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WW2 Revision Quiz 1: 1919-1940 (Chapter 9.1-9.4)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Treaty of Versailles was ...

a)

signed in 1918

b)

the agreement that ended WW2

c)

regarded by most Germans at the time as very harsh

d)

a short term factor that caused WW2 to break out

2.

Which of the following was NOT a part of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany was forbidden from having a large army, an air force or submarines

b)

Germany had to accept blame for starting WW1

c)

Germany was required to pay reparations to the Allies for damage caused by WW1

d)

Germany was split into two - East and West Germany

3.

In the 1930s, Germany, Japan and Italy all had governments best described as ...

a)

Democratic

b)

Nationalistic and Militaristic

c)

Socialist

d)

Pacifist and Internationalist

4.

The Great Depression helped Hitler gain power in Germany. The main economic problem at this time in Germany was

a)

High unemployment

b)

Falling wages

c)

Hyperinflation

d)

Low exports

5.

The map shown is Europe in the year ...

a)

1914

b)

1930

c)

1945

d)

1989

6.

The NAZI Party's official name was the ...

a)

National Party of Unity

b)

Nationalist Socialist German Worker's Party

c)

National Front

d)

National United Aryan Party

7.

Anti-semitism is best defined as ...

a)

Hostility towards Communism

b)

Hostility towards Foreigners (non-Germans)

c)

Hostility towards Jews

d)

Hostility towards Militarism

8.

Concentration camps in Nazi Germany before 1939 were...

a)

Industrial 'killing factories' designed to kill and dispose of large numbers of people

b)

Political prisons used to house the internal enemies of the NAZIs

c)

Military bases where Germany's miltary was rearmed and prepared for war

d)

Intense reeducation centres where Hitler Youth were sent for indoctrination

9.

Which of the following is a FALSE fact about Adolf Hitler?

a)

Hitler was originally from Austria, not Germany

b)

Hitler served as a soldier in the Western Front trenches in World War One

c)

Hitler was imprisoned for Treason by the German government in the 1920s

d)

Hitler was never actually elected to Germany's Parliament

10.

What was Britain and France's foreign policy towards Germany in the 1930s called?

a)

Unconditional Surrender

b)

The Truman Doctrine

c)

Appeasement

d)

Gleischaltung

11.

The FIRST thing that Hitler did when in power that violated the Treaty of Versailles was to...

a)

Begin rearming Germany in secret

b)

Reoccupy the Rhineland

c)

Annex Austria (Anschluss)

d)

Invade Poland

12.

This agreement in 1938 was widely seen as a 'sellout' of Czechoslovakia by the British and French governments.

a)

The Prague Protocol

b)

The Munich Agreement

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

The Yalta Conference

13.

'Anschluss' was the forced 1938 merging of which two countries?

a)

The USSR & Finland

b)

Hungary & Austria

c)

Japan & Korea

d)

Germany & Austria

14.

What was 'Blitzkrieg'?

a)

The style of warfare used by Germany when it invaded Poland and later Western Europe

b)

The policy of disinformation that the USSR used to trick Germany

c)

The period of time after the invasion of Poland but before the invasion of France

d)

The codename for the planned invasion of Britain (which never occured)

15.

The 'Phoney War' was...

a)

When Germany & the USSR fought each other 'unofficially' in Spain

b)

When Germany & the USSR fought each other 'unofficially' in Finland

c)

The period of time after Germany conquered Poland but before they invaded France

d)

The period of time when the USA was supporting Britain, but not actually officially at war with Germany

16.

"Operatino Dynamo" was the codename for ...

a)

The evacuation of Britain's armies from France at Dunkirk in 1940

b)

The invasion of France by British, American and Canadian armies in 1944

c)

The air attack on Britain by Germany in 1940

d)

The plan to starve out Germany by submarine blockade between 1939-1945

17.

Which of the following countries was not conquered by Germany in the 1939-1940 period?

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Britain

d)

Holland

18.

The Battle of Britain was primarily fought...

a)

In the skies above Britain

b)

In the seas around Britain

c)

On British beaches

d)

Over the radio (propaganda battle)

19.

The Australian 9th Division fought the Germans at the siege of ...

a)

Athens

b)

Paris

c)

Tobruk

d)

Leningrad

20.

The German invasion of the Soviet Union, starting June 1941, was codenamed...

a)

Operation Edelweiss

b)

Operation Stalin

c)

Operation Barbarossa

d)

Operation Unthinkable