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Practice Multiple-Choice Questions
(These represent the types of questions that appear on the Advanced Placement
Examination in European History.)
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1. The shaded area of the map on the following page shows
(A) the belligerent nations at the start of World War II in Europe
(B) the furthest extent of Axis conquest in Europe and Africa
(C) the Nazi Empire
(D) the gains of the Red Army at the end of World War II
(E) the Axis-occupied territory right before the D-Day Normandy invasion
2. Refer to the map above to determine what year it represents.
(A) before 1939
(B) 1939
(C) 1940
(D) 1942
(E) 1944
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3. The period of relative military inaction in Europe between the fall of
Poland and the fall of France is called
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
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(C) join the army for their family and for Mother Russia
(D) contribute to the war effort by taking on traditionally male jobs
(E) keep the farms in good shape for when their husbands return home
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5. The Atlantic Charter-issued by President Roosevelt and Prime Minister
Churchill in 1941 and drawn from the principles of Woodrow Wilson's
Fourteen Points-formed the basis for the Allied war aims and pledged
all EXCEPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
the restoration of governments conquered by Germany and Italy
free trade and fair access to resources
freedom from tyranny and want
freedom of thought and religion
a U.N. organization to ensure peace after the war
6. The tide of war turned from Axis conquests to Allied victories in all
EXCEPT
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
the Battles of Midway and Guadilcanal in the Pacific
the Battle for Stalingrad in Soviet Russia
the evacuation at Dunkirk in Europe
the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt
Operation Torch in North Africa
7. A major issue of contention between the Western Allies-Britain, the
United States, and the Soviet Union-before 1944 was
(A) the opening of a second front in Europe
(B) whether or not to demand the unconditional surrender of the Axis
(C) the fate of democracy in Eastern Europe after the war
(D) promised U.S. military aid to Communist Russia
(E) British occupation ofIran, which bordered the U.S.S.R.
8. Which of the following is true of the Allied D-Day invasion of "Fortress
Europe" on June 6, 1944?
(A) It was the largest seaborne invasion in human history.
(B) It inflicted 50 percent of the casualties the German Army suffered
during the war.
(C) It landed at the "soft underbelly" of Europe.
(D) After the landing the Germans were unable to launch another major
offensive during the course of the war.
(E) It was a joint operation of American, British, and Russian forces.
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9. The agreements of Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill at Yalta in 1945 are
controversial for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
(A) they gave Stalin a free hand in dominating the liberated states of
Eastern Europe
(B) they gave the Russians control of a sizable segment of Germany
(C) they lacked provision for the de-Nazification of Germany
(D) they gave the U.S.S.R. Japanese territories in Asia
(E) they gave the U.S.S.R. Polish territory
10. During World War II, most of the damage to cities in Western Germany
was caused by
(A) seige cannons of the Russian army
(B) search-and-destroy tactics of the Americans
(C) the scorched-earth policy of the retreating Nazis
(D) sabotage by anti-Nazi Germans
(E) saturation bombing by American and British air forces
11. The movement of peoples for the period from 1939 to 1950 was due most
likely to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
voluntary immigration
forced deportation by the Nazis
deportation and resettlement because of war and its aftermath
policies of the United Nations
Stalinist policies
12. In 1945, the war left only these nations with the economic and military
strength to significantly influence world affairs
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(B)
(C)
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13. Which was NOT a feature of the Cold War between the United States and
the U.S.S.R.?
(A) A series of confrontations short of direct military conflict
(B) A competition of productivity between differing economic systems
(C) A number of direct and open military clashes between U.S. and
Soviet forces
(D) An ideological conflict that involved espionage, propaganda, and
military and economic support for erstwhile Allies
(E) A division into blocs of politically and ideologically aligned nations
14. Soviet and Western wartime cooperation had already degenerated into
serious tensions at the Potsdam Conference in July 1945 because
(A) Harry S. Truman, who had succeeded to the presidency after the death
of Roosevelt in April, plainly expressed his dislike of Stalin
(B) Winston Churchill had strained relations with his claims of Soviet
empire building in Eastern Europe
(C) the Soviets had reneged on their promise to enter the war against Japan
(D) Stalinhad reneged on his promise to allow free elections in Sovietoccupied Eastern Europe
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(E) the U.S. A-bomb attacks on Japan had intimidated the Soviets
15. The phrase "iron curtain," used by Winston Churchill in his 1946 speech
at Fulton, Missouri, refers to
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
the security measures employed by Stalin's bodyguards
the Berlin Wall
Stalin's policy of holding firm in negotiations with the West
the Kremlin's veil of secrecy
Soviet domination of Eastern Europe
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(B) The Mediterranean was an Italian lake; Western Europe was in Hitler's
hands; the Nazis had reached the suburbs of Moscow.
