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Europe History Classwork

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 50mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Describe Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

a)

Constitutional Monarch

b)

Autocratic Dictator

c)

Parliamentary Democracy

d)

Autocratic Monarch

e)

I don't know.

2.

Industrialization is the change...

a)

from war to peace

b)

from farms to factories

c)

from monarchy to democracy

d)

from alliances to treaties

e)

I don't know.

3.

Militarism is the belief that...

a)

everything should be equal

b)

the people have a voice

c)

a big army makes a country great

d)

the king has all the power

e)

I don't know.

4.

What are the four MAIN causes of World War I?

a)

Pay Money; give up Army; solve Inequality; give up Nation

b)

Monarchy; Anarchy; Instability; Negotiation

c)

Monotheism; Austria; Intelligence; Negativity

d)

Militarism; Alliances; Industrialization; Nationalism

e)

I don't know.

5.

Which country was the leader of the Central Powers in World War I?

a)

Austria-Hungary

b)

Russia

c)

Britain

d)

Germany

e)

I don't know.

6.

A young Serbian man murdered the prince of Austria-Hungary and his wife. This was the spark that stated World War I. When?

a)

October 1917

b)

September 1, 1939

c)

Summer 1914

d)

April 1945

e)

I don't know.

7.

Soldiers wait in a muddy ditch. What is this called?

a)

Trench Warfare

b)

The Communist Manifesto

c)

Parliamentary Democracy

d)

D-Day, June 6, 1944

e)

I don't know.

8.

Treaty of Versailles, 1919: What did France and Britain want to do?

a)

Make Germany communist like the Soviet Union

b)

Force Czar Nicholas to abdicate

c)

Punish Germany to create peace in Europe

d)

Give Austria to Nazi Germany

e)

I don't know.

9.

What might be a quote from Czar Nicholas II?

a)

"I want my son to bring communism to Russia."

b)

"I want to give Russia to my son, just as my father gave it to me."

c)

"I want my son's army to capture Berlin, not the US Army."

d)

"I want my son to take over when Lenin dies."

e)

I don't know.

10.

Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin: how were they similar?

a)

They both fought in World War I.

b)

They were both Russian.

c)

They both believed in common work and common benefit.

d)

They were both prisoners in concentration camps.

e)

I don't know.

11.

Lenin died in 1924. Who took over?

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Karl Marx.

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Stalin

e)

I don't know.

12.

Germany 1932: what might this poster say?

a)

Vote Communist!

b)

Vote for Churchill!

c)

Vote for Stalin!

d)

Vote Armistice!

e)

I don't know.

13.

1. US economy crashed in 1929.

2. German economy crashed in 1932.

3. What happened next?

a)

3. Germany attacked Poland, and Britain declared war.

b)

3. Six million German workers lost their jobs.

c)

3. Hitler and Stalin made a deal to split Poland.

d)

3. The Nazi air force bombed cities in Britain.

e)

I don't know.

14.

What is one of Hitler's promises?

a)

Establish communism in Germany.

b)

Remove impure people from Germany.

c)

Give up 10% of German land.

d)

Change Stalingrad to Hitlergrad.

e)

I don't know.

15.

Which happened in 1933?

a)

Britain declared war after Germany invaded Poland.

b)

Germany marched into Austria and took over.

c)

Soviet soldiers surrounded the city of Stalingrad.

d)

Hitler grabbed power as an autocratic dictator.

e)

I don't know.

16.

Germany 1932: This young man has no job. What might he do?

a)

Vote for Churchill and the Empire Party.

b)

Vote for Stalin and the Communist Party.

c)

Vote for Hitler and the Nazi Party

d)

Vote for Marx and the Manifesto Party.

e)

I don't know.

17.

1938: What happened to Austria?

a)

It became communist.

b)

The Nazis marched in.

c)

It bombed Britain.

d)

The prince was killed.

e)

I don't know.

18.

What does this map show?

a)

D-Day 1944, when the US and Britain attacked German territory.

b)

September 1939, when Germany attacked Poland.

c)

May 1945, when Soviet Soldiers captured Berlin.

d)

August 1914, when Russia declared war on Germany.

e)

I don't know.

19.

1940: Which leader said, "We shall defend our island."

a)

Joseph Stalin

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

d)

Winston Churchill

e)

I don't know.

20.

1941: Germany invaded the Soviet Union. What happened?

a)

The Soviet army surrendered.

b)

The Germans were defeated.

c)

Britain rushed to help its ally Russia.

d)

Both sides dug trenches to wait for an attack.

e)

I don't know.

21.

In Nazi territory, Jewish people were put on trains and taken to...

a)

trenches

b)

concentration camps

c)

Holocaust

d)

Stalingrad

e)

I don't know.

22.

Spring 1945: US and British armies attack Germany from the west. Who attacks from the east?

a)

Poland

b)

Austria

c)

Soviet Union

d)

France

e)

I don't know.

23.

After World War II, what kind of government did the blue countries have?

a)

Communism

b)

Autocracy

c)

Democracy

d)

Monarchy

e)

I don't know.

24.

After World War II, what kind of government did the countries in red have?

a)

Anarchy

b)

Armistice

c)

Communist

d)

Casualties

e)

I don't know.

25.

1945-1990, Cold War: who were the superpowers?

a)

Germany and Austria-Hungary

b)

France and Britain

c)

United States and Soviet Union

d)

Poland and Austria

e)

I don't know.