QUIZ:  JAPAN, ITALY, & GERMANY IN THE 1920S & '30S

• Which ONE of the following was NOT true about Japan during the 1920s.  
    a. Japan was westernizing, industrializing and modernizing.
    b. Japan was aggressively creating an empire (Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere).        
    c. Japan had some democratic institutions such as political parties and voting opportunities.
    d. Japan relaxed and liberalized its control over Korea.

• Which of the following is NOT true about Japan during the 1930s?
    a. Mostly military leaders controlled the goverment.
    b. The Zaibatsu (industrial companies) supported expansion abroad.
    c. Japan took over Manchuria.
    d. Japan was bombing China.
    e. Japan agreed to limit its armaments at the Washington Conference.

• Which of the following statements is most definitely NOT true about Mussolini’s government in Italy.
a. It provided educational opportunities and medical assistance.
b. It fostered super patriotism; arms buildup; and territorial expansion.
c. It made the trains run on time.
d. It extended human rights and personal freedoms of speech, press, & religion.
e. It provided for public works projects such as the construction of buildings.

• Hitler’s National Socialist German Workers Party is more commonly known as:
a. Fascists;   b. Nazis   c. Mien Kampf;   d. Communist Manifesto;   e. Das Kapital

• The reluctance of Democratic countries to stop Nazi aggression before 1939 is known as:
  a. east-west rivalry;     b. cash & carry;     c. Lend/Lease;     d. appeasement;     e. unconditional surrender