AP World History Chapter 20

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Which of the following describes popular attitudes in Europe toward the prospect of war in the summer of 1914?

Its success in bringing Germany out of the Great Depression

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2

What effect did World War II have on communism?

It enabled communist parties in Eastern Europe and China to assume power.

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3

Which of the following was a distinctive and central feature of the German expression of fascism?

An insistence on a racial revolution

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4

Wich of the following describes popular attitude in Europe toward the prospect of war in the summer of 1914?

Widespread enthusiasm

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5

In contrast to what transpired during World War I, Germany during World War II was able

conquer France quickly

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6

Which of the following was a term of the Treaty of Versailles?

Germany was to accept sole responsibility for casuing World War I

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7

Which of the following represents a response among many Latin American countries to the global repercussions of the Great Depression?

Import substitution industrialization

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8

The new states that had been carved out of which empire were governed as mandates of the League of Nations after World War I?

The Ottoman Empire

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9

Which country switched sides after World War I began?

Italy

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10

Japanese politics and society during the 1920s suggested that Japan favored

democratic politics and Western culture

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11

How did the emergence of Germany as a new nation-state affect the European political scene after 1870?

Germany provided stability and leadership

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12

How did the American occupation of Japan after World War II affect the Japanese economy?

It promoted rapid economic growth and generated economic prosperity

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13

Which of the following explains how an assassination in Austria-Hungary triggered World War I?

The Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente

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14

Which of the following did Japan, Italy and Germany share in the 1930s?

Aggressive ambition for conquest and empire building

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15

Which of the following was a factor in causing the Great Depression?

Speculation on the stock market

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16

What happened to Europe's empires in Asia and Africa after the end of World War II?

European empires collapsed as colonies achieved independence

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17

What happened to the German sphere of influence in China after World War I ended?

Japan claimed it

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18

What effect did the U.S. Marshall Plan have on European economies?

It promoted economic growth and widespread prosperity in Western Europe

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19

What impact did World War I have on Europe's colonial empires?

The war drove in laborers and soldiers from the colonies

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20

Which of the following contributed to Western European recovery after the devastation of World War II?

The ability of Western European countries to integrate their economies

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21

Which country was least affected by the Great Depression?

The Soviet Union

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22

Which of the following committed the United States to the defense of Europe against the Soviet Union after World War II?

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization

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23

Which of the following resulted from Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

The wars in Asia and Europe merged into a single global war

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24

Which of the following characterized European and American culture in the 1920s?

A new consumerism

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25

Which of the following strained Japan's relations with Western powers in the early 1940s?

Japanese military operations in Indochina, Malaya, and Burma

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26

Which of the following describes the position of the United States after World War I?

It became Europe's main creditor

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27

Which of the following appealed to fascists?

Nationalism

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28

Which of the following as a more prominent feature of World War Ii than World War I?

The blurring of the line between civilian and military targets

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29

The set of reforms packaged as the New Deal was based on the belief that

government actions and spending programs could correct the market

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30

What drew Japan, Germany, and Italy into a political alliance by 1936-1937?

Hostility towards the Soviet Union

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