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The Interwar Years

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the leader of the Communists in China that led his followers on a Long March?

a)

Josef Stalin

b)

Gandhi

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Sun Yat-Sen

2.

A form of government that puts the good of nation above all else (extreme nationalism)?

a)

Oligrachy

b)

Republic

c)

Constitutional Monarchy

d)

Fascism

3.

Japan signed a pact with which nation to oppose the spread of Communism?

a)

Germany

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

Italy

4.

Who was the Fascist leader of Italy who set out to create an Italian Empire?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Mao Zedong

d)

Hirohito

5.

Leader of the Nationalist party in China who aimed to create a republican form of government?

a)

Mao Zedong

b)

Chiang Kai-shek

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Hirohito

6.

Who was the leader of India's non violent revolution and practiced civil disobedience?

a)

Sun Yat-Sen

b)

Gandhi

c)

Reza Shah Pahlavi

d)

Mao Zedong

7.

An event that occurred during the Second Sino-Japanese War resulting in over 100,000 deaths?

a)

The Holocaust

b)

The Armenian Genocide

c)

The Chinese Genocide

d)

The Nanjing Massacre

8.

Opponents of Stalin could have found themselves sent to a __________ during the Great Purge?

a)

Ghettos

b)

Dumas

c)

Gulags

d)

Factory

9.

How did Stalin transform the role of agriculture in the Soviet Union?

a)

Gave the peasants land.

b)

He collectively combined it under the state.

c)

Put numerous Kulaks in charge.

d)

Set 8 year plans for farmers.

10.

After this event, Indians became more convinced to rid themselves of British rule?

a)

The Amritsar Massacre

b)

The Long March

c)

The Indian Purge

d)

The Balfour Declaration

11.

The passage of the ______ allowed the British to deal harshly with Indian opposition.

a)

Anti-Indian Acts

b)

Smoot Hawley Tariff Act

c)

Lend Lease Act

d)

Rowlatt Acts

12.

After WWI, Japan was NOT self sufficient and was in need of natural resources.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

How did Stalin punish Ukrainians who resisted collectivization?

a)

He closed their schools.

b)

Gassed the area.

c)

Withheld all good & oil from the region killing millions.

d)

Sent the Soviet Army to capture people.

14.

Area of China that was controlled and governed by the Japanese?

a)

Manchuko

b)

Ukrain

c)

Phillipines

d)

Guam

15.

What did the Balfour Declaration express support for?

a)

Arab Nationalism

b)

A Jewish homeland in Palestine.

c)

An end to to Ottoman Empire

d)

A Christian homeland in Jerusalem.

16.

Why did the Nationalists and Communists form an alliance in 1923?

a)

To fight Japan & Korea.

b)

To fight against Russia

c)

To fight against the working class.

d)

To fight against the warlords & imperialists.

17.

Gandhi encouraged his followers to protest the British by?

a)

Joining the Indian Army.

b)

Boycotting British goods.

c)

Attacking British soldiers.

d)

Moving to China.

18.

Which group did Mao Zedong believe would drive the Chinese revolution?

a)

Urban working class

b)

Imperialists

c)

Nationalists

d)

Peasants

19.

Why did Japan attack Manchuria?

a)

Because the emperor ordered them to

b)

To stop terrorism in the area

c)

To keep Manchuria form attacking Japan

d)

To gain control of it's natural resources

20.

What was the goal of Stalin's Five-Year plans?

a)

Build up the Red Army

b)

End famine by increasing food production.

c)

Transform the Soviet Union into an industrial economy.

d)

Increase voting rights in the Soviet Union

21.

How did FDR fight the great depression in the US?

a)

Lowering prices of all goods

b)

By heavily taxing exported goods

c)

By increasing the size of the military

d)

A government program called the New Deal

22.

What created tensions between Arabs & Jews in Palestine after WWI?

a)

Competition for natural resources

b)

Both groups saw the area as their potential national state

c)

Decline of the Ottoman Empire

d)

The French Favored the Arabs

23.

________ was a loan that attempted to help Germany deal with the heavy WWI reparations forced on them.

a)

The Dawes Plan

b)

The European Union

c)

NAFTA

d)

The Marshall Plan

24.

Why did Mao Zedong lead the Long March through China?

a)

To show Nationalist strength

b)

To inspire Chinese peasants to join the Communists

c)

To conquer villages controlled by warlords

d)

To find a safe place for the Chinese Communists

25.

Many countries in Africa were granted their Independence after helping the allies win WWI.

a)

True

b)

False