World War II

Neville Chamberlain visited Munich in 1938 to negotiate the fate of Sudetenland. Which policy is most closely associated with Chamberlain’s action?

• appeasement

• nonalignment

• reparations

• colonialism

One way in which Emperor Meiji, Kemal Atatürk, and Shah Reza Pahlavi are similar is that each supported a policy of

• appeasement

• détente

• universal suffrage

• westernization

-Colonies are required to provide raw materials.

-Development of manufacturing in the colonies is

discouraged.

Which European policy is being described by these statements?

• appeasement

• mercantilism

• regionalism

• neutrality

Before September 1939, the European response to Hitler’s actions included

• following a policy of appeasement

• blockading the coast of Germany

• forcing Germany to sign the Versailles Treaty

• creating alliances under the United Nations Charter

Japan’s invasion of Manchuria, Italy’s attack on Ethiopia, and Germany’s blitzkrieg in Poland are examples of

• military aggression

• appeasement

• containment

• the domino theory

The term appeasement is best defined as

• an attempt to avoid conflict by meeting the demands of an aggressor

• a period of peace and prosperity, resulting in cultural achievement

• a declaration of war between two or more nations

• an agreement removing economic barriers between nations

When some European leaders agreed to Hitler’s demands concerning Czechoslovakia in 1938, they were supporting a policy of

• détente

• balance of power

• collective security

• appeasement

The Armenian massacre, the Holocaust, and the Rape of Nanking are examples of

• appeasement

• policies resistance movements

• Russification efforts

• human rights violations

One reason that Britain and France agreed to appease Hitler at the Munich Conference was to

• prevent the start of another world war

• stop the Nazis from invading the Soviet Union

• obey an order from the League of Nations

• obtain advanced German military weapons in exchange

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