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(D) By late 1942, the tide of war was turning in favor of the Allies.
3.
(E) This lull is often called the Phony War.
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(D) The women were depicted doing traditionally male jobs as was needed
during the Second World War in order to keep up production and fight the
war well. Women in the Soviet Union were soldiers as well as tractor drivers.
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wartime Big Power conferences.
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(A) The Russians, under attack by the Germans, wanted the pressure taken off
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(A) It was the largest seaborne invasion; over a million troops were
landed within the first week or so. The largest land invasion force was the
2 million plus Nazi Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the U.S.S.R. in
June 1941.
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(C) De-Nazification was carried out by all four of the occupying powers. The
United States, especially, was rigorous in its pursuits of Nazi war criminals and
in its reconstruction of the political and social institutions of Nazism.
10.
(E) The bombing of these cities was indiscriminate in its choice of
targets-military, industrial, civilian.The theory was that the enemy's will and
capacity to make war would be destroyed. By early 1945, the Germans were
producing more in the occupied countries than they had before the bombing
had started, and there is evidence that bombing strengthened German resolve
and German willingness to swallow the Nazi line.
11.
(C) Government policies of deportation and resettlement carried out pri­
marily by the Nazis and Soviets as well as flight from war caused a radical
transformation in Central and Eastern Europe's population distribution.
12.
(E) That is how they became superpowers.
13.
(C) There was no direct war between the United States and the U.S.S.R.
14.
(D) Truman and Churchill berated him for this, but could do little.
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(E) The Soviet Empire was forming.
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How did "de-Stalinization" help precipitate revolts in Poland and Hungary in
1956? How did these revolts affect the political and economic reform of Eastern
Europe? How did the suppression of Czechoslovakia in 1968 diminish the Soviet
reputation as anti-imperialistic in the Third World? What changed, what remained
the same after Stalin's death?
Analyze how and why the Cold War gradually thawed.
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though, that while the "cult of personality" disappeared from Soviet political life,
the edifices of the totalitarian state remained. The so-called thaw involved a number
of "quick-freeze" crises.
The summit meetings played an invaluable role in decreasing superpower ten­
sions. The Cuban Missile Crisis may have alerted the United States and the
U.S.S.R. to the ultimate disaster that "brinksmanship" could lead to. The year 1963
was significant in that the Test Ban Treaty was signed and the monolithic Commu­
nist Bloc WICked with the Soviet-Chinese rift. Nixon's policy of detente, despite the
Vietnam War, was a giant step. The Nonproliferation Treaty and the SALT treaties
were significant.
The growing gap between the standard of living enjoyed in western capitalist
countries compared to the standard of living enjoyed by communist nations, was
another cause of the thaw in the Cold War. The broadcast of the capitalist standard
of living on television and radio around the world also helped entice those living in
communist nations that capitalism was a better system of production.
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L By late 1945, the Western Allies had decided that in order for Western
Europe to recover from the devastation of war, Germany would have to
be rebuilt because this area of Germany was still the industrial center
of Europe.
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when the joint administration of which of the following broke down?
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(D)
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The de-Nazification program
The four zones of occupied Germany
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(C) growing anti-Communism at home
(D) commitment to the reconstruction and defense of Western Europe
(E) generosity to its former enemies
4. The U.S. Marshall Plan combined altruism with self-interest because the
sheer generosity of the United States was rewarded by
(A) high interest on the loans
(B) the unquestioning support of Western Europe nations for American
foreign policy
(C) the approval of the American people who elected Democrats to the
presidency for the following decade
(D) the containment of Communism and the opening of a rich market for
U.S. industry
(E) the participation of the Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe
5. Under the Schuman and Monnet Plan, the first move toward economic
union in Europe was made in 1952 when six industrial countries in the
West pooled what resources?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Coal and steel
Hydroelectric power
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Uranium and plutonium
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in 1957 by the same six nations that had pooled resources under the
Schuman and Monnet Plan. It was made up of Belgium, Holland,
Luxembourg, and
(A) Britain, France, Italy
(B) Britain, France, West Germany
(C) Spain, Italy, West Germany
(0) France, Italy, Spain
(E) France, Italy, West Germany
7. Which two Communist nations were not considered Soviet satellites
because they were able to maintain their independence from Moscow,
not having been liberated from the Nazis by the Red Army?
(A) Poland and Czechoslovakia
(B) Bulgaria and Romania
(C) Albania and Yugoslavia
(0) Yugoslavia and East Germany
(E) Albania and Austria
8. All of the following are true of the Soviet satellites in Eastern Europe from
1945 to 1953 EXCEPT
(A) land-distribution programs were carried out
(B) agriculture was forcibly collectivized
(C) industrialization was discouraged
(0) Soviet police state methods silenced opposition to the regimes
(E) the influence of the Roman Catholic Church was removed
9. Which of the following policies associated with Stalin survived
Khrushchev's dc-Sralinization?
