Outbreak of World War II in Europe

Why did countries refuse to cooperate at some of the disarmament conferences in the 1920s and 1930s?

• Countries needed the arms to attack other countries in order to gain more coal and natural resources
• Countries needed the arms for international transactions to improve their economy 
• Countries needed the arms to defend itself against foreign attacks and conflicts
• Countries needed the arms for their expansionist plans to threaten other countries

How did the League’s failure to intervene in the Abyssinian Crisis in 1935 convince Hitler that the League was too weak to intervene in his expansionist plans?

• It showed that the League was ineffective in maintaining world peace and resolving conflicts
• It showed that the League had not enough arms to intervene in any conflicts
• It showed that the League still relied on America to prevent conflicts 
• It showed that the League consisted of too little member nations and did not have enough support

What are the three main aims of Hitler’s expansionist policy? 

• Establish a German speaking Germany, Create more job opportunities, Eliminate all Jews
• Establish a Greater Germany, Create Lebensraum, Establish the superior Aryan race
• Establish a Greater Germany, increase arms in Germany, Eliminate all Jews
• Establish a German speaking Germany, increase arms in Germany and Establish the superior Aryan race

Why did Britain and France not stop Hitler from remilitarizing Rhineland?  

• British believes in isolationism and France was holding elections and did not want to start a war
• British sympathized with Germany for the harsh Treaty of Versailles and France wanted to get rid of Rhineland
• British believes in isolationism and France was busy with rebuilding their nation
• British sympathized with Germany for the harsh Treaty of Versailles and France was holding elections and did not want to start a war

Which country is the goose in the cartoon representing?   
A British cartoon about the German reoccupation of the Rhineland, March 1936. ‘Pax Germanica’ means ‘German peace’

• America
• Britain
• France
• Germany

What is the most appropriate purpose of this cartoon?
A British cartoon about the German reoccupation of the Rhineland, March 1936. ‘Pax Germanica’ means ‘German peace’

• The cartoonist wants to justify that the Nazis are merely remilitarizing Rhineland to maintain peace
• The cartoonist hopes to warn the League that Hitler is merely using ‘Peace’ as an excuse to remilitarize the Rhineland and it is his first step to abolish the Treaty of Versailles
• The cartoonist is mocking the League for being a silly goose who supports the Nazis
•  The cartoonist is mocking Hitler for being a silly goose who just wandered off to Rhineland  

How did the Spanish Civil War in 1937 benefit Hitler?

• Divert British and French attention from his plans for expansion into Eastern Europe, test his army while fighting against alleged communists
• Divert British and French attention from his plans for expansion to Western Europe, test his army while fighting against alleged communists
• Divert British and Russian attention from his plans for expansion into Eastern Europe, test his army while fighting against alleged nationalists
• Divert British and American attention from his plans for expansion into Western Europe, test his army while fighting alleged nationalists

What does ‘Anschluss’ mean?

• Unification of Germany and Czechoslovakia
• Unification of Germany and Ruhr
• Unification of Germany and Austria
• Unification of Germany and Rhineland

To avoid waging a war in Europe, the leaders of Britain and France signed the Munich Agreement with Hitler and Mussolini on 29 September 1938. In the agreement, Germany would gain control of the _____________________.   

• Rhineland
• Sudetenland
• Austria
• Saar

Which of the reasons below is NOT a reason why Stalin signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact on 23 August 1939?

• Needed breathing space to prepare itself militarily for a possible war with Germany
• Needed a land buffer in Poland in the event of an invasion by Germany
• Wanted to avoid fighting a war on two fronts
• To secure the Soviet Union’s borders