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7.2. ORIGINS OF WWII

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

WHO WAS THE 1ST COMMUNIST STATE TO BE ESTABLISHED AND WHO WAS ITS LEADER?

a)

GERMANY

ADOLF HITLER

b)

RUSSIA

JOSEPH STALIN

c)

ITALY

BENITO MUSSOLINI

d)

JAPAN

EMPEROR

HIROHITO

2.

ALL OF THE FOLLOWING ESTABLISHED A NEW POLITICAL PARTY EXCEPT __?__

a)

HITLER

b)

MUSSOLINE

c)

STALIN

d)

HIROHITO

3.

"COLLECTIVE SECURITY" WAS A PART OF WHICH TREATY THAT CHARGED NATIONS WITH BANDING TOGETHER TO HELPING TO PREVENT ANOTHER WAR LIKE WWI.

a)

TREATY OF VERSAILLES

b)

KELLOG-BRIAND

c)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS

d)

NONE OF THE ABOVE

4.

BRITAIN AND FRANCE AGREED TO GIVE HITLER CZECHOSLOVAKIA TO AVOID WAR. THAT POLICY/AGREEMENT IS KNOWN AS __?__

a)

TOTAL AGREEMENT

b)

CONSULTATIONS

c)

APPEASEMENT

d)

PROPITUATION

5.

WHAT WERE THE REASONS FOR THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS TREATY TO FAIL? CHECK ALL CORRECT ANSWERS!

a)

TREATY WAS TOO WEAK

b)

TREATY DID NOTHING TO PREVENT HITLER FROM BUILDING AN ARMY

c)

ITALY ATTACKING ETHIOPIA

d)

GERMANY FROM BOMBING SPAIN

6.

FEARING HITLER WOULD CONQUER ALL OF EUROPE, BRITAIN AND FRANCE INSISTED HITLER SIGN AN PACT CALLED __?__. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO___?__

a)

NON-AGRESSION/

TO KEEP HITLER FROM BECOMING AN IMPERIALISTIC NATION AND DOMINATING ALL OF EUROPE

b)

RUSSIAN PEACE PACT/ TO KEEP FRANCE AND BRITAIN FROM MAKING AN ALLIANCE WITH RUSSIA

c)

KELLOG-BRIAND PACT/TO KEEP THE U.S. OUT OF WAR AND STAY ISOLATED

d)

LEAGUE OF NATIONS/ TO BAND TOGETHER ALL NATIONS BEING THREATENED BY HITLER AND STALIN

7.

IN SHORT, WORLD WAR II WAS BEGUN WHEN ______ ________ ______

(a)  

8.

WHEN DID WORLD WAR II BEGIN IN EUROPE?

a)

1939

b)

1943

c)

1941

d)

1945

9.

A SECRET PACT HAD BEEN MADE PRIOR TO HITLER SIGNING THE NON-AGGRESSION PACT...WHO WAS THAT PACT WITH?

a)

MUSSOLINE IN ITALY

b)

CHURCHILL IN BRITAIN

c)

HIROHITO IN JAPAN

d)

STALIN IN RUSSIA

10.

WHAT WAS THE AGREEMENT SET FORTH IN THE MUNICH CONFERENCE?

a)

STOP HITLER FROM INVADING FRANCE AND BRITAIN

b)

GIVE HITLER POLAND

c)

GIVE HITLER EASTERN EUROPE

d)

GIVE HITLER CZECHSLOVAKIA