(A) Stringent control over society and culture
(B) The collective system of agriculture
(C) Continuous purges of dissidents and minority ethnic groups
(0) The monopoly on power of the communist party
(E) Stalin's cult of personality
10. After the death of Stalin in 1953, the new party leadership, headed by
Nikita Khrushchev, did all of the following EXCEPT
(A) leave intact most of the basic structure of Stalinist totalitarianism
(B) grant the satellites of Eastern Europe greater autonomy
(C) denounce the "crimes of Stalin" in victimizing the people and the party
(0) accuse Stalin of failing to respond effectively against the initial
advances of the Nazi invaders
(E) accuse Stalin of creating a "cult of personality"
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11. Despite the spectacular Soviet reconstruction successes of the postwar
Five-Year Plans developed by centralized economic planning (Gosplan),
production of which of the following lagged far behind the rest of the
economy by the 1960s?
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Military weaponry
Heavy machinery
Automobiles
Food
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12. The picture above is of a barrier between two countries known as
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
the Berlin Airlift
the West Bank
the Berlin Wall
the Maginot Line
the Line of Demarcation
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(A) the U-2 incident
(B) summit diplomacy
(C) the SALT negotiations
(D) the Soviet-Chinese rift
(E) Nixon's policies toward the U.S.S.R. and China
14. A serious flaw of the Nonproliferation Treaty of 1970 was
(A) that the Soviets continued to 'export nuclear weapons technology
(B) the United States provided its allies with tactical nuclear weapons
(C) China was eager to develop nuclear weapons
(D) Britain and France refused to honor it
(E) many nations with nuclear power plants were able to reprocess
spent fuel in order to produce bombs
15. Which of the following did NOT contribute to the split during
the 1960s and 1970s within the ranks of both the Western and
Communist Blocs?
(A) DeGaulle's questioning of U.S. leadership of a restored Europe
(B) Mao Zedong's charge of "revisionism" against Soviet leaders .
(C) nationalism in Eastern Europe
(D) the tarnished images of both superpowers
(E) the policy of detente
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2. B
3. D
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9. D
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12. C
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1.
(C) The Ruhr Valley in Western Germany was and is one of the world's most
important industrial centers.
2.
(B) The three zones administered by the United States, Britain, and France
became West Germany (the Federal Republic of Germany) in 1949; the
Russian sector became East Germany (the People's Democratic Republic of
Germany).
3.
(D) The Marshall Plan and NATO signaled the USA's global commitment.
4.
(D) A rebuilt Western Europe was less prone to Communist subversion or
military takeover, and it offered a populous and prosperous market for U.S.
goods as well as a source of high-quality manufactured products.
5.
(A) It all started with a sharing of these two basic raw materials of industrial
production.
6.
(E) The big six did not include Britain at first because Britain had its com­
monwealth trading partners.
7.
(C) Albania was liberated by the Western Allies and Yugoslavia, under
Marshal Tito, maintained a fierce independence from Moscow.
8.
(C) The Soviets did, under Five-Year Plans, industrialize the region, which
had been primarily agricultural.
9.
(D) The Soviets maintained their monopoly on power in the Soviet Union
until the Soviet Union fell in 1989.
10.
(B) The basic structure and institutions, such as the secret police, of Stalin­
ist totalitarianism were kept intact.
11.
(D) A crisis in agriculture because of the failure of collectivized farming-it
lacked incentives, a basic problem in Communist economies-led to the
downfall of Khrushchev.
12.
(C) The Berlin Wall is depicted, separating East and West Berlin.
13.
(A) The downing of the U.S. U-2 high-flying spy plane derailed the Paris
Summit between President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev in 1960.
14.
(E) Many "have-not" nations of the Third World gained and continue to
strive for more status and self-importance by belonging to the once exclusive
"nuclear club."
15.
(E) This policy was made easier by the split in the once solid ideological blocs.
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Discuss how the entrance of great numbers of women into the workplace has altered
European society.
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Relate the "big picture"and offer specific effects ofthis powerful trend. How has life
changed for the mass of European women? How has the trend affected family,
birthrate, divorce, and marriage?
Explain how the Solidarity movement in Poland evolved from a trade union movement toa
force for national democratization.
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munist dictatorship. Be sure to examine origins; leadership on both sides; the role of
the Roman Catholic Church; the nature of Polish society; and the gains, losses, and
final triumphs of the movement.
