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Unit 6: Global Conflict

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Making matters worse, an epidemic of influenza called _______________________ left 20 million people dead worldwide while WWI was being fought. 
a)
The Great Plague
b)
Asian Flu
c)
The Epidemic of All Time
d)
The Spanish Flu
2.
WWI was a _________________, or a war in which the countries involved devoted all of their resources to the war effort.
a)
Trench Warfare
b)
Total War
c)
Crusade
d)
Jihad
3.
____________________ leader Vladimir Lenin seized power in November 1917 and signed the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk with Germany in March 1918, ending Russia's involvement in the war.
a)
Fascist
b)
Democratic
c)
Republican
d)
Communist 
4.

Which area of Europe was known as the “Powder Keg” of Europe prior to the outbreak of World War I?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

5.

The immediate cause of World War I was the

a)

assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

b)

Japanese alliance with Germany

c)

treaty agreement at Versailles

d)

German invasion of Poland

6.

“Bombardment, barrage, curtain-fire, mines, gas, tanks, machine-guns, hand-grenades — words, words, but they hold the horror of the world.”

— Erich Maria Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front


This quotation best describes the effects of the

a)

technological developments used during World War I

b)

formation of alliances in World War II

c)

tension between the superpowers during the Cold War

d)

protests against reforms during the Indian independence movement

7.

Disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, creation of new nation-states in central Europe, and Germany’s loss of colonies were all consequences of

a)

the Napoleonic Wars

b)

the Franco-Prussian War

c)

World War I

d)

World War II

8.
Who was the "Mad Monk" that was an aid to Tsarina Alexandria before the Russian Revolution
a)
Rumi
b)
Roma
c)
Rasputin
d)
Romanov
9.

Yugoslavia was created as a result of WWI

a)

True

b)

False

10.

This image represent:

a)

American propaganda against the Japanese

b)

American propaganda against the British

c)

American propaganda against the Germans

d)

American Propaganda against the Americans

11.

What was the German war plan that was designed to avoid a two front war ?

a)

Bismarck plan.

b)

Schlieffen plan.

c)

XVII plan.

d)

Brest Litovsk plan.

12.

Imperialism was one of the causes of WWI

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Militarism was one of the causes of WWI

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Religion was one of the causes of WWI

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What year did the Pandemic of the Spanish Flu occur

a)

1932

b)

1952

c)

1948

d)

1918

16.

Some Asians and African from Europeans colonies fought in WWI

a)

True

b)

False

17.

What type of totalitarian government was Italy ruled under when Benito Mussolini was in power?

a)

Nazism

b)

Fascism

c)

Communism

d)

Capitalism

18.

Who was Vladimir Lenin?

a)

Communist revolutionary who went against the Russian King

b)

Russian soldier in WWI

c)

Wealthy businessman from Holland

d)

Germany spy

19.

The Great Depression lasting from 1929-1939

a)

effected the US only

b)

effected countries around the world

c)

only mildly effected people

d)

was caused by Hitler

20.

Totalitarianism is a form of government that

a)

asserts total control over the lives of its citizens

b)

allows for individuality

c)

equality distributes the wealth of the nation to its people

d)

does not have any historical examples

21.

German leader Adolf Hitler

a)

was a soldier in WWI

b)

born in Germany

c)

was elected Chancellor

d)

broke the Treaty of Versailles without punishment

22.

What is nationalism?

a)

Being proud of your heritage or country

b)

Creating partnerships

c)

Seizure of country from stronger country

d)

Building an army

23.

What is imperialism?

a)

Proud of your heritage or country

b)

Building an army

c)

Seizure of a country from a stronger country

d)

Creating partnerships

24.

Which countries were part of the Triple Alliance?

a)

Russia, France, Great Britain

b)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, Italy

c)

Russia, Germany, Austria-Hungary

d)

France, Germany, Italy

25.

