Chapter 26 - Lesson 1: War Clouds Gather

The head of the Fascist Party was ______.

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Josef Stalin

• Hideki Tojo

Adolf Hitler was the head of Germany's ______.

• National Socialist Party

• Fascist Party

• Conservative Party

• Communist Party

In 1931, Japan invaded Manchuria, a part of China.

• True

• False

The Axis alliance was made up of ______.

• France, Italy, and China

• Italy, Japan, and Great Britain

• Germany, Italy, and Japan

• Japan, China, and India

The Neutrality Acts allowed the United States to loan money to other nations that were at war.

• True

• False

Why did Hitler insist that Austria be unified with Germany?

• because the Austrians also hated Poland

• because the Austrians had money

• because the Austrians spoke German

• because the Austrians would fight for him

At which conference did the European powers give Hitler permission to take the Sudetenland?

• Versailles

• Malta

• Munich

• Potsdam

Neville Chamberlain was the ______.

• president of the USA

• leader of the Soviet Union

• secretary of state in the USA

• leader of Great Britain

Hitler kept his promise and never invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia.

• True

• False

Hitler was free to invade Poland because he signed an agreement with ______.

• Stalin

• Mussolini

• Chamberlain

• Hirohito