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World Wars - Rising Threat

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The stock market crash on Oct. 28th 1929 starts what period in history?

a)

Great Depression

b)

WWII

c)

WWI

d)

Cold War

2.

What country suffered the most during the Great Depression because they owed billions of dollars in reparations after WWI?

a)

Germany

b)

USA

c)

Great Britain

d)

Russia

3.

What event in history caused Germany people to follow Hitler?

a)

WWI

b)

Great Depression

c)

Boom of 1920s

d)

Prohibition

4.

What political party does Hitler build into a large movement?

a)

Nazi Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Fascist Party

d)

Democratic Party

5.

What was FDR diagnosed with?

a)

Small Pox

b)

Polio

c)

Depression

d)

Tuberculosis

6.

What was the Night of the Long Knives?

a)

Election night in Germany

b)

Elimination of Hitler's politcial opponents

c)

The start of WWII

d)

Assassination of Churchill's politcial enemies

7.

How does FDR pay for the New Deal?

a)

Higher taxes

b)

Eliminating National Parks

c)

Reparations from Germany

d)

Cutting Military Defense funds

8.

What does Great Britain do that is similar to the US?

a)

Raise taxes

b)

Pay war reparations to Germany

c)

Build National Parks

d)

Cut military spending

9.

Who was against cutting military spending in USA?

a)

Churchill

b)

FDR

c)

MacArthur

d)

Hitler

10.

Why did Hitler have to rearm in secrecy?

a)

He didn't want the German people to know

b)

It was against the agreement of the Treaty of Versaille

c)

He was creating a spy organization

d)

Hitler and Churchill were secretly allies

11.

Why was Italy bitter after the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

They lost many men

b)

They were blamed for WWI

c)

They had to pay reparations

d)

They didn't gain extra territory

12.

What country does Mussolini conquer in a matter of weeks?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Turkey

d)

Ethiopia

13.

Who was the FIRST person Hitler makes an alliance with?

a)

Stalin

b)

FDR

c)

Churchill

d)

Mussolini

14.

What area was taken from Germany after WWI and ater invaded by 22,000 Germans?

a)

Rhineland

b)

Austria

c)

Holland

d)

Russia

15.

How did Great Britain and France react when Germany invaded the Rhineland (first area Hitler invaded)

a)

Did Nothing

b)

Started WWII

c)

Defended the area

16.

Japan fought on what side during WWI?

a)

Allied Powers

b)

Central Powers

c)

Neutral

17.

In 1937, Japan invaded what country?

a)

USA (Pearl Harbor)

b)

Russia (Siberia)

c)

China (Manchuria)

d)

Austrailia (outback)

18.

Who does Japan sign a pact with?

a)

Axis Powers (Germany and Italy)

b)

Allied Powers (Great Britain and France)

c)

They stayed neutral

19.

Who is the Prime Minister of Britain during the time Hitler begins annexing (gaining) territory? (The beginning)

a)

Churchill

b)

Mussolini

c)

FDR

d)

Chamberlain

20.

Chamberlain agrees to give Hitler land as long as he promises not to take any more. What was this event called?

a)

Night of the long knives

b)

Start of WWII

c)

Munich Pact

d)

Treaty of Versailles

21.

The Munich Pact is an example of...

a)

Appeasement

b)

Aggression

c)

Annexation

d)

Acrobatics

22.

How long did it take Hitler to violate the terms of appeasement (Munich Pact)

a)

6 months

b)

6 years

c)

6 days

d)

6 hours

23.

Churchill was FOR appeasement

a)

True

b)

False

24.

Hitler makes a pact with what country, and agrees to split Poland secretly?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

25.

Stalin is the dictator of what country?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Great Britain

26.

What country did Hitler invade, that led to Great Britain and France to war. (Caused WWII)

a)

Poland

b)

Czechoslavakia

c)

France

d)

Soviet Union

27.

Who became the new Prime Minister of Great Britaini after Chamberlain?

a)

Churchill

b)

FDR

c)

Eisenhower

d)

Mussolini

28.

Hitler invades Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg before invading France How longn dodes it take Hitler to conquer France?

a)

6 days

b)

6 weeks

c)

6 years

d)

6 hours

29.

After conquering France, who does Hitler plan to invade?

a)

Italy

b)

USA

c)

Great Britain

d)

Spaini

30.

Since Great Britain is an island country, Hitler decides to attack

a)

By sea

b)

By land

c)

By air

d)

By foot

31.

Who are the Axis powers?

a)

Japan, France, Germany

b)

Germany, Italy, USA

c)

Great Britain, France, Soviet Union

d)

Germany, Italy, Japan

32.

Who does the Philippines belong to in 1939?

a)

USA

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Great Britain

d)

Spain

33.

What country did Hitler invade in 1941, which broke the pact signed 3 years earlier?

a)

Great Britain

b)

Italy

c)

USA

d)

Soviet Union

34.

What event caused the US to join WWII?

a)

Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

b)

Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union

c)

London Blitz

d)

Italy's invasion of China

35.

What is one reason Japan bomb Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

a)

US had stopped trade of oil to Japan

b)

Japan planned to annex the United States

c)

Germany had asked Japan to attack the USA

d)

Japan wanted revenge for losing WWI