WWII Test Review Part 1

World War II was a response to the economic and territorial competition from which historical event?

• a. The Vietnam War

• b. Germany’s invasion of Poland

• c. World War I and its aftereffects

• d. The Zimmermann Telegram

In the late 1930s, Germany increased its empire in part by invading

• a. Great Britain

• b. Spain

• c. China

• d. Czechoslovakia

 Japan increased its empire in the 1930s by invading

• a. Czechoslovakia

• b. Libya

• c. China

• d. India

What form of government dominated Germany, Italy, and Japan in the 1930s?

• a. Representative democracy

• b. Totalitarianism/Fascism

• c. Military Occupation

• d. Monarchy

Which invasion in the late 1930s was followed by the mass murder of civilians?

•  a. The German  invasion of the Rhineland region in France.

• b. The German invasion of Czechoslovakia.

•  c.  The Italian invasion of Ethiopia.

•  d. The Japanese invasion of Nanjing, China.

As Nazi Germany expanded in the 1930s, Britain and France practiced a policy known as “appeasement”. This means they

• a. Sent their militaries to stand along the aggressor’s (Germany’s) borders

• b. Gave in to the aggressor (Germany) in order to avoid war

• c. Stood up to the aggressor (Germany) by declaring war at the first sign of

                    any invasions

• d. turned against the aggressor’s (Germany’s) allies in an attempt to make

      Germany stop its actions

Isolationism is known as:

• a. A policy of avoiding involvement with other countries

• b. A policy of deep involvement with other countries

• c. A policy of conquering only those countries on one’s borders

• d. A policy of joining other countries in powerful alliances

Why did the United States choose isolationism in the face of Nazi aggression?

• a. The U.S. wanted to stay out of European affairs and was not interested in

      another world war

• b. The U.S. did not believe the Nazis were much of a threat to peace in Europe

• c. World War II was exactly what the American economy needed

• d. President Franklin D. Roosevelt did not think the U.S. would be able to win

      another war

10. What did Germany do to the Rhineland?

• a. It annexed the Rhineland to Belgium

• b. It surrendered the Rhineland to France

• c. It remilitarized the Rhineland

• d. The Rhineland became industrialized

Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of

• a. Poland

• b. Finland

• c. Germany

• d. Great Britain