WORLD WAR II- CAUSES- EXERCISES
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ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR OWN WORDS !
What happened to the countries that lost World War I? ____________________________________
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Who did they borrow money from? ____________________________________________________
What was the economy like during the Great Depression? __________________________________
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Describe the two movements that came up before World War II:
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Which countries led the Allies? ________________________________________________________
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Benito Mussolini was known as _______________________________________________________
What did Adolf Hitler want? __________________________________________________________
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Which countries did Japan attack in the 1930s?___________________________________________
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In 1935 Italy took over ______________________________________________________________
Which country did Francisco Franco rule? _______________________________________________
Who signed the Munich Agreement? Why? ______________________________________________
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Which country did Great Britain and France promise to help if it were attacked? ________________
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Which country did Germany sign a non-aggression pact with? Why? __________________________
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EXPLAIN IN ENGLISH AND USE YOUR OWN WORDS!
invade ___________________________________________________________________________
The Great Depression _______________________________________________________________
dictator __________________________________________________________________________
reparations _______________________________________________________________________
Allies ____________________________________________________________________________
inflation __________________________________________________________________________
Civil War _________________________________________________________________________
agreement ________________________________________________________________________
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PUT INTO THE CORRECT ORDER!
Italy invades Ethiopia
The Great Depression starts
Germany and the Soviet Union sign a treaty not to attack each other
The losing countries have to give up some of their land after World
War I
Germany invades Poland
Adolf Hitler becomes German chancellor
Germany invades Austria
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CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER
1. After World War II Germany and Austria
a. became monarchies
b. had to give up a lot of land
c. got land from the Allies
d. were controlled by the Allies
7. Adolf Hitler wanted to get rid of
a. the Austrians
b. the Americans
c. the Muslims
d. the Jews
2. The Great Depression began
a. in the USA
b. in Germany
c. in Great Britain
d. in France
8. At the beginning of the 1930s Japan
attacked
a. Manchuria
b. Tibet
c. Germany
d. Ethiopia
3. Inflation means that
a. people's money is worth more
b. people's money worth less
c. workers get more pay
d. banks have too much money
4. Communism wanted
a. the government
b. the farmers
c. the king
d. the working class
to have more power
5. Germany and Italy belonged to the
a. Axis powers
b. Allied countries
c. Communist countries
d. free countries
6. In the years before World War II the Axis
powers
a. started Civil Wars
b. got rid of the monarchy
c. signed treaties with other
countries
d. began to build up a strong army
9. Italy and Germany sent soldiers to
a. Austria
b. Japan
c. France
d. Spain
10. The Munich Agreement gave Hitler the
right to take over
a. the Sudetenland
b. Poland
c. Austria
d. parts of Russia
11. Shortly before the outbreak of the war
a. Germany and Great Britain
b. Great Britain and the Soviet Union
c. France and Great Britain
d. Germany and the Soviet Union
promised not to attack each other.
12. On September 1, 1939 Germany invaded
a. Austria
b. Poland
c. France
d. the Soviet Union