Multiple
Choice
Identify the choice
that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The idea common to the
following terms is:
• anschluss
• lebensraum
• Greater East Asia
Co-Prosperity Sphere
A. | containment.
| B. | co-existence. | C. | territorial expansion. | D. | international
cooperation. |
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Britain abandoned its policy of
appeasement when Germany
A. | sent troops into Austria.
| B. | annexed the
Sudetenland. | C. | remilitarized the Rhineland. | D. | occupied Bohemia and
Moravia. |
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The Hoare-Laval Plan is
evidence that Britain and France:
A. | intended to help Abyssinia regain
its freedom. | B. | thought Mussolini could be forced to leave
Abyssinia. | C. | were committed to the principles of the League of
Nations. | D. | were more concerned with self-interest than with collective
security. |
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"He (Hitler) has sworn to
you for years that he was the mortal enemy of Bolshevism; he is now its ally."
- Neville
Chamberlain in a broadcast to the German people.
Chamberlain was referring to
the:
A. | Treaty of
Rapallo. | B. | Anti-Comintern Pact. | C. | Treaty of Brest-Litovsk.
| D. | Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression
Pact. |
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The Locarno Pact of 1925
contributed to
A. | U.S.
isolationism. | B. | nationalist conflicts. | C. | international stability.
| D. | the spread of
communism. |
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Immediately prior to the U.S.
entry into the Second World War, President Roosevelt followed a policy of
A. | strict neutrality towards both
sides. | B. | increasing support for Britain and her
allies. | C. | isolationism and hostility toward both
sides. | D. | neutrality toward Japan, but hostility toward
Germany. |
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Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931
because the Japanese:
A. | had economic interests in
China. | B. | sought to prevent Russian expansion. | C. | opposed the Lytton Commission
Report. | D. | were encouraged by Germany's aggression in
Europe. |
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8.
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The Stresa Front was a response
to a threat to the independence of which numbered country?
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The U.S. Senate did
not support U.S. entry into the
League of Nations because it believed the League would:
A. | involve the U.S.A. in future
European wars. | B. | not assist the U.S.A. in collecting war
debts. | C. | force the U.S.A. to maintain an army in
Europe. | D. | be controlled by the international communist
movement. |
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During the 1920s, France sought
security against a revival of German militarism by
A. | opposing the growth of
Nazism. | B. | making alliances with East European nations like
Czechoslovakia. | C. | signing a non-aggression pact with the
U.S.S.R. | D. | supporting the remilitarization of the
Rhineland. |
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Which of the following is
inconsistent with the U.S.
policy of isolationism in the interwar years?
A. | the Dawes Plan
| B. | the Neutrality
Acts | C. | immigration restrictions | D. | the Fordney-McCumber
Act |
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At the time the Munich Pact was
signed, Chamberlain considered it a success because:
A. | war was avoided.
| B. | Austria remained
independent. | C. | Great Britain made no concessions. | D. | Hitler withdrew from the
Sudetenland. |
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A result of the Italian
invasion of Abyssinia was that:
A. | Italy adopted a policy of
appeasement. | B. | Germany and Italy became closer allies. | C. | France and Italy formed the Stresa
Front. | D. | Italy was expelled from the League of
Nations. |
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The Lytton Commission and the
Hoare-Laval Plan were similar in that both
A. | were successful in resisting fascist
aggression. | B. | resulted in a success for the League of
Nations. | C. | failed to halt aggression against weak
countries. | D. | allowed Hitler to occupy neighbouring
territories. |
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The term collective security
would most likely be used by an historian studying
A. | European diplomacy in the
1930s. | B. | Soviet agricultural policies under Stalin. | C. | U.S. agricultural policies under
Roosevelt. | D. | the rise of trade unions during the Great
Depression. |
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The Munich Crisis of 1938
resulted from the German demand for:
A. | Austria. | B. | Danzig. | C. | the Rhineland. | D. | the Sudetenland. |
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By the terms of the Treaty of
Rapallo (1922), the U.S.S.R.:
A. | entered the League of Nations.
| B. | was awarded a warm water
port. | C. | was forced to give up the Ukraine. | D. | received industrial help from
Germany. |
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"France is and will remain the
sworn enemy of Germany"
- Hitler (1923) | |
Which of the following agreements contradicts Hitler’s
statement?
A. | The Dawes Plan.
| B. | The Locarno
Pact. | C. | The Treaty of Rapallo. | D. | The Anglo-German Naval
Agreement. |
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The Spanish Civil War has been
called a dress rehearsal for the Second World War because
A. | Mussolini’s troops came in
late and left early. | B. | western leaders sent military assistance to both
sides. | C. | democracies and fascist dictatorships supported the same
side. | D. | German armed forces were able to use new tactics and
equipment. |
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The country that signed both
the Locarno Pact and the Anti-Comintern Pact was
A. | Japan. | B. | France. | C. | Germany. | D. | Great Britain. |
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Which of the following actions
by the U.S.A. was an immediate
cause of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour?
A. | Increased U.S. arms sales to
China. | B. | Roosevelt’s lend-lease aid to Britain. | C. | The blocking of the sale of oil to
Japan. | D. | The expulsion of Japanese nationals from the
U.S.A. |
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By 1939, France’s
security from a German attack was based on
A. | its frontier
fortifications. | B. | the buffer zone of the Rhineland. | C. | the British guarantee to protect its border.
| D. | its alliances with nations in
Eastern Europe. |
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