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WorksheetsThe Road to World War II
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the purpose of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact?
To create a world trade organization
To create a common currency for use in all countries
To outlaw war
To legalize the use of poison gas and submarines
What man led the Fascist Party in Italy during the years leading up to World War II's eruption?
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
What man led the Nazi Party in Germany during the years leading up to World War II's eruption?
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Adolf Hitler
Otto von Bismarck
Adolf Hitler wrote a book that was published in 1924 under the title Mein Kampf; what does Mein Kampf translate to in English?
My Life
My Testimony
My Story
My Struggle
What man led the Fascist Party in Spain during the years leading up to World War II's eruption?
Francisco Franco
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Vittorio Orlando
What prime minister led the militarist Japanese during (part of) World War II?
Osachi Hamaguchi
Hideki Tojo
Jiang Jieshi
Mao Zedong
What Fascist leader's army of followers was referred to as the "Blackshirts"?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Joseph Stalin
In what country did Benito Mussolini's supporters launch a "march on Rome" and occupy the city in 1922?
France
Germany
Italy
Spain
What independent African country did Italy attack in 1935 and subsequently incorporate into Italy's empire?
Benin
Egypt
Eritrea
Ethiopia
What poor Adriatic country in south-central Europe did Italy attack in 1939 in an effort to increase the size of Italy's empire?
Albania
Bulgaria
Greece
Yugoslavia
What Fascist leader's army of supporters was referred to as the "Brownshirts"?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Francisco Franco
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler came to power (in 1933) legally as an indirect result of democratic elections.
False
True
What country experienced a civil war between Fascists (Falangists) and Loyalists (Republicans) during the latter half of the 1930s?
Germany
Italy
Soviet Union
Spain
In 1936, Germany moved into what formerly demilitarized area and proceeded to remilitarize the area in violation of the Treaty of Versailles?
Austria
Rhineland
Saar Valley
Sudetenland
In 1938, Germany announced the anschluss, or its "union," with what country -- despite union with that country having been forbidden by the Treaty of Versailles?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
The Munich Conference came about as a result of Germany's demand that it be permitted to annex what region in Czechoslovakia?
Bohemia
Moravia
Rhineland
Sudetenland
Anti-semitism means "hatred of communists."
True
False
Which of the following countries WAS NOT a member of the Axis Powers during World War II?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Spain
The Anti-Comintern Pact was aimed at stopping the spread of what country's influence/political ideology?
France
Great Britain
Soviet Union
United States
Which of the following countries DID NOT have a representative present at the September 1938 Munich Conference during which the fate of the Sudetenland was decided?
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
What is the term used to describe giving in to aggression or demands in an effort to avoid conflict?
Aggrandizement
Appeasement
Deterrence
Nationalism
Which of the following countries/cities/territories WAS NOT taken over by Germany prior to the "official" start of World War II in Europe on September 1, 1939?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
France
Sudetenland
With what country did Germany sign a nonaggression pact during the weeks leading up to the start of World War II (in Europe) on September 1, 1939?
France
Italy
Japan
Soviet Union
A secret protocol in the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact provided for the division of what country's lands between Germany and the Soviet Union?
Czechslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
On the same day that it launched its invasion of Poland (September 1, 1939), what "free" port city with a predominantly German population did Germany annex?
Berlin
Danzig
Memel
Vienna
The northeastern region of what Asian country is referred to as Manchuria?
China
Japan
India
Mongolia
The full-scale Japanese invasion of China began with an attack on what Chinese city during 1937?
Beijing
Guangzhou
Shenyang
Tianjin
The Japanese army's attack against what Chinese city during December 1937 became infamous for the army's cruelty to the city's residents -- especially its female residents?
Chengdu
Hankou
Nanking
Tianjin
International brigades composed of anti-Fascist fighters from a variety of countries fought the Fascists during what country's 1930s civil war?
Germany
Italy
Japan
Spain
During the mi- and late 1930s, the United States Congress passed a series of neutrality acts
with the intent of strengthening the United States' alliance with Great Britain and France.
True
False
