Interwar Period

What was the League of Nations?

• It was an alliance of Ethiopia.
• It was an organization that was create to promote peace across the world.
• It was an organization that promote economic stability.
• It was an organization that promotes war.

Between 1930 and 1940 fascist regimes like Japan, Germany and Italy was similar in that each emphasized on ...

• empathy towards African nations
• the protection of human rights
• imperialism as a foreign policy 
• support for free expression

What was the major flaw in the Allies' strategy of appeasement?

• It weakened their economies

• It allowed Germany and Italy to strengthen militarily

• It led to internal political turmoil

• It isolated them from other potential allies

Which statement best describes the political situation in the Soviet Union immediately after Lenin's death in 1924?

• The nation adopted a constitutional monarchy.

• Trotsky and his followers assumed full control of the Communist Party.

• Popular elections were held to choose a new General Secretary.

• A power struggle developed among Communist Party leaders.

A major goal of Joseph Stalin’s five-year plans was to

• encourage communist revolutions in the colonies of the European powers

• transform the Soviet Union into an industrial power

• expand the Soviet Union’s borders to include warm-water ports

• reduce the amount of foreign aid coming from the Western Hemisphere

Totalitarian countries are characterized by

• free and open discussions of ideas

• a multiparty system with several candidates for each office

• government control of newspapers, radio and television

• government protection of people’s civil liberties

What was the name of the work camps in Siberia where Stalin would send "enemies of the state"?

• Gulags
• Concentration Camps
• Internment Camps
• Veritags

What impact did the Treaty of Versailles have on Germany?

• it led to economic hardships and political instability

• it caused Germany to lose the First World War

• it destabilized the German monarchy, leading to the creation of the Weimar Republic

• it caused great anti-German sentiment, resulting in the war guilt clause

What were the key beliefs of Hitler's ideology?

• Aryan supremacy, anti-Semitism, and territorial expansion

• Equality for all, democracy, and peace

• Worker's rights and social justice

• Religious freedom and cultural diversity

Whom did Hitler blame for Germany losing the First World War and submitting to the Treaty of Versailles?

• Erich Ludendorff

• Jews and communists

• the Freikorps

• German soldiers