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Causes of World War II Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge of the 20 years between the two World Wars. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by translucent. Estimated time: 6 mins.

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translucent

Time
6 mins

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Multiple Choice

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22,817

Updated
Dec 03 21

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25

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Question 1 of 25

1. What was the name of the city that was given international status at the end of WWI and was the center of the infamous Polish Corridor? Hint

Moscow

Danzig

Berlin

London

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Question 2 of 25

2. What was the alliance the France made with Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia in 1921 called? Hint

The Quadruple Edged sword

The Little Entente

The Axis alliance

Le Secure

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Question 3 of 25

3. On what date was the Treaty of Versailles signed? Hint

June 28, 1918

June 28, 1919

July 28, 1919

November 28, 1918

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Question 4 of 25

4. Which famous article of the Treaty of Versailles stated that nations were to disarm 'to a level that is consistent with national safety'? Hint

Article 16

Article 8

'The Disarmament White Paper'

President Wilson's 14 points

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Question 5 of 25

5. In what year was the Treaty of Rapallo signed between Germany and the Soviet Union? Hint

1926

1919

1922

1939

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Question 6 of 25

6. Who were the 'Big Four' at the Versailles Conference held in the Hall of Mirrors? Hint

Woodrow Wilson, Malcolm Faser, Georges Clemenceau and Winston Churchill

Douglas Haig, Leon Blum, Joseph Stalin and Che Guevara

Neville Chamberlin, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini and Francisco Franco

Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George and Vittorio Orlando

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Question 7 of 25

7. In what year did Germany enter the League of Nations? Hint

1933

1939

1945

1926

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Question 8 of 25

8. In what year was the Treaty of Locarno signed? Hint

1929

1919

1925

1922

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Question 9 of 25

9. What did the Locarno Treaty guarantee? Hint

Germany's western Borders as set out the Versaillies Treaty

Gemany's willingness to admit that she caused WWI

Germany's eastern Borders as set out in the Versailles Treaty

France's willingness allow German troops into the Rhineland

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Question 10 of 25

10. What year did Mussolini and the Fascist Party in Italy come to power? Hint

1923

1933

1922

1929

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Question 11 of 25

11. What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact? Hint

An economic plan to get Italy out of the Great Depression

An agreement to reduce German reparations further

A document that renounced war as a means of national policy

A pact that was made between Fascist Powers in Europe to invade the USSR

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Question 12 of 25

12. What year did Japan invade Manchuria? Hint

1943

1939

1931

1941

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Question 13 of 25

13. What began in 1929 and was to have major consequences for the world in regard to causing another war? Hint

The Industrial Revolution

WWII

The French Revolution

The Great Depression

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Question 14 of 25

14. What was the purpose of the Comintern? Hint

To outlaw Communism in Germany

To set up a Soviet bloc in Eastern Europe

To create a broad-left alliance against Fascism

To promote Soviet interests abroad and 'spread the revolution'

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Question 15 of 25

15. 'The economic clauses of the treaty were malignant and silly to the extent that made them obviously futile'. Who said this about the Versailles Treaty's economic clauses? Hint

Winston Churchill

Benito Mussolini

Adolf Hitler

Neville Chamberlain

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Question 16 of 25

16. What year did Adolf Hitler come to power in Germany? Hint

1929

1934

1939

1933

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Question 17 of 25

17. How many seats did the Nazi Party gain in the Reichstag in the March 1933 elections in Germany? Hint

107

288

196

169

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Question 18 of 25

18. What event ensured that Hitler would be dictator of Germany? Hint

The Battle of Britain

The boycott on Jewish shops

Anschluss with Austria

The Reichstag Fire

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Question 19 of 25

19. In what year did Hitler re-militarise the Rhineland? Hint

1936

1932

1938

1939

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Question 20 of 25

20. In what year did the Soviet Union enter the League of Nations? Hint

1928

1922

1934

1926

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Question 21 of 25

21. What was the date of the Munich Conference? Hint

September 29-30, 1936

September 29-30, 1938

September 29-30, 1941

September 29-30, 1933

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Question 22 of 25

22. The Munich agreement ceded what to Germany? Hint

The Sudetenland

Alsace-Lorraine

Upper Silesia

Czechoslovakia

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Question 23 of 25

23. In what month and year did Anschluss take place? Hint

March 1939

September 1939

September 1936

March 1938

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Question 24 of 25

24. Who was present at the Munich Conference? Hint

Chamberlain, Blum, Mussolini and Hitler

Chamberlain, Daladier, Mussolini and Hitler

Baldwin, Orlando, Stalin and Hitler

Lenin, Franco, Mussolini and Hitler

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Question 25 of 25

25. When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed? Hint

August 25, 1939

August 23, 1939

August 20, 1939

September 1, 1939

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was the name of the city that was given international status at the end of WWI and was the center of the infamous Polish Corridor?

Answer: Danzig

Danzig was made an international city to give Poland access to the sea. It cut Prussia off from the rest of Germany, which caused bitter resentment among Germans towards the Western powers. Hitler was to play on this resentment in his rise to power.