Which countries were part of the Triple Entente?

a)

Russia, Great Britain, France

b)

Austria-Hungary, Germany, Italy

c)

Serbia, Austria-Hungary, Germany

d)

Italy, France, Great Britain

26.

Which country left the Triple Alliance?

a)

Italy

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Germany

d)

Belgium

27.

What is an alliance?

a)

Building partnerships

b)

Seizure of territory by another country

c)

Proud of your heritage

d)

Building an army

28.

Which country didn't support Serbia and their idea of a Slavic homeland?

a)

Germany

b)

Russia

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Bosnia

29.

Which trench was used to fight in World War I?

a)

Front line

b)

Communication

c)

Support

d)

Reserve

30.

What is No Man's Land?

a)

Land between the opposing trenches

b)

Land used for battlefields

c)

Land used for the bathroom

d)

Land behind the trenches

31.

Which countries fought on the Eastern Front in WWI?

a)

Germany and Austria-Hungary vs. Russia

b)

Germany vs. France

c)

Bulgaria vs. Italy

d)

None of the above

32.

Which countries fought on the Western Front in WWI?

a)

Germany vs. France

b)

Germany and Austria-Hungary vs. Russia

c)

Germany vs. Serbia

d)

France vs. Russia

33.

Which country dropped out of WWI due to their country's revolution?

a)

Germany

b)

France

c)

Russia

d)

Great Britain

34.

Why did the United States enter World War I?

(There are 2 answers)

a)

German submarines sunk the Lusitania killing 128 Americans

b)

Germany sent Zimmerman telegram to Mexico asking them to join the war

c)

United States wanted to help their allies Great Britain and France

d)

Italy asked the United States to help in the war

35.

What is the Schlieffen Plan?

a)

Germany surrenders and loses WWI

b)

Germany wants to defeat France in a short amount of time so the soldiers can fight on the Eastern Front

c)

Germany wants to join forces with Russia

d)

None of the above

36.

What is an armistice?

a)

Agreement to end war

b)

Agreement to continue war

c)

Agreement that Germany caused the war

d)

Agreement that Germany would lose land

37.
Which of the following countries had a totalitarian government in World War 2?
a)
Italy
b)
France
c)
Britain
d)
United States
38.
Which of the following caused the Great Depression?
a)
Hitler invading Poland
b)
Stock market crash of 1929
c)
Storming of the Bastille
d)
Assassination of the Archduke
39.
Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?
a)
dropping atomic bombs on Japan
b)
killing of the Jews
c)
secret plan to invade Poland
d)
the official end of World War 2
40.
What event caused World War 2 to occur?
a)
assassination of the archduke
b)

Germany invaded Poland

c)
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor
d)
Germany invaded Austria
41.
The Non-Aggression Pact was the agreement between what two figures? (They promised not to attack each other)
a)
Hitler and Mussolini
b)
Hitler and Stalin
c)
Churchill and Stalin
d)
FDR and Hitler
42.
What was Hitler's form of government during WW2?
a)
Nazism
b)
Communism
c)
Democracy
d)
Socialism
43.
D-Day was a major event for what reason?
a)
the Allies took over Germany
b)
the Allies took back France
c)
the Allies captured Hitler
d)
Allies invaded Japan
44.
What alliance are the men pictured?
a)
Allies
b)
Axis
c)
Warsaw Pact
d)
Central
45.
At the beginning of the war, the U.S. was...
a)
neutrality
b)
aggression
c)
racism
d)
nationalism
46.
Which country was liberated (set free) during D-Day?
a)
France
b)
Portugal
c)
Germany
d)
Britain
47.
What document ended WWI and caused WW2 to happen?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
14 Points
c)
Northwest Passage
d)
Middle Passage
48.
Joseph Stalin was the leader of what country?
a)
France
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Germany
d)
Britain
49.
Which president was most effective in helping the U.S. recover from the Great Depression?
a)
FDR
b)
Truman
c)
JFK
d)
Churchill
50.
Who was the leader of Britain during World War 2?
a)
Stalin
b)
FDR
c)
Churchill
d)
Mussolini
51.
Which form of government did the men pictured create?
a)
Communism
b)
Socialism
c)
Totalitarian
d)
Democracy
52.

