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1. In 1935, the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini invaded the country of
a. Albania.
b. Austria.
c. Egypt.
d. Ethiopia.
e. Macedonia.
2. Japan’s first major action in the Pacific took place when its military invaded
a. Manchuria in China.
b. the Philippines.
c. the Dutch East Indies.
d. Russian Siberia.
e. Iwo Jima.
3. At the Munich Conference of 1938 in Berlin, the Western European powers
a. allowed Hitler to annex the country of Czechoslovakia.
b. elicited a promise from Hitler to take no more territory.
c. confronted Hitler about his treatment of certain groups in Germany, but after listening to
his side of the matter, dropped the subject.
d. declared that the agreement promised to bring “Peace in Our Time.”
e. told Hitler and Mussolini that they wanted an agreement that would keep Europe out of
another war.
4. Who signed a nonaggression pact with Hitler in August 1939?
a. Churchill
b. Roosevelt
c. Mussolini
d. Stalin
e. All of these people signed the nonaggression pact, because no one wanted to go to war.
5. World War II began on September 1, 1939 when Hitler’s troops invaded
a. the Soviet Union.
b. Belgium.
c. Poland.
d. Czechoslovakia.
e. France.
6. It took Hitler only six weeks in 1940 to capture
a. Paris.
b. Vichy.
c. Dunkirk.
d. Leningrad.
e. Brussels.
7. The Lend Lease Act, though passed mainly for the benefit of Great Britain, empowered the
president to
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
send advisers to assist any country fighting the Germans.
put warships in the Pacific to protect American interests from the Japanese.
offer military materiel to any country willing to fight against the Germans.
lend money but no hardware to those threatened by Germany.
lend weapons and supplies to nations fighting either the Germans or the Japanese.
8. In June 1942, American forces halted Japan’s advance at the Battle of
a. Midway.
b. the Bulge.
c. the Coral Sea.
d. Iwo Jima.
e. the Philippines.
9. The Servicemen’s Readjustment Act of 1944 (the GI Bill) provided
a. some unemployment benefits for veterans.
b. low-interest housing loans.
c. medical care for veterans.
d. financial aid for education.
e. The GI Bill provided for all of these benefits.
10. At the Tehran Conference, Stalin argued
a. that going into Italy first was the best decision for his Western allies.
b. the second front would be the time for the British and Americans to aid the Soviet Union.
c. for opening a front against Japan only after Germany was defeated.
d. for holding the line in the East and keeping as many German fighters there as he could.
e. that none of them should trust the leaders at the helm of the Vichy Government in France.
11. From D-Day to the liberation of Paris was a period of about
a. six weeks.
b. six months.
c. three months.
d. three weeks.
e. ten weeks.
12. Roosevelt and Churchill agreed in 1943 that the best strategy for beating the Germans was to first
invade
a. France.
b. Italy.
c. Sicily.
d. Germany.
e. They agreed that invading Sicily and Italy would be best.
13. Britain and France declared war on Germany in 1939, after Germany invaded
a. Poland.
b. Czechoslovakia.
c. Denmark.
d. the Soviet Union.
e. Belgium
14. The German air force was known as the
a. sitzkreig.
b. blitzkreig.
c. modern warfare.
d. luftwaffe.
e. Anschluss.
15. Germany’s use of speed in its move on Poland was known as
a. sitzkreig.
b. blitzkreig.
c. modern warfare.
d. luftwaffe.
e. Anschluss.
16. Unlike the German military’s experience during World War I, Hitler’s war machine succeeded in
a. defeating the Russians in the Soviet Union.
b. keeping Belgium uninvolved in the fighting.
c. conquering France quickly.
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
17. The name in which the Germans, Italians and Japanese used was
a. The Allied Powers
b. The Central Powers
c. The Axis Powers
d. The Triple Entente
e. The Grand Alliance
18. German U-Boats hunted in what was known as
a. “hunting parties”
b. “wolf packs”
c. “schools”
d. “wings”
e. none of these
19. What invention made submarines more vulnerable than in World War I?
a. Armor piercing rounds
b. infrared torpedoes
c. sonar
d. radar
e. periscopes
20. The U.S.-led operation in which Allied troops invaded French North African colonies in Morocco
was
a. D-Day
b. SHUFLY
c. ROLLING THUNDER
d. TORCH
e. TORA TORA TORA
21. The pivotal battle where any German hopes of defeating Russia ended
a. The Battle of the Bulge
b. The Battle of Stalingrad
c. The Battle of Dunkirk
d. The Battle of Suez Canal
e. The Battle of the Ukraine
22. The D-Day invasion of France on the beaches at Normandy
a. was known as Operation Overlord.
b. was commanded by Douglas MacArthur.
c. took almost a year to reach and liberate Paris.
d. began in June 1943.
e. all of these
23. The code name for D-Day was
a. TORCH
b. OVERLORD
c. VICTORY
d. SHUFLY
e. CONDOR
24. After what event(s) did the Japanese government finally begin to discuss acceptance of surrender
terms?
a. the Battle of Iwo Jima
b. the dropping of unconditional surrender as a prerequisite to peace
c. the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. the threatened invasion of Japan by Soviet and American forces
e. the death of Emperor Hirohito
25. The name of the group that designed the atomic bomb was
a. The Manhattan Project
b. The Philadelphia Experiment
c. The Tesla Event
d. The Chicago Plan
e. The San Francisco 5
ANS: UNIT 8
1. ANS:D
2. ANS:A
3. ANS:D
4. ANS:D
5. ANS:C
6. ANS:A
7. ANS:E
8. ANS:A
9. ANS:E
10. ANS:C
11. ANS:A
12. ANS:E
13. ANS:A
14. ANS:D
15. ANS:B
16. ANS:C
17. ANS:C
18. ANS:B
19. ANS:C
20. ANS:D
21. ANS:B
22. ANS:A
23. ANS:B
24. ANS:C
25. ANS:A