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WH16 Midterm 3
1.
Civil Disobedience has how many components?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
2.
Joseph Stalin was responsible for the Starving Winter of 1933, in what country and how many
people died in that year?
a. East Germany - 500,000
b. Ukraine - 7,000,000
c. Poland - 2, 000,000
d. All of the above
3.
Which event is generally considered to be the first real act of WWII?
a. Germany’s attack on Russia
b. Germany’s attack on Poland
c. Germany’s attach on Belgium
d. Germany’s attack on France
4.
Which two countries were the first to declare war on Germany in WWII?
a. Russia and England
b. England and France
c. France and Austria
d. Austria and Russia
5.
What happened at Dunkirk in May 1940?
a. British forces retreated across the English Channel
b. The French army lost a major battle
c. American forces invaded France
d. German forces were defeated by the Soviet Army
6.
Which of the following were dropped behind enemy lines in WWII, in preparation for D-Day?
a. 21st Regiment of Marines
b. Canadian Women’s Intelligence Operatives
c. Navy Seals
d. 101st Airborne
7.
To what does the term Blitzkrieg refer?
a. the German plan for “cleansing” Europe of ethnically undesirable populations
b. German methods of strategic bombing in an effort to bring victory with few German casualties
c. the sweeping, meticulous use of German armored vehicles and air power to cut apart slower
enemy armies
d. the unrestricted submarine warfare, including “wolf packs” used to starve out Great Britain and
other Allies
8.
What was the Final Solution?
a. Nazi military strategies designed to break the defense of the Allies.
b. Hitler’s plan to exterminate the Jewish population in Europe.
c. Churchill’s initial D-Day plan, to end the war.
d. American participation in bringing the war to an end.
9.
Who did Japan invade and how did the League of Nations respond?
a. Manchuria, frowned on it but took no action.
b. Vietnam, sent delegates to Japan in protest.
c. Cambodia, let China mobilize as a defense.
d. Philippines, sent funds to rebel groups.
10. When was Pearl Harbor attacked and why?
a. November 1942, Hitler ordered the Japanese to attack so that ships would not aid the British.
b. September 1942, a rogue general in the Japanese fleet wanted to end rumors that American
Naval ships could out maneuver the Japanese vessels.
c. December 1941, in hopes of destroying the Naval fleet and thus preventing interference with the
expanding Japanese empire.
d. March 1941, Japan had no choice but to attack as American ships were on their way to Japan to
mount an offensive attack.
11. What happened at Midway?
a. Admiral Nimitz won an open sea battle, though odds favored the Japanese.
b. Mousolini held off the Allied troops for 13 days.
c. Nazi spies recovered intelligence that could have ruined the D-Day attack.
d. The 101st Airborne was dropped at the wrong coordinates, delaying maneuvers.
12. Why were the beaches at Normandy so difficult to take?
a. Landmines prevented soldiers from passing straight up the beach, and taking out enemy posts
b. Subzero weather and lack of supplies made engagement difficult at best.
c. Soldiers had to fight uphill, on the beachhead, with enemy fire coming down on them from
secured positions.
d. All of the above.
13. Which experiments were not tried in death camps?
a. Phosphorous burns
b. Mustard gas
c. Sterilization
d. Sleep deprivation
14. What was the Holocaust?
a. Stalin’s abuse of Russian peasants and soldiers.
b. Stalin’s plan to annex all Slavic nations.
c. Hitler’s plan to systematically murder all the Jews and undesirables in Europe.
d. Hitler’s abuse of the Einsatzgruppen and its terrorist activity.
15. How many Jews survived Hitler’s genocide in Europe?
a. 5 in 10
b. 4 in 10
c. 2 in 10
16. What happened at Teheran, Yalta and Potsdam?
a. Russia must not infringe on Western European countries, Germany is divided, Japan is
subjected to French occupation
b. United Nations, Germany is divided, Russia gets Eastern Europe, Japan is reduced, colonial
holdings reconfirmed
c. Colonial holdings are emancipated, Germany is divided, US and Britain form a new alliance
d. United Nations, Italy and Germany are occupied, Japan is told to pay for damages, Russia must
give up Eastern Europe
17. How many people died in WWII and of those, how many died in Japan because the US dropped
an atomic bomb?
a. 20 million, 22,000
b. 30 million, 42,000
c. 40 million, 56,000
d. 50 million, 78,000
18. Why was Hitler appointed Chancellor in Germany?
a. His economic plans for German industry won the respect and admiration of German
government officials.
b. As a bribe to not go public with the scandal of government embezzlement.
c. He had lost the election but still had the loyalty of a majority of the population
d. In hopes of appeasing the small Nazi faction and in an attempt to curb their extreme political
platform.
