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World War II Test Review

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  • Q1
    (Q1) Which factor contributed most to the Bolshevik Revolution of 1917 in Russia?
    The Allied powers favored the revolution.
    The Czar was willing to surrender
    The appeal of Marxism to the Russian nobility.
    The Russian people were discouraged by their losses in World War I.
    60s
  • Q2
    (Q2) During World War I, communists seized power in Russia and created a totalitarian state. How were these developments similar to post-World War I developments in other European nations?
    The formation of the League of Nations can be seen as a similar consolidation of power under one totalitarian governing body.
    Nearly all European nations adopted communist forms of government after World War I.
    Communists also seized power in Great Britain and France after World War I.
    Germany and Italy also embraced totalitarian dictatorships in response to World War I's economic, political, and social problems.
    60s
  • Q3
    (Q3) One impact of the worldwide economic depression that occurred between World War I and World War II was the

    The rise of totalitarian leaders worldwide who promised their citizens a return to stability through strong leadership and aggressive expansion.

    Failure of militaristic states like Germany, Italy, and Japan to effectively build and mobilize large standing armies.

    The rise of totalitarian leaders worldwide whose message of isolationism and appeasement indicated a lack of concern for foreign affairs.

    Decline of totalitarian leaders whose militaristic policies led to more costly wars.
    60s
  • Q4
    (Q4)  How did the death and destruction during World WarI shape postwar policies for France, England, and the United States as they were confronted with German aggression in the 1930s?

    These leaders were eager to make full use of the wide variety of new, highly deadly weapons introduced in World War I.

    These leaders agreed to avoid the use of the wide variety of new, extremely deadly weapons introduced in World War I should fighting start again.

    These leaders were reluctant to enter another major war, so they gave in to many of Hitler's demands.

    These leaders were sure that, should another major war start, Germany would be quickly and easily defeated this time.

    60s
  • Q5
    General Question: What document ended World War I and included total blame of Germany for the death and destruction?
    Paris Peace Document
    Treaty of Paris
    Treaty of Versailles
    Nuremberg Laws
    60s
  • Q6

    (Q5) Use the quote below to answer the question that follows.

    "We never really let the German [people] know who won the war. They were being told [in the German newspapers] that their army had not been defeated. The Germans never believed that they were beaten; it will have to be done all over again."

    This quote could be used to support the thesis that General Pershing believed that the

    Germans would probably start another war soon.
    Treaty of Versailles would have to be rewritten.
    Newspapers would have to reprint their coverage of the war.
    German people would have to be told again that they lost the war.
    120s
  • Q7
    General Question: Who were the two countries allied with Germany during World War II?
    Japan and France
    France and Russia
    Russia and Italy
    Italy and Japan
    60s
  • Q8
    General Question (SQ3R): Which of the following was not an underlying cause that led to WWII?
    Japanese and Italian expansion.
    The policy of appeasement toward the Germans
    The Rise of militaristic and totalitarian leaders.
    The interference of the United States.
    60s
  • Q9
    General Question (SQ3R): Jews were persecuted, and many were put to death by Hitler and those sympathetic to their cause. Jews escaping Germany and German-occupied lands fled to their home country, which was located?
    Palestine
    England
    United States
    France
    60s
  • Q10
    (Q7) What led Hitler to believe that European powers would not interfere in his plans for Anschluss?
    The nonaggression pact he negotiated with them
    The lack of direct action to stop his militarization of the Rhineland
    The Allies’ refusal to help Poland
    England and France’s lack of support for the Republicans in the Spanish Civil War
    60s
  • Q11

    (Q8) Use the quote below to answer the question that follows

    “It seems unfortunately true that the epidemic of world lawlessness is spreading. When an epidemic of physical disease starts to spread, the community approves and joins in a quarantine of the patients to protect the health of the community against the spread of the disease”.

    - The United States President Franklin Roosevelt President Roosevelt uses the term “disease” to refer to

    Appeasment
    Communism
    Isolationism
    Totalitarian Aggression
    60s
  • Q12
    (Q8) What did the British and French do at the Munich Conference in 1938 to avoid war?
    They persuaded Austria to give in to German occupation.
    They persuaded the Soviet Union to allow Germany to occupy Poland.
    They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland
    They persuaded Belgium to allow the occupation of Luxembourg
    60s
  • Q13
    (Q9 Part 1) Which of the following was a weakness of the League of Nations?
    It had to compete with the United Nations for peace keeping power.
    The hyperinflation of Germany's money.
    The United States didn't join.
    The French refused to allow the Germans to join the league.
    60s
  • Q14
    (Q9 Part 1). Which of the following has been cited as a weakness of the Treaty of Versailles?
    The League of Nations was unable to agree on anything.
    The Germans had spies in the League of Nations and they influenced them to appease others.
    The League of Nations military couldn't stop the German aggression.
    The League of Nations didn't have a military.
    60s
  • Q15
    (Q9 Part 2) Which of the following best explains why the weaknesses of the League of Nations contributed to the onset of WWII?
    The League of Nations caused millions of damage to European cities.
    The League became to strong and joined forces with the Germans.
    The League was not powerful enough to stop Italian, German or Japanese aggression.
    The League of Nations persuaded Japan to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor.
    60s

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