ACA Unit 17 WWII Test

How did WW I affect Germany?

• It left Germany in the same state it was before the war

• It stabilized the German economy and gave money to the nation

• It split Germany into 2 countries and began a Cold War between the US and Germany

• It left Germany in economic trouble, the German people bitter, and paved the way for Hitler

What is one way in which the government of the United States responded to the Great Depression?

• It joined the League of Nations to cooperate more closely with other nations.

• It created large numbers of public works programs.

• It eliminated the minimum wage for workers.

• It bailed out major corporations affected by the Great Depression.

Totalitarian governments are characterized by the

• elimination of heavy industry

• use of censorship, secret police, and repression

• lack of a court system

• support of the people for parliamentary decisions

What was one likely reason for the emergence of totalitarian governments in Germany, Italy and Spain during the 1920s and 1930s?

• popular demand for a return to monarchical rule

• severe economic and social problems following World War I

• the rise of communism in the Northern Hemisphere

• the failure of the United Nations to achieve peace in Europe

•Japan annexes Korea (1910)

•Japan attacks Manchuria (1931)

•Japan invades French Indochina (1940)

Based on these events, the most valid conclusion about Hideki Tojo’s foreign policy is that

• it returned to isolation after World War I

• it engaged in a progressive campaign of expansion

• was intimidated by Western powers

• it caught other nations off‐guard by the speed of its conquests

Choose the World War II leader who is properly paired with the appropriate country.

• United States‐Franklin Roosevelt; Great Britain‐Winston Churchill; USSR‐Josef Stalin

• United States‐Harry Truman; Great Britain‐ Neville Chamberlain; USSR‐ Charles deGaulle

• United States‐Woodrow Wilson; Great Britain‐Winston Churchill; Italy‐Benito Mussolini

• Germany‐Adolf Hitler; Great Britain‐ Josef Stalin; France‐ Charles de Gaulle

Based on the information provided by the diagram above, which statement is a valid conclusion about the 1930’s?

• the United States led international peacekeeping efforts

• aggression led to the start of World War II

• the actions of Italy, Germany, and Japan united Europe

• economic and social upheaval led to the rise of democracy in Asia

The main idea of the cartoon above is that Japan, Italy, and Germany

• had formed an alliance for peace

• were determined to defeat Communism

• had supported a peaceful international solution

• were committed to aggression

Which geographic factor in Russia played a role in Napoleon’s defeat in 1812 and Hitler’s defeat during World War

II?

• Siberian forests

• Caspian Sea

• Arid land

• Harsh climate

Based on the information in this chart, which situation gave rise to Nazi power in Germany?

• global prosperity and trade

• success of the Weimar Republic

• political and economic instability

• expansion of Germany’s colonial empire