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WW2 - Causes Review

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The name of the agreement signed at the end of WW1 was
a)
The Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Peace Clause
c)
The League of Nations
d)
The Treaty of Berlin
2.
Who was the leader of the Fascist party in Italy?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Woodrow Wilson
c)
Benito Mussolini
d)

Joseph Stalin

3.

What was one of the first things Hitler did that violated the Versailles Treaty and was necessary for his later plans?

a)

Take the Sudetenland

(Czechoslovakia)

b)

Rebuild the German army

c)

Unite with Austria

d)

Invade Poland

4.

Which country "united" w/ Germany in 1938? (Whether they really wanted to or not...)

a)

Austria

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Hungary

5.

What did Britain and France agree to "give" to Germany in the Munich Agreement in 1938 (in the hope that this would be his last territorial expansion)?

a)

Alsace-Lorraine (part of France)

b)

Austria

c)

Sudetenland

(part of Czechoslovakia)

d)

Poland

6.

What did Hitler do the year after the "Munich Agreement" (where he had promised just the opposite)?

a)

Hitler took over the rest of Czechoslovakia and also invaded Poland

b)

Hitler invaded France

c)

Hitler made a deal with Stalin

d)

Hitler made world peace

7.

Why did Britain and France finally declare war on Germany?

a)

Because Hitler invaded Poland

b)

Because Hitler stopped paying reparations

c)

Because Hitler was persecuting Jewish people

d)

Because Hitler invaded France

8.

What are TWO ways that people justified appeasement?

a)

Securing Britain against social upheaval at home

b)

Strengthening Germany in order to protect Western Europe from communism

c)

Germany had some legitimate complaints after the Treaty of Versailles

d)

Maintaining the balance of power in Europe

e)

Wanted to avoid another devastating war like the "Great War" twenty years earlier

9.

During the mid-to-late 1930s, most people in Britain supported the policy of appeasement because they wanted to avoid war.

a)

True

b)

False

10.
The practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war.
a)

Kindness

b)

Isolationism

c)
Appeasement
d)
Blitzkrieg
11.
When was Pearl Harbor attacked?
a)
December 7, 1941
b)
September 1, 1939
c)
October 31, 1941
d)
December 25, 1941
12.

Which 3 countries were the primary members o ft he Axis Powers?

a)

American, England, and Russia

b)

Sweden, Germany, and Denmark

c)

Italy, Russia, and Austria

d)

Italy, Germany, and Japan

13.
Hideki Tojo led which country's military during World War II?
a)
Italy
b)
Soviet Union
c)
Japan
d)
United States
14.

Japan used convenient (or invented) incidents to justify invading parts of this country...

a)

China

b)

Korea

c)

the U.S.

d)

Vietnam

15.

This group eventually dominated Japanese policy and government by the late-1930 and they were very aggressive in their foreign policy.

a)

The military

b)

The Emperor

c)

The civilian gov't

d)

Foreign Powers

16.

Which type of foreign policy best characterizes Japan in the 1930s?

a)

Territorial Expansion

b)

International Cooperation

c)

Appeasement

d)

Isolationism

17.

TRUE OR FALSE: The League of Nations acted swiftly and strongly to aid their member nations, including China (after Japan's attack) and Ethiopia (after Italy's invasion).

a)

True

b)

False

18.

(Select more than one answer!)

Which of the following were problems that Germany had with the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Smaller military

b)

Lost territory

c)

Joined League of Nations

d)

Former leader was executed after the war

e)

Admit the war was their fault