World history/WHME102/Germany and Japan/Review

Totalitarianism and Militarism: Germany and Japan Multiple Choice Review Quiz

Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• In 1932 there were 6 million unemployed in Germany; by 1936 the figure was less than 1 million. How did Hitler solve the problem of high unemployment?
  • Many Germans were conscripted into the army
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Many Germans found jobs in public works projects and the Nazi party
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Jews and married women were forced out of public service as much as possible, creating many vacancies
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• In Nazi Germany, which groups were targeted for persecution?
  • Jews, Roma and Poles
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Jews, Roma, Jehovah's Witnesses and homosexuals
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Jews, Roma, political dissidents, people with disabilities, Soviet prisoners of war, and Afro-Germans
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Unfortunately, all of these groups were targeted.
• All of the below are important differences between fascism and Nazism, except:
  • Nazism believed peasants embodied the purest German blood, whereas Fascism did not have a particularly high regard for peasants
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway, and on Fascist Italy in the previous learning pathwy, to help you find the correct answer.
  • The Nazis regarded themselves as the elite who were sure to dominate the world; Fascist Italy did have a similarly grandiose ideology
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway, and on Fascist Italy in the previous learning pathwy, to help you find the correct answer.
  • Fascist Italy was willing to cede non-profitable parts of its Empire in exchange for concessions; Germany sought to expand the territory under its control
    • Correct. Well done!
  • Nazism advocated antisemitism and racial superiority of the Aryan race; Italian Fascism did not have a racial basis
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on Nazi Germany in this learning pathway, and on Fascist Italy in the previous learning pathwy, to help you find the correct answer.
• Japanese militarism and imperialism developed because:
  • Japan wanted to be a Western-style imperialist power
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Japanese militarism and imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Japan believed it should play a leadership role in Asia
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Japanese militarism and imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Japan wanted to secure its economic interests
    • Incorrect. This is part of the answer, but there is a better option. Review the activities on Japanese militarism and imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • All of the above answers are correct
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere was:
  • designed to facilitate trade between Asia and Europe
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • a form of Japanese imperialism
    • Correct. Well done!
  • designed to ensure trade between Asia and Europe proceeded on a more equal basis than previously
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • based on socialist principles
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.

Totalitarianism and Militarism: Germany and Japan True/False Review Quiz

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• Japan desired Autarky in the period prior to World War Two.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Hitler became Chancellor of Germany through democratic election, although the Nazi party obtained only around 33% of the vote in Germany in 1933.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Hitler's Rise to Power in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The concept of 'survival of the fittest' originated with Nazi racial ideologues.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Race in Nazi Germany in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!
• Japan signed the 'Tripartitite Pact' with America, Britain and China in 1940.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Japanese Quest for Empire in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. Well done!