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Indicate whether the statement is true or false. If it is false, change the identified word(s) to make the statement
true.
1. The Big Three included the United States, the Soviet Union, and Italy.
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2. The Cold War, a period of political tensions following World War II, continued until the fall of the
Communist government in the Soviet Union at the end of the 1980s.
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3. The Big Three powers created the League of Nations near the end of World War II.
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4. The blitzkrieg was Hitler’s “lightning war” that used panzer divisions with air support.
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5. Germany’s bombing of British cities succeeded in breaking the morale of the British citizens.
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6. The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications along France’s border with Germany.
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7. A nation is said to be neutral when it becomes involved in a war between other nations, taking one side
or the other.
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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
8. The bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
a. ended war in the Pacific.
b. opened a second front in Asia.
c. caused the Japanese seizure of Manchuria.
d. was a result of the Potsdam Conference.
9. The U.S. experience was quite different from that of the other major powers because
a. people’s lives were disrupted by the war.
b. the United States was producing much of the military equipment.
c. the United States was not fighting on its own territory.
d. women were involved in the military.
10. Hitler was confident that the Western states that had signed the Treaty of Versailles would
a. not mobilize their militaries to enforce it.
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b. avoid fighting to enforce the treaty.
c. agree with his need to expand Germany’s military.
d. fear Germany more than they feared Stalin.
11. Hitler wanted to dominate other countries because he believed that
a. other countries were trying to conquer Germany.
b. Germany’s people were superior to everyone else.
c. Germany’s natural resources were superior.
d. the Treaty of Versailles would protect Germany.
12. Churchill compared postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe to
a. liberation.
b. nuclear age.
c. second front.
d. iron curtain.
13. Harry S. Truman authorized dropping the atomic bomb on Japan because
a. he wanted to see if it would work.
b. he thought an invasion would kill too many U.S. troops.
c. he was concerned that Japan also had the atomic bomb.
d. the Allies wanted to use it.
14. What was a key reason that the Allies were able to stop the German and the Japanese forces?
a. shortage of air power among the Axis powers
b. lack of desire by the German forces
c. unity of purpose among the Allies
d. disagreements between Japan and Germany
15. The United States carried on an “island-hopping campaign” in order to
a. get close enough to mainland Japan to take over.
b. reach the Soviet Union from the east.
c. cause fewer casualties than a land war would.
d. sneak up on Hitler from the sea.
16. Governments bombed the civilian populations of their enemies because
a. they wanted to cause as much destruction as possible.
b. the cities were easy targets.
c. they wanted to try out new long-range bombers.
d. they believed it would force their enemies to make peace.
17. For the first two years of the war, Hitler did not increase armaments production because
a. he did not want to ruin citizens’ morale.
b. he did not have enough raw materials to do so.
c. the leading military men said it wasn’t necessary.
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d. the Allies weren’t putting up much of a fight.
18. The victims of the Holocaust included large numbers of
a. ethnic Germans.
b. European Jews.
c. Italians.
d. Japanese.
19. Which
a. the
b. the
c. the
d. the
event ended the war in the Pacific?
D-Day landing at Normandy
arrest of Mussolini
capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa
bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
20. The Battle of Stalingrad was a crushing defeat for Germany because
a. it was the first major defeat suffered by the German army.
b. the entire Sixth Army, considered the best of the German troops, was lost.
c. the German army outnumbered the Swiss army but could not take the city.
d. Soviet soldiers used captured tanks to push Germany out of the Soviet Union.
21. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor caused
a. Germany to end the war.
b. the United States to enter the war.
c. Southeast Asia to fall to the Japanese.
d. the European Theater of the war to take precedence over fighting in the Pacific.
22. Prisoners of war and local peoples in Southeast Asia affected the Japanese war machine by
a. paying taxes.
b. embracing Japanese leadership.
c. challenging Japanese leadership.
d. submitting to forced labor.
23. Japan seized Manchuria and north China because
a. Chinese soldiers blew up a Japanese railway.
b. Japan needed raw materials for its industries.
c. Manchuria contained strategic military bases.
d. Chiang Kai-shek would not surrender to Japanese forces.
