{{#professor:Quiz #15.1 - World War I to World War II}}
1 "Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades — words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.” — Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
This quotation best describes the effects of the
2 Many historians believe that the harsh terms found in the Treaty of Versailles helped lead to
3 In the late 1990s, international demands to conduct trials for war crimes similar to those conducted at Nuremberg after World War II are responses to war crimes taking place in
4 The success of the women’s suffrage movement in 20th-century Europe resulted in part from women
5 Which title would best complete this partial outline? I. ___________________________
6 Base your answer to the question below on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
. . . The only way to go was up. And, on June 26, 1948, planes from all over the world were employed to begin an airlift to fly needed food and supplies to the Berliners. The Soviets attempted to frighten away the Allied planes. One Soviet plane, trying to tighten the blockade, fired on a British plane as it attempted to land in Berlin. Both planes crashed, killing all aboard. But the airlift continued. . . .
Source: Doris M. Epler, The Berlin Wall The Milbrook Press
The events described in this passage occurred soon after
7 One similarity between Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini is that both
8 In the 1920s and 1930s, the rise of totalitarian governments in Germany, Italy, and Spain was largely the result of
9 Which situation contributed to the success of Mohandas Gandhi’s campaign of civil disobedience in India?
10 Growing nationalism and militarism in Europe and the creation of secret alliances were
11 Democracy in modern Japan resulted primarily from
12 Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"From as early as I can remember, the Emperor was an important presence even in our remote home. He was a descendant of the gods from thousands of years before, never to be looked at or listened to by mere mortals, a presence to be revered and protected and obeyed . . . Finally. . ., my family and neighbors gathered around the radio and listened in stunned silence to the voice that had never before been heard, saying he was only human after all. Everyone was crying. I was sad and confused. "
Which event caused the Emperor to announce that he was "only human after all"?
13 One reason India gained its independence from Great Britain in 1947 was that
14 The Marshall Plan was designed to stop the spread of communism by providing
15 Which event brought about the breakup of the Ottoman Empire?
16 Japan's invasion of China in 1937 and Germany's attack on Poland in 1939 led directly to
17 The term militarism can best be defined as
18 The purpose of the Marshall Plan after World War II was to
19 The primary purpose of the United Nations is to
20 Which set of events is in the correct chronological order?
21 The main reason Japan invaded Southeast Asia during World War II was to
22 The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its role in World War I by
23 The term appeasement is best defined as
24 "Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy Form Triple Alliance" "Serbian Nationalism Grows in Balkans" "Archduke Franz Ferdinand Assassinated in Bosnia"
The events in these headlines contributed most directly to the
25 What was the immediate cause of World War I in Europe?
26 Which event occurred first and led to the other three?
27 World War II is often considered to be a turning point in history because
28 Since 1945, many Japanese have opposed an expanded role for their military forces because of the
29 Since World War II, people in both Africa and Latin America have moved from rural to urban areas. The major cause of this movement has been the
30 Which principle was established by the Nuremberg Trials after World War II?
31 Base your answer to the following question on the passage below and on your knowledge of social studies.
"The important lesson wasn't so much the Nazis' extraordinary evil but that it could happen with the participation of so many, the indifference of many more, that humanity has no guarantees against its vicious streaks except its own conscience, for which each individual is responsible . . . the effort for decency and justice must go on every day, everywhere." –Flora Lewis, the New York Times, July 7, 1987
In the passage, the term "extraordinary evil" refers to the
32 A study of the policy of "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia and the Holocaust in Europe would suggest that
33 In the Middle East, an immediate effect of World War I was the
34 After World War II, the conflict between Hindus and Muslims in India resulted in the
35 After World War II, the Soviet Union established satellites in Eastern Europe to