This British diplomat followed a policy of "appeasement" (giving Hitler what he wanted to avoid war) which eventually made Hitler bold enough to invade both Czechoslovakia and Poland.

a)

Roosevelt

b)

Stalin

c)

Chamberlain

d)

Churchill

53.

Where was the first successful atomic bomb tested?

a)

Okinawa

b)

New Mexico

c)

Alaska

d)

Hiroshima

e)

Area 51

54.

Why is the Battle of Britain important?

a)

It was the first major defeat of the Nazis in the war.

b)

It was the first time the Nazis used their airforce.

c)

Neither Britain nor Germany suffered many losses of life or equipment.

55.

Who was the only one to survive the Camp?

a)

Edith Frank

b)

Margot Frank

c)

Anne Frank

d)

Otto Frank

56.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
57.
What does the term genocide mean?
a)
the killing of all the pets in a country
b)
The murder of all the children in a country
c)
The murder of a particular gender of people like all the males
d)
the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation.
58.
Hostility to or prejudice against Jews is known as
a)
Pro-Judaism
b)
Anti-Judaism
c)
Anti-Jewishism
d)
Anti-Semitism
59.
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called
a)
apartments
b)
projects
c)
ghettos
d)
government housing
60.
What did Jewish people in Nazi controlled areas have to wear to identify them as Jews?
a)
a yellow star of David
b)
a sign that said Jew
c)
Black clothes
d)
A yellow cross
61.
________ __________ is a place of detention  where people were imprisoned often under barbaric conditions
a)
Nazi Party
b)
Displaced persons
c)
Warsaw Ghetto
d)
Concentration Camp
62.
What number closest represent the number of Jews killed during the Holocaust
a)
6,000,000
b)
6,000
c)
600,000,000
d)
1,000,000
63.
Which statement about ghettos is not correct?
a)
Many families lived together in one small apartment.
b)
People were always hungry.
c)
The residents of the ghetto were free to come and go as they pleased.
d)
Living conditions were unsanitary.
64.

This leader used methods of totalitarian such as police terror, indoctrination, propaganda, censorship, religious, and ethnic persecutions to suborn and gain absolute power of the Soviet Union.

a)

Stalin

b)

Roosevelt

c)

Hitler

d)

Churchill

65.

Who is the leader that used militarism to establish Germany as a major world power prior to World War I.

a)

Hitler

b)

Himmler

c)

Stalin

d)

Wilhelm

66.

By restricting freedoms and civil liberties of their citizens, totalitarian governments gain...

a)

Control over their citizens.

b)

Control over international relationships.

c)

A more open market for free trade.

d)

The respect of their peoples.

67.

Which of the following strategies did totalitarian dictators in 1930s Europe use to secure their dominance in their respective countries?

a)

They got rid of their opponents in order to suppress dissenting voices

b)

They limited the freedoms of citizens

c)

They used propaganda to manipulate though

d)

All of the above.

68.

What steps did Adolf Hitler take to establish his vision of a “Third Reich,” or rebirth of a German Empire?

a)

He negotiated the release of German soldiers from overseas prisons

b)

He freed German colonies in Africa in order to relieve resources for the war effort at home

c)

He worked with the League of Nations to secure peace around the world.

d)

He violated aspects of the Treaty of Versailles and took steps to annex territories with ties to German culture such as Austria and the Sudetenland.

69.

After her tragic death at a Jewish concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen, this Jewish girl lives on through her diary entries that were written during her 2 years of hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam. “In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

a)

Anne Frank

b)

Eva Braun

c)

Gertrude Stein

d)

Elenore Roosevelt

70.

