Interwar Period

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

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

A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

• encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers

• transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power

• expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports

• reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere

Under Joseph Stalin, peasants in the Soviet Union were forced to

• become members of the ruling party

• support the Russian Orthodox Church

• join collective farms

• move to large cities

Totalitarian countries are characterized by

• free and open discussions of ideas

• a multiparty system with several candidates for each office

• government control of newspapers, radio and television

• government protection of people’s civil liberties

Using the map, what country was led by Hideki Tojo?

• A

• B

• D

• E

What political ideology is associated with this country?

• Fascism

• Militarism

• Nazism

• Communism