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1101 & 1102

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

During the 1930s, countries like Italy and Germany became aggressive and violated the collective security rules of the League of Nations. Britain and France followed a weak policy of giving in to Germany's demands in the hope that they would stop...what was that policy called?

a)

Appeasement

b)

Big Stick Policy

c)

Isolationism

d)

Dollar Diplomacy

2.

World War II began when Germany and the Soviet Union invaded -

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Austria

d)

Italy

3.

Germany quickly overran most of Europe in late 1939 / summer 1940. Which country was the last European country standing in June 1940 in Europe?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Norway

c)

Switzerland

d)

Spain

4.

What did we say was a turning point because it was Germany's first defeat in World War II?

a)

the Battle of Britain

b)

Hitler's invasion of the USSR

c)

the Battle of the Bulge

d)

Blitzkrieg

5.

What was the official US foreign policy during the 1930s?

a)

neutrality

b)

interventionist

c)

leader of the League of Nations

d)

friends with the Axis Powers

6.

What did the USA receive from Britain for supplying them with war supplies and old naval ships?

a)

military bases

b)

$1 million per ship

c)

the Statue of Liberty

d)

access to the Panama Canal

7.

"...like lending a garden hose to a neighbor whose house is on fire"...what law does this FDR quote describe?

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Destroyers for Bases Act

c)

Cash and Carry Act

d)

Neutrality Act

8.

What two exports did FDR and Congress ban to Japan in the 1930s?

a)

oil

b)

steel

c)

lumber

d)

weapons

e)

food products

9.

The photograph depicts which event of WWII?

a)

the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

the Battle of Britain

c)

Hitler's invasion of Poland

d)

the Soviet Union's invasion of Finland

10.

How did FDR describe the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

"a date that will live in infamy".

b)

"a house divided cannot stand"

c)

"the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"

d)

"we will fight them on the beaches...we will never surrender"