Download WWII Chapter 29 Test

World War II (Chapter 31 Test)
1-46 = 1.5 pts each
Directions: Write the letter of the term that best matches the description provided.
1. Prime minister of Great Britain during World War II.
2. Dictator of the Soviet Union in the 1930s.
3. Dictator of Italy in the 1930s.
4. lightning war
5. He was the American president who made the decision to use atomic weapons Japan
6. deliberate destruction/murder of a group of people
7. emperor of Japan during WWII
8. the term meaning union between Germany and Austria
Terms:
A. Harry Truman
B. Joseph Stalin
C. Franklin Roosevelt
D. Benito Mussolini
E. Hirohito
F. Munich
G. Nuremberg
H. Adolf Hitler
I. Winston Churchill
J. Yalta, USSR
K. blitzkrieg
L. Dwight D. Eisenhower
M. Erwin Rommell
N. Genocide
O. Guernica
P.
Q.
R.
S.
Anschluss
Montgomery
Dunkirk
Barcelona
He became the German ruler in 1933 – and remained ruler until 1945.
He was the American president from 1933-1945 (when he died BEFORE the end of the war)
World War II began with the German invasion of _____________.
The Allied invasion of ____________, France on June 6, 1944 opened up a second front against Germany.
The ______________ Conference became an excellent example of appeasement – giving into the demands
of an aggressor to avoid a conflict.
14. The turning point in the eastern European fighting was the Battle of _______________ - when Soviet
forces were able to withstand the German attack (thanks in part to the Russian winter), and turned back the
German forces.
15. Luftwaffe was the German name for their ______________.
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12.
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A. Normandy
B. Munich
C. Midway
D. Stalingrad
Multiple Choice: Select the best answer for each question.
11. Which of the following was NOT one of the legacies of World War I?
a. pacifism
b. economic problems
c. anger/resentment
d. independence for all colonial peoples
12. In response to Axis aggression in the 1930s, western democracies followed a policy of
a. containment
b. appeasement
c. aggression
d. genocide
13. “D-Day” refers to the
a. Allied invasion of France – in order to open a second front against Germany
b. Entry of the U.S. into the war
c. End of WWII
d. British victory in North Africa – in order to open a second front against Germany
14. Operation Barbarossa refers to Hitler’s plan to conquer
a. Greece
b. North Africa
c. Britain
d. USSR
15. At the Munich Conference, Neville Chamberlain and Edouard Daladier agreed to
a. Hitler’s annexation (takeover) of the Sudetenland
b. Italy’s alliance with Germany
c. Disarm Britain and France
E. Airfore
d. Protect Czechoslovakia
16. Which of the following was NOT one of the Axis power in WWII?
a. Germany
b. Soviet Union
c. Italy
d. Japan
17. Which of the following was NOT one of the Allied powers in WWII?
a. France
b. Great Britain
c. Spain
d. Soviet Union
16. Which of the following was NOT an area of German aggression during the 1930s?
a. Austria
b. Sudetenland
c. Belgium
d. Rhineland
17. More than 60 nations declared war to be “illegal” in the 1920s when they signed the
a. Kellogg-Briand Pact b. Munich agreement c. Lend-Lease Act
d. United Nations Pact
18. The Battle of Midway was the turning point that
a. brought the United States into the war
b. allowed the United States to take the offensive in the Pacific
c. forced Japan to surrender
d. started Japan’s uninterrupted series of victories
19. Which of the following became a “dress rehearsal” for WWII by demonstrating the destructive power of
modern warfare?
a. invasion of Ethiopia
b. the Anschluss
c. the Spanish Civil War
d. the surrender of the Sudetenland
20. The World War II Axis powers included
a. Austria, Germany, and the Soviet Union
c. Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union
b. Spain, Italy, and Germany
d. Italy, Germany, and Japan
21. Which of the following is an example of American involvement in WWII before December, 1941?
a. Munich Conference
b. San Francisco Conference c. Lend-Lease Act
d. D-Day
22. The United States’ strategy designed to defeat Japan in the Pacific was
a. to invade Japan directly
b. “island hopping” to cut Japan’s supply lines
c. to take each Japanese-held island in a mass assault
d. to use the atomic bomb as soon as it was developed.
