Question 1
With previous farming techniques an underlying problem, the Dust Bowl was catalyzed by
A) new fertilizers.
B) a prolonged drought.
C) a brief but intense drought.
D) bad government farming regulations.
Question 2
The Dust Bowl was centered in the
A) Pacific Northwest.
B) Southeast.
C) Great Plains.
D) Mid-Atlantic states.
Question 3
Although Hitler's Nazism was based on racist Aryan supremacy, he placed the greatest blame for Germany's problems on:
A) Jews and other degenerate races.
B) the Catholic church.
C) Italian interference in German affairs.
D) the Germans' own failures.
Question 4
Because of both over-planting of wheat and the global Depression, which weakened demand,
A) the price of wheat rose in the early 1930s.
B) the price of wheat remained unchanged throughout the 1930s.
C) the price of wheat fell in the early 1930s.
D) farmers agreed to plant more wheat in order to stabilize the market.