Interwar Era Quiz

In 1929, the Stock Market crashed, people lost their jobs, banks failed, and prices in world trade collapsed. These economic problems occurred until the start of World War 2. This period of economic problems is known as --.

• The Regency Period

• The Great Depression

• The Age of the Automat

• The Big Recession

During the Interwar Era, totalitarianism affected many countries around the world. Totalitarianism is--

• Strict government control of all aspects of the state and its citizens' lives.

• A government where people have both their freedom of speech and press protected.

• No government control over any aspects of the state and its citizens' lives.

• A government of any kind: democracy, dictatorship, monarchy, etc. doesn't work with other countries.

The chart represents which dictator?

• Benito Mussolini

• Nicolae Ceausescu

• Adolf Hitler

• Francisco Franco

The genocide perpetrated by Hitler and the Nazis against Jews, Romani, Slavs, the LGBTQ+ community, political opponents, Jehovah Witnesses, and others targeted by the Nazis is referred to as --

• The Night of the Long Knives

• The Kanto Massacre

• The Holodomor

• The Holocaust

Who was the first person to speak out publicly about the Holodomor in 1986?

• Artist, Pablo Picasso

• Poet, Ivan Drach

• Scientist, Albert Einstein

• Athlete, Jesse Owens

Members of the Japanese police, military, and terrorist groups killed Koreans in Japan and activists during the confusion caused by what natural disaster in Kanto, Japan?

• Blizzard

• Earthquake

• Forest Fire

• Hurricane

In 1997, this Chinese-American author, Irish Chang, published a book, which made people in western countries including the US more aware of the mass killing and rape of Chinese citizens and surrendering Chinese soldiers by soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army. This series of war crimes is known as the--

• Nanjing Massacre/ Rape of Nanking

• Kanto Massacre

• Holodomor

• Kristallnacht

Which of the following titles best describes the chart?

• Causes of the Kanto Massacre

• Causes of the Spanish Civil War

• Causes of the Nanjing Massacre

• Causes of the Russian Revolution

Many people from foreign countries volunteered to support the Republicans in Spain during the Spanish Civil War? What are two of the countries that several pro-Republican foreign volunteers came from?

• Brazil and Portugal

• Turkey and Kazakhstan

• Britain and the United States

• East Timor and South Sudan

Which of the following best describes the Treaty of Versailles?

• It officially started the Soviet Union (USSR)

• It officially ended World War I.

• It officially started the Spanish Civil War.

• It officially ended the Great Depression.