The Interwar Period (1918-1939)

To appease means to:

• stand up for one's civil liberties

• pacify or placate someone by meeting their demands

• end armed fighting; a cease-fire

• declare war

All of the following were clauses included in the Treaty of Versailles EXCEPT:

• Blaming Germany for WWI

• Requiring Germany to pay reparations

• Moving the German capital to Berlin

• Greatly decreasing the size of Germany's army

According to the Treaty of Versailles Germany was not allowed to:

• enter into a union with Austria

• teach German in schools

• elect a president

• appoint a chancellor

Italy was unhappy with the results of the Treaty of Versailles because:

• it did not get all of the land it wanted

• it was forced to enter into an alliance with Germany

• it had to move its government out of Rome

• it was not involved in the writing of the Treaty of Versailles

One common goal of Germany, Italy and Japan during the interwar period was.....

• to declare war on the United States

• to produce nuclear weapons

• to avoid conflict with other nations

• to acquire more land

The League of Nations practiced a policy of _____ towards Germany, Italy and Japan when these countries violated rules set by the Treaty of Versailles.

• nationalism

• aggression

• appeasement

• isolationism

In September of 1931, Japan occupied ____, a part of northeastern China.

• Manchuria

• Ethiopia

• Poland

• the Sudetenland

In October 1935, Italy invaded ______.

• Spain

• Ethiopia

• Poland

• Manchuria

In March 1936, Hitler _________ - which was specifically against the Treaty of Versailles.

• declared war on France

• got rid of the President of Germany

• invaded Ethiopia

• remilitarized the Rhineland

In 1938, Hitler annexed _____. This event is known as the "Anchluss" and was strictly forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles.

• Italy

• Austria

• France

• Japan