#1: During World War II, some governments created a system to ration the distribution of certain resources such as petroleum.

How did this new system of regulation affect the distribution of resources in the United States?

A: It granted more privileges to wealthy business owners.

B: It Provided more goods and services to the working class

C: It limited the number of goods individuals could purchase.

D: it supplied members of the upper class better quality goods.


#2: Which of the following contributed the most to the rise to power of totalitarian leaders in Italy and Germany in the 1930s?

A: certainty about the future

B: stability in the aftermath of war

C: serious economic problems

D: abundant natural resources


#3: Which of the following is a characteristic of communism, but not racism?

A: individual liberties are frequently sacrificed for the greater good of society

B: in theory, the workers control production and share property

C: government tends toward totalitarian control of people's lives

D: dictators often rule


#4: What did Stalin do to consolidate his power?

A: killed dissidents

B: allowed free elections

C: closed all prison camps

D: created the Communist Party


#5: What was the immediate effect of America's use of atomic weapons in August 1945?

A: it gave the US military a base from which it could launch an invasion of mainland Japan

B: it brought about The unconditional surrender of Japan and ended the Second World War

C: it brought about unconditional surrender of Germany and stopped the Soviet Union from occupying Berlin

D: The use of atomic weapons resulted in massive ‘kamikaze’ style counter offensive from the Japanese military