Unit 8 Progress Check: MCQ

Which of the following best explains why many Europeans maintained a belief in the benefits of scientific progress throughout the twentieth century?

C

New technological developments made significant material improvements in the lives of most Europeans.

Which of the following best explains why the destructive scale of European warfare increased in the twentieth century?

C

European states deployed new weapons and manufacturing technologies.

Which of the following best explains the emergence of genocide as an aspect of conflict in twentieth-century Europe?

A

The advent of new racial and other ideologies that justified exterminating minority populations.

The developments illustrated by the poster were most directly motivated by the spread of

nationalism, which led to heightened conflict between ethnic groups

Which of the following best explains the context of the development alluded to in the image?

As the First World War went on, fighting spread to areas outside of Europe, such as Africa, the Middle East, and Asia.

Which of the following best explains Ottoman Turkey's significance in the outbreak of the First World War?

Ottoman imperial decline created unstable new nations in the Balkans.

The debates referenced in the passage best reflect which of the following?

Arguments within the Bolshevik movement about the application of Marx's theory of proletarian revolution

The results of the First World War in Russia described in the passage are best explained by which of the following?

Russia's long-term economic and political problems, which were exacerbated by the strains of war

Lenin's quote in the second paragraph best illustrates which of the following developments?

Lenin's willingness to compromise Marxist principles when necessary to achieve his goals

Which of the following explains a possible limitation of Dutt's argument concerning the goals in the Entente in the second paragraph?

Many of the new countries in central and eastern Europe were established as nation-states for ethnic groups formerly under imperial rule.

Which of the following explains a possible limitation of Dutt's argument concerning the future of the capitalist system in the third paragraph?

Dutt assumes that capitalist governments are unable to respond to economic crises by taking steps to limit economic hardships.

Which of the following explains a possible limitation of Dutt;s argument concerning the relationship between capitalist countries and Bolshevism as described in the third and fourth paragraphs?

Dutt assumes that economic hardship leads directly to support for Bolshevism.

Which of the following is an accurate comparison of British trade with the United States and British trade with the Soviet Union as shown by the graph?

Overall British trade with the United States remained significantly larger than overall British trade with the Soviet Union in the period 1925-1934.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the effect of the stock market crash of 1929 on British trade as shown by the graph?

The stock market crash of 1929 had a greater impact on trade between Britain and the United States than it did on trade between Britain and the Soviet Union.

Which of the following is an accurate description of the overall trend of British exports versus imports shown by the graph?

The annual value of British imports from the United States was greater than the annual value of British exports to the United States throughout the period 1925 to 1934.

Based on the poster and the context in which it was created, the Nazis were campaigning in response to the

economic crisis following the United States stock market crash

Which of the following best describes the purpose of the imagery in the poster?

To exploit bitterness and insecurity in Germany's Weimar Republic

The poster was most likely designed to appeal most directly to which of the following groups?

Workers unemployed as a result of the Great Depression

Which of the following most directly explains how the values Hobsbawm discusses in the first paragraph were undermined in the interwar period?

Economic instability, combined with fears of another war, allowed fascist states to emerge as liberal institutions collapsed.

Which of the following most directly facilitated the Axis military success alluded to in the second paragraph?

The policy of appeasement pursued by Britain and France allowed Germany to rearm.

Which of the following best explains why the Soviet Union, noted by Hobsbawm as an exception to the regimes emerging from the First World War, contributed to the expansion of fascist states in the interwar period?

Western liberal democracies did not trust the Soviets and largely excluded them from diplomatic efforts.

Germany's development of Blitzkrieg tactics for use in the Second World War is best explained in the context of

Germany's desire to avoid the stalemate of trench warfare that had typified the First World War

The Allies' ability to reverse the early Nazi successes and achieve victory is best explained in the context of

the greater industrial capacity and mobilization of the Allied powers

The devastating impact of the Second World War on civilian populations in Europe is best understood in the context of

the development of new technologies that enabled long-range attacks on enemy cities

Which of the following would tend to support Chirac's characterization of the attitude of the majority of French people toward Nazi ideology?

French partisans resisting German occupation received widespread clandestine support.

Which of the following would most tend to challenge Chirac's portrayal of France's response to German occupation and enactment of Nazi racial policies?

The Vichy government explicitly endorsed anti-Semitic ideas.

Which of the following would best support Chirac's admission that the roundup of Jews commemorated during the speech constituted a "collective mistake"?

French civil officials cooperated with German forces during the roundup.