15.2 and 15.3 Quiz

Question 1

All of the following contributed to the weakness of the Wiemar Republic _______________
A. a lack of democratic tradition
B. uncontrollable inflation
C. a large number of political parties
D. the implementation of the Dawes Plan

Answer 1

D. the implementation of the Dawes Plan

Question 2

In 1920, a dictatorship ruled __________.

Answer 2

Russia

Question 3

All of the following increased during the Great Depression except _____________.
A. business failures
B. prices
C. bank closings
D. unemployment

Answer 3

B. prices

Question 4

During the global depression, war debts caused great suffering in ___________.

Answer 4

Germany

Question 5

The Kellogg-Briand pact signed by almost every country in the world involved a pledge to _________________.

Answer 5

Renounce war as an instrument of national policy

Question 6

The Popular Front helped preserve democracy in ____________.

Answer 6

France

Question 7

How did the Scandinavian countries of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway keep their democracies together during the Great Depression?

Answer 7

Socialist governments built recovery programs on the existing tradition of cooperative community action. All Scandinavian countries raised pensions for the elderly, increased unemployment insurance, subsidies for housing, and other welfare benefits. To pay for these governments taxes all citizens. Private and cooperative businesses prospered and democracy remained intact.

Question 8

The New Deal involved attempts to deal with the Great Depression in ________________.

Answer 8

The United States

Question 9

All of the following were common to both Fascism and Communism EXCEPT ______________________.
A. a one-party system
B. a disregard for individual rights
C. a classless society
D. the supremacy of the state

Answer 9

C. a classless society

Question 10

This strongman leader wanted to lead their country “back to her ways of ancient greatness.”

Answer 10

Benito Mussolini

Question 11

The title of Hitler’s book Mein Kampf in English is ______________.

Answer 11

“My struggle”

Question 11

All of the following embraced fascism EXCEPT ________________.
A. Adolph Hitler
B. Paul von Hindenburg
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Juan Peron

Answer 11

B. Paul von Hindenburg

Question 11

By 1935, the only eastern European country that was still a democracy was ___________.

Answer 11

Czechoslovakia

Question 12

Hitler’s main method for achieving lebensraum was to _____________.

Answer 12

Conquer other countries

Question 13

Nazism was the German form of ____________.

Answer 13

Fascism

Question 14

What political and social factors led to the fall of several European democracies in the 1920s and 1930s?

Answer 14

Many countries had little experience with democratic government, desperation for stability, unfair treaties and war debts, extreme political ideas.