World War II

What was the overall attitude of many countries/people after WWI ended?

• War-ready

• War-weary

• Ready for anything

• Arsenal of democracy

What policy did European leaders follow to avoid war?

• Appeasement

• Neutrality

• Imperialism

• Aggressor

Answer explanation

- France & Britain were suffering at home

- No desire to confront Hitler

- Some people felt bad for Germany bc punishments of the Treaty of Versailles were so harsh

-Some saw Hitler as a lesser evil than Stalin / communism

Appeasement before WWII →Give in to Hitler & avoid War at ALL Costs

What is appeasement?

• Taking advantage of another country for their natural resources

• Making an effort to become a World power by increasing your alliances

• Making concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict

• The process of taking territory legally that does not belong to you

Answer explanation

A diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict. 

What two leaders below are Fascist leaders?

• Mussolini and Stalin

• Hirohito and Lenin

• Hitler and Stalin

• Mussolini and Hitler

What was the first event that marked Hitler's disregard for the Treaty of Versailles

• Annexation of Austria

• Re-Militarization of the Rhineland

• Invasion of Poland

• Invasion of Ethiopia

Answer explanation

March 1936: German troops reoccupy the Rhineland

This action was directly against the terms of the Treaty of Versailles 

How did the Munich conference appease Hitler?

• GB and France allowed him to annex the Sudetenland

• France and Italy allowed him to invade Manchuria

• GB and France allowed him to annex all of Czechoslovakia

• Italy asked the Soviet Union to join the Axis powers

Answer explanation

- Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy

- Permitted German annexation of the Sudetenland, in W.  Czechoslovakia.

What British prime minister is known for following the policy of appeasement

• Winston Churchill

• FDR

• Benito Mussolini

• Neville Chamberlain

Hitler signed a non-aggression pact a day before the war started with what country?

• Italy

• U.S.A

• Soviet Union

• Ukraine

Answer explanation

- Countries agreed that they would not attack each other

- Secretly divided the countries that lay between them. 

- Allowed Germany to fight in wars without fear of Soviet attack

- Stalin bought time to build up Soviet Defense.

What countries make up the Axis powers?

• Germany, Italy and France

• Italy, France and Soviet Union

• Japan, France and Germany

• Germany, Japan and Italy

Answer explanation

Hitler 

Mussolini

Hideki Tojo 

Axis Bonding Rome and Berlin

Japan had ambitions in the Pacific

Who was the leader of Japan that claimed his right to rule by divine right?

• Hideki Tojo

• Emperor Hirohito

• Emperor Tojo

• Hideki Khan