Summer, 1942 - armed resistance by Jews in ghettos of Kletzk, Kremenets, Lakhva, Mir, Tuchin, Weisweiz April 19, 1943 - Warsaw Ghetto revolt begins as Germans attempt to liquidate 70,000 inhabitants; Jewish underground fights Nazis until early June Summer, 1943 - Armed resistance by Jews in Bedzin, Bialystok, Czestochowa, Lvov, and Tarnów ghettos October 7, 1944 - Revolt by inmates at Auschwitz; one crematorium blown up


The above items reflect

a)

the spirit of Jewish Europeans to resist the atrocities of the Holocaust

b)

the tenacity of democratic peoples to counter the political maneuvering of Socialist Bolsheviks.

c)

attempts by Fascists in Germany to overturn the parliamentary government.

d)

Attempts by the British to combat Nazi air attacks during the Battle of Britain

71.

“They did their best to find ways of creating a normal Japanese culture within the camps when the government that was forcing them into camps was actively trying to strip them of their culture and customs.” Nicholas H. Sieber, 2020 The excerpt above details ways in which Japanese Americans

a)

Showed resistance to forced internment by the American government during WWII.

b)

Showed respect for their culture and traditions.

c)

Showed support for the homefront effort in the USA.

d)

Showed respect for Emperor Hirohito despite being American citizens.

72.

“We are now prepared to obliterate more rapidly and completely every productive enterprise the Japanese have above ground in any city. We shall destroy their docks, their factories, and their communications. Let there be no mistake; we shall completely destroy Japan's power to make war.” - Harry S. Truman, President of the United States of America, Aug. 6, 1945.The quote above references the invention and use of what powerful weapon?

a)

Poison gas

b)

Tanks

c)

Airplanes

d)

Atomic bomb

73.

What invention allowed the Royal Air Force advanced warning of German air attacks and successfully avoiding capture by the Nazis?

a)

Poison gas

b)

Radar

c)

Tanks

d)

Anti-aircraft arms

74.

Despite the death of nearly 6 million jews, 4 million jews pressed on to survive the religious and ethnic persecution and genocide of...

a)

The Battle of Stalingrad

b)

The Holocaust

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Pearl Harbor

75.

November 9, 1938 was the first systematically orchestrated Nazi attack on the Jewish people was know as “The Night of Broken Glass” or

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Kristallnacht

d)

Kamikaze

76.

During WWI the “Triple Entente” consisted of

a)

Great Britain, France, and Russia

b)

Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy

c)

USA, Great Britain, and France

d)

Germany, Japan, and Italy

77.

The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand was an attempt to support nationalist efforts to liberate Serbians from

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

France

d)

Russia

78.

How did nationalism, imperialism, and militarism help set the stage for World War I? Choose the best answer.

a)

Nationalism and imperialism intensified rivalry among nations, and militarism increased their fighting power

b)

Nationalism and imperialism allowed empires to work with each other, helping to establish long periods of peace

c)

Nations reduced the sizes of their militaries in an effort to maintain peace with each other

d)

Imperialism saw the weapon sales between various competing nations in an effort to increase the size of their militaries

79.

In what ways was World War I a “total war?”

a)

Governments devoted nearly all their resources to war

b)

Every continent, minus Antarctica, was represented by soldiers who fought in the war

c)

Citizens of warring countries supported the war financially by purchasing war bonds, by donating materials, and by rationing items at home

d)

All of the above.

80.

The moral building military and civilian rescue of 338,000 British and French troops happened on the beaches at?

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Normandy

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Omaha

81.

Agreement concluded at Munich, September 29, 1938, between Germany, Great Britain, France and Italy


“GERMANY, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, taking into consideration the agreement, which has been already reached in principle for the cession to

a)

Appeasement

b)

Apparition

c)

Communism

d)

Self-determination

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