Q3 History (2024-2025) Databank

PART 1
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____ 1. The prosperity of the 1920s meant that all Americans had greater disposable income, most Americans bought
stocks, and all sectors of the economy boomed.

____ 2. Herbert Hoover and his advisors believed the Great Depression was a normal, healthy adjustment to an
overheated economy.

____ 3. In Germany, the Nazi Party grew in strength as a result of the Great Depression.

____ 4. The Great Depression created ideal conditions for the rise of powerful leaders who promised to restore their
nations to glory.

____ 5. Americans increasingly rushed to buy stocks in the 1920s because over the decade, the market rose by 400
percent.

____ 6. After World War I, Japan’s vast natural resources enabled the country to remain self-sufficient.

____ 7. The U.S. ban on Japanese immigration caused many Japanese people to question their government’s policy of
cooperation with the West.

____ 8. During the Second Sino-Japanese War, China invaded Japan.

____ 9. In 1936, Japan and Germany signed an agreement promising aid to each other if attacked by the Soviet Union.

____ 10. Mein Kampf described Hitler’s major political ideas, including his belief in the racial superiority of Aryans.

____ 11. The Weimar Republic was viewed favorably by Germans after leaders signed the Versailles treaty.

____ 12. Hitler was able to rise to power in Germany because the German people were desperate for a strong leader
who could improve their lives.

____ 13. Collectivization was the process of combining small farms to form larger, mechanized farms.

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 14. Which of the following supported the goals of the Zionist movement?
a the Treaty of Versailles c the Treaty of Sèvres
. .
b the Balfour Declaration d the May Fourth Movement
. .
____ 15. Which of the following resulted in the spread and deepening of the Great Depression?
a the Nuremberg Laws c the Manchurian Incident
 . .
b the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act d the New Deal
. .
____ 16. Which of the following occurred under the New Deal?
a Strict tariffs were put in place to protect American industry.
.
b Faith-based groups were encouraged to open soup kitchens.
.
c Government welfare and relief programs were greatly expanded.
.
d The federal budget was balanced.
.
____ 17. Why did Japanese forces attack Manchuria?
a because their emperor ordered them to do so
.
b to keep Manchuria from attacking Japan
.
c to gain control of its rich natural resources
.
d to stop terrorist activity in the region
.
____ 18. Japan proposed the creation of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere in 1940 because
a the nation was threatened by western imperialism.
.
b China was too big to conquer and Southeast Asia was also rich in natural resources.
.
c the League of Nations had censured their actions in Nanjing.
.
d China had allied with the Soviet Union.
.
____ 19. How did Joseph Stalin punish Ukrainians who resisted collectivization?
a He closed churches in the region.
.
b He labeled them “enemies of the people.”
.
c He took away their land.
.
d He withheld all food from the region.
.
____ 20. Stalin wanted to transform the Soviet Union into
a an idyllic agrarian society of small farmers.
.
b a modern industrialized country.
.
c a classless society run by working people.
.
d a peaceful, moral society based on service to the greater good.
 .
____ 21. The League of Nations responded to Italian aggression in 1935 with
a an attack on Sicily. c military buildup in member nations.
. .
b a strong statement of condemnation. d weak economic sanctions.
. .
____ 22. Which of the following leaders led a campaign known as the Great Purge?
a Benito Mussolini c Adolf Hitler
. .
b Haile Selassie d Joseph Stalin
. .
____ 23. How did President Franklin Delano Roosevelt propose to fight the Great Depression?
a with a government program known as the New Deal
.
b by increasing production of military weapons and equipment
.
c by buying up stocks at pre-October 1929 prices
.
d by heavily taxing exported goods
.
____ 24. Which event caused many Japanese people to question their government’s foreign policy with the West?
a The United States barred Japanese immigration.
.
b Japan lost territory as a result of the Treaty of Versailles.
.
c The Japanese military demanded final approval of all government decisions.
.
d China won several small skirmishes on the border with Korea.
.
____ 25. The Nuremberg Laws
a allowed Jewish people to reclaim their citizenship if they renounced their faith.
.
b deported all Jews from Germany for the first time.
.
c defined a person as Jewish based on ancestry of grandparents, not religious beliefs.
.
d aimed at including Jews in mainstream life in Germany.
.

Completion
Complete each statement.

26. The easy availability of ____________________ from lenders during the 1920s allowed Americans to
increase their spending on consumer goods.
 27. Roosevelt’s program, known as the ____________________, aimed to use government spending to jumpstart
the economy.

