AP Euro Final Exam
World War I broke out following the assassination of
A. Archduke Franz Ferdinand
In 1914 - the start of World War I - which was the first nation to declare war
A. Austria-Hungary
As a result of the Truman Doctrine, in the late 1940s the United States sent more than ten billion dollars
A. Eastern Europe
In the 1920s which nation was most burdened by war debt
A. Germany
What event sparked the outbreak of World War II
A. Germany invaded Poland
Which of the following countries remained a dictatorship until the mid-1970s
A. Spain
What does the cartoon suggest about the conditions in which Hitler and his party rose to power in Germany
A. The abandonment of the Versailles Treaty allowed Hitler's party to emrge
Which event in the Soviet Union would be an example of perestroika
A. The region of Chechnya is not allowed to secede
What feature was shared by the totalitarian regimes of Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union
A. a dictator who was glorified as a hero
As a result of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany was
A. assigned sole responsibility of the World War I
The goal of the Truman Doctrine was to
A. contain communism in areas liberated by the Red Army
The literature of "lost generation" writers was characterized by
A. dillusionment
While Europeans migrated for a variety of reasons, most did so for
A. economic reasons
In stalin's soviet union, women
A. were relegated to agricultural and domestic labor
The government of Czar Nicholas II was replaced with rule by
B. Bolsheviks
In World War I, why did battles on the Western Front result in the little territorial gain?
B. Trench warfare made the movement of troops difficult
Which statement best expresses the relationship between Zionism and the state of Israel
B. Zionists are the dominant ethnic group in Israel
The marshall Doctrine reflected the policy of
B. containment
Which project would most likely have been undertaken by a post World War I European artist such as Pablo Picasso or Rene Magritte
B. drawing of an image
What was the main purpose of the League of Nations
B. peacekeeping
The state of Israel was founded in the
B. region of Palestine
Totalitarian regimes arose in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union in part of a result of
B. the devastation of World War I
Modern European feminism emphasizes:
B. women's control of their own lives
Why was the Cuban Missile considered a Cold War conflict
C. Cuba was caught in a conflict between the US and the Soviet Union
In the 1930s, why did Great Britain and France respond to German and Italian aggression with appeasement
C. Great Britain and France wanted to keep peace
Which statement best summarizes the effects of globalization on the world economy
C. Nations have become more dependent on one another
The European Economic Community was created by the Treaty of
C. Rome
What has been a defining feature of Israel's history with its neighbors
C. Sahara Desert
The Nuremberg Laws
C. deprived German Jews of their rights of citizenship
After World War I, many European artists felt that traditions of the past were
C. no longer meaningful
What policy of the Nazi party led to the Holocaust?
C. pursuit of racial purity
The alliance system helped to draw Europe into World War I because it
C. required each nation to support it allies
The most important factor in Hitler's rise to power was
C. the Great Depression
The quotation expresses Churchill's concern about
C. the spread of communism
What organization of the United Nations has five permanent members
D. Security Council
What was the underlying cause of the Cold War
D. competition between the United States and the Soviet Union
What was the goal of President Wilson's Fourteen Points
D. developing a plan for postwar peace
French decolonization in sub-Saharan Africa
D. enhanced economic and cultural ties with former colonies
As a result of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
D. fighting ended between Russian and the Central Powers
In Europe, World War I brought an end to
D. rule by empires
The attack on Roosevelt refers to in the quotation took place in
D. the Pacific
The term Final Solution refers to
D. the extermination of European Jews by the Nazis
Albert Einstein's greatest contribution to the destruction of the Newtonian universe was his
D. theory of special relativity
