U8 L9 Military Aggresions

Question 1

Mussolini sought Italian expansion by invading which country?

Answer 1

Ethiopia

Question 2

Who is Haile Selassie?

Answer 2

Ethiopian Emperor

Question 3

Who did Halie Selassie go to upon Italy’s invasion?

Answer 3

League of Nations

Question 4

Could the League of Nations do anything to help Ethiopia against Italy?

Answer 4

no

Question 5

When Italy occupied the capital Ethiopia, what title did Mussolini give himself?

Answer 5

Emperor

Question 6

Italy’s aggression in Ethiopia showed what side of the League of Nations? How did people view it after it?

Answer 6

• weakness

- not taken seriously

Question 7

When did German President Paul Von Hindenburg die?

Answer 7

1934

Question 8

After Hindenburg’s death, Hitler combined which offices and became what?

Answer 8

• president and chancellor

- dictator

Question 9

What was Rhineland?

Answer 9

• German section near French and Belgian borders

- demilitarized by Treaty of Versailles

Question 10

Did France retaliate when Germany marched into Rhineland?

Answer 10

no

Question 11

In 1938, Hitler was determined to take control of what?

Answer 11

Austria

Question 12

British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain brought back from Germany a doc stating what?

Answer 12

war with Germany would not take place

Question 13

What place did Hitler target next after Austria?

Answer 13

Czechoslovakia

Question 14

How many Germans lived in Czechoslovakia?

Answer 14

3 million

Question 15

Hitler’s goal with Czechoslovakia was to make it a part of what?

Answer 15

Third Reich

Question 16

Was Hitler given control of the part of Czechoslovakia inhabited by Germans?

Answer 16

yes

Question 17

When did the rest of Czechoslovakia come under German control?

Answer 17

1939

Question 18

After Czechoslovakia, what did Hitler target after that?

Answer 18

German territory given to Poland after WW1

Question 19

Which treaty between two countries violated the Peace of Paris?

Answer 19

Nazi Germany and Communist Russia

Question 20

What did the Poles resist?

Answer 20

• German demands

- British and French wanting them to negotiate with Hitler over threatened territory

Question 21

When did German invasion of Poland begin?

Answer 21

Sept 1, 1939

Question 22

In 1941, France and Britain would be joined by which countries? Forming what?

Answer 22

• Soviet Union and US

- Allied Powers

Question 23

Germany and Italy would be joined by which countries? Forming what?

Answer 23

• Japan

- Axis Powers

Question 24

What were the nations that were invaded by Hitler’s troops to expand German control?

Answer 24

• Poland
• Czechoslovakia
• Austria