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The Interwar Years
Form A
MULTIPLE CHOICE For each of the following, write the letter of the best
choice in the space provided.
_____ 4. Which event caused many
Japanese people to question
their government’s foreign
policy with the West?
a. The United States barred
Japanese immigration.
b. Japan lost territory as a
result of the Treaty of
Versailles.
c. The Japanese military
demanded final approval of
all government decisions.
d. China won several small
skirmishes on the border
with Korea.
_____ 1. Which of the following helped
convince many Indians to rid
themselves of their British
rulers?
a. the Long March
b. the Amritsar Massacre
c. the Balfour Declaration
d. the Pan-African Congress
_____ 2. What did Kemal Atatürk and
Reza Shah Pahlavi have in
common?
a. Both fought against British
colonial rule.
b. Both honored the requests
of the Allied Powers after
World War I.
c. Both wanted to make their
nations modern and
independent.
d. Both sought to create
religious nations.
_____
_____ 3. How did President Franklin
Delano Roosevelt propose to
fight the Great Depression?
a. with a government program
known as the New Deal
b. by increasing production of
military weapons and
equipment
c. by buying up stocks at preOctober 1929 prices
d. by heavily taxing exported
goods
5. The Nuremberg Laws differed
from earlier anti-Semitism
because they
a. allowed Jewish people to
reclaim their citizenship if
they renounced their faith.
b. deported all Jews from
Germany for the first time.
c. defined a person as Jewish
based on ancestry of
grandparents, not religious
beliefs.
d. aimed at excluding Jews
from mainstream life in
Germany.
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PRACTICING SOCIAL STUDIES SKILLS Study the map below and
answer the questions that follow.
_____ 6. What boundary served as the northern limit of Japanese military aggression?
a. the Chinese boundary with Mongolia
b. the Manchurian boundary with the Soviet Union
c. the Taiwanese boundary with China
d. the Korean boundary with China
_____ 7. How does the map help to explain Japan’s lack of success in China?
a. China was too far away for Japan to govern.
b. Countries to the east of Japan were easier to conquer.
c. China was too large for Japan to conquer.
d. Japan did not need the land or resources of China.
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MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term, person, or
place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
_____ 8. Gave jobs to the unemployed, provided
money for relief programs, and regulated the
stock market and banking system
_____ 9. Anti-Jewish riots staged across Germany and
Austria in November 1938
_____ 10. An agreement between Germany and Japan
to oppose the spread of communism and
defend one another in case of attack
a. John Maynard Keynes
b. Jiang Jieshi
c. credit
d. Gulag
e. Mao Zedong
f. Balfour Declaration
_____ 11. Boomed during much of the 1920s
g. Kristallnacht
_____ 12. Argued that governments could limit or
prevent economic downturns by spending
money
h. Benito Mussolini
_____ 13. System of labor camps used to punish those
opposed to the Soviet policy of taking land
from peasants
j. Adolf Hitler
_____ 14. Carried out by the Japanese military in
defiance of the government
i. stock market
k. New Deal
l. Manchurian Incident
m. Anti-Comintern Pact
_____ 15. Led the nationalist Guomindang party in
China
_____ 16. Led the Chinese Communists
_____ 17. Founded the National Fascist Party in Italy
FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name.
18. _______________________ was known as “Father of the Turks” because he led in
the creation of the Republic of Turkey.
19. Although many Africans fought for independence from European domination, only
_______________________ won independence during the interwar years.
20. Gandhi believed in two important concepts—ahimsa, or non-violence, and
_______________________.
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21. On a day known as _______________________, investors in the U.S. stock market
sold off 16 million shares.
22. The Japanese invaded and set up a new state in China called
_______________________, in order to gain its rich natural resources.
23. Japanese troops killed as many as 300,000 Chinese men, women, and children in the
_______________________.
24. An authoritarian form of government that places the good of the nation above all else
is called _______________________.
25. A _______________________ government attempts to control all aspects of
political, social, and economic life.
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Section Quiz
The Interwar Years
Section 1
MATCHING In the space provided, write the letter of the term, person, or
place that matches each description. Some answers will not be used.
