Download Unit 11 – World War I, the Interwar Period, and World War II

Unit 11 – World War I, the Interwar
Period, and World War II
Unit Post-Test Review
Review Question 1
• What event does the following newspaper
headline refer to?
- Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Review Question 2
• What were the MAIN causes of World War I?
Militarism
Alliances
Imperialism
Nationalism
Review Question 3
• Circle the area of Europe where the Western
Front of World War I was fought:
Review Question 4
• Circle the area of Europe where the Eastern
Front of World War I was fought:
Review Question 5
• What type of warfare is depicted by the
following picture?
Trench
Warfare
Review Question 6
What organization, formed after WWI, used the following preamble to
the covenant which created it?
- League of Nations
THE HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES,
IN ORDER TO PROMOTE international co-operation and to achieve
international peace and security
• by the acceptance of obligations not to resort to war
• by the prescription of open, just and honorable relations between
nations
• by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law
as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and
• by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty
obligations in the dealings of organized peoples with one another
Review Question 7
• Put the following events in the correct
chronological order
4 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
1 Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
3 U.S. joining the war
2 Russia leaving the war
5 League of Nations formed
Review Question 8
• What territorial decision made by the League
of Nations is depicted in this map?
Mandate
Territories
Review Question 9
• Which treaty required Germany to do the
following?
- Treaty of Versailles
1. Reduce its armed forces
2. Admit guilt for starting World War I
3. Give up its overseas colonies
4. Pay reparations to Britain and France
Review Question 10
• What does the following cartoon depict about
Japan during the Inter-War years?
- Japanese
imperialism
Review Question 11
• Which of the following was a Fascist leader
who took power during the Interwar Years
(circle one)?
Review Question 12
• Who was the Fascist leader of Italy during the
Inter-War years who wanted to restore Italy to
the glory of Rome?
- Benito Mussolini
Review Question 13
• What political party came to power in
Germany due to the following?
- Nazi Party
1.
2.
3.
4.
The Great Depression
Resentment of the Treaty of Versailles
Extreme nationalism
Anti-Semitism
Review Question 14
• Put the following in the correct chronological
order:
4 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
3 Stock market crash
2 Munich Beer Hall Putsch
1 Signing of the Treaty of Versailles
5 Invasion of Poland by the German army
Review Question 15
• What policy followed prior to World War II is
depicted by this cartoon? - Appeasement
Review Question 16
• The map below depicts which EFFECT of
World War II?
Review Question 17
• Which of the following WWII leaders helped
defeat Japan and then helped to reconstruct
Japan after the war (Circle one)?
Review Question 18
• Circle the location of the Balkan Peninsula (or
“Powder Keg of Europe”) on the map below:
Review Question 19
• Name the members of the Triple Entente:
1. Russia
2. France
3. Great Britain
Review Question 20
• Name the members of the Triple Alliance:
1. Germany
2. Austria-Hungary
3. Italy
Review Question 21
• Name the major Allied powers in WWI:
1. Britain
2. France
3. Russia
4. USA
Review Question 22
• Name the major Central powers in WWI:
1. Germany
2. Austria-Hungary
3. Ottoman Empire
Review Question 23
• All of the following were reasons for which
country’s early exit from WWI?
- Russia
1. Serious shortage of food
2. Reliance on advice from Rasputin
3. Political incompetence
4. Bolshevik Revolution
Review Question 24
• What political revolution was caused by the
following? – Bolshevik (Russian) Revolution
1. Absolute monarchy perceived to be corrupt
and out of touch with the people
2. A landless peasantry
3. Massive casualties in World War I
4. Effective propaganda by the revolutionaries
Review Question 25
• High unemployment was one EFFECT of what
economic event which occurred between
WWI and WWII, depicted by the cartoon
below?
- Great
Depression
Review Question 26
• What two countries experienced the
GREATEST POLITICAL EFFECTS as a result of
the Great Depression?
- Germany and Japan
Review Question 27
• What was the position of the United States at
the beginning of both WWI and WWII?
- It was neutral
Review Question 28
• What did the two Japanese cities, shown in
the map below, have in common?
- The USA dropped atomic bombs
on both cities
Review Question 29
• The following are all examples of genocide
1. Ottoman Turks persecution of Armenians
2. Stalin’s forced collectivization of Ukrainian
peasants
3. Nazi persecution of Jews and other people
4. Pol Pot’s persecution of the intellectual elite in
Cambodia
5. Bosnian Serb’s policy of ethnic cleansing
6. Rwanda Hutus massacre of rival Tutsi members
Review Question 30
• In what year did WWII begin and in what year
did it end?
- 1939,1945