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Appeasement and the Road to War Quiz 1

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all of the countries that made up the Triple Entente

a)

Russia

b)

France

c)

United Kingdom

2.

Which of the following is NOT a term of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

The German army was reduced to 100,000 men.

b)

The German navy was only allowed 6 warships and no submarines.

c)

Germany was allowed to maintain the Luftwaffe.

d)

Germany lost all her colonies (overseas lands she controlled).

3.

In what year was the League of Nations founded?

a)

1917

b)

1918

c)

1919

d)

1920

e)

1921

4.

Who was the U.S President during WWI?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Abraham Lincoln

c)

Warren G. Harding

d)

George W. Bush

5.

Which of the following was NOT considered a success of the League of Nations?

a)

Danzig was established as a free city.

b)

The League's involvement in the invasion of Bulgaria.

c)

The League's handling of Austria's economic difficulties.

d)

The League's handling of the Manchurian Crisis.

6.

Between what years did the Manchurian Crisis take place?

a)

1920 - 1923

b)

1931 - 1933

c)

1936 - 1937

d)

1928 - 1930

7.

What was the Hoare-Laval Pact?

a)

A League of Nation's plan to offer Benito Mussolini most of Abyssinia in return for a truce in the Italo-Ethiopian War.

b)

An agreement between Britain and France to go to war against Italy over the Abyssinian Crisis.

c)

A secret plan between Britain and France to offer Benito Mussolini most of Abyssinia in return for a truce in the Italo-Ethiopian War.

d)

An agreement between Belgium and France to offer Emperor Hirohito most of Manchuria in return for a truce in the War of Manchuria.

8.

Who were the untermensch?

a)

Non-Aryan "subhumans"

b)

Non-Aryan "super-humans"

c)

A derogatory term for the British

d)

A derogatory term for the Japanese

9.

Who was the leader of the Sudeten Germans?

a)

Konrad Henlein

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Josef Goebells

10.

Where did Chamberlain go to meet Hitler, 15 September 1938?

a)

Berlin

b)

Bad Godesberg

c)

Munich

d)

Berchtesgaden

11.

Which of these countries was prevented from joining the League of Nations by its Senate?

a)

USA

b)

USSR

c)

Japan

d)

Bulgaria

12.

Which of the following concepts was based on Hitler's belief that the German people needed more territory to prosper?

a)

Anschluss

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Lebenborn

d)

Gross Deutschland

13.

In May 1939 Hitler signed the Pact of Friendship and Alliance, also called the Pact of Steel, with which European ally?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

14.

In 1936 Hitler ordered German troops into which region, previously demilitarised by the Treaty of Versailles

a)

Alsace

b)

Rhineland

c)

Lorraine

d)

Saxony

15.

Which army officer gave his name to a November 1937 memorandum detailing Nazi war plans?

a)

Hossbach

b)

Zimmerman

c)

Eichmann

d)

von Stauffenberg