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WorksheetsThe World Wars Episodes
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 30mins
WWI began when Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia one month after:
Serbia tried to take more of Austria-Hungary's land.
Serbia burned their flag.
Archduke Ferdinand and his wife were killed.
Serbia won more Olympic medals.
Which of the following best defines 'The belief that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests'?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
The term that relates to one country taking over another during the later half of the Nineteenth Century was?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Nationalism is defined as what?
When a country increases their power and wealth by bringing additional territories under their control.
The development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy.
A devotion to the interests and culture of one's nation.
What was "no man's land"?
the trenches
Russia
the land between the sides
church
The Treaty of Versailles required Germany to admit that they had started the war and to pay back the Allies the amount of 32 billion dollars.
Russia
The U.S.
Germany
Georgia
Which nation had to drop out of the war because there was a communist revolution in their country?
US
France
Britain
Russia
How did the German people react to the Treaty of Versailles?
They were okay with it because they realized that they lost the war
They loved it because it was so favorable to them
They hated it because it treated them severely
Most Germans didn't really care
What were President Wilson's proposed points called that he brought to Versailles?
Fourteen Points
Seven Points
Ten Points
Two Points
What country's refusal to join the League of Nations helped ensure that the League would ultimately fail in its mission?
China
France
Great Britain
United States
Which type of political philosophy gave rise to dictators with total power, who denied other individuals freedoms?
Fascism
Socialism
Communism
Anarchism
The ruler of the Soviet Union
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
The ruler of Germany
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Emperor Hirohito
The ruler of Italy
Benito Mussolini
Emperor Tojo
Adolf Hitler
Joseph Stalin
What was one reason the Nazi programs and policies of the early 1930s appealed to many people in Germany?
The people were frustrated with their current political and economic situation.
Germany had been denied membership to the UN.
Communism had been forced on them.
Germans feared that the British and French would take control.
What led to the rise of totalitarian governments in Germany, Italy, and Spain in the 1920s and 1930s?
The success of the Communists in a command economy.
Severe economic problems that arose in Europe after WWI.
The active support of the United States.
Movements demanding the return of the old monarchies.
In what way did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of World War II?
It called for eliminating the League of Nations.
It gave Germany too much power by letting them keep land conquered in World War I.
It required France, England, and Russia to reduce the size of their armies.
It imposed harsh reparations on Germany, which led to economic and political instability
What event caused World War II?
Germany invades France.
Britain defends itself against Germany.
Germany invades Poland.
A German U-boat sinks the Lusitania.
What was the ultimate aim of the Appeasement Policy?
Destroy Russia
Prevent war with Germany
Destroy Hitler
Strengthen Britain & France
What were Hitler's goals for Germany?
Build a stronger and bigger Germany
Unify all Aryans/Germans in Europe
Abolish the terms and conditions of the Treaty of Versailles
All of the above
What was Hitler's main reason for the German annexation of Sudetenland?
Sudetenland was a predominantly German-speaking territory, hence it should be part of Germany.
Sudetenland was a mineral-rich territory.
Czechoslovakia was oppressing the German-speaking people in Sudetenland, thus Germany had to save them.
Hitler hated Czechoslovakia.
Europeans allowing Italy and Germany to expand militarily and grab territory was called-
"Appeasement"
"Reconciliation"
"Reparation"
"Regret"
Japan began to create an empire due to-
a need for natural resources and land
response to an attack from China triggered a war
an arms race for nuclear weapons
a secret alliance between Japan and the United States
Hitler blamed all of Germany's problems on which people?
Jews
Slavs
French
Germans
Which laws stripped Jews of German citizenship?
Nuremberg
Berlin
Munich
Hamburg
Germans attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues on this "night."
Kristallnacht
New Deal
Gurkenacht
Great Purge
Why was this night known as "the night of the broken glass"?
Someone broke a glass cup and forgot to clean it up.
The Nazis were playing baseball and broke a window.
The Nazis broke through synagogues, schools, and other Jewish buildings, and broken glass was all over the streets.
The Jews threw glass at SS officers as a protest.
Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals, and gypsies.
sick
handicapped
dwarfs
Dutch
Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews; these sections were called
apartments
projects
ghettos
government housing
Which of the following best describes the 'final solution'?
The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.
The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.
The conscription of German males into the military.
The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.
The deliberate destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group is called
Holocaust
Genocide
Concentration Camp
Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws
separated Jews from German society
said Jews couldn't marry non-Jews
said Jews couldn't own businesses
all of the above
__________: The Atomic Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were products of this secretive government project.
The Alliance Project
The Secret Bomb Project
Atomic Alliance
The Manhattan Project
What were the names of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
Fat Man and Little Guy
Fat Boy and Little Boy
Big Man and Little Boy
Fat Man and Little Boy
What were the main reasons that President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs?
Japan was going to surrender anyway.
Japan and Italy were fighting the allies.
A land invasion would cost 500,000 American and 2,000,000 Japanese casualties.
Truman wanted to end the war quickly.
At the Nuremberg Trials, what were the Nazi leaders charged with?
Planning the war and crimes against humanity.
Using poison gas.
Forcing conquered people to work in munition factories.
Kidnapping children.
Near the end of the Second World War, what cities did the United States drop atomic bombs on?
Pearl Harbor and Hiroshima
Pearl Harbor and Nagasaki
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
