Lesson #34: Origins of World War II

Multiple Choice

Why did Britain and France initially agree to the Munich Pact in 1938?

• They believed it would prevent future conflicts.

• They were allied with Germany.

• They hoped to divide Czechoslovakia for their own benefit.

• They sought to retaliate against Hitler's previous actions.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following political systems/movements did Joseph Stalin use while he controlled the Soviet Union?

• Fascism

• Totalitarianism

• Militarism

• Nazism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following political systems/movements did Benito Mussolini use while he controlled the Italy?

• Fascism

• Totalitarianism

• Militarism

• Nazism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following political systems/movements did Adolf Hitler use while he controlled the Germany?

• Fascism

• Totalitarianism

• Militarism

• Nazism

Multiple Choice

Which of the following political systems/movements did Hideki Tojo use while he controlled Japan?

• Fascism

• Totalitarianism

• Militarism

• Nazism

Match

What were the stated goals of each of these totalitarian dictators?

• Maintain a communist country, improve agriculture, & modernize industry

• Purify the country & eventually the entire world by removing non-Aryan people

• Rebuild the economy & turn the country into a power like the Roman Empire

• Turn away from Western influences & acquire more territory

Joseph Stalin

Adolf Hitler

Benito Mussolini

Hideki Tojo

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Hideki Tojo

Multiple Choice

Using the map answer the following question:

What year did the Empire of Japan invade China?

• 1930

• 1939

• 1937

• 1940

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As the dictatorships began acts of military aggression, America and Western Europe wanted to remain ​

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. In 1931, Japan took over ​

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, and withdrew from the ​

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rather than removing their troops. Italy annexed ​

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, after which Hitler and Mussolini joined forces in the

Rome-Berlin axis. As Hitler acquired more territory, including Austria, Great Britain and France kept up a policy of ​

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. Through all of this aggression, the United States maintained anisolationist policy.

Match

Use the infographic about the German "blitzkrieg" provided to complete the matching activity.

• German attackers identify a weak spot in the enemies defensive lines.

• Infantry troops create a smokescreen to hide the forces gathering for a breakthrough.

• Planes bomb military & civilian targets behind enemy lines, paratroopers disrupt communications & slow the movement of enemy reinforcements.

• Tanks break through the weak spot, spreading panic among the troops.

• Motorized divisions move through the opening & circle back to surround the enemy forces.

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• #2

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Multiple Choice

Using the map which of the following countries was not an ally of Germany?

• Italy

• United Kingdom

• Romania

• Finland

Match

Drag the early events of World War II into the proper order.

• Hitler & Stalin sign a nonaggression pact.

• Germany invades Poland.

• France & Britain declare war on Germany.

• Germany occupies the majority of France.

• Britain withstands many bombing raids from the Germans.

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2nd

3rd

4th

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• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

• 5th

Multiple Choice

Which of these factors discouraged the United States from entering World War II?

• The Tripartite Act meant a two-front war.

• Hitler attacked the USSR, and Great Britain supported the Soviet Union.

• The United States had continued a trade relationship with Britain through the Cash and Carry and Lend-Lease Neutrality Acts.

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor.

Match

Match each of the following descriptions to the correct event that precipitated the United States' entry into World War II.

• Lend-Lease Act

• Atlantic Charter

• Neutrality Acts

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Britain

Provided military aid to Allies

Agreement between the US and UK

Legislation to keep the US out of war

Surprise military strike by Japan

Significant air campaign by Germany

• Provided military aid to Allies

• Agreement between the US and UK

• Legislation to keep the US out of war

• Surprise military strike by Japan

• Significant air campaign by Germany

Match

Match the following

• legislation passed by Congress in 1941 adopting a plan to lend arms to Britain

• a form of fascism that promoted the belief that Germans and other Nordic peoples were superior to other races

• legislation passed by Congress in 1935, 1936, 1937, and 1939 designed to keep the United States out of European conflicts, such as the Spanish Civil War

• "lightning war," the German military strategy during World War II of attacking without warning

• the 1938 agreement in which Britain and France appeased Hitler by agreeing that Germany could annex the Sudetenland, a German-speaking region of Czechoslovakia

Lend-Lease Act

Nazism

Neutrality Acts

Blitzkrieg

Munich Agreement

• Lend-Lease Act

• Nazism

• Neutrality Acts

• Blitzkrieg

• Munich Agreement