Name: ______

Period: ______

Interwar Period and World War II Test

I. Multiple Choice

Directions: Answer the following questions by placing a CAPITAL letter of the correct answer on the line beside the question. Worth 2 Points

  1. _____ Mustafa Kemal Ataturk worked to make Turkey a modern nation by
  2. Forming an alliance with Greece
  3. Increasing Muslim influence on the government
  4. Making the government completely secular
  5. Allowing European powers to help
  6. _____ Which of the following is most closely associated with the Israeli-Arab Conflict?
  7. Balfour Declaration
  8. Kyoto Protocol
  9. Communist Manifesto
  10. Treaty of Versailles
  11. _____ The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act resulted in
  12. A strong Japanese economy
  13. Economic prosperity in Europe
  14. A drastic decrease in world trade
  15. An increase in American exports
  16. _____ Fascism is the belief that
  17. Democratic unity leads to national strength
  18. Nationalism is rooted in ethnic superiority
  19. The good of the nation is more important than individual rights
  20. A classless society run by workers develops a strong government
  21. _____ Which of the following contributed to the stock market crash of 1929
  22. Increasing reliance on credit
  23. drop in Japanese silk prices
  24. Equal distribution of wealth
  25. Tight government bank controls
  26. _____ The goal of Stalin’s Five Year Plans was to
  27. build labor camps
  28. increase factory ownership for the works
  29. quickly industrialize Russia
  30. remove all opposition to communism
  31. _____ Which of the following is the meaning of the terms means ‘Truth’ or ‘Soul’ Force, Gandhi’s term for his independence movements.
  32. Ahimsa
  33. Satyagraha
  34. Bapu
  35. Mahatma
  36. _____ The goal of the Nuremberg Laws was to
  37. Rebuild the German army and empire
  38. Remove Jews from mainstream German society
  39. Protect Jews and Jewish businesses from attack
  40. Officially appoint Hitler as chancellor of Germany
  41. _____ One way in which the conquest of Manchuria by the Japanese (1931) and the conquest of Ethiopia by Italy (1935) are similar is that these actions
  42. Marked the end of the aggressive expansion of these nations
  43. Demonstrate the weakness of the League of Nations
  44. Reestablished the balance of power in the world
  45. Led to the Long March
  46. _____ “People would prefer their own bad government rather than submit to the good government of a foreign power”

Which concept is characterized by this statement?

  1. Nationalism
  2. Communism
  3. Socialism
  4. Militarism
  1. _____ Which function of the United Nations is based on the concept of collective security?
  2. Providing health services
  3. Coordinating global peacekeeping
  4. Monitoring educational programs
  5. Assisting in agricultural research
  6. _____ Which of the following countries was NOT a member of NATO or the Warsaw Pact?
  7. Czechoslovakia
  8. Greece
  9. East Germany
  10. Yugoslavia
  11. _____ During World War II, what did Winston Churchill say was the turning point of the war?
  12. The Battle of El Alamein
  13. U.S. joining the allies
  14. Russia joining the Allies
  15. D-Day invasion
  16. _____ Who was the leader of the allied forces in Europe?
  17. Douglas MacArthur
  18. George Patton
  19. George C. Marshall
  20. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  21. _____ This man was the leader of the U.S. Occupation of Japan after WWII
  22. Douglas MacArthur
  23. George Patton
  24. George C. Marshall
  25. Dwight D. Eisenhower
  26. _____ The Nuremberg Trials are considered an important event in the 20th century because they
  27. brought an end to genocide forever
  28. condemned the use of nuclear weapons
  29. ruled on provisions for the postwaroccupation of Germany
  30. established principles of responsibility forhuman rights violations
  31. _____ The Marshall Plan was designed to do which of the following
  32. Strengthen the alliances from after the war
  33. Force the losing nations to help rebuild areas destroyed in the war
  34. Fund economic recovery in war-tornEuropean nations
  35. Promote the spread of militarism
  1. _____ Which of the following battles was the final battle leading up to the dropping of the atomic bomb in Japan?
  2. Manila
  3. Iwo Jima
  4. Midway
  5. Okinawa
  6. _____ Where did Gandhi begin to practice his non-violent protests?
  7. Great Britain
  8. Pakistan
  9. India
  10. South Africa
  11. _____ Which battle is considered the turning point in World War II in the Pacific Theater?
  12. Okinawa
  13. Midway
  14. Iwo Jima
  15. The Phillipines
  16. _____ Which of the following mandates was not controlled by Great Britain?
  17. Palestine
  18. Iraq
  19. Syria
  20. Transjordan

II. Fill in the Blank

Directions: Fill in the Blank in the sentence with the correct answer. The number of blanks corresponds to the number of words in the answer. Worth 2 Point each.

  1. ______, meaning ‘Great Soul’, was the moniker given to Mohandas Gandhi.
  2. Through the ______of farmland, the Soviet Union acquired 90% of all farmland in its borders under Joseph Stalin
  3. ‘Buying on the ______’ is the term used for buying stock with borrowed money.
  4. The Nazi Party elected ______their leader in 1921.
  5. Benito Mussolini and his ______marched on Rome in 1922
  6. Germany annexed Austria and ______before invading ______in 1939, starting World War II.
  7. The Shah was the ruler of ______during the Interwar Period
  8. Ibn Saud was the founder of ______, a country known today for it’s oil.
  9. The term ‘Nazi’ is short for ______, the political ideology of the party.
  10. The United States’ military tactic in the Pacific Theater was known as ______.
  11. World War II ended in the Pacific Theater with the use of the atomic bomb on the cities of ______and ______.
  12. After World War II, ______was divided into four sections and governed by the Allies, and ______was divided into two sections, East and West.
  13. While Hirohito was the Emperor of Japan, it was General ______who really controlled the country.
  14. The Battle of ______is considered the turning point in Germany’s invasion of the USSR.
  15. The Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6th, 1944 is referred to as ______.
  16. ______and ______both became dominant world economies after World War II.
  17. Winston Churchill said that an ‘______’ had fallen on Europe after World War II.
  18. ______was the president of the US at the beginning of the war, while ______was the president at the end.
  19. Major Japanese Leader of World War II were tried and hanged for their role in the ______, and the inhumane treatment of American prisoners of war.
  20. Neville Chamberlain is often blamed for Great Britain’s policy of ______leading up to World War II.
  21. ______was the leader of the Khmer Rogue in Cambodia, which was responsible for the genocide of many peoples.
  22. List the six Genocides we learned about in class (Worth 1 point each)
  1. List two reasons for Japanese imperialism in between the World Wars (Worth 2 points each)
  1. What does NATO stand for?
  1. Who are the 5 Permanent Members of the UN Security Council? (Worth 1 point each)

III. Map Activity

Directions: Complete the separate map activity, labeling the areas you are asked for. Worth 2 points each

IV. Short Essays

Directions: Complete the essay prompt on the board. Worth 10 points each