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Chapter 17 Worksheet
Matching
Match the terms to the descriptions.
a. Neutrality Acts
b. appeasement
c. Hiroshima
d. pacifism
e. Lend-Lease Act
f.
g.
h.
i.
j.
Stalingrad
blitzkrieg
Anschluss
Nuremberg
Yalta
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1. allowed the U.S. president to aid to American allies
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2. German city in which Allies held war crimes trials
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3. giving in to an aggressor’s demands to maintain peace
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4. site of Allied war strategy meeting
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5. intended to prevent U.S. involvement in a European war
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6. “lightning war”
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7. Hitler’s plan for the union of Austria and Germany
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8. site of major Russian victory over German troops
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9. opposition to all war
____ 10. location of first U.S. atomic bombing
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 11. What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany?
a. It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.
b. It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary.
c. It gave Germany a free hand in Poland.
d. It gave Germany a free hand in the Sudentenland.
____ 12. 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. The forces of democracy defeated the forces of fascism.
c. Supporters of the Spanish Loyalists supported the Axis powers.
d. France, Britain, and the U.S. rallied to fight fascism.
____ 13. Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because
a. he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia.
b. he wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources.
c. the Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states.
d. the Soviets had helped the British at Dunkirk.
____ 14. In which French city did German forces set up a “puppet state” capital after conquering France?
a. Lyon
c. Paris
b. Vichy
d. Nice
____ 15. How did Churchill and Roosevelt give in to Stalin at the conference in Tehran in 1943?
a. They began a new naval campaign in the Mediterranean Sea.
b. They sent troops to help Soviet forces on the Eastern Front.
c. They let the borders in the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand.
d. They opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe.
____ 16. What was important about the Battle of the Bulge?
a. It caused the Allies to withdraw from Belgium.
b. It caused the Germans to sue for peace.
c. It delayed the Allied advance from the west.
d. It delayed the Soviet advance from the east.
____ 17. The German air force was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion because
a. the Germans feared their planes would be destroyed in the air.
b. the Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing.
c. so many German pilots had been killed in the war.
d. so many German aircraft were in need of repair.
____ 18. The U.S. strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific
a. quickly weakened the resolve of Japanese soldiers.
b. was a failure, forcing the U.S. to use atomic weapons.
c. pushed Japanese forces into the jungles of Burma and Malaya.
d. allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan.
____ 19. What was one of Stalin’s major goals in Eastern Europe after World War II?
a. to debate the proper course of socialism
b. to lead Eastern Europe to economic prosperity
c. to create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments
d. to improve education and protect refugees
____ 20. The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of
a. appeasement.
c. pacifism.
b. containment.
d. aggression.
____ 21. The League of Nations voted sanctions against which country for invading Ethiopia in 1935?
a. Germany
c. Bulgaria
b. Italy
d. Japan
____ 22. Through what action did Hitler violate the Versailles treaty in 1936?
a. He sent troops into the Rhineland.
c. He sent troops into Czechoslovakia.
b. He invaded Poland.
d. He annexed Austria.
____ 23. What did the British and French do at the Munich Conference in 1938 to avoid war?
a. They persuaded Austria to give in to German occupation.
b. They persuaded Belgium to allow the occupation of Luxembourg.
c. They persuaded the Soviet Union to allow Germany to occupy Poland.
d. They persuaded the Czechs to surrender the Sudetenland.
____ 24. What was usually the first stage of Hitler’s blitzkrieg strategy?
a. Fast-moving ground troops quickly overwhelmed the enemy.
b. The Luftwaffe attacked ground targets from the air.
c. Cities were shelled by modern battleships.
d. Fast-moving tanks quickly rolled across enemy territory.
____ 25. How did the Germans change their tactics in preparing for Operation Sea Lion?
a. They planned to launch their invasion of Britain from Denmark.
b. They enlisted the help of the Italians to invade Britain.
c. They began to bomb London and other cities.
d. They enlisted the help of the Vichy French to invade Britain.
____ 26. What U.S. action influenced the Japanese decision to attack the United States in 1941?
a. The U.S. banned the sale of iron, steel, and oil to Japan.
b. The U.S. demanded that Japanese forces leave Manchuria.
c. The U.S. occupied the important island of Midway.
d. The U.S. condemned German aggression in Europe.
____ 27. During World War II, “Rosie the Riveter” came to symbolize
a. the Allied nurses who cared for wounded troops on the front lines.
b. the women who worked in U.S. manufacturing plants.
c. the importance of obeying rules for food and gas rationing.
d. the women who worked in British manufacturing plants.
____ 28. In 1942, what priority did Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin set in the war?
a. to achieve victory in Asia before trying to achieve it in Europe
b. to destroy the German navy before invading Western Europe
c. to achieve victory in Europe before trying to achieve it in Asia
d. to open a second front in Western Europe in 1943
____ 29. What stopped the German advance during the invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
a. the marshy land near Moscow
c. the Soviet victory at Stalingrad
b. superior Soviet weaponry
d. the terrible winter of 1941-42
____ 30. What was the Manhattan Project?
a. the Allied plan for the invasion of Europe
b. a plan to increase war production in U.S. industry
c. a code name for the invasion of Guadalcanal
d. a code name for atomic bomb research
____ 31. Who were the kamikaze?
a. the pro-war group within Japanese government
b. Japanese pilots who crashed into Allied warships
c. the ruling class in Japanese society
d. the name of the Japanese carrier group at Midway
____ 32. What action did the Western Allies take after World War II that caused the Soviets to strengthen their hold on
East Germany?
a. They helped western Germany rebuild its economy.
b. They fortified the border with East Germany.
c. They encouraged rebellion in Soviet satellite states.
d. They disputed the Soviet occupation of East Berlin.
____ 33. What was the importance of the Battle of El Alamein in 1942?
a. The Soviets stopped the German advance near Stalingrad.
b. The German counterattack against the Allies failed in Belgium.
c. The British stopped the German advance in North Africa.
d. The Allies successfully invaded Sicily.
____ 34. What did the Soviet Union do during Germany’s invasion of Poland in 1939?
a. It seized part of Finland, Estonia, and Latvia.
b. It attacked Poland from the east as part of the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
c. It formed an alliance with Britain and France.
d. It filed a protest with the League of Nations.
____ 35. What happened at Dunkirk in the spring of 1940?
a. The British waited for Germans to attack in the “Phony War.”
b. British forces successfully retreated across the English Channel.
c. France signed German surrender documents.
d. The Germans launched their invasion of Britain.