Question 1

Italian anti-Semitic laws were instituted after&#10;A) the outbreak of war&#10;B) the German invasion of Italy&#10;C) the alliance with Nazi Germany&#10;D) Mussolini came to power

Accepted Answer

Italian anti-Semitic laws were instituted after Mussolini formed an alliance with Nazi Germany in 1936. This led to the adoption of discriminatory policies against Jews, including stripping them of their citizenship and banning them from professions such as education and journalism.

Question 2

Primo Levi's memoir recounts his experiences in&#10;A) Auschwitz&#10;B) Wannsee&#10;C) Bergen-Belsen&#10;D) Gulag

Accepted Answer

Primo Levi's memoir, titled "If This Is a Man" in the UK and "Survival in Auschwitz" in the US, recounts his experiences as a Jewish prisoner in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.

Question 3

Britain was pushed to accommodate German demands by&#10;A) debt and economic weakness&#10;B) anti-Semitism&#10;C) Fascist sympathies&#10;D) communist sympathies

Accepted Answer

Britain was heavily indebted and economically weakened after World War I, which led to its reluctance to resist German demands. The country was in a vulnerable position and did not want to risk further economic turmoil by provoking Germany. This played a major role in Britain's appeasement policy towards Nazi Germany in the 1930s.

Question 4

France's prewar government, the Popular Front, was a coalition of&#10;A) the center-right&#10;B) the center-left&#10;C) right and left&#10;D) communists and fascists

Accepted Answer

The Popular Front, formed in 1936, was a coalition of left-wing parties, including socialists, communists, and radicals. It was led by Léon Blum, a socialist who became France's first Jewish prime minister. Therefore, the answer is B) the center-left.

Question 5

Hitler began overturning the Treaty of Versailles in 1936 when he&#10;A) invaded Poland&#10;B) united with Austria&#10;C) allied with Italy&#10;D) remilitarized the Rhineland

Accepted Answer

Hitler began overturning the Treaty of Versailles by remilitarizing the Rhineland in 1936, which violated the treaty's provisions for German disarmament and demilitarization of the Rhineland. This move was the first of many aggressive actions taken by Hitler to expand German territory and influence in Europe.

Question 6

Francisco Franco, the victor in the Spanish Civil War, represented the forces of&#10;A) communism&#10;B) democracy&#10;C) conservatism&#10;D) absolutism

Accepted Answer

Francisco Franco represented the forces of conservatism, as he led the nationalist movement against the republicans during the Spanish Civil War, with the goal of maintaining traditional social and political structures in Spain.

Question 7

The hallmarks of German blitzkrieg warfare in Poland were&#10;A) mechanized infantry and air power&#10;B) U-boats&#10;C) planes and cavalry&#10;D) tanks and cavalry

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg, or "lightning war," utilized mechanized infantry and air power to quickly break through enemy lines and encircle them, a strategy that was effectively demonstrated in the invasion of Poland in 1939.

Question 8

France's collaborationist Vichy government was led by WWI hero&#10;A) Ferdinand Foch&#10;B) Charles De Gaulle&#10;C) Joseph Joffre&#10;D) Phillippe Petain

Accepted Answer

The collaborationist Vichy government was led by Philippe Petain, a WWI hero who earned the nickname "The Lion of Verdun" for his success in defending the city during the war.

Question 9

Hitler invaded the USSR in 1941 because he wanted&#10;A) living space in eastern Europe&#10;B) to bring the US into the war&#10;C) a land route to Asia&#10;D) to distract from the D-Day invasion

Accepted Answer

Hitler believed in the concept of "Lebensraum" or living space for the German people. He saw the vast territories of the Soviet Union as an opportunity to expand and secure resources for his growing empire. Therefore, he invaded the USSR in 1941.

Question 10

The Nazi's highest priority during the war was&#10;A) the conquest of Bolshevism&#10;B) genocide of the Jews&#10;C) world domination&#10;D) the conquest of Britain

Accepted Answer

The Nazi regime, under Adolf Hitler, prioritized the genocide of the Jews, known as the Holocaust, as a central element of their ideology and war efforts.

Question 11

The largest anti-Nazi rebellion of the war happened in&#10;A) Auschwitz&#10;B) Moscow&#10;C) Paris&#10;D) Warsaw

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Question 12

The Nazi plan to use poison gas to murder the Jews of Europe is also known as the&#10;A) First Solution&#10;B) Second Solution&#10;C) Primary Solution&#10;D) Final Solution

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Question 13

The first Allied objective of the war was to re-take North Africa in order to protect&#10;A) Egypt&#10;B) Morocco&#10;C) Ethiopia&#10;D) South Africa

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Question 14

The turning point of the war was&#10;A) D-Day&#10;B) Stalingrad&#10;C) Hiroshima&#10;D) Wannsee

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Deck 12: Fascism and Nazism: Mass Politics and Mass Culture, 1919-1939