Causes of WWII

Which event occurred first and led to the other

three?

• rise of fascism in Europe

• Bolshevik Revolution

• World War I

• signing of the Treaty of Versailles

One major reason the League of Nations failed

was that it

• was not included in the Versailles Treaty

• was controlled by communist Russia

• frightened many nations with its large

  military force

• lacked the support of many of the major

  world powers during crises

Which term is defined as payment for damages?

• mandate

• armistice

• reparation

• militarism

In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability

led to the

• rise of fascist dictatorships

• development of nuclear arms

• abandonment of colonial territories

• establishment of the League of Nations

Which newspaper headline illustrates a policy of

appeasement?

• "Dien Bien Phu Falls; French to Leave

  Vietnam"

• "Marshall Plan Proposes Economic Aid

  Program for Europe"

• "Soviet Troops and Tanks Crush

  Hungarian Revolt"

• "Chamberlain Agrees to German

  Demands: Sudetenland to Germany"

Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as

unfair to Germany?

• Soviet Nonaggression Pact

• Munich Pact

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Which development occurred in Germany as a

result of the terms imposed by the Treaty of

Versailles?

• Soviet occupation

• political instability

• overseas expansion

• economic prosperity

One way in which the Treaty of Nanking and the

Treaty of Versailles are similar is that in both treaties

the provisions called for

• monarchs to be returned to their rightful

  places

• reparations to be paid by defeated

  countries

• existing borders to be maintained

• peacekeeping organizations to be

  established

The Treaty of Versailles angered many Germans

after World War I because the treaty

• divided Germany into Communist and

  non-Communist zones

• made Germany restore its emperor

• required all German-speaking Europeans

  to return to Germany

• forced Germany to pay large war

  reparation

The policy of appeasement helped cause World

War II because this policy

• reduced the armaments of major

  European powers

• gave too much power to the United

  Nations

• increased sea trade between England and

  the United States

• allowed the aggressive actions of

  Germany to go unchecked