WWII

Why was Germany's economy struggling after WWI?

• The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for WWI
• Other countries were using imperialism to take over the economies of other governments, including Germany's
• Hitler was keeping his own people in a state of poverty in order to control them
• America was punishing Germany for playing such a major role in WWI

After WWI, the ____________________________ of the 1930s brought chaos and unemployment to Europe, which led to the rise of authoritarian dictators.

• Imperialism
• Treaty of Versailles 
• Great Depression
• Invasion of Nanking 

Like Japan, Italy was militaristic, nationalistic, and had dreams of an empire.  Mussolini used his modern military to conquer which previously independent country?

• Spain
• Ethiopia 
• Liberia 
• Manchuria 

From the perspective of Western leaders, Stalin's actions as leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics reflected an emphasis on which of the following...

• individualism
• Liberty
• focus on human rights 
• aggression 

Both Italian Fascists and the German Nazis gained power partly because they...

• had the support of an electoral majority of their nations' people
• carefully followed accepted democratic political practices
• use terror against political opponents
• represented the ideas of compromise in government

In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...

• invasion of Poland
• seizure of the Sudetenland
• occupation of the Rhineland
• annexation of Austria

Use the following quote to answer the question.... "My good friends, for the second time in our history, a British Prime Minister has returned from Germany to bringing peace with honor.  I believe it is peaces for our time... Go home and get a nice quiet sleep."  4/30/1938 By Neville Chamberlain. 
The statement above reflects the British belief that which of the following policies would prevent another war?

• reparation
• appeasement 
• isolation
• containment

When the Nazi's and USSR made an agreement to divide and take over Polish lands it was called...

• non-aggression pact 
• aggression pact 
• appeasement pact
• non-appeasement pact

Early in WWII, Allied leaders decided that the enemy they had to defeat first was...

• Soviet Union
• Imperial Japan
• Nazi Germany
• Ottoman Empire 

Use the statements below to answer the following questions:-  He gained control in Germany in large part because of the conditions in post-war Germany created by the Treaty of Versailles.-  He ordered the mass executions of millions of Jews in his "Final Solution"-  This leader committed suicide in a Berlin bunker before the Allies could capture him.The above statement best describes which authoritarian dictator of WWII...

• Benito Mussolini
• Adolf Hitler
• Joseph Stalin
• Vladimir Lenin