Causes of WWII and Appeasement Quiz

Which factor most contributed to Hitler's rise to power in 1933?

• Military support from Italy

• Germany's economic collapse and high unemployment

• Support from the League of Nations

• Allied agreements to revise the Treaty of Versailles

What action did Hitler take in 1935 that broke the Treaty of Versailles?

• Invading Poland

• Declaring Anschluss with Austria

• Launching a rearmament program

• Occupying France

Why did Hitler remilitarise the Rhineland in 1936?

• To protect France

• To fulfil League of Nations demands

• To test Western resolve and expand military control

• To offer peace to neighbours

What is the term for the political union between Germany and Austria in 1938?

• Anschluss

• Sudeten Pact

• Non-Aggression Treaty

• Munich Agreement

What was the main aim of appeasement?

• To defeat Hitler early

• To avoid war by meeting some of Hitler’s demands

• To support Germany against the USSR

• To punish Austria

Why were British leaders reluctant to go to war in the 1930s?

• They wanted to rebuild the British Empire

• Hitler had invaded Britain

• Public opinion was against war

• Churchill told them not to

Which British politician publicly opposed appeasement throughout the 1930s?

• Ramsay MacDonald

• Stanley Baldwin

• Neville Chamberlain

• Winston Churchill

What was the reaction of many British newspapers to Hitler in the 1930s?

• They condemned him as a threat

• They wrote favourably about him

• They ignored him entirely

• They called for war

What crucial piece of writing laid out Hitler's ideology and war aims?

• The Nuremberg Laws

• Mein Kampf

• The Munich Agreement

• The Nazi Constitution

Which area did Hitler demand from Czechoslovakia in 1938?

• Silesia

• Bohemia

• Sudetenland

• Moravia