Complete the following quiz to review your knowledge from this learning pathway. This quiz will help students undertaking this course for credit to prepare for their test.

• Complete this sentence: ‘When Italy invaded Ethiopia’:
  • The League of Nations declared Italy an aggressor but took no effective action.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • The League of Nations did not discuss the issue as Italy blocked all discussion.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Italian imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • all the major powers soon recognized Italy’s annexation of the country.
    • Incorrect. Britain and France did, but the US and Soviet Union refused to do so.
  • Hitler negotiated with Mussolini to deport some ‘undesirable’ groups from Germany to Ethiopia.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Italian imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• All of the below statements about the Nanking Massacre (Rape of Nanking) are true, except:
  • the massacre is still a source of anger and controversy today.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Nanking Massacre in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • between 20,000-80,000 women were sexually assaulted.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Nanking Massacre in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the General in charge was later executed for war crimes.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on the Nanking Massacre in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • most estimates suggest about 100,000 people were killed.
    • Correct. It is estimated 200,000-300,000 people were killed in this terrible massacre.
• The Long March was:
  • a march by Chinese communist forces from the countryside to Beijing, in their quest to take control of China.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Chinese and Japanese imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • a circuitous retreat by Chinese communists from nationalist forces.
    • Correct. Well done!
  • a march by Chinese communist forces into the countryside, to avoid Japanese imperialist aggressors.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Chinese and Japanese imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the march by Japanese imperialist forces through China, as they took control of more and more territory.
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Chinese and Japanese imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Which of the below was not a major cause of World War Two?
  • militarism
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • the Great Depression
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • imperialism
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • none of the above answers are correct.
    • Correct. Well done!
• The Axis coalition was comprised of:
  • Germany and Italy
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Germany and Japan
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • Germany, Japan and Italy
    • Correct. Well done!
  • none of the above answers are correct.
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.

Indicate whether the following statements are true or false:

• Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek was held hostage by members of his own military in 1936 until he agreed to put more combat units into fighting the Japanese, instead of focusing on anti-communist battles.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Chinese and Japanese imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• Appeasement was an unsuccessful policy response to Hitler’s aggression, but it reflected the strong desire of ordinary people in Britain and France to avoid another war.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The war between China and Japan began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1933.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activity on Chinese and Japanese imperialism in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. The invasion that began the war was in 1931, not 1933.
• Nazi Germany annexed Austria and invaded Czechoslovakia before World War Two began.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activity ‘Before the War’ in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
• The United States pursued a policy of pacifism before World War Two.
  • True
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.
  • False
    • Correct. The US pursued a policy of isolationism.
• Czechoslovakia surrendered part of its territory to Nazi Germany, rather than fight, due to enormous pressure from Britain and France not to start a war.
  • True
    • Correct. Well done!
  • False
    • Incorrect. Review the activities on the causes of World War Two in this learning pathway to help you find the correct answer.