Knowledge Check: Causes of WWII

Which event occurred first and led to the other three?

• rise of fascism in Europe

• Bolshevik Revolution

• World War I

• signing of the Treaty of Versailles

One major reason the League of Nations failed was that it

• was not included in the Versailles Treaty

• was controlled by communist Russia

• frightened many nations with its large military force

• lacked the support of many of the major world powers during crises

Which term is defined as payment for damages?

• mandate

• armistice

• reparation

• militarism

In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability led to the

• rise of fascist dictatorships

• development of nuclear arms

• abandonment of colonial territories

• establishment of the League of Nations

Which newspaper headline illustrates a policy of appeasement?

• "Dien Bien Phu Falls; French to Leave Vietnam"

• "Chamberlain Agrees to German Demands: Sudetenland to Germany"

• "Marshall Plan Proposes Economic Aid Program for Europe"

• "Soviet Troops and Tanks Crush Germany to go unchecked"

Which agreement was labeled by the Nazis as unfair to Germany?

• Treaty of Versailles

• Soviet Nonaggression Pact

• Munich Pact

• Treaty of Brest-Litovsk

Which development occurred in Germany as a result of the terms imposed by the Treaty of Versailles?

• Soviet occupation

• political instability

• overseas expansion

• economic prosperity

One way in which the Treaty of Nanking and the Treaty of Versailles are similar is that in both treaties the provisions called for

• monarchs to be returned to their rightful places

• reparations to be paid by defeated countries

• existing borders to be maintained

• peacekeeping organizations to be established

The Treaty of Versailles angered many Germans after World War I because the treaty

• divided Germany into Communist and non-Communist zones

• made Germany restore its emperor

• required all German-speaking Europeans to return to Germany

• forced Germany to pay large war reparations

Which situation is an example of totalitarianism in Germany in the 1930s?

• frequent meetings of the German Reichstag

• decline of the German economy

• strict government control of the press

• negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union