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Causes of WWII

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What country did Japan invade in 1931 for more natural resources?

a)

China

b)

Soviet Union

c)

United States

d)

France

2.

Which of the following was a punishment inflicted on Germany by the Treaty of Versailles?

a)

Germany had to accept full blame for starting WWI

b)

Germany had to pay reparations

c)

Germany had to give up colonies & land

d)

All of These

3.

What policy does the political cartoon represent?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Appeasement

c)

Germany-Russia Pact

d)

Nazi Pact

e)

Nazi-Soviet Pact

4.

Which of the following countries was NOT a member of the Axis Powers?

a)

Italy

b)

France

c)

Germany

d)

Japan

5.

What did Hitler know about democratic nations that caused him to grow bolder?

a)

All of These

b)

They were fine with Germany becoming the top European power

c)

They wanted to go to war

d)

They wanted to avoid war

6.

World War II lasted from 1939 until ______.

a)

1941

b)

1943

c)

1945

d)

1947

7.

What was Japans ultimate goal?

a)

To become powerful enough to conquer China

b)

To become the most powerful Asian Empire

c)

To help Asians escape Imperial rule

d)

To become powerful enough to conquer Russia

8.

Giving into demands from an aggressor in order to keep the peace is known as what?

a)

Peace treaties

b)

Coddling

c)

Aggression

d)

Appeasement

9.

Which Asian Country began expanding its empire in the 1930's and 40's

a)

China

b)

Japan

c)

Mongolia

d)

Korea

10.

Allied Europeans and the League of Nations used appeasement with Nazi Germany early on, appeasement is to

a)

creating confrontation with someone in order to get them to back down right away

b)

giving Nazi Germany what they want to avoid confrontation not wanting another war

c)

taunting the citizens of Nazi Germany in order to force Hitler to make a bad choice

d)

Ignoring the issue of Hitler's conquests hoping that he will end up hurting himself

11.

What policy does the political cartoon represent?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Impressment

c)

Stalinism

d)

Appeasement

e)

Accountment

12.

Which term is defined as payment for damages?

a)

mandate

b)

armistice

c)

reparation

d)

militarism

13.

What problem did Japan face that led to it becoming an aggressive imperialist country?

a)

China wanted to invade Japan

b)

Not enough natural resources

c)

Population was too small

d)

Military was weak

14.

In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability

led to the

a)

rise of fascist dictatorships

b)

development of nuclear arms

c)

abandonment of colonial territories

d)

establishment of the League of Nations

15.

Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as

unfair to Germany?

a)

Soviet Nonaggression Pact

b)

Munich Pact

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

16.

Japan believed in its destiny to dominate Asia, based on the idea of Japanese racial and cultural superiority.

a)

nationalism

b)

alliances

c)

militarism

d)

imperialism

17.

One reason for the outbreak of World War II was

the

a)

ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

b)

growing tension between the United

States and the Soviet Union

c)

conflict between the Hapsburg and the

Romanov families

d)

refusal of the German government to sign

the Treaty of Versailles

18.

WWII officially began when Germany invaded ________ in 1939.

a)

France

b)

Czechoslovakia

c)

Austria

d)

Poland

19.
What did Hideki Tojo, Adolf Hitler, and Benito Mussolini have in common? 
a)
They were communists.  
b)
They were dictators 
c)
They lived in Germany
d)
They belonged to the same book club
20.

Where did Italy invade in 1935?

a)

Great Britain

b)

China

c)

Austria

d)

Ethiopia