Name: Interwar Practice

A) Adolf Hitler B) Francisco FrancoC) Benito Mussolini D) Charles de Gaulle

1. Which political leader gained power as a result of thefailing economy of the Weimar Republic?

A) Tiananmen Square protestsB) Soweto uprisingsC) Russian RevolutionD) Cuban Revolution

2. “Hungry Workers in Petrograd Demand Food”“'Peace, Land, and Bread' Promised to All”“World War I Soldiers Join the People’s Rebellion”

Which event is associated with these headlines?

A) Ho Chi Minh B) Winston ChurchillC) Mao Zedong D) Benito Mussolini

3. Which leader is most closely associated with the rise offascism in Italy prior to World War II?

A) led fascist statesB) supported communismC) rejected militarismD) remained in power after World War II

4. One similarity between Adolf Hitler and BenitoMussolini is that both

5. Base your answer to the following question on Base youranswer to the following question on the chart below abdon your knowledge of social studies.

A) global prosperity and tradeB) success of the Weimar RepublicC) political and economic instabilityD) expansion of Germany’s colonial empire

Based on the information in this chart, which situationgave rise to Nazi power in Germany?

A) United Nations B) Congress of ViennaC) Warsaw Pact D) League of Nations

6. “Mussolini Attacks Ethiopia” (1935)“Germany Takes the Rhineland Back” (1936)“Germany and Russia Divide Poland” (1939)

These headlines might be used to illustrate the weaknessof the

A) an attempt to avoid conflict by meeting thedemands of an aggressor

B) a period of peace and prosperity, resulting incultural achievement

C) a declaration of war between two or more nationsD) an agreement removing economic barriers between

nations

7. The term appeasement is best defined as

A) Economic conditions led to political change.B) Industrialization hindered national development.C) Goals were achieved by peaceful means.D) Communist ideals fueled both movements.

8. Which statement about both the Bolshevik Revolution inRussia and the rise of fascism in Germany and Italy isaccurate?

A) Famine and AIDS spread throughout Europe.B) Trade was banned between western and eastern

Europe.C) Governments failed to meet the needs of the people.D) Monarchies were reinstated in many nations.

9. What was one reason that totalitarian dictatorshipsgained power in Europe between World War I andWorld War II?

10. Base your answer to the following question on “. . . Thekey-stone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of theState, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. ForFascism the State is absolute, individuals and groupsrelative. Individuals and groups are admissible in so faras they come within the State. Instead of directing thegame and guiding the material and moral progress ofthe community, the liberal State restricts its activities torecording results. The Fascist State is wide awake andhas a will of its own. For this reason it can be describedas ‘ethical’. . . .”— Benito Mussolini, Fascism: Doctrine andInstitutions, Howard Fertig, 1932

A) The people have a right to overthrow ineffectivegovernments.

B) The state is more important than the individualswithin it.

C) The state gets its authority from the power ofindividuals.

D) The establishment of an empire will cause divisionand chaos.

Which statement expresses the main idea of thepassage?

A) frequent meetings of the German ReichstagB) decline of the German economyC) strict government control of the pressD) negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the

Soviet Union

11. Which situation is an example of totalitarianism inGermany in the 1930s?

A) signing a treaty with Germany to outlaw nuclearweapons

B) giving Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland to GermanyC) entering into defensive alliance with the United

StatesD) supporting independence for German colonies in

Africa

12. During the 1930s, a joint act of appeasement by theBritish and French was

13. Base your answer to the following question on the timeline below and on your knowledge of social studies.

A) A B) B C) C D) D

The rise of aggressive fascist governments inEurope occurred during the period represented by letter

Base your answers to questions 14 and 15 on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

A) He went to sleep peacefully. B) He asked to have different "nursemaids."C) He made more demands. D) He played nicely with other "children."

14. What happened during the 1930s after the "baby" finished the "bottle"?

A) militarism B) isolationism C) imperialism D) appeasement

15. Which policy did the "nursemaids" use to keep the "baby" quiet?

A) forcing Germany to accept blame for the war andto pay reparations

B) dividing Germany into four occupied zonesC) supporting economic sanctions by the United

NationsD) taking away German territory in the Balkans and

Spain

16. The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for its rolein World War I by

A) revenging attacks by aggressive neighborsB) promoting immigration of foreignersC) spreading the Buddhist religionD) obtaining food and raw materials

17. Which was a major justification used by Japan forempire building in the 1930's and 1940's?

A) The province of Manchuria was originally aJapanese territory.

B) The government of Japan admired Manchuriantechnical progress.

C) The people of Manchuria favored Japanesecontrol.

D) Japan needed the natural resources available inManchuria.

18. What was a major reason for Japan’s invasion ofManchuria in 1931?

A) efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to punishheresy

B) major articles in the Declaration of the Rights ofMan

C) specific laws contained in Justinian’s CodeD) anti-Semitic laws of 20th-century Germany

19. The Nuremberg laws are best described as

A) rise of Nazism Treaty of Versailles Germaninvasion of the Soviet Union

B) Treaty of Versailles rise of Nazism Germaninvasion of the Soviet Union

C) German invasion of the Soviet Union rise ofNazism Treaty of Versailles

D) Treaty of Versailles German invasion of theSoviet Union rise of Nazis

20. Which sequence of events is in the correctchronological order?

21. Base your answer to this question on the graphicorganizer below and on your knowledge of socialstudies.

A) socialism B) democracyC) capitalism D) fascism

Which ideology best completes this graphic organizer?

22. Base your answer to the question below on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

A) appeasement B) imperialism C) nationalism D) containment

Which British foreign policy regarding Germany does this cartoon suggest?