24. Which event led the United States to enter World War II?
a. bombing of Pearl Harbor
b. dropping of the atomic bomb
c. sinking of the Arandora Star
d. Munich Conference
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25. What was the result of the Battle of Britain?
a. Hitler’s army destroyed Britain’s military forces.
b. Britain decisively won the war.
c. The United States decided to enter the war.
d. The British air force rebuilt its strength.
26. Citizens of the Soviet Union experienced severe food and housing shortages because
a. industry could not produce enough for the growing population.
b. all resources went into the war economy.
c. the German army destroyed everything.
d. the Allied forces needed the Soviets’ resources.
27. The purpose of bombing cities in World War II was to
a. cease evacuations of factory workers.
b. frighten civilians and weaken morale.
c. stop using torpedoes at sea.
d. seize supplies from underground warehouses.
28. Why did Germany attack the Soviet Union, its former ally?
a. desire for the Soviets’ riches
b. deep-seated hatred of the Soviet people
c. fear that the Soviet Union would support Britain
d. the Soviet Union’s deception of Germany
29. Germany ruled some areas such as Poland through direct annexation, but most of occupied Europe was
run by German officials with
a. large offices.
b. help from the Allies.
c. local collaborators.
d. Italian government officials.
30. Japan claimed it created the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere to
a. liberate parts of Southeast Asia from Western colonial rule.
b. control the people of Southeast Asia.
c. dominate the war effort in Europe.
d. impress the United States.
31. Iwo Jima was important to the Allies because
a. it contained valuable mineral resources.
b. many Allied soldiers shed their blood on that soil.
c. trade ships from around the world docked at Iwo Jima's ports.
d. Japan used airfields on the island to support its naval forces.
32. How did the use of forced labor cause problems for Germany?
a. It encouraged people across Europe to embrace Hitler's theories of racial supremacy.
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b. It created an unskilled labor force that required extensive training in military weaponry.
c. It. disrupted industrial production in occupied countries that could have helped Germany
d. Allied forces also employed forced labor to keep up with Germany.
33. Why did Japan seize Manchuria and north China?
a. to obtain natural resources
b. to create a separate state
c. to defy the League of Nations
d. to control the Japanese military
34. The “second front” on the beaches at Normandy in France allowed the Allies to
a. win the war by attacking France from the west.
b. attack Germany from the west at the same time as from the east.
c. ramp up the war against Italy as well as Germany.
d. fight Japan and Germany at the same time.
35. How did Japan control its occupied territories?
a. through the local governments
b. through the local Japanese military
c. through the Army General Staff in Tokyo
d. through the German military
a. Auschwitz
b. “Final Solution”
c. genocide
d. ghettos
e. Reinhard Heydrich
36. genocide of the Jewish people
37. a district in a city in which Jews were required to live
38. Hitler’s largest extermination center in Poland
39. the deliberate mass murder or physical extinction of a particular racial, political, or cultural group
40. had the task of administering the Final Solution
a. appeasement
b. partisan
c. kamikaze
d. blitz
e. Tehran Conference
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f. Mobilization
g. collaborator
h. Final Solution
i. Potsdam Conference
j. Cold War
41. British term for German air raids during World War II
42. suicide mission in which young Japanese pilots flew their planes into U.S. fighting ships at sea
43. policy that sought peace and stability by satisfying reasonable demands of dissatisfied powers
44. process of preparing troops and supplies for war
45. period of political tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
46. person who assists the enemy
47. resistance fighter in World War II
48. Nazi plan for extermination of the Jews
49. meeting at which Truman demanded free elections throughout Eastern Europe
50. meeting of the Big Three to discuss the final attack on Germany
a. sanctions
b. demilitarized
c. Rome-Berlin Axis
d. Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact
e. appeasement
51. alliance between Mussolini and Hitler
52. restrictions intended to enforce international law
53. no weapons or fortifications permitted
54. satisfying reasonable demands in exchange for peace
55. agreement between Hitler and Stalin
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