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12.1 Practice



Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 1. 

The first country Benito Mussolini invaded was
a.
Ethiopia.
c.
Albania.
b.
Egypt.
d.
India.
 

 2. 

Adolf Hitler established a single party that suppressed opposition, making Germany a
a.
totalitarian state.
c.
capitalist country.
b.
Communist country.
d.
fascist state.
 

 3. 

Manchuria was invaded by
a.
Italy.
c.
Germany.
b.
China.
d.
Japan.
 

 4. 

How was Sudetenland turned over to Germany?
a.
with the Neutrality Act
b.
with the Chamberlain Act
c.
at the Munich Conference
d.
with the signing of the Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
 

 5. 

What agreement freed Hitler to use force against Poland without fear of Soviet intervention?
a.
the Munich Conference
c.
Versailles Treaty
b.
Soviet-German Non-Aggression Pact
d.
Neutrality Act
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 6. 

A ____________________ controls a nation by force.
 

 

 7. 

Hitler and the ____________________ believed German people were superior to all others.
 

 

 8. 

____________________ problems caused military leaders to take control of Japan.
 

 

 9. 

Between 1935 and 1937, to keep the nation out of wars, Congress passed the ____________________.
 

 

 10. 

Hitler's treaty with Stalin freed Hitler to invade ____________________.
 

 

Matching
 
 
Match each item with the correct statement below.
a.
anti-Semitism
d.
Adolf Hitler
b.
Nazi Party
e.
Benito Mussolini
c.
Joseph Stalin
 

 11. 

German dictator
 

 12. 

led Italian Fascist Party
 

 13. 

led by Adolf Hitler
 

 14. 

hatred of Jews
 

 15. 

Communist leader
 

Short Answer
 

 16. 

Why did Congress pass the Neutrality Acts?
 

 17. 

Anger and frustration over what two events led to the rise of dictators in several European countries in the 1920s and 1930s?
 

 18. 

How did Joseph Stalin maintain his power over the people of the Soviet Union?
 

 19. 

Why did Japan invade Manchuria and China?
 

 20. 

What argument did Hitler use to justify his invasion of Austria?
 



 
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