Causes of World War II – A QUIZ

Directions:Using a separate sheet of paper, create your CAUSES OF WORLD WAR II ANSWER KEY. Label each section of this quiz and answer in complete sentences. Attempt to complete this detailed worksheet without any resources first. Then, using Chapters 15 and 16 of your text, do your best to answer each of the questions with as much detail, description, and evidence as possible.

  1. ANALOGY: Explain why Hitler might be compared to a school yard bully and how his actions might lead to World War II. Support your explanation with evidence of Hitler’s reign over Germany and his actions towards other countries.
  2. COMPREHENSION

1)What was the Treaty of Versailles and how did it treat Germany?

2)How did the treaty aid in Hitler's rise to power in Germany?

3)What was the Munich Conference and why is it seen today in such a negative light?

4)Why did Britain and France give into Hitler's demands? What was this policy called?

5)What was the Nazi-Soviet Pact and why was it important?

6)Why did Hitler make a deal with the Soviet Union?

  1. GEOGRAPHY

Using the Map of Europe on the following page, label the following countries and regions:

Germany

France

Britain

Austria

Czechoslovakia

Soviet Union

Belgium

Poland

The Rhineland

Holland

Luxembourg

Norway

Lithuania

Latvia

Estonia

Finland

Denmark

Hungary

Romania

Bulgaria

For the bolded/italicized/underlined regions, please annotate their importance in leading up to WWII.

  1. TIMELINE: Create an annotated timeline of Hitler’s rise to the top and the beginning of World War II. Be sure to include the following events:

  • Hitler joins the Nazi Party
  • Hitler writes Mein Kampf
  • Nazi party revived
  • Hitler named Chancellor
  • The SS arrests and murders hundreds of Hitler’s enemies
  • Kristallnacht
  • Hitler defies Treaty of Versailles
  • Germany moves into the Rhineland
  • Axis Powers formed
  • Hitler takes over Austria
  • Hitler takes over Czechoslovakia
  • Munich Conference
  • Nazi-Soviet Pact signed
  • Hitler takes over Poland
  • France and Great Britain declare war on Germany
  • Soviets annex eastern Europe
  • The Phony War Ends
  • Hitler attacks Holland, Belgium, and Luxembourg

  1. PREDICTION: Describe the event that acted as the “spark” that started World War II.