of collectivization of small farms. 37. Which battle, fought on the western front, symbolized the useless tactics of launching ground attacks through "No Man's Land" because it resulted in over 1 million casaulties? A) Caporetto. B) Dardanelles Campaign. C) Somme. D) Tannenburg. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Somme. 38. Hitlers desire to expand German territory to the East for "Living Space" and resources. A) Anschluss. B) Sudetenland. C) Fuhrer. D) Lebensraum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lebensraum. 39. Which country below was the weakest point for the Axis Powers?S/N #3 A) Italy. B) France. C) England. D) Germany. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Italy. 40. A social movement based on a feeling of loyalty and pride to others that share the same language and culture is A) Deism. B) Capitalism. C) Socialism. D) Nationalism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Nationalism. 41. The Treaty of Versailles stopped Germany from: A) Empire Building/Imperialism. B) Ending all reparations. C) Joining forces with the allies. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Empire Building/Imperialism. 42. There was so much ..... & ..... that most workers in the camp dies. A) Cheating & disease. B) Thieving & robbery. C) Starvation & disease. D) Heart attacks & disease. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Starvation & disease. 43. A form of government that puts the good of nation above all else (extreme nationalism)? A) Constitutional Monarchy. B) Oligrachy. C) Fascism. D) Republic. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Fascism. 44. What U.S. action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the United States in 1941? A) The U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan. B) The U.S. demanded that Japanese forces leave the Philippines. C) The U.S. grew increasingly concerned about Japan's role in North Africa. D) The U.S. condemned (spoke against) the German aggression in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan. 45. Kristallnacht was a defining event in the Holocaust because was A) A Nazi death camp. B) A set of racial laws. C) An attack on Jewish homes and businesses. D) An area where Jews were confined. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An attack on Jewish homes and businesses. 46. Who was the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary that was assassinated triggering the start of WWI? A) Gavrilo Princip. B) Francis (Franz) Ferdinand. C) Franklin Roosevelt. D) Henry Cabot Lodge. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Francis (Franz) Ferdinand. 47. Hitler, like Mussolini, organized his own political party. It was called the National Socialist Workers Party, but was more commonly known as ..... A) The Fascists. B) The Socialists. C) The Nazis. D) The Kamikaze. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Nazis. 48. Which of these helped create popular culture throughout the United States? A) Women's suffrage. B) Prohibition. C) The radio. D) The KKK. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The radio. 49. Who was the leader of Soviet Union? A) Stalin. B) Hitler. C) Roosevelt. D) Mussolini. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stalin. 50. The Harlem Renaissance of the 1920's could be described as: A) A time of increased recognition of African American athletes. B) A period when African Americans gained political leadership. C) A major urban project providing houses for African Americans. D) Rebirth African American culture through musicians / writers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rebirth African American culture through musicians / writers. 51. What was different about the Neutrality Act of 1939 form the Neutrality Acts of 1935 or 1937? A) 1939 added Germany to the list of nations the US would not war with. B) 1939 allowed a "cash-and-carry" policy towards arms sales. C) 1939 only applied to Britain. D) 1939 only allowed money to flow to warring nations. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1939 allowed a "cash-and-carry" policy towards arms sales. 52. Describe how Stalin came to power A) Second in command. B) Lenin died. C) Strongest man left in Russia. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 53. The attempt to eliminate any possible opposition to the dictator in power of the Soviet Union was referred to as the Purge. Which group of people were NOT purged in the Soviet Union? A) The intelligentsia. B) The old Bolsheviks. C) The Brown Shirts. D) The Military command. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Brown Shirts. 54. The German hope of a quick victory in World War I vanished when the French defeated them the battle at this river. A) Marne. B) Somme. C) Verdun. D) Ypres. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marne. 55. The fascist government of Benito Mussolini did all of the following EXCEPT ..... A) Kidnap and murder socialist leaders and political opponents. B) Align itself with Hitler and fight alongside the Germans during WWII. C) Expand the rights of the working class, including the right to assemble and strike. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Expand the rights of the working class, including the right to assemble and strike. 56. What was a first in France under the Popular Front's reforms? A) Free healthcare. B) Universal suffrage. C) Paid vacations for workers. D) Free education. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paid vacations for workers. 57. What caused the Red Scare? A) Russian Revolution. B) French Revolution. C) American Revolution. D) Industrial Revolution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Russian Revolution. 58. This is the name of the government that was overthrown by the Nazis A) Weimar Republic. B) German Confederation. C) German Empire. D) Third Reich. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Weimar Republic. 59. Why did the Stock Market Crash? A) Individuals and Businesses were buying stocks with borrowed money. B) Individuals had a lot of confidence in stocks. C) Prices of stocks increased gradually. D) War broke out in Europe. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Individuals and Businesses were buying stocks with borrowed money. 60. This person was Stalin's greatest rival for power after Lenin died A) Trotsky. 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