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Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. What stopped the German advance during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
a. the marshy land near Moscow
c. the terrible winter of 1941-42
b. the Soviet victory at Stalingrad
d. superior Soviet weaponry
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2. What did the Soviet Union do during Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939?
a. It formed an alliance with Britain and France.
b. It attacked Poland from the east as part of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
c. It seized part of Finland, Estonia, and Latvia.
d. It filed a protest with the League of Nations.
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3. What U.S. action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the United States in 1941?
a. The U.S. condemned German aggression in Europe.
b. The U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan.
c. The U.S. occupied the important island of Midway.
d. The U.S. demanded that Japanese forces leave Manchuria.
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4. During World War II, “Rosie the Riveter” came to symbolize
a. the women who worked in U.S. manufacturing plants.
b. the importance of obeying rules for food and gas rationing.
c. the women who worked in British manufacturing plants.
d. the Allied nurses who cared for wounded troops on the front lines.
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5. What was usually the first stage of Hitler’s blitzkrieg strategy?
a. Cities were shelled by modern battleships.
b. Fast-moving tanks quickly rolled across enemy territory.
c. The Luftwaffe attacked ground targets from the air.
d. Fast-moving ground troops quickly overwhelmed the enemy.
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6. What happened at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940?
a. British forces successfully retreated across the English Channel.
b. The Germans launched their invasion of Britain.
c. The British waited for Germans to attack in the “Phony War.”
d. France signed German surrender documents.
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7. How did Churchill and Roosevelt give in to Stalin at the conference in Tehran in 1943?
a. They opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe.
b. They let the borders in the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand.
c. They began a new naval campaign in the Mediterranean Sea.
d. They sent troops to help Soviet forces on the Eastern Front.
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8. The U.S. strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific
a. pushed Japanese forces into the jungles of Burma and Malaya.
b. was a failure, forcing the U.S. to use atomic weapons.
c. allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan.
d. quickly weakened the resolve of Japanese soldiers.
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9. The German air force was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion because
a.
b.
c.
d.
so many German aircraft were in need of repair.
the Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing.
so many German pilots had been killed in the war.
the Germans feared their planes would be destroyed in the air.
____ 10. What did the British and French do at the Munich Conference in 1938 to avoid war?
a. They persuaded the Soviet Union to allow Germany to occupy Poland.
b. They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland.
c. They persuaded Austria to give in to German occupation.
d. They persuaded Belgium to allow the occupation of Luxembourg.
____ 11. Who were the kamikaze?
a. the name of the Japanese carrier group at Midway
b. the pro-war group within Japanese government
c. the ruling class in Japanese society
d. Japanese pilots who crashed into Allied warships
____ 12. The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of
a. containment.
c. aggression.
b. appeasement.
d. pacifism.
____ 13. How did the Germans change their tactics in preparing for Operation Sea Lion?
a. They enlisted the help of the Italians to invade Britain.
b. They planned to launch their invasion of Britain from Denmark.
c. They enlisted the help of the Vichy French to invade Britain.
d. They began to bomb London and other cities.
____ 14. What was one reason why the Spanish Civil War was called a “dress rehearsal” for World War II?
a. The Nazis used the war to test their new weapons.
b. Supporters of the Spanish Loyalists supported the Axis powers.
c. The forces of democracy defeated the forces of fascism.
d. France, Britain, and the U.S. rallied to fight fascism.
____ 15. The League of Nations voted sanctions against which country for invading Ethiopia in 1935?
a. Bulgaria
c. Japan
b. Germany
d. Italy
____ 16. In which French city did German forces set up a “puppet state” capital after conquering France?
a. Vichy
c. Paris
b. Nice
d. Lyon
____ 17. What was the Manhattan Project?
a. a code name for atomic bomb research
b. the Allied plan for the invasion of Europe
c. a code name for the invasion of Guadalcanal
d. a plan to increase war production in U.S. industry
____ 18. What was important about the Battle of the Bulge?
a. It caused the Germans to sue for peace.
b. It caused the Allies to withdraw from Belgium.
c. It delayed the Allied advance from the west.
d. It delayed the Soviet advance from the east.
____ 19. What was the importance of the Battle of El Alamein in 1942?
a. The German counterattack against the Allies failed in Belgium.
b. The Allies successfully invaded Sicily.
c. The British stopped the German advance in North Africa.
d. The Soviets stopped the German advance near Stalingrad.
____ 20. What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany?
a. It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary.
b. It gave Germany a free hand in Poland.
c. It gave Germany a free hand in the Sudentenland.
d. It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.
____ 21. What was one of Stalin’s major goals in Eastern Europe after World War II?
a. to create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments
b. to lead Eastern Europe to economic prosperity
c. to improve education and protect refugees
d. to debate the proper course of socialism
____ 22. In 1942, what priority did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin set in the war?
a. to open a second front in Western Europe in 1943
b. to destroy the German navy before invading Western Europe
c. to achieve victory in Asia before trying to achieve it in Europe
d. to achieve victory in Europe before trying to achieve it in Asia
____ 23. Through what action did Hitler violate the Versailles treaty in 1936?
a. He invaded Poland.
c. He sent troops into Czechoslovakia.
b. He sent troops into the Rhineland.
d. He annexed Austria.
____ 24. Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because
a. he wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources.
b. the Soviets had helped the British at Dunkirk.
c. the Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states.
d. he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia.
____ 25. What action did the Western Allies take after World War II that caused the Soviets to strengthen their hold on
East Germany?
a. They disputed the Soviet occupation of East Berlin.
b. They encouraged rebellion in Soviet satellite states.
c. They helped western Germany rebuild its economy.
d. They fortified the border with East Germany.