SS Unit 2 Study guide

1. What is propaganda?

Information designed to influence people's opinions.

2. How did Nazi propaganda help Hitler gain support?

It influenced public opinion and encouraged support for Nazi policies.

3. What treaty punished Germany after World War I?

The Treaty of Versailles.

4. How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to problems in Germany?

Reparations and military restrictions created resentment and economic difficulties.

5. What economic problems helped Hitler rise to power?

Unemployment, poverty, and economic instability.

6. What was the Holocaust?

The Nazi genocide of six million Jewish people and the persecution and murder of millions of others.

7. What is antisemitism?

Prejudice or hatred toward Jewish people.

8. What is a command economy?

An economy in which the government makes most major economic decisions.

9. What is a market economy?

An economy in which businesses and consumers make many economic decisions.

10. What is a mixed economy?

An economy combining private business with government involvement.

11. Which economic system gives private businesses more freedom to make decisions?

A market economy.

12. What is entrepreneurship?

Starting and running a business.

13. What is supply?

The amount of a good or service available for sale.

14. What is demand?

How much of a good or service consumers want and can buy.

15. What does a government do in a mixed economy?

It regulates businesses and provides public services while private businesses operate.

16. What is a parliamentary democracy?

A democracy in which the government depends on support from the legislature.

17. What is a presidential democracy?

A democracy in which the president is elected separately from the legislature.

18. What is a constitutional monarchy?

A system with a monarch whose powers are limited by a constitution or laws.

19. Who is the head of state of the United Kingdom?

The monarch.

20. Who is the head of government of the United Kingdom?

The prime minister.

21. How do UK citizens influence who becomes prime minister?

They elect members of Parliament, which determines who can form a government.

22. What is Germany's head of government called?

The chancellor.

23. What type of government does Germany have?

A federal parliamentary republic.

24. Does Germany have a monarch?

No.

25. What are the two houses of the UK Parliament?

The House of Commons and the House of Lords.

26. Which of these countries has a constitutional monarchy: Germany, Russia, or the United Kingdom?

The United Kingdom.

27. Who is Russia's head of state?

The president.

28. What is Russia's national legislature called?

The Federal Assembly.

29. Which country generally spends a larger share of its economy on defense, Russia or Germany?

Russia.

30. What is one economic difference between Germany and Russia?

Germany generally has stronger support for private enterprise and entrepreneurship.

31. What was the Cold War?

A period of political and military rivalry between the US-led West and the Soviet-led East.

32. What did the Berlin Wall divide?

East Berlin and West Berlin.

33. In what year was the Berlin Wall built?

1961.

34. In what year did the Berlin Wall fall?

1989.

35. What did the fall of the Berlin Wall symbolize?

The weakening of Cold War divisions and communist control in Eastern Europe.

36. In what year did Germany reunify?

1990.

37. In what year did the Soviet Union dissolve?

1991.

38. What does monotheistic mean?

Belief in one God.

39. What do Christianity, Islam, and Judaism have in common?

They are monotheistic religions.

40. What is the sacred text of Christianity?

The Bible.

41. What is the sacred text of Islam?

The Quran.

42. What sacred text is central to Judaism?

The Torah.

43. What is the Muslim place of worship called?

A mosque.

44. What is the Jewish place of worship called?

A synagogue.

45. Which language group includes Spanish, French, and Italian?

Romance.

46. Which language group includes English, German, and Dutch?

Germanic.

47. Which language group includes Russian, Polish, and Ukrainian?

Slavic.

48. From which ancient language did Romance languages develop?

Latin.

49. Which language group does English belong to?

Germanic.

50. Which language group does Russian belong to?

Slavic.