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Social Studies Quiz Review –Answer Key
Chapter 7-8
Answer the following in COMPLETE Sentences or circle True or False.
1. List 5 key differences between Europe in 1914 and Europe in 1930. What
caused these changes to occur?
 Ottoman Empire became Turkey
 Austria-Hungary was split into two countries
 Germany lost land
 France gained land
 Russia became USSR
 Romania gained land
2. Hitler came into power in Germany by overthrowing the government.
True / False False
3. Hitler played on the emotions the German people felt after World War 1 to
rise to power in the 1930s. True
4. Historians view the Treaty of Versailles as one of the causes of World
War 2. True / FalseTrue
5. List 3 key details of the Treaty of Versailles. What was the War Guilt
clause? Why was Germany so against signing it? Why did the Allies feel it
was so important?
 Germany was only allowed a military of a certain size
 Germany had to give land back to France
 Germany had to sign a war guilt clause
 The War Guilt clause was a clause in the treaty that stated that
Germany was responsible for World War 2. They had to pay
back money to the allied countries. Germany was shamed by
the treaty and signing it meant that they were admitting guilt
and taking full responsibility when they did not feel at fault. The
people were embarrassed and angry for signing the treaty. The
Allies believed it was an important for Germany to admit defeat
so that the same thing could not happen again in the future. It
was also a way for them to seek revenge for the lives lost
during the war.
6. Appeasement is a policy of giving in to demands to avoid conflict. True/
False  True
7. Conscript is a volunteer member of an army, navy or air force. True/
False - False
8. A Dictator is someone who is democratically elected.  Ignore, wrongly
worded.
9. The Canadian government used Propaganda to convince Canadians to
join the war effort. True/False  True
10. In Phase 1 of World War 2, Canada sent a million men overseas to fight
the Axis powers. True / False -> False
11. More people enrolled in the Canadian Army than the Navy or the Air
Force. True / False True
12. Women did not serve overseas during World War 2. True/ False
13. After England and France declared war on Germany, Canada declared war
10 days later. True / False
14. Reparation is money provided because of injury or wrong-doing.
15. The Merchant Marine was needed to transport military personnel and
war goods for troops overseas. True/ False
16. Define the term Human Rights in your own words. What are three of
the most important human rights to you?
17. A Catalyst is a person who brings about change. True / False
18. Why did the Canadian Government use Rationing?
19. Rosie the Riveter became a symbol of women taking part in the war
effort. True / False
20. What does the word Holocaust mean? What did it mean specifically
during World War 2?
 Holocaust means mass murder/ mass slaughter. During World
War 2 Holocaust refers to the mass murder of European Jewish
people by the Nazi Party and its soldiers.
21. Blitzkrieg was a tactic used by Germany to attack the United States.
True / False.  False
22. Match the correct events to each phase of war.
1. The German Army was now fighting on two fronts- the Soviet
Army in the east and the British, Canadian, and U.S. armies in the
west.
Canadian, British, and U.S. forces landed on the beaches of
Normandy. Canada’s beach was code-named Juno.
Work was accelerated on the development of a new weapon that the
United States hoped would shorten the war.
2. France was relying on the Maginot Line of fortifications, to defend
against another German invasion.
Germany used a war tactic called blitzkrieg, or lightning war; it
involved tanks, aircraft, and mobile infantry in fast moving, powerful
units.
The German blitzkrieg quickly smashed through Belgium and Holland
and simply bypassed the Maginot Line.
3. German armies invaded the Soviet Union, causing the Soviets to
turn into Britain’s ally.
Japan attacked the U.S. peacetime fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Canadian army suffered two defeats: Hong Kong, November 1941,
Japan defeated the British and Canadians. 290 soldiers killed, and
1685 became POW’s, 260 died in captivity. Lost at Dieppe, 900
soldiers killed and 1900 became POW’s.
4. Soviet army was pushing forward in Europe, and the German army
began its long retreat back to Berlin.
U.S. pushed back the Japanese and regained control of the
Philippines.
Canada’s air force had expanded greatly in size, and by 1943 there
was an all-Canadian bomber group.
The Canadian fighting force had expanded from a single division to a
full army.
__2__Phase 1
_3___Phase 2
___4_Phase 3
___1_Phase 4
22. What Canadian provinces were able to support the war effort with the
largest war production in dollars and highest number of employees? Why
was this case?  Ontario and Quebec. They both had large cities with
businesses and factories with the ability to convert easily into war
production facilities. They had high population levels so it was easier to
find employees to work.
23. Compare the lives of women in the 1920s and 1930s to the lives of
women during the war. How did it differ? Were there any similarities?
How did the war change their lives?
1920s and 1930s many women were rebelling against society. They had
fought for the right to vote and now wanted to be treated equally. They
started having social lives outside of the home, dressing more freely and
drinking and smoking/ going to nightclubs. During the War women had to
go to work to support their families and society. They bought war bonds
and worked in factories, mines, mills etc. They had to do jobs that were
considered typical male jobs and did not have time for the social lives they
had in the previous decades. They had to be responsible for holding up
life at home through work, rationing, buying war bonds etc.
24. Explain the role and contributions of the Canadian Navy, Army, and Air
Force during World War 2.  Chart will be attached on the homework
page of my website. Check tonight.
25. What in an internment Camp? What role did the attitudes of society play
in the creation of camps in Canada?
To intern someone is to hold them against their will. Canada used
internment camps during World War 2 for Japanese Canadians. Canadian
society had a long history of discrimination against people of Asian
descent as well as a fear that what happened in Pearl Harbour could
happen in Canada. The racist attitude in society led to the creation of the
camps, robbing countless Japanese Canadians of their human rights for
the remainder of the war.
Define the following: (Answers in Textbook)
ReferendumInternAnnexBlitzkriegPropagandaGenocide-