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 6What 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. The Great Depression

2. Resentment of the Treaty of Versailles

3. Extreme nationalism

4. 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 Armenians2. Stalin’s forced collectivization of Ukrainian

peasants3. Nazi persecution of Jews and other people4. Pol Pot’s persecution of the intellectual elite in

Cambodia5. Bosnian Serb’s policy of ethnic cleansing6. 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