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1 Name: 1. Great ritain s stated reason for declaring war on Germany in 1914 was the 4. Which of the following most affected the course and outcome of World War I? A. French attacks on German colonies.. U.S. entry into the war.. Serbian assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.. German invasion of elgium. A. Allied withdrawal from the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli. ritish victories in the Sinai that secured the Suez anal. American military and financial intervention in the war. the switch in allegiance of Italy from the entral Powers to the Allies 2. Why did most of the combat on the Western Front in World War I take place in a relatively small area? A. There is only a small amount of flat land in all of Europe.. The armies became immobile because of trench warfare.. Each side cut off the fuel supply of the other.. Germany s military tactics were based on static warfare. 5. A major goal of France and Great ritain at the onference of Versailles following World War I was to A. create a politically unified Europe.. keep Germany from rebuilding its military forces.. restore pre-war imperial governments to power.. help Germany rebuild its industrial economy. 3. How did Russia s participation in World War I affect its empire? A. A string of decisive military victories gained land from the entral Powers.. Russia s sale of supplies to its western allies strengthened its economy.. The czar adopted the reforms necessary to win the support of the Russian people.. Economic hardships brought on by the war resulted in the downfall of the czar. 6. What basic idea was shared by both ritain and France at the Paris Peace onference in 1919? A. Italy should give up its colonies in Africa.. Germany should be divided into occupation zones.. German military power should be permanently restricted.. The entral Powers should divide the cost of the war equally. page 1

2 7. Use the information to answer the question that follows. 8. A comparison of the two maps indicates that one of the results of the war and the peace treaty was the A. partitioning of Germany into zones of occupation.. dismemberment of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire.. shift of the balance of power from Western to Southern Europe. After World War I, the territories of the Ottoman Empire in Southwest Asia were partitioned. Into which area did nearly 400,000 Jewish people immigrate between 1919 and 1941?. new dominant role for Russia in Eastern Europe. A. A One way fascist leaders in the 1920s and 1930s gained popular support was by A. promising to maintain peace with other countries.. attracting foreign investment for industrial development.. limiting military influence in the government.. appealing to national pride. 10. The Nazis blamed most of Germany s pre-world War II social and economic problems on Jews and the A. communists.. military.. industrialists.. atholics. page

3 11. Particular obstructive workers who refuse to submit to disciplinary measures will be subject, as non-workers, to discharge and confinement in concentration camps. Vladimir Lenin, ecree of November 14th, 1919 The excerpt above describes Lenin s method for dealing with those who opposed A. Russian involvement in World War I. 14. oth the Italian Fascists and the German Nazis gained power partly because they A. had the support of an electoral majority of their nations peoples.. carefully followed accepted democratic political practices.. used terror tactics against political opponents.. represented the ideas of compromise and prudent government.. the establishment of a communist government.. technological advances in industry.. the implementation of a market economy. 15. In 1939, France and Great ritain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German A. annexation of Austria.. occupation of the Rhineland. 12. Stalin s Great Purge from 1934 to seizure of the Sudetenland.. invasion of Poland. A. eliminated the army s dominance in state decisions.. expanded Soviet agriculture at the expense of industry.. brought about the death of millions of people.. replaced agricultural workers with technology. 13. From the perspective of Western leaders, Stalin s actions as leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics reflected an emphasis on which of the following concepts? A. individualism. freedom. human dignity. aggression 16. Use the following information to answer the question. My good friends, for the second time in our history, a ritish Prime Minister has returned from Germany bringing peace with honor. I believe it is peace for our time....go home and get a nice quiet sleep. Neville hamberlain, April 30, 1938 (following his return from the Munich onference) The statement reflects the ritish belief that which of the following policies would prevent another war? A. containment. isolation. reparation. appeasement page

4 17. Following the United States entry into World War II, American and ritish leaders decided that their highest priority would be to A. recapture Pacific possessions lost to the Japanese.. invade Europe and defeat Germany.. send armies to the Russian Front to help the Soviet Union. 20. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914 was the event that led to the outbreak of A. the Spanish-American War.. World War I.. the Franco-Prussian War.. World War II.. strike directly at the Japanese home islands. 21. Karl Marx, the author of as Kapital, is known as the father of what form of government? 18. One major purpose of the Yalta onference in 1945 was to decide A. totalitarianism. communism. federalism. nationalism A. when to open the second front against Germany.. where to launch the final invasion of Japan.. how to restructure Europe after the war.. which countries to include in the United Nations. 19. Early in World War II, Allied leaders decided that the enemy they had to defeat first was A. the Ottoman Empire.. the Soviet Union.. Imperial Japan.. Nazi Germany. 22. Use the statements below to answer the following question. He gained control in Germany in large part because of the conditions in post-war Germany created by the Treaty of Versailles. He ordered the mass executions of millions of Jews in his Final Solution. This leader committed suicide in a erlin bunker before the Allies could capture him. The statements above describe A. Adolph Hitler.. Joseph Stalin.. Josef Mengele.. Vladimir Lenin. page

