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1. Which statement concerning anti-Semitism in Europe is most accurate?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Anti-Semitism in Europe increased during the Middle Ages.
Jews in Europe refused to be loyal to any national government.
Most Russian czars outlawed anti-Semitic activities.
Hitler was the only European leader to promote anti-Semitism.
2. Which situation contributed to Adolf Hitler's rise to power in Germany after World War I?
(A) support of Hitler's radical policies by the Social Democrats in the Reichstag
(B) strong feelings of resentment and nationalism built up by economic and political
crisis
(C) refusal by the League of Nations to admit Germany as a member
(D) violence and terrorism promoted by Germany's former enemies
3. What was a major reason for Adolf Hitler's rise to power?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
provisions of the Treaty of Versailles
Germany's military support of Poland and France
strong German economy
refusal by the League of Nations to admit Germany as a member
4. Which action illustrates the concept of genocide?
(A) the British negotiating peace with Adolf Hitler during the 1938 Munich Conference
(B) Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signing a nonaggression pact in 1939
(C) the Nazi armies eliminating the Jews and other groups as part of Adolf Hitler’s
Final Solution
(D) German generals plotting against Adolf Hitler
5. Base your answer to the following question on the passage below.
"It took the Big Four just five hours and twenty five minutes here in Munich today to
dispel the clouds of war and come to an agreement over the partition of Czechoslovakia.
There is to be no European war, after all. There is to be peace, and the price of that peace
is, roughly, the ceding by Czechoslovakia of the Sudeten territory to Herr Hitler's
Germany. The German Führer gets what he wanted, only he has to wait a little longer for
it. Not much longer though — only ten days. . . ."
Source: William Shirer, recording of CBS radio report from Prague, September 29, 1938
Which of the following best represents a reason the Sudeten territory was ceded to Germany?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Czechoslovakia was did not want to maintain control of the Sudeten territory.
European countries had created a system of secret alliances before World War I.
France and Great Britain believed that appeasing Adolf Hitler would prevent war.
The Treaty of Versailles gave Germany the right to control the Sudeten territory.
6. Which event is most closely associated with the start of World War II in Europe?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
invasion of Poland by Nazi forces
signing of the Munich Agreement
building of the Berlin Wall
assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
7. What was the Holocaust?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Ethnic killings in Rwanda between the Hutus and Tutsi
The systematic killing of Jews by Nazi Germany in World War II
The destruction of Islamic holy sites in the Middle East
The genocide in Kosovo
8. After World War II, the Marshall Plan was proposed as a way to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
improve diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union
help European nations recover economically
remove nuclear weapons from Western Europe
bring Nazi war criminals to justice
9. Adolf Hitler was born in _____.
(A) Germany
(B) Austria
(C) Norway
(D) France
10. Which of Adolf Hitler's parents died when he was 18?
(A) Father
(B) Mother
11. Hitler volunteered for the _____ army.
(A) Austrian
(B) Bavarian
(C) French
(D) German
12. Which of the following was not an attack that Hitler survived during World War I?
(A) Mustard Gas
(C) Chlorine Gas
(B) Mortar attack
(D) Almost shot by British soldier
13. Where did Hitler first become aware of the swastika?
(A) India
(C) Local Catholic Church
(B) The United States
(D) None of the above
14. What was the name of the organization that Hitler was supposed to investigate following
World War I?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Nationalsozialstiche Deutsche Arbeiterparti
Deutsche Arbeiterparti
German Worker's Party
Both "B" and "C"
15. What organization is commonly known as the Nazi Party?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
National Socialist German Worker's Party
Deutsche Arbeiterparti
Nationalsozialstiche Deutsche Arbeiterparti
Both "A" and "C"
16. Which of the following is one of the 25 points Hitler outlines in his 25 Points speech?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
Lebensraum
Citizenship determined by race
Union of all Germans under the greater German Reich
All of the above
17. The world "Lebensraum" means ____.
(A) Racist
(B) Living Space (C) Attack
(D) Hail Hitler
18. Hitler is elected to German government in ___.
(A) 1939
(B) 1942
(C) 1921
(D) 1930
19. What book does Hitler author while in prison for treason?
(A) Mein Blitzkreig
(C) Wermacht
(B) Luftwaffe
(D) Mein Kampf
20. Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany in ___.
(A) 1935
(B) 1933
(C) 1942
(D) 1921
21. What legislation outlaws democracy in Germany?
(A) The Enabling Act
(C) Lebensraum
(B) The Hakenkreutz
(D) None of the above
22. Anti-Semitism was invented by the Nazi party.
(A) True
(B) False
23. What is the "Jewish Question?"
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
How many Jews are in the Reich
How intelligent are the Jewish people
What is the Jewish people's favorite color
What is the status of the Jewish people in Germany and what do we do with
them
24. The idea that the Aryans are a superior race and that there is a biological reason for the
hierarchy of the races are found in which book?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
An Essay on the Inequality of the Races
The Passing of the Great Race
Mein Kampf
None of the above
25. The idea that the Aryans are Nordic and that pure blood can be achieved through
selective breeding and eugenics is found in which book?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
An Essay on the Inequality of the Races
The Passing of the Great Race
Mein Kampf
None of the above
26. Kristallnacht is known as ____?
(A) Night of the Long Knifes
(C) Night of Broken Glass
(B) Night of Bright Lights
(D) None of the above
27. The Nuremberg Laws were issued in ____.
(A) 1933
(B) 1942
(C) 1935
(D) 1921
28. The Law for the Preservation of German Blood and Honor stated ___.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
No marriages between Jews
No marriages between Germans and Jews without approval
German citizenship determined by race
No marriages between Germans and Jews
29. The Reich Citizenship Law stated that ___.
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
No marriages between Germans and Jews
German citizenship was determined by race
No German women under the age of 45 were to be employed
None of the above
30. Which group was responsible for operating the mobile gas trucks?
(A) Schutzstaffel
(C) Lebenraum
(B) Judenrat
(D) Einstazgruppen
31. What year did the Wannsee Conference take place?
(A) 1935
(B) 1921
(C) 1942
(D) 1945
32. According to the Nuremberg Laws, a person of mixed blood was called a ____.
(A) Aryan
(B) German
(C) Jew
(D) Mischlinge