Economics
What was one major cause of the Great Depression?
- Hyper Inflation Germany
- Post WWI debts and banks failing globally
- USA stock market crash
What art movement was developed post WWI, it wanted to break all traditional art rules, leave people confused, and uncomfortable. It often had strange subjects and in Europe featured a lot of paper collages
Dada
What did the Treaty of Versailles change about the map of Europe and Africa and what country was the most effected?
Germany had to give up land it had won in past wars and give up control of its colonies globally. Many new countries were created, in particular from Germany giving up lands.
What is the government able to control if it is a totalitarian government?
Everything, the word total is the clue. Economics, socializing, military, and voting. It is the mechanism of how the government works.
What is inflation? What problem did inflation cause in Germany?
What was the name of the art movement that had some abstract shapes or unreal elements but depicted workers, day to day life, and the great depression? This art was often, but not always, in black and white
New Realism
What country helped finance (pay for) a lot of the debt for many different countries during WWI?
The United States
What is a dictator and how does it differ from an absolutist ruler?
Dictators usually take over an existing government by force or illegal means, and often try to replace existing social norms and customs.
Absolute rulers take over usually by inheritance or legal means, have to work with or around existing social norms/customs
Which was a more successful response to the Great Depression, Stalin's 5 Year plans or FDR's New Deal? Was the successful response central planning or work programs?
The new deal was a series of government work programs that had great success in stabilizing the USA economy.
Stalin's 5 Year plans focused on central planning and aggressive industrial growth, the country grew but it lost many resources and lives in the process.
What art movement is this piece from? Dada or New Realism?
New Realism
Italy was trying to grow its "sphere of influence" in the Mediterranean from 1920-2930s. What does that mean?
A sphere of influence was a geographical area where the country had power to affect other countries choices and have advantageous (really good) trading options
What type of governmental ideology (belief) is this: a far right/conservative type of government with ultra nationalist movement focusing on racial or ethnic superiority over all other races/ethnicities. Often includes high militarism and high percent of governmental control
Fascism