A) mandate B) armisticeC) reparation D) militarism

1. Which term is defined as payment for damages?

A) rise of fascist dictatorshipsB) development of nuclear armsC) abandonment of colonial territoriesD) establishment of the League of Nations

2. In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability led tothe

A) Adolf Hitler B) Francisco FrancoC) Benito Mussolini D) Charles de Gaulle

3. Which political leader gained power as a result of thefailing economy of the Weimar Republic?

A) Ho Chi Minh B) Winston ChurchillC) Mao Zedong D) Benito Mussolini

4. Which leader is most closely associated with the rise offascism in Italy prior to World War II?

5. Base your answer to the following question on the chartbelow and on your knowledge of social studies.

A) global prosperity and tradeB) success of the Weimar RepublicC) political and economic instabilityD) expansion of Germany's colonial empire

Based on the information in this chart, which situationgave rise to Nazi power in Germany?

A) an attempt to avoid conflict by meeting thedemands of an aggressor

B) a period of peace and prosperity, resulting incultural achievement

C) a declaration of war between two or more nationsD) an agreement removing economic barriers between

nations

6. The term appeasement is best defined as

A) efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to punishheresy

B) major articles in the Declaration of the Rights ofMan

C) specific laws contained in Justinian’s CodeD) anti-Semitic laws of 20th-century Germany

7. The Nuremberg laws are best described as

A) signed the Treaty of VersaillesB) wanted to avoid global conflict at any costC) depended on economic measures to stop aggressionD) recognized the communist government in the Soviet Union

8. Base your answer to question on the cartoon below and on your knowledge of social studies.

The leaders in this 1936 cartoon are depicted as "spineless" because they

A) rise of Nazism Treaty of Versailles Germaninvasion of the Soviet Union

B) Treaty of Versailles rise of Nazism Germaninvasion of the Soviet Union

C) German invasion of the Soviet Union rise ofNazism Treaty of Versailles

D) Treaty of Versailles German invasion of theSoviet Union rise of Nazis

9. Which sequence of events is in the correct chronologicalorder?

A) The Ural Mountains served as a barrier toadvancing German armies.

B) Distance and harsh winters disrupted Germansupply lines.

C) Extensive food-producing areas kept the Sovietarmies well fed.

D) Numerous ports along the Arctic Sea allowed forthe refueling of Soviet transport ships.

10. Which geographic factor was most significant inhelping the Soviet Union withstand German attacks inWorld War II?

A) Battle of BritainB) D-Day invasionC) invasion of PolandD) dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

11. Which of these World War II events happened first?

A) Germany was divided into four zones ofoccupation

B) the United Nations was formed to prevent futureacts of genocide

C) the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)was established to stop the spread of communism

D) Nazi political and military leaders were heldaccountable for their actions

12. A major result of the Nuremberg trials after World WarII was that

A) the British negotiating peace with Adolf Hitlerduring the 1938 Munich Conference

B) Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin signing anonaggression pact in 1939

C) the Nazi armies eliminating the Jews and othergroups as part of Adolf Hitler’s Final Solution

D) German generals plotting against Adolf Hitler

13. Which action illustrates the concept of genocide?

A) conflict between political partiesB) violations of human rightsC) limited technological developmentD) geography’s influence on culture

14. The Holocaust is an example of

A) France B) United StatesC) Soviet Union D) Great Britain

15. Immediately after World War II, which country exertedpolitical and economic control over Poland, Hungary,and Romania?

A) "Japan Signs Treaty of Kanagawa"B) "Nuclear Bombs Dropped on Japan"C) "Japan Invades Korea"D) "Japan Hosts Discussion on Greenhouse

Gases"

16. Which headline is most closely associated with thecities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

A) the occupation of most European colonies byUnited Nations troops

B) increased efforts by these colonies to gainindependence

C) the expansion of European imperialismD) decreased friction between the Europeans and their

colonies

17. World War II was a turning point for many Europeancolonies in Africa and Asia because the war led to

A) Americans B) ChineseC) Japanese D) Germans

18. Which group was accused of violating human rights inthe city of Nanjing during World War II?

A) military aggression B) appeasementC) containment D) the domino theory

19. Japans invasion of Manchuria, Italy's attack onEthiopia, and Germany's blitzkrieg in Poland areexamples of

A) promote peaceful relations worldwideB) stimulate the economy of EuropeC) bring World War I to an endD) encourage a strong alliance system

20. One goal of the League of Nations was to