Interwar Period/Causes of WWII

What is NOT one of the causes of global depression?

• German Reparations

• US Economic Dominance

• High Tariffs

• Bad investments

What were the mandates of the League of nations?

• Control of one territory to be transferred from one country to another following WWI

• A proposition to maintain control of areas the Allied powers took over

• Dividing up of Africa

• Dividing up of China

What areas saw a rise of Dictator after WWI because of the Depression?

• USSR, Germany and Italy

• Russia, Germany and Japan

• Japan , Germany and Austria

• US, Germany and USSR

How did the Treaty of Versailles lead to the Depression in Germany?

• It imposed an economic embargo on Germany

• It forced Germany to pay $450 billion in reparations

• Just put all the blame of the war on Germany

• It banned any trade from going in to Germany

What happened to the Ottoman territory after WWI?

• It was divided up as part of the Mandate system

• All of the states became independent

• Suffered control by neighboring conquerors

• Nothing, the Ottoman empire stayed in power.

The major difference between Adolph Hitler and Josef Stalin was –

• Hitler and Stalin were totalitarian; however, Stalin was democratically elected
• Hitler’s brand of totalitarianism was based on race while Stalin’s was based on devotion to communism
• Stalin hated Jewish people and made that a central part of his plan
• Hitler ruled without the support of the people while Stalin was very popular

Who is the Italian “duce” from whom Hitler got many of his ideas? He was the founder of fascism.

• Giussipie Garibaldi
• Otto von Bismarck
• Benito Mussolini
• Camillo de Cavour

Industrialization in Japan led to a growing demand for---

• natural resources

• universities

• immigrant labor

• democracy

Which treaty worsened economic conditions in Europe during the Interwar Period?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Treaty of Paris

• Concordat of 1801

• Treaty of Westphalia

Who was the prime minister of Japan who focused on militarism?

• Hirohito

• Tokugawa Shogun

• Hideki Tojo

• Matthew Perry