World History Q3.2 Review

Which of the following is true of the League of Nations?

• the league successfully prevented Germany from invading the Rhineland

• it was able to force Germany to pay all reparations

• The League was ineffective.

• The League ratified the Treaty of Versailles.

One cause of the Great Depression was...

• high economic activity.

• low prices in Germany.

• poverty among the top levels of society in the U.S.

• the collapse of the American Stock Market

Why did people accept dictatorial rulers during the Great Depression?

• Totalitarians appealed to people in desperate situations

• Nobody else wanted to lead the countries.

• Dictators took over by force.

• Most people preferred dictators over freedom.

In a totalitarian state, individual freedoms are...

• In a totalitarian state, individual freedoms are...

• voted on every four years.

• denied in favor of strict government control.

• promoted through mass propaganda

Which countries retained democratic traditions after The Great Depression?

• Italy and Russia

• Spain and France

• France and Britain

• Austria and Poland

Why did other countries allow Hitler to send troops into the Rhineland?

• It was a demilitarized zone.

• Hitler practiced appeasement.

• Many Germans lived in the Rhineland.

• The Treaty of Versailles did not include the Rhineland.

Which countries and areas was Japan determined to seize and control?

• North China and Manchuria

• Poland and Manchuria

• Czechoslovakia and Poland

• China and Germany

Germany became allied with

• the United States and France.

• France and Great Britain.

• Italy and France.

• Japan and Italy.

What event does this cartoon depict?

• Hitler's non-aggression pact with Stalin

• Hitler's approval of Japan's bombing of Pearl Harbor

• Europe's appeasement of Hitler

• All of the choices

The Battle of Britain (Blitz) backfired because...

• Germany bombed civilian targets rather than military

• German bombs failed to explode.

• the British turned their attention to the Soviet Union.

• Germany canceled the bombing too soon.