Social Studies WWI - WWII Test Review

What did the major European victors want from the Treaty of Versailles?

• to punish Germany for its role in WWI

• To help Germany rebuild its economy

• To establish lasting world peace in the future

• To punish Russia for its role in WWI

After WWI, hyperinflation in Germany (click 3)

• Led people to use the paper money to fuel fires

• was caused by an increase in printing more money

• led incredibly high cost for items

• caused money to be more valuable

What was a result of the harsh conditions imposed b the Treaty of Versailles after World War I?

• the development of democracy in Italy

• the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia

• uprising during the French Revolution

• economic and political instability in Germany

Leader of the Nazi party

• Stalin

• Mussolini

• Hitler

• Zedong

True or False? In a totalitarian form of government, a dictator might use indoctrination to teach a partisan point of view and use spies/secret police to spread fear.

• True

• False

• None

• Both

Why were reparations introduced by the Allies?

• To pay for the war damage

• To fund hyperinflation

• So the French could invade the Ruhr

• So the Weimar government could be popular

Soviet (Russian) leader Joseph Stalin (click 3)

• created a cult of personality

• made the people of the Soviet Union (Russia) equal

• executed anyone he saw as a threat to his power

• was chosen by Lenin to succeed him

Italian leader Benito Mussolini (click 2 )

• led a march on Rome to overthrow the government

• passed laws to help poor people

• created the Fascist Party

• was elected as Prime Minister

Where did the Allied Powers meet to create a treaty at the end of WWI?

• Versailles, France

• The United States

• Berlin, Germany

• Congress of Vienna

Payment for damages after a war is called

• Self-determination

• Reparations

• Demilitarization

• Defund