28. The economic crisis that began in 1929 with the stock market crash is known as the ____________________.

29. In post-war ____________________, steep reparations payments led to severe inflation, making money
nearly worthless.

30. Dictator _________________________ tightened his control over Italy during the 1920s.

31. The _________________________ was an agreement between Germany and Japan to oppose the spread of
communism and defend one another in case of attack.

32. ____________________ emerged as the new Soviet leader after Vladimir Lenin’s death in 1924.

33. The Soviets organized a system of labor camps in Siberia called the ____________________ where
thousands of Russian peasants were sent when they resisted collectivization.

34. As the Nazis gained strength ____________________ was appointed to the position of chancellor, the most
powerful post in the German government.

35. The ____________________ defined a person as Jewish based on ancestry of grandparents, not religious
beliefs, and excluded Jews entirely from mainstream German life.

36. Anti-Jewish riots across Germany and Austria encouraged by the Nazis came to be known as
____________________, or the Night of the Broken Glass.

37. On a day known as ____________________, investors in the U.S. stock market sold off 16 million shares.

38. The Japanese invaded and set up a new state in China called ____________________, in order to gain its rich
natural resources.

39. Japanese troops killed as many as 100,000 Chinese men, women, and children in the
____________________.

40. An authoritarian form of government that places the good of the nation above all else is called
____________________.

Matching

Select the letter of the term, person, or place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
a secular j. Jiang Jieshi
.
b Nanjing Massacre k ahimsa
. .
c totalitarianism l. John Maynard Keynes
.
d nationalism m Korea
. .
 e Manchukuo n civil disobedience
. .
f. Pan-African Congresses o Ethiopia
.
g Five-Year Plans p fascism
. .
h Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act q Manchurian Incident
. .
i. Il Duce r. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
____ 41. His policies greatly increased the government’s role in the lives of Americans
____ 42. Placed heavy taxes on goods imported into the United States
____ 43. Benito Mussolini
____ 44. His theories supported the economic policies of the New Deal
____ 45. Japanese name for an area of China that Japan conquered
____ 46. Production goals set by the state
____ 47. Resulted in the deaths of as many as 100,000 men, women, and children
____ 48. Invaded by Italian forces in 1935

Select the letter of the term, person, or place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
a John Maynard Keynes h Benito Mussolini
. .
b Jiang Jieshi i. stock market
.
c credit j. Adolf Hitler
.
d Gulag k New Deal
. .
e Mao Zedong l. Manchurian Incident
.
f. Balfour Declaration m Anti-Comintern Pact
.
g Kristallnacht
.
____ 49. Gave jobs to the unemployed and provided money for relief programs
____ 50. An agreement between Germany and Japan to oppose the spread of communism and defend one another in
case of attack
____ 51. Boomed during much of the 1920s
____ 52. Argued that governments could limit or prevent economic downturns by spending money
____ 53. System of labor camps
____ 54. Carried out by the Japanese military in defiance of the government
____ 55. Founded the National Fascist Party in Italy
Short Answer

56. Describe the U.S. economy in the 1920s.

57. What happened on Black Tuesday?

58. Use your knowledge of the chapter and the information on the graph titled “Decline of World Trade,
1929–1933,” to describe some effects of the Great Depression.

59. How did desperate economic times lead to extremism in Europe? Use at least one example in your answer.

60. What social changes in Japan in the 1920s led to tension in society?

61. Describe two of the most effective parts of Mussolini’s totalitarian program. What do you think made them so
effective?

62. What was the Great Purge?

63. Compare the methods by which both Stalin and Hitler created a “cult of personality” as a way to control their
countries in the interwar years.
 64. Compare and contrast the attitudes of Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt regarding government response
to the Great Depression.

65. Describe characteristics that the governments of Italy, the Soviet Union, and Germany had in common in the
interwar years.

66. What factors contributed to Hitler’s rise to the most powerful post in the German government?

PART 2

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

____ 1. The Fourteen Points included provisions for a reduction of weapons, an affirmation of the right of all people
to choose their own governments, and plans to form an organization of the world’s nations to protect one
another.

____ 2. The League of Nations included representatives from all the nations of the world.

____ 3. G-boats were German submarines used to attack Allied ships during World War I.

____ 4. Mandates created by treaties after World War I actually became European colonies.

____ 5. In October 1918, after Germany broke through the Hindenburg Line, the United States approached Germany
seeking a truce.

