WWII Unit Exam, Honors

What was the Japanese reaction to the Great Depression?

• military control of the government

• educational imbalance

• economic alliance with China

• military replaced the emperor

Japan's perennial (persistent) problems with resources like oil, iron, and rubber, caused it to attack _____ and _____, which included the ____.

Choose the correct combination of words. Be careful here, the order of the words matters.

• Russia/North Korea/Storming of the Bastille

• Manchuria/USA/invasion of the Soviet Union

• Manchuria/China/"Rape of Nanjing"

• China/India/Sepoy Mutiny

The League of Nations, as well as the rest of the world, reacted sharply and quickly to Japan’s aggressive actions.

• False

• True

What did the attack on Manchuria trigger in Asia in 1931?

• a renaissance of the Manchu dynasty

• an end to the Manchukuo state

• the Russo-Japanese War

• WWII

Who was the dictator which started the Spanish Civil War and which form of government did he push on Spain?

Choose the correct combination of words.

• General Francisco Franco/fiscism

• General Benito Mussolini/fascism

• Comandante Che Guevara/communist

• Field Marshal Erwin Rommel/constitutional monarchy

Which European country helped Franco in Spain because they shared similar government ideologies?

• USSR

• Great Britain

• China

• Germany

What did Germany get out of the help they provided Franco during the Spanish Civil War?

• democratic ideas

• war experience for German military forces

• forgiveness of reparations from the Treaty of Versailles

• lucrative trade deals with Britain and Spain

Emboldened by Mussolini's successful attack on Ethiopia (Abyssinia), and considering the League of Nations' weak reaction to this aggression, THIS European dictator decided to take territories for his country:

• Stalin

• Tojo

• Hitler

• Hirohito

The Rhineland and the Saar regions were taken back by Germany in violation of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.

• True

• False

When Germany took back the Rhineland and the Saar region, which treaty were Germany's actions in violation of?

• Treaty of Locarno

• Treaty of France

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Versailles