WWII PRACTICE 2024

Which country became the world’s first communist state after a revolution in 1917?

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• Italy

• United States

Which country, who needed natural resources to restore its economy, invaded Austria and Czechoslavakia in an attempt to dominate Europe?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• United States

The League of Nations was created after World War I to prevent future conflicts. What is one reason it failed?

• The United States never joined.

• Germany withdrew from the organization in the 1930s.

• The United States and Germany never joined.

• It was designed to fail.

Appeasement is ...

• attacking any potential enemy before they can attack first.

• compromising with a potential enemy.

• totally crushing a potential enemy at the first sign of aggression.

• the policy of giving in to satisfy the demands of a potential enemy.

Which event marked the start of World War II?

• unrestricted submarine warfare

• The Zimmerman Note

• Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

• Germany invades Poland

This political cartoon by Dr. Seus shows...

• • Executive Order 9066

• • British & French appeasement of Germany

• • Lend Lease Act

• • Neutrality Act

Which British Prime Minister believed in appeasement?

• Lord Halifax

• Neville Chamberlain

• Winston Churchill

Czechoslovakia was a poor state with a weak army, but had a strategic location for Hitler.

• True

• False

The Sudetenland had a great number of German speakers, over 3 million, and there was even a Nazi German Party in the area.

• True

• False

Which of the following was NOT a reason FOR appeasement?

• Fear of communism

• Memories of the Great War

• The Treaty of Versailles

• Hitler's allies