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35 questions

Q.

Which of the following was NOT part of the Big Three?

answer choices

Woodrow Wilson - USA

Georges Clemenceau - France

Kaiser Wilhelm II - Germany

David Lloyd George - Britain

Q.

Which country signed the war guilt clause?

answer choices

USA

Germany

France

Great Britain

Q.

Which leader wanted revenge?

answer choices

Woodrow Wilson

Georges Clemenceau

Kaiser Wilhelm II

David Lloyd George

Q.

How many men were allowed in the German army according to the military terms of the Treaty of Versailles.

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1 million

150,000

1,500

100,000

Q.

Wilson's plan for peace was called the ...

answer choices

Treaty of Versaille

14 Points

Treaty of Paris

League of Nations

Q.

What new organization was created to promote international peace?

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The United Nations

The League of Nations

The European Union

The USSR

Q.

What are reparations?

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When a country sends workers to repair damage from the war.

When a defeated country pays for war damage.

The amount of money it will take to repair a country after war.

When you "repair" something physical.

Q.

Which country rejected the Treaty of Versailles?

answer choices

France

Great Britain

USA

Japan

answer explanation

Q.

Check all the ways the economy began to collapse after the 1929 stock market crash

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Farmers make less and borrowed from banks

Factories put out too much goods than people could buy

Auto and construction industries suffered

There was high income inequality

Q.

Choose the picture that best fits with the Dust Bowl

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Q.

Banks often owned many ____________ so they could make more money.

answer choices

farmers

stocks

loans

bonds

Q.

What event caused many banks to close?

answer choices

The Dust Bowl

Auto and Construction Industry collapse

The Stock Market crash

High income inequality

Q.

Income inequality is _______________________

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When most people have equal amounts of money

When you bring in lots of income

When you bring in a little amount of income

When much of the wealth is owned by the richest few

answer explanation

Q.

By 1932, about ____% of people had lost their jobs.

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25%

30%

10%

20%

Q.

What caused most battlefield deaths? (WWI)

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Machine gunfire

Artillery

Trench rats

Poison gas

answer explanation

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Q.

What does "stalemate" mean?

answer choices

A hard bread eaten by soldiers

When something is stale

A situation that is terrible because of bad conditions

A situation in which further action is blocked; a deadlock

answer explanation

Q.

A single _______________couple could produce up to 900 offspring in a year, spreading infection and contaminating food. They were one of the worst aspects of life in the trenches.

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Cat

Dog

Rat

Body lice bugs

answer explanation

Q.

Where in this diagram would be the WORST place to spend a lot of time?

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The support trench

Communication trench

Company HQ dugout

No Man's Land

Q.

Which of the following is the correct Statement of Inquiry for this unit?

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Causes and consequences of turning points in history change the status quo.

War and peace are turning points that change society

The World Wars are a result of the change in the status quo and the changes in turning points

War is bad.

Q.

Which of the following is NOT an aim of the League of Nations?

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Collective Security

Disarmament

World Peace

Collective Stability

answer explanation

Q.

Which is an example of the failure of the League of Nations in the 1930s?

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China's invasion of Japan

The Abyssinian Crisis

China's invasion of Manchuria

The Italian Crisis

Q.

The League of Nations had the following objectives:

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To ensure the dominance of the United States

To prevent wars

To encourage disarmament

To prevent the rise of the Soviet Union

Q.

The aggressor in Abyssinia was

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French

British

Italian

German

answer explanation

Q. Who became the dictator of Germany and led that country into WWII?

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Winston Churchill

Benito Mussolini

Adolf Hitler

Q. Who was Benito Mussolini?

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The fascist ruler of Italy

The fascist ruler of Germany

The fascist ruler of France

The fascist ruler of England

Q.

What does the German word 'Blitzkrieg' mean?

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air attack

attack

lightening war

tank war

Q.

In what order did the Nazis attack using the 'Blitzkrieg' tactic?

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planes, tanks, foot soldiers

tanks, foot soldiers, planes

foot soldiers, planes, tanks,

tanks tanks tanks tanks

Q.

Why was this tactic (Blitzkrieg) so good?

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nobody could speak german

it was very fast and caught people by surprise

they used nuclear weapons

Hitler was a nut job (crazy person)

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Q.

German planes (stukas) first went in and bombed...

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schools and hospitals

jewish areas

allied soldier bases

rail lines, important roads and bridges

Q.

What were the German planes called?

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spitfires and hurricanes

Ryanair and Aer lingus

Messerschmitts and Stukas

Lufthansa and aerhausens

Q.

What happened immediately after the bombing? (Blitzkrieg)

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The planes attacked again

the foot soldiers went in

the tanks attacked

there was silence

answer explanation

Q.

Why did the tanks attack immediately after the bombing? (Blitzkrieg)

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they were there anyways

so the enemy would have no chance to recover

cause they just loved causing mayhem

they were running out of petrol

Q.

What was the last thing to happen in blitzkrieg?

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everyone was killed

The Allies won

the foot soldiers attacked

the tanks left

Q.

What country was NOT attacked using Blitzkrieg?

(hint: look at the map)

answer choices

Britain

Poland

France

Russia

answer explanation

Britain is surrounded by water!

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Q.

Why did the Nazis not use Blitzkrieg on the British?

answer choices

they were friends

they ran out of soldiers and tanks

Britain is an island nation

the British had better technology

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