_____ 1. Event that convinced many Indians that they
must rid themselves of their British rulers
_____ 2. Nonviolence toward living things
_____ 3. Man who led 100,000 Communist supporters
on a 6,000 mile trek
_____ 4. Nationalist party that joined with the
Communists in opposing China’s warlords
_____ 5. Ruler who wanted to make Iran a modern,
independent nation
_____ 6. British proclamation of 1917 declaring
support for a Jewish homeland in Palestine
_____ 7. Strikes and protests that swept China in
1919, demanding widespread change
a. May Fourth Movement
b. Guomindang
c. Jiang Jieshi
d. Mao Zedong
e. Amritsar Massacre
f. Rowlatt Acts
g. Mohandas Gandhi
h. ahimsa
i. Kemal Atatürk
j. Husayn bin Ali
k. Reza Shah Pahlavi
_____ 8. Leader who came to be known as “Father of
the Turks”
_____ 9. Indian lawyer who organized nonviolent
protests against British policies
l. Balfour Declaration
m. Pan-African Congresses
_____ 10. Man who led Arab nationalists in seeking the
creation of an independent Arab state
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Section 2
TRUE/FALSE Mark each statement T if it is true or F if it is false. If false
explain why.
_____ 1. In the United States during the 1920s, stock market prices were pushed higher
as people borrowed money in order to buy the stocks.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_____ 2. President Hoover believed that the federal government should do more, not
less, to regulate business affairs, as his policy decisions showed.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_____ 3. Under President Roosevelt’s New Deal policies, the federal government’s
role in the lives of Americans greatly decreased.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_____ 4. British economist John Maynard Keynes believed that governments could
limit or prevent economic downturns by spending money.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
_____ 5. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was designed to stimulate trade by
encouraging Americans to buy imported goods.
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
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Section 3
MULTIPLE CHOICE For each of the following, write the letter of the best
choice in the space provided.
_____ 1. Which best describes Japanese
industry in the years following
World War I?
a. Many industries
experienced a slowdown.
b. Japan’s vast natural
resources enabled the
country to remain selfsufficient.
c. The number of strikes and
labor disputes decreased
after the war.
d. Japan’s exports enabled the
country to survive
economically.
_____
3. The nationalistic spirit in
Japan after World War I can
best be described as
a. belief in a society devoted
to the interests of the West.
b. dedication to protecting the
rights of individuals rather
than the government.
c. belief in a strong military
and the glory of the nation.
d. pride in the civilian
government.
_____
4. The Manchurian Incident
occurred as a result of
a. Japan’s desire to gain
natural resources and
compete with large
industrial nations.
b. China’s desire to get the
United States involved in
the conflict between China
and Japan.
c. Japan’s desire to stop the
Manchurian army from
invading.
d. Japan’s attempt to solve the
problem of widespread
unemployment.
_____
5. The Anti-Comintern Pact was
an agreement between the
nations of
a. China and Japan.
b. China and Germany.
c. China and the United States.
d. Japan and Germany.
_____ 2. Which best describes the
foreign policy of the Japanese
civilian government after
World War I?
a. refusal to honor the requests
of other nations
b. tried to get other nations to
turn against one another
c. willing to cooperate with
other nations
d. only willing to compromise
in dealing with other Asian
nations
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Section 4
FILL IN THE BLANK For each of the following statements, fill in the
blank with the appropriate word, phrase, or name.
1. In 1919, Benito Mussolini founded a political party based on
_______________________, an authoritarian system that places the good of the
nation above all else.
2. A government that practices _______________________ attempts to control all
aspects of life.
3. Mussolini’s forces successfully invaded _______________________ in 1935.
4. Joseph Stalin’s plans to modernize the economy reflected the Soviet system of
_______________________, in which the government makes major decisions about
the production of goods.
5. In the 1930s, Stalin began a campaign known as the _______________________,
designed to get rid people or things considered undesirable, such as opponents of his
rule.
6. Many _______________________ starved to death after Stalin punished the republic
for opposing collectivism.
7. Peasants who resisted Stalin’s taking land from them were executed or sent to the
_______________________ in Siberia.
8. In 1933 Hitler was appointed to the position of _______________________, the most
powerful post in the German government.
9. In 1935, the _______________________ created a separate legal status for German
Jews.
10. Anti-Jewish riots across Germany and Austria on the nights of November 9 and 10,
1938, came to be known as _______________________.
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