Causes of World War 2

When Germany annexed Austria and remilitarized the Rhineland, it was a violation of

• The Munich Agreement

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Kellogg-Briand Pact

• The Nuremberg Laws

What two countries declared war on Germany after the invasion of Poland?

• Britain and the Soviet Union
• Britain and the United States
• Britain and France
• Italy and the Soviet Union

What event is now considered a failed act of appeasement?

• The Treaty of Versailles
• The Potsdam Conference
• The Yalta Conference
• The Munich Agreement

What event did Franklin Roosevelt call "a date which will live in infamy?"

• The bombing of Nagasaki
• The attack on Pearl Harbor
• The annexation of Austria by Hitler
• The Battle of Stalingrad

Can you identify one action by Hitler in his attempt to rebuild Germany?

• Agreeing to the terms of the treaty of Versailles

• Increased the size of Germany's military and conquering neighboring countries

• By taking loans from the United States to rebuild Germany

• Asking to be invited to the League of Nations

Which country had a civil war before World War 2 that helped increase tensions prior to WW2?

• Italy
• France
• Spain
• Belgium

To which of these events did the League of Nations respond with armed intervention?

• The Anschluss
• The invasion of Ethiopia
• The invasion of Manchuria
• None of these

As a result of the "war debt" clause of the Treaty of Versailles, Germany experienced

• prosperity

• economic recovery

• an increase in national pride

• hyperinflation

What event started World War 2

• The invasion of Poland
• The Battle of El-Alamein
• The bombing of Pearl Harbor
• The use of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Which country invaded Ethiopia prior to World War 2?

• Japan
• Italy
• Germany
• The Soviet Union