In his philosophical writings, this individual argued that the Western World had overemphasized rationality and stifled the authentic passions that drive human activity and true creativity.
Who is Friedrich Nietzsche?
100
This composer is known for his creation of twelve-tone music that abandoned traditional harmony and tonality.
Who is Arnold Schonberg?
100
The US developed this agreement to resolve the economic problems of Germany and international tensions in Europe in 1924.
What is the Dawes Plan?
100
"Middle Way" refers to this regions response to the Great Depression.
What is Scandinavia?
100
This British political party emerged during the 1920s as the main opposition to the Conservative party.
What is the Labour Party?
200
The main argument of this philosophy in the 20th century was that it was simply a clarification of thoughts.
What is logical positivism?
200
In the twentieth century literature, this technique uses internal monologues to explore the psyche.
What is stream of consciousness?
200
This political group dominated the parliamentary governments of Germany in mid to late 1920s.
Who are moderate businesmen?
200
This term referred to the German government's printing of money to pay unemployment benefits to the workers striking in the Ruhr occupation of 1923.
What is hyperinflation?
200
This politician called off passive resistance in the Ruhr and agreed in principle to pay reparations.
Who is Gustav Stresemann?
300
This nineteenth-century Danish theologian stated the God's existence could not be proven, but believers must take a leap of faith and accept the existence of a majestic God.
Who is Soren Kierkegaard?
300
This functionalist architect promoted the idea that buildings should be built without ornamentation and instead be practical structures with clean, straight lines.
Who is Le Corbusier?
300
Why was Britain more ready to reconcile with Germany than France following the Versailles peaces settlement.
What is the British depended heavily on the German market for their exports before World War I?
300
This country responded to the Depression by increasing social welfare benefits and state spending on pubic works.
What is Swedish response to the Depression?
300
The Great Depression was slow to affect this country because it was less industrialized than the other major continental powers in Europe and somewhat isolated from the world economy.
What is France?
400
Albert Einstein stated that these two were interchangeable linking the apparently infinite universe with the subatomic world.
What is matter and energy?
400
According to these two types of artists, the purpose of art was to expose the bankruptcy of modern society and produce radical change.
What is dadaism and surrealism?
400
In the 20th century, this individual is best known because he denounced the Treaty of Versailles for economic reasons.
Who is John Maynard Keynes?
400
The Great Depression did not hit this country as hard as the US or Germany because...
What is the British economy had moved away from international markets and toward the production of gooods for the domestic market?
400
The two nations occupied the Ruhr district when Germany refused to make its second reparations payment.
Who are France and Belgium?
500
In his writings on human psychology, Sigmund Freud asserted that this part of the mind was the unconscious source of sexual and aggressive instincts.
What is the id?
500
Orthodox economist believed this in the 1930s
What is balanced budgets are the key to economic growth?
500
This signatories of this pact agreed to renounce war as an instrument of international policy.
What is the Kellog-Briand pact?
500
Britain's abandonment of this did not aid its recovery because many other wealthy countries did the same, blunting any advantage for Britain.
What is abandoning the gold standard?
500
This group encouraged the union movement and launched a far-reaching program for social reforms that included a forty-hour workweek.