____ 6. The presence of the United States in the League of Nations strengthened that organization.

____ 7. Nearly 9 million soldiers were killed in World War I battles.

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.

____ 8. Which of the following was a social change influenced by the war?
a The government took permanent control of heavy industry.
.
b Universal public education was implemented.
.
c All men won the right to vote, regardless of race or class.
.
d Public views of what women could do were transformed.
.
____ 9. What was the Zimmermann Note?
a the German policy of attacking all ships entering or leaving Great Britain
.
b Wilson’s speech detailing reasons why the United States should remain neutral
 .
c a note left behind by a suicide bomber in Serbia
.
d a proposal by a German official that Mexico attack the United States in return for
. territory
____ 10. How did the Zimmermann Note affect American neutrality?
a It led the United States to attack Mexico.
.
b It made American leaders more resolved to safeguard their neutral rights.
.
c It led to strong public support for U.S. entry into the war.
.
d It led the Allies to beg the United States to support their war effort.
.
____ 11. The entry of the United States into World War I
a did not effect the war’s outcome.
.
b added hundreds of thousands of troops to the Allied cause.
.
c made German soldiers fight much harder than they had before.
.
d infused much-needed cash into the Allied war effort.
.

Completion
Complete each statement.

12. The German attack on a passenger liner called the ____________________ helped propel the United States
into World War I.

13. Treaties turned a portion of the Ottoman Empire into ____________________, or territories to be ruled by
European powers.

14. A deadly outbreak of ____________________ that killed perhaps 50 million people or more swept across the
globe in the spring of 1918.

15. The ____________________, or truce, that ended the fighting in World War I was agreed to on November
11, 1918.

Short Answer

16. How was Germany punished by the Treaty of Versailles?

17. What organization of world governments was established after World War I, and what was its purpose?

18. What were the economic costs of the war in Europe?

19. How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany and force the Germans to take responsibility for the war
 PART 1 Answers

Q3 History (2024-2025) Databank

Answer Section

TRUE/FALSE

1. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.1

2. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.2
3. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3
4. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.3
5. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.1
6. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.1
7. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.2
8. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3
9. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3
10. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3
11. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3
12. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3
13. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.2

MULTIPLE CHOICE

14. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.1.3

15. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.3
16. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.2
17. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3
18. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3
19. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.2
20. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.2
21. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.1
22. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.2
23. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.1
24. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.2
25. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3

COMPLETION

26. ANS: credit

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.1

27. ANS: New Deal

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.2

28. ANS: Great Depression
 PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.2
29. ANS: Germany

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3

30. ANS: Benito Mussolini

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.1

31. ANS: Anti-Comintern Pact

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3

32. ANS: Joseph Stalin

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.2

33. ANS: Gulag

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.2

34. ANS: Adolf Hitler

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3

35. ANS: Nuremberg Laws

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3

36. ANS: Kristallnacht

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.3

37. ANS: Black Tuesday

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.2.2

38. ANS: Manchukuo

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3

39. ANS: Nanjing Massacre

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.3.3

40. ANS: fascism

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 27.4.1

MATCHING

41. ANS: R PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.2.2

42. ANS: H PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.2.3
43. ANS: I PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.4.1
44. ANS: L PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.2.2
45. ANS: E PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.3.3
46. ANS: G PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.4.2
47. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.3.3
48. ANS: O PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.4.1
 49. ANS: K PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.2.2
50. ANS: M PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.3.3
51. ANS: I PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.2.1
52. ANS: A PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.2.2
53. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.4.2
54. ANS: L PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.3.3
55. ANS: H PTS: 1 DIF: 1 NAT: 27.4.1

SHORT ANSWER

56. ANS:
The U.S. economy boomed during the 1920s. Much of the economic growth during the decade occurred in
industry, with automobile manufacturing a huge part of the boom. American factories turned out a wide range
of consumer goods, such as radios, vacuums and washing machines. Many Americans rushed to buy stocks.
The value of stocks in the 1920s rose 400 percent. However, many Americans were relying on credit and the
new wealth was not evenly distributed.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.2.1

57. ANS:
On October 29, 1929, known as Black Tuesday, investors sold off a huge number of stocks. With few people
wanting to buy the stocks that flooded the market, stock prices collapsed completely. Many investors who had
borrowed money to buy stocks were forced to sell at a loss to repay their loans.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.2.2

58. ANS:
The Great Depression that began in the United States soon spread around the world. Many countries were still
struggling to recover from World War I. As can be seen from the graph titled “Decline of World Trade,
1929–1933,” world trade declined steadily from 1929–1933.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.2.3

