Chapter 16, Section 1 Reading Quiz
Name:______Hour:______
DIRECTIONS: Read the section FIRST, before beginning the reading quiz!!! Once, you have read the section, begin working on the reading quiz. There are multiple choice questions, as well as matching questions in this quiz. Be sure to read the question thoroughly before answering the question. This assignment should take you all of the hour! The questions are not in any particular order. If you think you are finished, read over the questions again to make sure they are correct. Turn them in to the substitute when you are finished and begin reading section 2. The questions that are Highlighted will be on your test! Be sure to write them down in your notes!
______1. What impact did the appeasement policy of the United States, Britain, and France have on German aggression?
a. It encouraged more aggression.
b. It reduced aggression.
c. It restricted aggression to certain regions.
d. It brought peace to Europe.
______2. Italy and Japan were dissatisfied with the peace settlements provided in the Treaty of Versailles because both countries expected more
a. financial assistance from the US and Britain.
b. Guidance in establishing their own democratic governments.
c. territory in exchange for their sacrifices during World War I.
d. representation in the League of Nations.
______3. Hitler criticized many people, political programs, and ideologies, but his sharpest assaults were against communists and
a. Fascists c. Americans
b. Jews d. Germans
______4. The communist leader Vladimir Lenin created the beginnings of a
a. totalitarian system of control to maintain power.
b. anti-Semitic political system to explain the problems of his country.
c. European country ran by two branches of government instead of just one.
d. union between the Axis Powers of central Europe.
______5. In 1931, Japan attacked ______, a region in northeastern China, and established a puppet state.
a. Manchuria c. the Philippines
b. Pearl Harbor d. Korea
______6. In 1919, delegates from ___ nations met in Versailles to hammer out a peace agreement, but only Britain, France, and the US had a real say in most of the important decisions.
a. 33 b. 18
c. 27 d. 9
______7. The ______were successful in the Spanish Civil War, a bloody conflict that raged from 1936 until 1939.
a. Nazis c. Axis Powers
b. Fascists d. Allied Powers
______8. Which political party rose to power in Germany during the 1930s?
a. the Communist Party c. the Fascist Party
b. the Nazi Party d. the Socialist Party
______9. Which of the following statements best represents the political system or ideals of Mussolini?
- a. founder of the Fascist Party
- b. favored socialism and communism
- c. motives were very anti-Semitic
- d. encouraged the growth of industry in Russia
______10. How did Adolf Hitler explain the problems facing Germany in his book Mein Kampf?
a. stated problems were caused due to state-controlled press and state-controlled education systems
b. blamed problems on the Jewish people and the great threat they caused Germany
c. said the existing government caused the problems by forbidding citizens to read books that were “un-German”
d. claimed problems were caused by the country’s implementation of a secret police
______11. One of the ways that Mussolini maintained his power in Italy was by
a. allowing freedom of the press. c. supporting strikes.
b. disbanding youth groups. d. outlawing political parties.
______12. In January 1933, the president of the Weimar Republic appointed ____ chancellor of Germany.
a. Stalin c. Hitler
b. Mussolini d. MacArthur
______13. Why did the United States initially follow a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
a. The United States wanted to focus on its own economic troubles.
b. The United States supported Hitler’s desire to create a unified Germanic state.
c. The United States was afraid that Germany would attack the US if appeasements were not offered.
d. The United States believed that Austria posed a greater threat than did Germany.
______14. How did the Great Depression eventually change Germany politically?
a. Germans eventually believed that democracy would solve their economic problems.
b. Germans eventually believed that Hitler would solve their economic problems.
c. Thousands of Germans eventually emigrated to communist nations in search of jobs.
d. The German parliament eventually became more powerful.
______15. From 1933 to 1936, Hitler rebuilt the German economy and drastically enlarged the army, navy, and air force in direct defiance of
a. the Munich Pact. c. the Treaty of Versailles.
b. the appeasement acts. d. the Worker’s Party.
______16. Which of the following actions did Japan take in an attempt to recover from the Great Depression?
a. Japan adopted democratic principles.
b. Japan reduced military spending.
c. Japan abandoned its constitutional monarchy.
d. Japan seized control of resources in other nations.
______17. What was the agreement reached at the London conference that preserved “peace for our time”?
a. The Allied Forces c. The Munich Pact
b. The Axis Forces d. The Anschluss
______18. The League of Nations did not prevent German and Italian aggression against other nations because it
a. had no standing and no real power to enforce its decrees.
b. supported German and Italian aggressions.
c. focused only on Japanese aggression.
d. was already involved in the Spanish Civil War.
______19. In Japan, as in Germany, the 1920s was a period of
a. drastic changes, both good and bad.
b. expansion, as it moved through Asia taking over any resources it could find.
c. no change at all.
d. increased democracy and peaceful change.
Matching: All of the following questions will be on your test!
Word Bank:a. Totalitarianism b. Benito Mussolini
c. Joseph Stalin d. anti-Semitic
e. Adolf Hitler f. Anchluss
______20. Germany’s peaceful union with Austria
______21. theory of government in which one person or party controls all aspects of life
______22. prejudice against Jewish people
______23. dictator who wanted to unite all Germanic people into one state
______24. Russian leader who was known as the Great Terror
______25. Italian leader who founded the Fascist Party