23. Hitler proposed his “Final Solution” as a way to “solve”
a. Germany’s economic problems
b. the manpower shortage in the German army.
c. the potential problem that would occur if he were captured by the Allies.
d. the issue of Aryan superiority over Jews, Slavs, and Gypsies
24. Japan attacked Pearl Harbor to
a. bring the war to an end
b. prepare for a land invasion of the continental U.S.
c. end/prevent U.S. interference in Asia and the Pacific
d. test the destructive power of its bombers
25. Which of the following cities was the target of a Nazi blitz (from air) for 2-3 months in 1940-41?
a. London
b. Dunkirk
c. Paris
d. Vichy
26. The Atlantic Charter drawn up by Roosevelt and Churchill
a. expressed the war aims of the democracies
b. outlawed the building of warships
c. guaranteed that the United States would provide aid to Britain
d. provided for the reconstruction of Germany after the war.
27. One act of aggression that helped pave the way for WWII was the invasion of Ethiopia (1935) by the
a. Japanese
b. Germans
c. British
d. Italians
28. Isolationists in the United States believed that
a. the United States should have entered the war sooner than it did
b. the United States should proclaim economic sanctions against Germany
c. Europe’s wars were of no concern to the United States
d. Great Britain needed help from the United States.
Examine the attached map and identify each of the places indicated.
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34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
A. France
B. D-Day landing
C. Germany
E. Italy
F. Belgium
G. Austria
I. Denmark
J. Spain
K. Great Britain
M. Mediterranean Sa N. Lithuania
O. Stalingrad
Q. El Alemein
R. Sweden
S. Norway
U. Poland
V. Hungary
W. Yugoslavia
D.
H.
L.
P.
T.
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Switzerland
Battle of the Bulge
Maginot Line
Chronology: Provide the correct date for each of the following events.
39. Hitler comes to power in Germany
40. Munich Conference
41. World War II Begins
42. Japan invades Manchuria
43. Pearl Harbor is attacked
44. D-Day invasion of Normandy
45. VE-Day
46. First atomic bomb dropped on Japan
A.
F.
K.
P.
1929
1935
9/2/45
1931
B.
G.
L.
Q.
1933
9/1/39
4/30/45
1938
C. 1922
H. 12/7/41
M. 1943
D. 1925
I. 6/6/44
N. 8/9/45
E. 1932
J. 5/8/45
O. 8/6/45
47. What TWO reasons best explain why the Western powers appeased Hitler (instead of standing up to
him) during the mid-to-late 1930s. Explain both fully and with detail. (4 pts)
48. List the four areas of German aggression BEFORE the beginning of WWII – do not include Poland. These
four locations MUST be in correct chronological order for credit. (2 pts)
49. The Luftwaffe was the name for the German ________________________. (2 pts)
50. Who were the “Big Three” during WWII? (I’m looking for people – not countries) (2 pts)
51. What “event”/agreement do the two political cartoons above refer to?
Who is depicted in the cartoon?
There were two parts to their agreement. What were they?
(3 pts)
Read the following excerpt from the diary of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl who lived in hiding from the
Nazis for two years during World War II. Then answer the questions that follow in complete, detailed
responses! 3 pts each
Tuesday, 6 June, 1944
‘This is D-Day’ came the announcement over the English news and quite rightly, ‘this is the day.’ The
invasion has begun! … Great commotion in the ‘Secret Annexe’ (the hiding place)! Would the long-awaited
liberation that has been talked of so much, but which still seems too wonderful, too much like a fairy tale, ever
come true?…
Oh, Kitty, the best part of the invasion is that I have the feeling that friends are approaching. We have been
oppressed by those terrible Germans for so long, they have had their knives at our throats, that the thoughts of
friends and delivery fills us with confidence! … Margot says, I may yet be able to go back to school in September
or October.
52. Why did the announcement of D-Day invasion provide hope for Anne Frank and her family?
53. How did Anne Frank describe the invading Allies?
54. Why did Stalin want D-Day (invasion of Normandy, France) to happen much earlier than it
did? (Hint: you must think about the main objective of the D-Day invasion.)