5 23. How did the Treaty of Versailles address President Woodrow Wilson s concern about making the world safe for democracy? 25. In what way did the Treaty of Versailles establish conditions that led to the outbreak of World War II? A. It established the principle of freedom of the seas.. It divided former German colonies among the victors.. It created an international organization to maintain the peace.. It required Germany to pay reparations for the conflict damages. A. It called for dissolving the League of Nations, thus removing an organization for resolving future conflicts.. It gave Germany too much power by letting Germany keep the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.. It weakened the Allied countries by making France, England and Russia reduce the size of their armies.. It imposed harsh reparations payments on Germany, which led to economic and political instability. 24. International Violence efore WWII Japan invades Manchuria 1931 Italy invades Ethiopia 1935 Japan invades hina 1937 Germany annexes zechoslovakia 1939 Germany invades Poland 1939 Using the information provided in the timeline above, which historical conclusion can be drawn about the cause of World War II? A. Military alliances created many obligations to engage in wars.. The Nazi Party dominated politics in many European nations.. The United Nations was too weak to prevent the spread of totalitarianism.. Some nations were aggressive and imperialistic in their efforts to expand. 26. The League of Nations was created after World War I as a forum for resolving international conflicts. However, the League was unable to resolve tensions that led to World War II. One factor that contributed to the ineffectiveness of the League was the A. breakup of colonial empires in Africa and Asia.. decision of the United States not to join the League.. opposition of League members to the Treaty of Versailles.. rise of the old War between the United States and the Soviet Union. page

6 27. After World War I, the League of Nations was created to help resolve international conflicts before they led to war. What did Japan s successful invasion of Manchuria in 1931 indicate about the ability of the League of Nations to prevent World War II? A. The League had little power to stop acts of aggression.. The League was concerned only with disputes in Europe.. The League s army was unprepared for modern warfare.. The League was led by countries with the weakest military forces. 29. uring World War I, two revolutions took place in Russia while Russia was at war with Germany. Vladimir Lenin, leader of the olshevik Revolution, said: There can be no doubt that our army is absolutely in no condition...to beat back a German offensive successfully.... Source: V. I. Lenin, ollected Works, 4th English Edition, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1964, p The excerpt above could be used to support the thesis that A. Lenin had few skills as a military leader.. Russia shared in the responsibility for World War I.. Lenin believed that Russia should withdraw from World War I.. The olshevik Revolution had the support of the Russian army. 28. The Weimar Republic was established in Germany following World War I. An important factor leading to the collapse of the Weimar Republic and the rise of Nazi dictatorship that took Germany into World War II was A. Germany s resentment of U.S. involvement in European affairs.. the rise of independence movements in Germany s overseas colonies.. Germany s failure to rebuild its armed forces following World War I.. the economic burden of war reparations (payments) to Germany s former enemies. page

7 30. In 1923, Adolf Hitler, the future leader of Nazi Germany, declared: The day must come when a German government shall summon up the courage to declare to the foreign powers: The Treaty of Versailles is founded on a monstrous lie. We fulfill nothing more. o what you will! If you want battle, look for it! Source: Adolf Hitler, Speech of August 1, 1923, reprinted at This excerpt would help support which thesis? 31. The following event or events led to World War I: I. Formation of the League of Nations II. The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand III. A system of competing alliances IV. The desire for nationalism in European countries. A. I only. II only. II, III, IV. II and III A. Hitler believed the League of Nations would help Germany.. Hitler believed Germany was responsible for starting World War I.. Hitler used German resentment toward the Treaty of Versailles to gain power.. Hitler wanted the World War I Allies to live up to what they promised in the Treaty of Versailles. 32. The nature of warfare during World War I on the Western and Eastern fronts can best be described as A. a series of swift and decisive battles.. lightning quick strikes known as blitzkrieg.. navy battles fought in the Pacific Ocean.. a war of attrition or stalemate fought primarily in trenches. 33. Which of the following events during World War II brought the United States into the war? A. The -ay invasion of Normandy. Germany s invasion of Poland. Japan s bombing of Pearl Harbor. Nazi Germany s treatment of the Jewish people page

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