World Wars I and II

The policy of building up strong armed forces and weapons to prepare for war is known as

• Imperialism
• Isolationism
• Militarism
• Nationalism

What is an agreement among nations to defend one another?

• World War I
• nationalism
• alliance
• isolationism

Due to the lethality of war technologies such as the machine gun and poison gas, soldiers during WWI adapted by fighting in

• The air

• The seas

• trenches

• bases

Woodrow Wilson's purpose in proposing a League of Nations was to --

• Prepare for World War II

• Avoid future wars by having countries settle disputes in nonviolent ways

• provide Europe with money to rebuild after the war

• create a world army

Which country never joined the League of Nations?

• Great Britain
•  Germany
• France
• United States

Some historians believe what contributing factor helped set the stage for World War II?

• Treaty of Paris
• Treaty of Versailles
• giving Germany funds 

What was NOT one of the three punishments placed on Germany after World War I?

• forced to pay reparations
• had to give their military to the Soviet Union
• Military was weakened
• Territories were taken away

What was the name for the German tactic of overwhelming your enemy with force? 

• Kristallnacht
• Schmetterling
• Blitzkrieg 
• Bombardierung

What was the Manhattan Project?

• Testing and creation of the Atomic Bomb
• preparing the borough of Manhattan for nuclear safety
• secret plan to create spies in the war effort 
• Operation to create secret airplanes for the war effort 

To avoid war, Great Britain and France initially adopted a policy of ______ to deal with Hitler.

• Appeasement

• Tolerance

• Indifference

• Isolation