Effects of WWI & WWII Assessment
Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer from the list and record your selection on the line provided.
1. _____ What treaty ended WWI?
a. Treaty of Paris
c. Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
b. Treaty of Versailles
d. Treaty of Verdun
2. _____ What country was crushed by the Treaty of Versailles?
a. Austria-Hungary
c. Ottoman Empire
b. France
d. Germany
3. _____ What nation felt most strongly about demanding harsh reparations from Germany after
WWI?
a. Great Britain
c. France
b. United States
d. Russia
4. _____ How did Germany make its war reparation payments?
a. By taking out loans from the United States to repay Britain and France
b. By taking out loans from the Soviet Union to repay Britain and France
c. By printing more money, resulting in rapid inflation
d. A and C
e. None of the above
5. _____ Which nation was denied land grants that were promised by the Allies when it entered
WWI?
a. Germany
c. Belgium
b. Italy
d. United States
6. _____ What ideology grew in popularity as a result of the Treaty of Versailles and/or the Great
Depression in Germany and Italy?
a. Nationalism
c. Communism
b. Fascism
d. Nazism
7. _____ What policy did the victorious European powers of WWI follow in response to aggressive
actions of Germany, Italy, and Japan in the interwar period?
a. Isolationism
c. Interventionism
b. Appeasement
d. Internationalism
8. _____All of the following were victorious in WWII except:
a. Great Britain
c. Japan
b. France
d. United States
9. _____Which post-WWII policy implemented by the United States was intended to rebuild the
Western European economy?
a. Truman Doctrine
c. Isolationism
b. Marshall Plan
d. Containment
10. _____ What term best describes the efforts of the Allies in the immediate postwar period?
a. Reparation
c. Rehabilitation
b. Democratization
d. Resurrection
11. _____Over what area’s future did the Western Allied nations and the Soviet Union greatly
disagree?
a. Poland
c. The Balkans
b. Germany
d. Japan
12. _____ Which of these was NOT theme of the Cold War that emerged as a result of the ending of
WWII?
a. Containment
c. Appeasement
b. Nuclear Arms Race
d. Iron Curtain
13. _____ All of the following leaders were involved in the surrender terms or treaties of WWII except:
a. Harry Truman
c. Joseph Stalin
b. Winston Churchill
d. Adolf Hitler
14. _____ All of the following demonstrate actions taken to foster international cooperation and
peace in the post-WWII era except:
a. Formation of the United Nations
b. Adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
c. International court established at Nuremberg to try Nazis for war crimes
d. Soviet blockade of Berlin in 1948-49
15. _____ Why were independence movements successful after WWII, but not so much after WWI?
a. The defeat of German colonialism discredited other European imperialism
b. India did not try to gain independence until after WWII
c. There were no battles in Africa in WWI, so they did not have enough credibility yet
d. Nations took an effort to secure human rights after WWII, but not after WWI
Essay: Answer the following question in a thorough 5+ paragraph essay.
Analyze the difference between the ending of WWI and WWII. How were they different? Why were
they different? How were their effects different?
Excellent
Thesis
Statement
5
Meets
Requirement
Partially Meets
Requirement
Thesis statement
correctly analyzes
why the endings
and effects of WWI
and WWII were
different
Thesis statement
conveys that there
were differences
between the
endings of WWI and
WWII
Thesis statement
does not clearly
state the
differences
between WWI and
WWII in one
sentence
Effective
explanation of how
the endings of the
world wars were
different in at least 2
ways
Analyzes the
underlying reason
for the differences
in the world wars’
endings
Effectively uses the
term ‘historical
timing’
Effective
explanation of how
the endings of the
world wars were
different in at least 1
ways
Explains some
reasons why the
endings of the
world wars were
different
Explains one
difference in the
endings of the
world wars
Effects
10
Correctly analyzes
how the effects of
the world wars were
different using
direct comparisons
and evidence
Analyzes how the
effects of the world
wars were different
due to the ending
treaties or attitudes
Inadequate
evidence to support
explanation of how
the effects of the
world wars were
different
Mechanics
5
No errors in spelling,
grammar, word
usage, or word
choice
Also includes
vocabulary terms
Few errors in
grammar, spelling,
word usage, and/or
word choice
Distracting errors in
spelling, grammar,
or word usage
Word choice is
below an 11-th
grade, Honors level
How
Different
10
Why
Different
10
Attempts to explain
the reason behind
the different
endings of the
world wars, but is
marred by
inaccuracies or
insufficient
evidence
TOTAL _____ / 40
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