Years of Crisis: 1930 – 1939 – Flashcards
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All of the following countries took control of other countries' territory during the 1930s EXCEPT
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Spain
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What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
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Japan
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All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT
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the Soviet Union
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Which of the following countries signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939?
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Germany
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Which of the following was the leader of the Third Reich?
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Adolf Hitler
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During Spain's civil war, Francisco Franco was the leader of
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Spanish rebel troops.
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The Munich Conference was held to address the problems of a German threat to the nation of
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Czechoslovakia
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What was the policy of appeasement?
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The British and French decision to give into aggression in order to keep peace.
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Why did Japan invade Manchuria?
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to gain its iron and coal deposits
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The Munich Conference came to symbolize the dangers of what?
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appeasement
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What important role did Winston Churchill play during this period?
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He warned that the policy of appeasement was a disaster.
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In what way was Japan different from its allies Germany and Italy?
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It was ruled by militarists who kept the emperor in power.
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what region voted in a plebicite to join Germany?
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the Saar
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Which of the following countries DID NOT sent "volunteers" or weapons to fight in the Spanish Civil War?
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Great Britain
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The African nation of Ethiopia was invases and conquered in the mid-1930's b
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Italy.
