wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

NEW

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

The Road to World War II

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the purpose of the 1928 Kellogg-Briand Pact?

a)

To create a world trade organization

b)

To create a common currency for use in all countries

c)

To outlaw war

d)

To legalize the use of poison gas and submarines

2.

What man led the Fascist Party in Italy during the years leading up to World War II's eruption?

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Joseph Stalin

3.

What man led the Nazi Party in Germany during the years leading up to World War II's eruption?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Francisco Franco

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Otto von Bismarck

4.

Adolf Hitler wrote a book that was published in 1924 under the title Mein Kampf; what does Mein Kampf translate to in English?

a)

My Life

b)

My Testimony

c)

My Story

d)

My Struggle

5.

What man led the Fascist Party in Spain during the years leading up to World War II's eruption?

a)

Francisco Franco

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Vittorio Orlando

6.

What prime minister led the militarist Japanese during (part of) World War II?

a)

Osachi Hamaguchi

b)

Hideki Tojo

c)

Jiang Jieshi

d)

Mao Zedong

7.

What Fascist leader's army of followers was referred to as the "Blackshirts"?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Joseph Stalin

8.

In what country did Benito Mussolini's supporters launch a "march on Rome" and occupy the city in 1922?

a)

France

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Spain

9.

What independent African country did Italy attack in 1935 and subsequently incorporate into Italy's empire?

a)

Benin

b)

Egypt

c)

Eritrea

d)

Ethiopia

10.

What poor Adriatic country in south-central Europe did Italy attack in 1939 in an effort to increase the size of Italy's empire?

a)

Albania

b)

Bulgaria

c)

Greece

d)

Yugoslavia

11.

What Fascist leader's army of supporters was referred to as the "Brownshirts"?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Francisco Franco

d)

Joseph Stalin

12.

Adolf Hitler came to power (in 1933) legally as an indirect result of democratic elections.

a)

False

b)

True

13.

What country experienced a civil war between Fascists (Falangists) and Loyalists (Republicans) during the latter half of the 1930s?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Spain

14.

In 1936, Germany moved into what formerly demilitarized area and proceeded to remilitarize the area in violation of the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Austria

b)

Rhineland

c)

Saar Valley

d)

Sudetenland

15.

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?

a)

Austria

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Hungary

d)

Poland

16.

The Munich Conference came about as a result of Germany's demand that it be permitted to annex what region in Czechoslovakia?

a)

Bohemia

b)

Moravia

c)

Rhineland

d)

Sudetenland

17.

Anti-semitism means "hatred of communists."

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Which of the following countries WAS NOT a member of the Axis Powers during World War II?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Spain

19.

The Anti-Comintern Pact was aimed at stopping the spread of what country's influence/political ideology?

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Soviet Union

d)

United States

20.

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?

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Germany

c)

Great Britain

d)

Italy

21.

What is the term used to describe giving in to aggression or demands in an effort to avoid conflict?

a)

Aggrandizement

b)

Appeasement

c)

Deterrence

d)

Nationalism

22.

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?

a)

Austria

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

France

d)

Sudetenland

23.

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?

a)

France

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Soviet Union

24.

A secret protocol in the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact provided for the division of what country's lands between Germany and the Soviet Union?

a)

Czechslovakia

b)

Hungary

c)

Poland

d)

Romania

25.

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?

a)

Berlin

b)

Danzig

c)

Memel

d)

Vienna

26.

The northeastern region of what Asian country is referred to as Manchuria?

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

India

d)

Mongolia

27.

The full-scale Japanese invasion of China began with an attack on what Chinese city during 1937?

a)

Beijing

b)

Guangzhou

c)

Shenyang

d)

Tianjin

28.

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?

a)

Chengdu

b)

Hankou

c)

Nanking

d)

Tianjin

29.

International brigades composed of anti-Fascist fighters from a variety of countries fought the Fascists during what country's 1930s civil war?

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Japan

d)

Spain

30.

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.

a)

True

b)

False