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World War 2
1. This document forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the events of World War I:
A. Truman Doctrine
C. Yalta Conference
B. Versailles Treaty
D. Potsdam Conference
2. The League of Nations was unsuccessful in preventing wars after WWI because:
A. it only had 3 members: England, France, and the United States
B. it had no military to enforce laws
C. the United States dominated the League and discouraged other countries from
joining
D. it included only those nations that lost the war in an effort to help them rebuild
3. This country was the leading economic power before WWI, but grew in debt and lost its economic
supremacy by WW2:
A. United States
B. Soviet Union
C. Great Britain
D. France
4. Fearful of another German invasion, the French built this defensive structure on the German-French
boarder:
A. Maginot Line
C. L'Aversion Shield
B. Great Wall
D. de Gaulle Defense
5. After WWI, Germany experienced all of the following EXCEPT:
A. a new democratic government called the Weimar Republic
B. French occupation of German coal mines
C. severe inflation
D. a bloody, four year civil war
6. One of the reasons the US Stock Market crashed in 1929 was:
A. investors bought on margin
B. lenders never called in loans
C. WWI began and men went off to fight
D. investors bought only industrial stocks instead of diversifying
7. Appeasement is:
A. the idea that a dictator should control all aspects of citizens' lives
B. a policy of granting concessions to a potential enemy in order to maintain peace
C. a swift, sudden type of military attack used by the Nazis to overtake Europe
D. the common defense interests of several nations against an enemy
8. The Japanese dictator who ordered the attack on Pearl Harbor was
A. Kwantung Joa
C. Joseph Stalin
B. Tojo Hideki
D. Benito Mussolini
9. This dictator opposed war when he was younger, but later changed and formed the Fascist Party:
A. Adolf Hitler
B. Benito Mussolini C. Hideki Tojo
D. Joseph Stalin
10. In an effort to expand the power of Italy, Mussolini ordered the invasion of:
A. Liberia
B. Czechoslovakia C. Poland
D. Ethiopia
11. In November 1938, members of the Nazi Party attacked Jews on the street, vandalized Jewish homes
and synagogues, and arrested Jews and political opponents. This event became known as:
A. kristallnacht
B. der Fuhrer
C. Mien Kampf
D. jourd'hell
12. In Mein Kampf, Hitler claimed that the German people belong to a superior race destined to control the
inferior races of the world. This race was:
A. the Aryan race B. the Jewish race C. the Fascist race D. the Fuhrer race
13. Stalin's Five Year Plans were attempts to:
A. transform the countries of Eastern Europe into communist nations after World War 2
B. transform Russia into an industrial and agricultural power by placing production under
government control
C. attack and remove all political opponents and strengthen his hold as dictator of Russia
D. remove all Jews from Germany and to create a perfect race
14.Mussolini’s party in Italy:
A. Nazis
B. Fascists
C. Communists
D. Totalitarians
15. In Mein Kampf, Hitler said that lebensraum was a reason the Germans needed to expand. What is
lebensraum?
A. limitless power B. racial purity
C. living space
D. spread of
Nazism
16. What was the outcome of the Munich Conference?
A. Japan was sanctioned by the US for attacking Manchuria
B. The Nazis and Soviets secretly agreed not to attack each other
C. Italy and Germany formed an alliance
D. Germany was allowed to occupy the Sudetenland if Hitler promised to take
nothing else
17. Which of the following choices shows German advances in the correct sequence?
A. Invasion of Poland, occupation on France, Battle of Britain, attack on Russia
B. Occupation on France, invasion of Poland, attack on Russia, Battle of Britain
C. Battle of Britain, attack on Russia, invasion of Poland, occupation on France
D. Attack on Russia, occupation on France, Battle of Britain, invasion of Poland
18. What was the Vichy government?
A. the government that controlled northern France and worked with the Allies to
defeat the Nazis
B. the Japanese imperial dynasty that sought to gain all of Indonesia as its territory
C. the German government that was put in place during Versailles after World War I
D. the government that controlled southern France and worked with the Nazis
19. In order to stage a counter attack against the Germans, Stalin used what strategy?
A. blitzkrieg
B. scorched-earth C. midnight raid
D. guerrilla warfare
20. On September 27, 1940, Japan, Italy, and Germany signed the:
A. Rome-Berlin-Tokyo Axis
C. Central Entente
B. Tripartite Pact
D. Triple Alliance
21. When did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?
A. August 14, 1945
C. June 4, 1944
B. May 7, 1945
D. December 7, 1941
22. Many historians have considered this battle the turning point in the war because it forced the Germans
to surrender on the eastern front.
A. Battle of the Atlantic
C. Battle of El Alamein
B. Battle of Stalingrad
D. Battle of Nagasaki
23. What was D-Day?
A. the name given to the invasion of German-occupied France at Normandy
B. the name given to the day the first atomic bomb was dropped
C. the name given to Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union
D. the name given to the day Germany surrendered
24. The US adopted this strategy to defeat the Japanese in the War in the Pacific:
A. scorched earth
B. day-break attack C. island hopping D. blitzkrieg
25. The United States won this 6-month, land, air, and sea battle despite Japanese kamikaze attacks and
heavy losses:
A. Midway
B. Wake Island
C. Guadalcanal
D. Bataan
26. This US president ordered the dropping of an atomic bomb over Japan:
A. Harry Truman
C. John Kennedy
B. Franklin Roosevelt
D. Dwight Eisenhower
27. This was the code name given to the secret US program to develop the atomic bomb:
A. Trinity Project
C. Manhattan Project
B. Operation: Hiroshima
D. Operation: Enola Gay
28. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. World War 1 cost more American lives than World War 2
B. World War 2 was by far a more expensive war to fight than World War 1
C. World War 2 was cost more British lives than World War 1
D. More US Marines were involved in World War 2 than soldiers in the Army
29. The "Big Three" met at Yalta to discuss post-war Europe. Which of the following was NOT a member
of the "Big Three?"
A. Winston Churchill
C. Harry Truman
B. Joseph Stalin
D. Franklin Roosevelt
30. Which of the following was NOT a topic discussed at the Yalta Conference?
A. Push for unconditional surrender of the Axis Powers
B. Provide the League of Nations with an army to enforce laws
C. Russia would declare war on Japan as soon as Germany surrendered
D. Poland should be allowed to hold free elections
31.
Another name for the Final Solution is?
A. Kristallnacht
B. Night of the Long Knives
C. Holocaust
D. Appeasement
32. At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman was unhappy about:
A. Congress' refusal to declare war on Russia
B. Stalin's refusal to allow freely elected governments in Eastern Europe
C. Hitler's refusal to surrender to the Allies
D. Churchill's refusal to assist the US defeat the Japanese in the Pacific
33. Which of the following issued an ultimatum to Japan that they either surrender or face "prompt and
utter destruction"?
A. Potsdam Declaration
C. Nazi-Soviet Pact
B. Truman Doctrine
D. Yalta Manuscript
34. When World War 2 ended, 2 superpowers remained and led into the:
A. Phony War
B. Cold War
C. Unwinnable War D. Hot Zone
35. What was going on at Los Alamos, New Mexico throughout World War 2?
A. the US was developing an atomic bomb
B. the US developed its first aircraft carrier
C. the US was in secret negotiations with Russia to end the war in the Pacific
D. the Us was planning to attack the Soviet Union if agreements were not made at
Potsdam