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Quiz A
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1 - Which international association, whose goal was to keep peace among nations, condemned the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 but had no power to enforce its decisions largely because the United States was not a member?
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2 - In defiance of which treaty, Hitler began to rebuild his armed forces in 1935 and moved his troops into the Rhineland in 1936?
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3 - Soon after Hitler and Mussolini formed the Rome-Berlin Axis in 1936, they sent troops, tanks, and airplanes to help General Francisco Franco wage civil war in which country that ultimately led to him becoming its fascist dictator in 1939?
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4 - What term describes the United States’ belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided in order to prevent the costly error of being dragged into another foreign war?
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5 - Anti-Semitism, or hatred of which group of people, was a key part of Nazism?
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6 - What term describes a militant political movement that emphasized extreme loyalty to the country and its authoritarian leader, denied individual rights, and promised to revive the economy, punish those responsible for hard times, and restore national pride?
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7 - The feeling of betrayal at the Paris Pence Conference, inflation, and unemployment led to the rise of which Italian fascist leader who encouraged a campaign of terror against communists and socialists on the street, marched on Rome, was put in change of the government by the king, used secret police to jail his opponents, then abolished democracy and opposing political parties?
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8 - France and Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939 after Hitler invaded Poland using his new military strategy called what that involved using fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces to take the enemy by surprise?
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9 - After Hitler swept through Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg to set up an invasion of France in May 1940, which country joined forces with Hitler, declared war on both France and Britain, then attacked Egypt in order to control the Suez Canal?
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10 - From the summer of 1940 to May 1941, the British were able to resist Hitler during the Battle of Britain because they had a secret tracking system called what and a German code-making machine called Enigma?
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11 - Hitler wanted to build bases in southeastern Europe, known as the Balkans, in order to attack which of his “allies”, so he expanded his European influence by adding Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary to the Axis powers and invading and defeating Yugoslavia and Greece?
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12 - What was the name of the meeting of representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Hitler’s pledge to respect Czechoslovakia’s new borders?
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13 - The militarists from which country were similar to European fascists because they were extremely nationalistic, but they were different because they wanted to restore traditional control of the government to the military with Emperor Hirohito as their head of state?
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14 - Mussolini was encouraged by the League’s failure to stop Japan’s invasion of Manchuria, so he invaded which African country in 1935 in order to began building an Italian colonial empire?
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Quiz B
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1 - What was the name of the German empire Hitler said would last 1,000 years and began to expand with the occupation of the Rhineland in 1936, the annexation of Austria in 1938, and the seizing of the Sudatenland in 1938 and Czechoslovakia in 1939?
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2 - What term describes the United States’ belief that political ties to other countries should be avoided in order to prevent the costly error of being dragged into another foreign war?
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3 - What term describes Britain’s urging to give in to Hitler and keep the peace, which ultimately strengthened Hitler’s power and prestige in Germany and encouraged him to speed up his military and territorial expansion?
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4 - Which international association, whose goal was to keep peace among nations, condemned the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 but had no power to enforce its decisions largely because the United States was not a member?
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5 - What term describes a militant political movement that emphasized extreme loyalty to the country and its authoritarian leader, denied individual rights, and promised to revive the economy, punish those responsible for hard times, and restore national pride?
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6 - In the 1920s, economic crisis caused by the Great Depression led to millions of people losing faith in what type of government?
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7 - Anti-Semitism, or hatred of which group of people, was a key part of Nazism?
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8 - In June 1941, Hitler began operation Barbarossa with a Blitzkrieg invasion of Russia, and just like Napoleon, the Russians retreated and burned and destroyed everything in the enemy’s path until what ultimately stopped the Nazis in March 1943 at a cost of 500,000 lives?
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9 - Hitler wanted to build bases in southeastern Europe, known as the Balkans, in order to attack which of his “allies”, so he expanded his European influence by adding Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary to the Axis powers and invading and defeating Yugoslavia and Greece?
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10 - After France surrendered in June 1940 and Charles de Gaulle fled to London to set up a government-in- exile, which country had a new prime minister named Winston Churchill who stood alone against the Nazis and declared that his nation would never give in?
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11 - France and Britain declared war on Germany in September 1939 after Hitler invaded Poland using his new military strategy called what that involved using fast-moving airplanes and tanks, followed by massive infantry forces to take the enemy by surprise?
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12 - The militarists from which country were similar to European fascists because they were extremely nationalistic, but they were different because they wanted to restore traditional control of the government to the military with Emperor Hirohito as their head of state?
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13 - By the mid-1930s, Britain, France, and the Untied States were distracted by economic problems and longed to remain at peace, but which two European countries took actions that indicated they intended to militarily conquer other countries?
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14 - What was the name of the meeting of representatives from Britain, France, Italy, and Germany, at which Britain and France agreed to allow Nazi Germany to annex part of Czechoslovakia in return for Hitler’s pledge to respect Czechoslovakia’s new borders?
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