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1. All of the fol1owing contributed to the global economic recession of the
1970s and early 1980s EXCEPT
(A) the col1apse of the American-dominated world monetary system
(B) the OPEC oil embargo of 1973
(C) President Reagan's elimination of federal deficits
(D) President Nixon's refusal to sel1 American gold
(E) An end to cheap oil
2. An important reason why the widespread unemployment and inflation
of the 1970s and 1980s did not lead to profound political instability in
Western Europe was
(A) the existence of welfare systems set up after World War II
(B) the imposition of martial law
(C) the austerity measures pioneered by Britain's Thatcher
(D) the kind of nationalization and public investment introduced by
France's Mitterand
(E) the European-wide investment in bigscience
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3. The man speaking in this picture is trying to
(A) incite the crowd to riot
(B) encourage the crowd to disperse
(C) deliver a decision from the court
(D) get control of the assembled mob
(E) prevent a military coup without bloodshed
4. The second wave of feminism began in
(A) the later 19th century
(B) right before World War I
(C) during the 1920s
(D) right after World War II
(E) in the l%Os
5. Willy Brandt's most important contribution as a leader of West Germany
was
(A) the construction of the autobahn
(B) the initiative for reconciliation with the Eastern Bloc
(C) the unification of West and East Germany
(D) the demolition of the Berlin Wall
(E) the banning of the Communist party from all elective office
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6. The U.S.S.R.'s invasion of, and stalemate in, what country has been likened
to the U.S. failure in Vietnam?
(A) Czechoslovakia
(B) Poland
(C) Afghanistan
(0) Hungary
(E) Germany
7. The world monetary system adopted at Bretton Woods in 1944 and upon
which postwar recovery progressed was based on
(A) The Japanese yen
(B) The German mark
(C) The French franc
(0) The American dollar
(E) Gold
8. When Communism fell in Eastern Europe in 1989, bloody revolution
took place in
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(A) East Germany
(B) Poland
(C) Romania
(0) Hungary
(E) Czechoslovakia
9. All of the following contributed to the success of the Solidarity movement
in Poland EXCEP'I'
(A) a lack of Soviet-style collectivization
(B) the independence of the Polish Roman Catholic Church
(C) a booming economy
(0) the leadership of Lech Walesa
(E) the Gdansk Agreement
10. An important reason for the failure of Gorbachev's perestroika was
(A) the continuance of rigid price setting
(B) the refusal of the government to allow private profit seeking
(C) failure to allow state enterprises some independence
(0) the centrally planned economy's failure to adapt to free market
mechanisms
(E) the resentment of the Soviet people of attempts at reform
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11. Gorbachev's repudiation of the Brezhnev Doctrine
(A) accelerated the peaceful revolutions in Eastern Europe
(B) enabled the U.S.S.R. to invade Afghanistan
(C) caused a diplomatic confrontation with the United States
(D) increased East-West tensions
(E) suppressed nationalist demands in the Soviet Republics
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12. Her book The Second Sex was the first and one of the major intellectual
influences on the second wave of feminism
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
Betty Friedan
Olympe de Gouges
Mary Wollstonecraft
Margaret Thatcher
Simone de Beauvoir
13. The diplomatic initiative to relax Cold War tension around the globe was
(A)
(B)
(C)
(D)
(E)
the policy of detente
the Brezhnev doctrine
the Warsaw Pact
glasnost
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14. One of the most significant trends in the life of women in Europe over
the last three decades is that
(A) Motherhood is occupying a greater part of their total life span
(B) Many are foregoing careers in order to raise their children
(C) Motherhood is occupying less of their total life span
(D) Most are opting for large families
(E) Their span of fertility has diminished
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3. E
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(C) Reagan's fiscal policies tripled the u.s. deficit.
2.
(A) Social welfare programs maintained the political stability in Western
democracies, preventing the kind of dictatorships that grew after WWII.
3.
(E) Boris Yeltsin was in the process of preventing a military coup without a
military confrontation.
4.
(E) Although De Beauvoir's classic, The Second Sex, was published in the late
1940s, the movement it helped inspire came to fruition in the 1960s.
5.
(B) His peace initiative prompted Nixon and his advisors to push for global
detente.
6.
(C) The Soviet Union's failure in Mghanistan, like that of the United States
in Vietnam, was the case of a superpower ground to a halt by a Third World,
agrarian nation.
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(D) At the time the U.s. currency was the world's most stable.
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(C) A bloody repression by the Communist government led to a bloody
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(C) The lagging Polish economy gave the movement its impetus.
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(D) The reforms did not go far enough to transform the moribund Soviet
economy.
11.
(A) The revolutions of 1989 in Eastern Europe were fostered by Gorbachev's
pledge not to interfere in the internal affairs of those nations.
12.
(E) It was published nearly twenty years before Friedan's work.
13.
(A) Inspired by Brandt's peace initiatives in Europe, it was designed largely
by Nixon's secretary of state, Henry Kissinger.
14.
(C) The social implications of this are staggering; the structure of family life
has changed; the role of women in society and the economy has broadened.
15.
(B) It was the more successful of Gorbachev's reforms.
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