59. ANS:
As economies worsened, extremist political groups gained strength with promises to restore their nations to
glory. For example, in Germany, the Nazi Party gained strength by unfairly blaming Jews for the country’s
problems and promising to rebuild a powerful German empire.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.2.3

60. ANS:
Japan shifted from a feudal agricultural nation to a more urban industrial economy. Universal education and
new ideas from the West encouraged a vibrant system of political parties to emerge. Some young people
adopted Western fashions and beliefs and began to question traditional Japanese values, such as obedience
and respect for authority. More conservative Japanese resented these changes.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.3.1

61. ANS:
Two very effective parts of the totalitarian program were Mussolini’s use of propaganda to promote Italy’s
greatness and his establishment of festivals and holidays that reminded modern Italians of their proud Roman
heritage. These programs were effective because they appealed to Italian nationalist sentiment.
 PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.4.1
62. ANS:
Although Stalin had absolute power, he feared people were plotting against him. The Great Purge or the Great
Terror was a campaign led by Stalin in the Soviet Union to get rid of opponents of the Communist Party or of
his rule. He targeted government officials, the military, and ordinary citizens. Thousands were executed or
sent to the Gulag.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.4.2

63. ANS:
Children in the Soviet Union were encouraged to join youth organizations where they were taught the
attitudes and beliefs Soviet leaders wanted them to have. Portraits of Stalin decorated public places, creating a
heroic and idealized image of the Soviet leader. Streets and towns were renamed in his honor. In Germany,
the minds of young people were also shaped in Nazi youth organizations. Hitler also staged huge public
rallies to promote Nazism. Nazi propaganda glorified Hitler.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.4.2

64. ANS:
Herbert Hoover believed that the federal government should have a limited role in business affairs, and so he
favored a minimal government response to the Great Depression. In time he took some action, but many
Americans felt that he did too little. Franklin Roosevelt, however, believed the government should fight the
Depression using government spending to help start an economic recovery. His New Deal created jobs,
provided government money for relief programs, and created new regulations to reform and protect the stock
market and the banking system.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.2.2

65. ANS:
Italy, Germany, and the Soviet Union all were totalitarian governments. In all three cases, the government
viewed the state as more important than individuals, the government was controlled by a single political party,
and a powerful dictator united the people and symbolized the government.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.4.1

66. ANS:
Hitler came to power during a time of conflict and political instability. While the Weimar Republic was in
power after World War I, many Germans blamed its leaders for the humiliating Versailles treaty and
economic problems such as inflation, the German mark becoming virtually worthless, and many Germans
losing their savings. The German people were desperate for a strong leader who could improve their lives.
Hitler’s talent for public speaking and leadership, along with his claims about German greatness won the Nazi
Party many new supporters who wanted to believe him.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 27.4.3

Part 2 answers
Answer Section

TRUE/FALSE

1. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.3

2. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.3
3. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.1
4. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.3
5. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.2
6. ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.3
7. ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.4

MULTIPLE CHOICE

8. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.2.2

9. ANS: D PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.1
10. ANS: C PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.1
11. ANS: B PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.1

COMPLETION

12. ANS: Lusitania

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.1

13. ANS: mandates

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.3

14. ANS: influenza

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.4

15. ANS: armistice

PTS: 1 DIF: 2 NAT: 26.4.2

MATCHING

SHORT ANSWER

16. ANS:
Germany was forced to pay an enormous amount of money (called reparations) to the war’s victims, to limit
the size of its military, to return conquered lands to France and to Russia, to give up its colonies around the
world, and to give up other German lands to form the newly independent nation of Poland.
 PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 26.4.3
17. ANS:
The League of Nations was established. Its main goals were to encourage international cooperation and to
keep peace between nations.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 26.4.3

18. ANS:
In places where most of the fighting took place, farmland and cities alike were devastated. The war destroyed
national economies, and economic chaos spread misery throughout many parts of Europe. Countries that had
relied on European imports turned to new sources or developed their own products. Europe lost its role as the
dominant economic region of the world, while the United States and Japan prospered.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 26.4.4

19. ANS:
Germany had to pay enormous amounts of money to the war’s victims, limit the size of its military, and return
conquered lands to France and to Russia. German colonies were divided up and given to various world
powers, and the independent nation of Poland was formed from German lands.

PTS: 1 DIF: 3 NAT: 26.4.3