G10-06 - Interwar Period & 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

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 reparations

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

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

One goal of the League of Nations was to

• promote peaceful relations worldwide

• stimulate the economy of Europe

• bring World War I to an end

• encourage a strong alliance system

Which situation is an example of totalitarianism in Germany in the 1930s?

• frequent meetings of the German Reichstag

• decline of the German economy

• strict government control of the press

• negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union

In Europe during the 1930s, several national leaders, in order to preserve peace at any cost, agreed to the demands of an aggressor. This policy is referred to as

• militarism

• nonalignment

• reparation

• appeasement

During the 1930s, a joint act of appeasement by the British and French was

• signing a treaty with Germany to outlaw nuclear weapons

• giving Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to Germany

• entering into defensive alliance with the United States

• supporting independence for German colonies in Africa

The Japanese, the Germans, and the Italians pursued a policy of expansionism before World War II to gain

• natural resources

• warm-water ports

• manufacturing plants

• freedom of the seas

The annexation of Korea and Japan’s invasion of Manchuria were attempts by Japan to

• spread Shinto beliefs

• protect human rights

• acquire natural resources

• establish theocratic governments