2. What was the alliance the France made with Czechoslovakia, Romania and Yugoslavia in 1921 called?

Answer: The Little Entente

France frantically went about trying to guarantee her own security in Europe after WWI. She was knocked back by America and Britain so she formed this military alliance in 1921.

3. On what date was the Treaty of Versailles signed?

Answer: June 28, 1919

Most historians are of the opinion that in effect, the treaty solved absolutely nothing. Even some people living at the time prophesized that there would be another war in 20 years. In example of this was the famous 'Peace and future cannon fodder' cartoon by British cartoonist Will Dyson.

4. Which famous article of the Treaty of Versailles stated that nations were to disarm 'to a level that is consistent with national safety'?

Answer: Article 8

This article caused major arguments between powers. All nations regarded 'a level consistent with national safety' to be a level at which they possessed more arms than their neighbors or potential enemies. No wonder disarmament failed in the interwar years.

5. In what year was the Treaty of Rapallo signed between Germany and the Soviet Union?

Answer: 1922

This treaty allowed Germany to test its arms inside the USSR and station a large number of troops there (until 1933), thus hiding them from France and Britain. Germany was the first country to actually recognize the new Communist country.

6. Who were the 'Big Four' at the Versailles Conference held in the Hall of Mirrors?

Answer: Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd George and Vittorio Orlando

They helped Wilson write most of the clauses of the Treaty of Versailles. They thought it would bring peace; Germans called it a 'diktat' or a dictated peace.

7. In what year did Germany enter the League of Nations?

Answer: 1926

One of the problems with the League, was that not all of the big powers were in it at the same time.

8. In what year was the Treaty of Locarno signed?

Answer: 1925

The Locarno Honeymoon took place in Switzerland and was attended by the foreign ministers of France, Germany and Britain; Briand, Stressemann and Chamberlain respectively.

9. What did the Locarno Treaty guarantee?

Answer: Germany's western Borders as set out the Versaillies Treaty

The Germans also undertook not to alter their eastern borders by force.

10. What year did Mussolini and the Fascist Party in Italy come to power?

Answer: 1922

Mussolini used to be a socialist, believe it or not!

11. What was the Kellogg-Briand Pact?

Answer: A document that renounced war as a means of national policy

It did renounce war as a means of national policy, but wasn't worth the paper it was written on. Nations simply said that they were fighting wars for 'defensive' purposes. The first to break the pact was Japan.

12. What year did Japan invade Manchuria?

Answer: 1931

The invasion of Manchuria turned into a full scale war with China in 1937 and is seen by many as the start of World War II.

13. What began in 1929 and was to have major consequences for the world in regard to causing another war?

Answer: The Great Depression

It turned order into chaos - particularly in Germany.

14. What was the purpose of the Comintern?

Answer: To promote Soviet interests abroad and 'spread the revolution'

The Bolsheviks set this up to communicate with Communists abroad and spread the revolution all over the world. You know: 'workers of the world unite' and all that jazz.

15. 'The economic clauses of the treaty were malignant and silly to the extent that made them obviously futile'. Who said this about the Versailles Treaty's economic clauses?

Answer: Winston Churchill

Churchill said it - but he had the benefit of hindsight.

16. What year did Adolf Hitler come to power in Germany?

Answer: 1933

Hitler was made Chancellor on 30th January 1933. Von Papen and other conservatives in Germany thought that he would be controllable; poor fools.

17. How many seats did the Nazi Party gain in the Reichstag in the March 1933 elections in Germany?

Answer: 288

This was still not an outright majority as the Nazis only got just over 43 per cent of the vote. They were, however, in coalition with the German Nationalists (DNVP).

18. What event ensured that Hitler would be dictator of Germany?

Answer: The Reichstag Fire

The Nazis blamed the fire on the Communists. Hitler was then given the powers of a dictator to 'protect the people and the state'.

19. In what year did Hitler re-militarise the Rhineland?

Answer: 1936

This was one of the biggest gambles that Hitler took in peace-time. Both Britain and France were still stronger than Germany in 1936, and could have stopped Hitler from marching battalions into the Rhineland, but they chose not to.

20. In what year did the Soviet Union enter the League of Nations?

Answer: 1934

This meant nothing though. After the depression, the League was basically powerless to stop aggression.

21. What was the date of the Munich Conference?

Answer: September 29-30, 1938

The one last desperate attempt by Chamberlain to avoid war in 1938. He was given a hero's welcome on his return to Britain.

22. The Munich agreement ceded what to Germany?

Answer: The Sudetenland

Hitler added 3 million 'new' Germans into the Reich. The Czech Skoda Arms Factory followed in March 1939, when the rest of Bohemia and Moravia was annexed.

23. In what month and year did Anschluss take place?

Answer: March 1938

This gave Hitler even more power and more people. This made his 'Third Reich' absolutely huge.

24. Who was present at the Munich Conference?

Answer: Chamberlain, Daladier, Mussolini and Hitler

You should know this one!

25. When was the Nazi-Soviet Pact signed?

Answer: August 23, 1939

The extreme Right and extreme Left came together (briefly). This shocked the world. It gave Hitler the guarantee that he'd been looking for in order to avoid war on two fronts at the very start of the war. This agreement was broken in 1941 when Hitler launched his invasion of the Soviet Union.

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