HIST 113//FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Adolf Hitler - Correct Answer - Born in Austria where he would soon rise to power to
become the dictator of Germany and most likely the most infamous man in all of history
in terms of lives taken and would run Germany as a communist country.
Appeasement - Correct Answer - Making deals with dictators in order to avoid future
conflict with them.
Benito Mussolini - Correct Answer - The original practitioner of the form of government
known as fascism rather than communism; was the dictator of Italy but no where near
as vicious as the other two dictators.
Berlin Airlift - Correct Answer - An airplane that carried over two million tons of food and
supplies to the starving Berlin, Germany.
Blitzkrieg - Correct Answer - A different style of warfare than in World War I that
involved aerial bombing campaigns along with tanks and infantrymen in motorized
vehicles.
Bolsheviks - Correct Answer - What Lenin and his followers were known as; attempted
to take over the provisional government and failed; would later change their name to the
Russian Communist Party.
Brezhnev Doctrine - Correct Answer - A doctrine that allowed the Soviet Union to
intervene with any affairs of Communist Countries to strengthen Communism.
British Commonwealth - Correct Answer - A Union formed in 1926 that conferred
"dominion status" on Britain's white settler colonies in Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand.
Charles de Gaulle - Correct Answer - War hero in World War II for France who also
helped establish the Fourth Republic and because of this, the economy did well.
Cold War - Correct Answer - Ideological conflict in which the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe opposed the United States and Western Europe that went on from 1945 to
1990.
Dayton Accords - Correct Answer - A general framework agreement for peace made in
1995 for Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia which ended the war in Bosnia.
, Decolonization - Correct Answer - The process of withdrawing from a former colony
leaving it as an independent nation.
Depression - Correct Answer - A period of drastic decline in the national economy.
Detente - Correct Answer - A term used for a period of reduction of Cold War tensions.
Erwin Rommel - Correct Answer - One of Germany's most popular field Marshals during
World War II; and had respect from his victories as commander of the Afrika Korps.
Euro - Correct Answer - The basic monetary unit of most members of the European
Union (introduced in 1999)
Fascists - Correct Answer - Radical right-wing groups disaffected citizens, often
veterans of World War I, that were opposed to democracy and favored rule by a single
leader.
Five Year Plans - Correct Answer - A Soviet effort launched under Stalin in 1928 to
replace the market with a state-owned and state-managed economy, to promote rapid
economic development over a five year period of time and thereby "catch and overtake"
the leading capitalist countries.
Francisco Franco - Correct Answer - General from Spain who led a group of generals to
overthrow the government in Spain.
German Reunification - Correct Answer - Process in which German Democratic
Republic (East Germany) joined Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and
Berlin was united into a single city on October 3rd, 1990.
Glasnost - Correct Answer - Policy or practice that contradicted everything the
conservative, traditional Communists had done over the last 50 years; a more open
consultative government created by Gorbachev.
Harry Truman - Correct Answer - US president who was followed by the death of
President Roosevelt; a staunch defender of free elections and democracy; cut off
financial aid to the Soviets; and created a doctrine to offer support to any European
state resisting communism and the Soviet Union.
Helmut Kohl - Correct Answer - Man who helped to convince the East Germans to
agree to the reunification by offering an even trade on their East German marks.
Hiroshima - Correct Answer - Area in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped
on August 6th.
Holocaust - Correct Answer - Deliberate racial extermination of the Jews by the Nazis
that claimed the lives of approximately 6 million European Jews.
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Adolf Hitler - Correct Answer - Born in Austria where he would soon rise to power to
become the dictator of Germany and most likely the most infamous man in all of history
in terms of lives taken and would run Germany as a communist country.
Appeasement - Correct Answer - Making deals with dictators in order to avoid future
conflict with them.
Benito Mussolini - Correct Answer - The original practitioner of the form of government
known as fascism rather than communism; was the dictator of Italy but no where near
as vicious as the other two dictators.
Berlin Airlift - Correct Answer - An airplane that carried over two million tons of food and
supplies to the starving Berlin, Germany.
Blitzkrieg - Correct Answer - A different style of warfare than in World War I that
involved aerial bombing campaigns along with tanks and infantrymen in motorized
vehicles.
Bolsheviks - Correct Answer - What Lenin and his followers were known as; attempted
to take over the provisional government and failed; would later change their name to the
Russian Communist Party.
Brezhnev Doctrine - Correct Answer - A doctrine that allowed the Soviet Union to
intervene with any affairs of Communist Countries to strengthen Communism.
British Commonwealth - Correct Answer - A Union formed in 1926 that conferred
"dominion status" on Britain's white settler colonies in Canada, Australia, and New
Zealand.
Charles de Gaulle - Correct Answer - War hero in World War II for France who also
helped establish the Fourth Republic and because of this, the economy did well.
Cold War - Correct Answer - Ideological conflict in which the Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe opposed the United States and Western Europe that went on from 1945 to
1990.
Dayton Accords - Correct Answer - A general framework agreement for peace made in
1995 for Bosnia, Croatia, and Serbia which ended the war in Bosnia.
, Decolonization - Correct Answer - The process of withdrawing from a former colony
leaving it as an independent nation.
Depression - Correct Answer - A period of drastic decline in the national economy.
Detente - Correct Answer - A term used for a period of reduction of Cold War tensions.
Erwin Rommel - Correct Answer - One of Germany's most popular field Marshals during
World War II; and had respect from his victories as commander of the Afrika Korps.
Euro - Correct Answer - The basic monetary unit of most members of the European
Union (introduced in 1999)
Fascists - Correct Answer - Radical right-wing groups disaffected citizens, often
veterans of World War I, that were opposed to democracy and favored rule by a single
leader.
Five Year Plans - Correct Answer - A Soviet effort launched under Stalin in 1928 to
replace the market with a state-owned and state-managed economy, to promote rapid
economic development over a five year period of time and thereby "catch and overtake"
the leading capitalist countries.
Francisco Franco - Correct Answer - General from Spain who led a group of generals to
overthrow the government in Spain.
German Reunification - Correct Answer - Process in which German Democratic
Republic (East Germany) joined Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) and
Berlin was united into a single city on October 3rd, 1990.
Glasnost - Correct Answer - Policy or practice that contradicted everything the
conservative, traditional Communists had done over the last 50 years; a more open
consultative government created by Gorbachev.
Harry Truman - Correct Answer - US president who was followed by the death of
President Roosevelt; a staunch defender of free elections and democracy; cut off
financial aid to the Soviets; and created a doctrine to offer support to any European
state resisting communism and the Soviet Union.
Helmut Kohl - Correct Answer - Man who helped to convince the East Germans to
agree to the reunification by offering an even trade on their East German marks.
Hiroshima - Correct Answer - Area in Japan where the first atomic bomb was dropped
on August 6th.
Holocaust - Correct Answer - Deliberate racial extermination of the Jews by the Nazis
that claimed the lives of approximately 6 million European Jews.
