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Causes of WW2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Hitler's first name?

a)

Rudolph

b)

Adolph

c)

Alfonso

d)

Adolf

e)

Andrew

2.

When did Hitler become German chancellor?

a)

1922

b)

1932

c)

1933

d)

1935

e)

Mind your own business

3.

MARVEL = M

a)

Make America Great Again

b)

Make Germany Great Again

c)

Make Austria Great Again

4.

Hitler was born in ...( multiple answers )

a)

Germany

b)

Austria

c)

A bed

d)

Europe

5.

MARVEL = V

a)

Destroy Versailles Treaty

b)

Visit Paris

c)

Support Versailles Treaty

6.

MARVEL = L = 'Lebensraum'

a)

Loving German life

b)

Leaving Versailles behind

c)

Letting Communism Go

d)

More living space for Germans

7.

MARVEL = R

a)

Retaking the Rhineland

b)

Remiltarzing the Rhineland

c)

Removing the Rhineland

d)

Reclaiming the Rhineland

8.

The Rhineland is ...

a)

French land that borders Germany

b)

An German area rich in coal

c)

Germany land that borders France

9.

Hitler's Remiltarisation - 1933 - 35 .... Select the correct statements

a)

Germany army from 100,000 to 300,000

b)

Conscription banned but brought back in 1935

c)

A public miltary rally in 1935

d)

Hitler began building his airforce - Luftwaffe

e)

A public miltiary rally in 1933

10.

Why did Hitler want to go into the Rhineland?

a)

To Anschluss with Austria

b)

To increase his popularity

c)

It had been banned at Versailles

d)

For the resources

e)

He was an opportunist + hoped he would get away with it

11.

What is an opportunist?

a)

Someone who is often lucky

b)

Someone who plans every decision in advance

c)

Someone who reacts to and acts on events as they happen

12.

Should New Deal be capitalised

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

I know it should but I can't be bothered to capaitalise it.

13.

MARVEL = E

a)

End Communism

b)

End Mussolini

c)

End Fascism

14.

Why was Britain unwilling to stop German re-armament - select correct answers.

a)

They feared Communism

b)

A strong Germany could act as a 'buff'er' against the USSR

c)

A growing sense that Versailles was too harsh

d)

They feared pushing Hitler towards the Italian baddie Mussolini.

15.

Which two groups fought in the Spanish Civil War

a)

Communists V Socialists

b)

Spanish Nationalists V Communists

c)

Republicans V Fascist

16.

Why wasn't Hitler's Rhineland remiltarisation stopped? - multiple answers

a)

The League was distracted with Manchuria

b)

The French were distracted due to elections.

c)

Britain was happy to have a stronger Germany as a buffer against communism

d)

The League was distracted with Abyssinia

17.

Year of Rhineland remiltarisation?

a)

1933

b)

1935

c)

1936

d)

1937

18.

When Germany got involved with Spanish Civil War

a)

1934

b)

1935

c)

1936

d)

1937

19.

What do cows drink?

a)

Silk

b)

Cardboard

c)

Milk

d)

Cardboard

e)

Water

20.

What do sheep wear?

a)

Leather coats

b)

Wooly jumpers

c)

Soil and grass

d)

Uggs

e)

Hoodies