WW2 - PART 1

Hitler first sent his German army into a buffer zone along a river which violated the Treaty of Versailles

• Austria

• Sudetenland

• Poland

• Rhineland

Hitler challenged the peace of Europe by sending troops into all of the following places EXCEPT:

• Switzerland

• Czechoslovakia

• the Rhineland

• Austria

The decisions and results of the Munich Conference of 1938 have become symbolic of

• the threat posed by Communism

• the dangers involved in appeasement

• the need for an international peacekeeping body

• the value of negotiation in foreign relations

Why did Hitler sign a non-aggression treaty with Stalin on the eve of World War II?

• to allow Germany to invade Poland without Soviet opposition

• to insure that Germany had direct access to the Baltic Sea

• to prevent the League of Nations from acting to stop the war

• to show that Hitler had changed his views on communism

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

• occupation of Rhineland.

• annexation of Austria.

• invasion of Poland.

• seizure of the Sudetenland.

After World War I, the United States decided to stay out of foreign affairs. This is known as

• rejection

• appeasement

• isolationism

• placating

The German Blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?

• system of fortifications

• “out-waiting” the opponent

• ability to make a long, steady advance

• surprise and overwhelming force

Who was the prime minister of Great Britain during World War II?

• Erwin Rommel

• Winston Churchill

• Benito Mussolini

• Henri Petain

During the Battle of Britain, Hitler tried to defeat Britain by

• offering to give Britain and France colonies in North Africa

• launching an invasion for Ireland

• bombing British cities and defense installations

• sending an invasion force across the English

Which Nation sought to establish the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere and a “Pacific Empire,” between 1931 and 1945?

• Japan

• India

• China

• Korea