Causes of World War 2

Which person is on the left?

• Adolf Hitler

• Francisco Franco

• Benito Mussolini

• Josef Stalin

What event started World War 2

• The invasion of Poland
• The Battle of El-Alamein
• The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• The use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

What event did Franklin Roosevelt call "a date which will live in infamy?"

• The bombing of Nagasaki
• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• The annexation of Austria by Hitler
• The Battle of Stalingrad

What event is now considered a failed act of appeasement?

• The Treaty of Versailles
• The Potsdam Conference
• The Yalta Conference
• The Munich Agreement

What two countries declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?

• Britain and the Soviet Union
• Britain and the United States
• Britain and France
• Italy and the Soviet Union

What two countries were already at war at the start of World War 2?

• Germany and the Soviet Union
• United States and Japan
• United States and the Soviet Union
• China and Japan

To which of these events did the League of Nations respond with armed intervention?

• The Anschluss
• The invasion of Ethiopia
• The invasion of Manchuria
• None of these

Which country invaded Ethiopia prior to World War 2?

• Japan
• Italy
• Germany
• The Soviet Union

What country is associated with the term "Anschluss?"

• Italy
• Austria
• The Soviet Union
• Lithua

Which country had a civil war before World War 2 that helped increase tensions prior to WW2?

• Italy
• France
• Spain
• Belgium