AP World History: Modern Unit 7: Global Conflict

A historian analyzing the role of propaganda in WWI would most likely argue that governments' mass communication campaigns most directly demonstrated which principle about modern warfare?

A soldier writing from the Western Front in 1916 described trench warfare as 'lines of men facing each other across no man's land for months, unable to advance more than a few hundred yards despite artillery barrages lasting weeks and infantry attacks costing hundreds of thousands of lives.' This passage most directly illustrates which characteristic of WWI combat?

An observer writing in the 1930s described the domestic policies of fascist states as combining 'intense nationalist propaganda, state control of the economy without socialization of property, suppression of political opposition, and the cult of a charismatic leader.' This description most directly illustrates which ideological movement of the interwar period?

A historian analyzing the Holocaust would most likely argue that the genocide of Jews, Roma, and others by the Nazi state illustrates which broader principle about modern mass atrocities?

An observer writing in 1945 described the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki as events that 'introduced a weapon so destructive that the total annihilation of entire cities became possible from a single aircraft, transforming the strategic calculus of international relations permanently.' This observation most directly illustrates which consequence of WWII's technological developments?

A historian analyzing Japanese expansion in Asia between 1931 and 1941 would most likely argue that Japan's actions were driven primarily by which combination of factors?

A diplomat writing in the summer of 1914 described the European alliance system as 'a web in which a single assassination could compel great powers to mobilize against each other within weeks, regardless of individual governments' wishes to avoid war.' This observation most directly illustrates which feature of pre-WWI European international relations?

A historian comparing the causes of WWI and WWII would most likely argue that the most significant difference between the two conflicts' origins was:

An observer describing the Armenian genocide (1915–1916) would most likely note which feature as making it a paradigmatic case of modern mass atrocity?

A journalist writing in 1919 described the Paris Peace Conference as producing 'a settlement that blamed Germany alone for the war, stripped it of territory and colonies, imposed enormous reparations, and humiliated a proud nation before the world.' Historians analyzing this settlement would most likely argue it contributed to which later development?

A historian comparing the outcomes of WWI and WWII in Europe would most likely argue that the most significant structural difference in the post-war settlements was:

An author writing in 1941 described the concept of 'total war' as representing 'the mobilization of entire national economies, civilian populations, and cultural production toward warfare, erasing the distinction between military and civilian spheres.' This description most directly illustrates which development in 20th-century warfare?