19. Who were the Axis powers?
a. Germany, Japan and Russia
b. Germany, Italy and Japan
c. Germany, Russia and China
d. Germany, China and Italy
20. What happened after WWII to political interests across the globe?
a. Political groups became more extreme and often more militant.
b. The UN took a greater roll in monitoring international relationships.
c. More nations became socialist.
d. More nations adopted democratic forms of government.
21. The Maginot Line
a. Was the line of conflict along the North African front
b. Was made up of American Intelligence Officers who carried the code books
c. Was a secret agreement that the Soviets had with Germany, giving them supplies
d. Was a defense line against Germany built by France after WWI
22. What language was used by the U.S. as a code in WW2?
a. Choctaw
b. Navajo
c. Cherokee
d. None of the above
23. In WW2, Rommel:
a. Was the Desert Fox and fought successfully in the North African Front
b. Was selected by the British Secret Service as a target for assassination
c. Was credited with having assassinated more Jews than most of Hitler’s generals
combined
d. None of the above
24. Which technologies changed or improved from WWI to WWII?
a. Tanks and submarines
b. Airplanes and guns
c. Air craft carriers and decoding machines
d. All of the above
25. The atomic bomb
a. Was dropped in one Japanese city killing over 70,000 people
b. Was dropped in two Japanese cities killing a total of 5000 people
c. Was tested first in Texas then in Utah, then dropped on Japan
d. None of the above
26. General Eisenhower:
a. Made a reputation as a gifted negotiator in World War II
b. Was put in charge over Japan after World War II
c.
d.
Focused the American military forces on the Pacific Fleet
None of the above
27. What was the code name given to Hitler’s planned invasion of the USSR?
a. Operation Doolittle
b. Operation Barbarossa
c. Operation Wolfenstein
d. Operation Easterly
28. In the cycle of Institutional Discrimination the only place to break the patterns is the
a. basic family
b. society
c. institution
d. individual
29. Because of the Ruhr occupation
a. Britain signed a treaty with France and boycotted Germany
b. Britain was suspicious of France and more sympathetic to Germany
c. France broke ties with Germany and began relations with Britain
d. France refused Britain’s support and built defenses against Germany
30. Following World War II, the United States instituted an aid program to help rebuild western
Europe’s economy known as
a. The Domino Theory
b. The Marshall Plan
c. Containment Policy
d. GI Bill of Rights
31. What type of economy did the Soviet Union have?
a. Socialist
b. Capitalist
c. Collective
d. Totalitarian
32. During the Cold War, all of these were split between communist and non-communist countries
except:
a. Soviet Union
b. Korea
c. Germany
d. Vietnam
33. Which of the following was NOT a member of NATO?
a. Britain
b. France
c. United States
d. Soviet Union
34. What was the Marshall Plan intended to do?
a. Rebuild war-ravaged Europe
b. Rescue starving Berliners
c. Unify the U.S. armed forces
d. Give more power to the President
35. For which disease did Jonas Salk discover a vaccine in 1 9 5 4 ?
a. Tetanus
b. Polio
c.
d.
Whooping Cough
Tuberculosis
36. Which Kennedy initiative hoped to thwart Communist insurgents in Latin America by reducing
income inequality in the region?
a. The Alliance for Progress
b. The Marshall Plan
c. The Good Neighbor Policy
d. The Warsaw Pact
37. Who constituted the bulk of the Bay of Pigs invasion force?
a. Cuban exiles and expatriates
b. CIA operatives and Green Berets
c. UN Peacekeepers
d. NATO soldiers
True (A) or False (B)
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The March Revolution in Russia was neither planned nor led by any political faction.
Lenin used the Red Army to gain control of Russia.
War Communism in Russia allowed banks to be run by the government.
The Politburo was the ruling inner circle of Hitler’s Germany.
The Great Purges came out of Lenin’s fear of rebellion.
Mussolini promised order and a strong state for Italy during World War I.
Mein Kampf means My Struggle.
The U.S. Pacific Naval fleet was completely destroyed in the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
T-4 was part of the Final Solution.
leader of the Communist Party in Indochina after WWII; led Vietnamese against the French, then
North
leader of the Communist Party in Indochina after WWII; led Vietnamese against the French, then
North
Ngo Dinh Diem was a leader in S. Vietnam who persecuted Buddhists
The TET offensive were surprise attacks on cities and U.S. bases in S. Vietnam
Margaret Thatcher worked with President Reagan to reduce arms.
Helmut Kohl was the East German ambassador when the Berlin Wall came down.
Apartheid continued into the early 2000s and
The Peace and Reconciliation trials were designed by Arch Bishop Desmond Tutti.
Mao’s Great Leap Forward was targeted strictly at economic recovery.
ESSAY QUESTION (45 points) :
Select one historical figure from the second half of the twentieth century and using your own
words, explain why they are historically significant, what specific events or contributions did they
make to history, and what was the outcome of these contributions or events? (1 to 2 pages typed)