Causes of World War Two quiz: Hitler's foreign policy, the League's failure, appeasement and the outbreak of war (O-Level Elective History) quiz

To uphold the Treaty of Versailles

To give up German territory

To disarm Germany permanently

To overturn the Treaty of Versailles, unite German-speakers and gain living space

Remilitarising the Rhineland and carrying out the Anschluss with Austria

Returning the Rhineland to demilitarised status

Reducing the German army

Granting independence to Austria

That the League could stop any aggressor

That the League could not stop determined aggressors, since sanctions were weak and major powers would not act

That the League had a powerful army

That no aggression took place in the 1930s

It made all countries disarm

It created a strong system of collective security

It encouraged aggressors like Hitler to believe they could act without being stopped

It had no effect on Hitler

Declaring war on Germany immediately

Refusing to negotiate with Germany at all

Building a military alliance against Germany

Giving in to Hitler's demands in the hope of avoiding war

Britain and France allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia

Germany was forced to give up the Rhineland

Germany agreed to disarm completely

The Soviet Union joined the Western alliance

They wanted a second world war

Memories of the First World War and a desire to avoid another, combined with military unpreparedness

They believed Germany was too weak to fight

They had unlimited armed forces ready

It was too aggressive towards Germany

It started the First World War

It encouraged Hitler by showing he could break agreements without consequences, making him bolder

It had no effect on Hitler's behaviour

The remilitarisation of the Rhineland

The invasion of the Soviet Union

The Munich Agreement

Hitler's seizure of the rest of Czechoslovakia, breaking his Munich promises

It freed Hitler to attack Poland without fear of a war on two fronts

It allied Germany with Britain

It ended Hitler's plans for war

It returned the Sudetenland to Czechoslovakia

The Anschluss with Austria

The German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939

The Spanish Civil War

The remilitarisation of the Rhineland

Blame one factor entirely

List only the events of 1939

Show how Hitler's ambition, the League's failure and appeasement interacted, with 1939 as the final step

Describe the First World War instead

That it made Hitler weaker

That it had no purpose at all

That it caused the First World War

That it bought Britain and France time to rearm and that Hitler's aggression was the real cause

Weighing the named factor against the other causes and reaching a justified judgement on responsibility

Narrating the events in order without judgement

Listing the terms of Versailles

Refusing to reach a conclusion