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Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. All of the following countries took control of other countries' territory during the 1930s EXCEPT
A. Italy.
B. Japan.
C. Spain.
D. Germany.
____ 2. What country invaded Manchuria in 1931?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Austria
D. Germany
____ 3. All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT
A. Italy.
B. Japan.
C. Germany.
D. the Soviet Union.
____ 4. Which of the following countries signed a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union in 1939?
A. Spain
B. Germany
C. Great Britain
D. the United States
____ 5. Which of the following was the leader of the Third Reich?
A. Adolf Hitler
B. Francisco Franco
C. Benito Mussolini
D. Emperor Hirohito
____ 6. During Spain's civil war, Francisco Franco was the leader of
A. Spanish rebel troops.
B. Spanish government troops.
C. Socialist troops fighting against the rebels.
D. republican troops supporting the government.
____ 7. The Munich Conference was held to address the problems of a German threat to the nation of
A. Poland.
B. Hungary.
C. Austria.
D. Czechoslovakia.
____ 8. What prompted Great Britain and France to declare war on Germany?
A. Soviet invasion of Finland
B. German invasion of Poland
C. German invasion of Czechoslovakia
D. Soviet invasion of Poland
____ 9. The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
A. a system of fortifications
B. "out-waiting" the opponent
C. surprise and overwhelming force
D. ability to make a long, steady advance
____ 10. What crucial lesson was learned in the Battle of Britain?
A. that Germany had a powerful airforce
B. that Hitler's advances could be blocked
C. that the RAF needed more planes
D. that the British were inexperienced
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____ 11. What was the significance of the Atlantic Charter both during and after the war?
A. It was signed on a ship in the Atlantic where the U.S. navy would soon enter an undeclared naval war with
Germany.
B. It established an alliance between Great Britain and the United States to oversee postwar peace.
C. It upheld rights of free trade and choice of government, and it became the plan for postwar peace.
D. It cut off trade with Axis Powers and established trade embargoes for the postwar era.
____ 12. What did the Allies' strategy of "island hopping" in the Pacific involve?
A. attacks on all Japanese-held islands
B. attacks on all islands within 500 miles of Japan
C. attacks only on islands that were not well-defended
D. attacks only on islands that were Japanese strongholds
____ 13. How did the Japanese try to build a Pacific empire?
A. by attacking Pearl Harbor in a surprise raid
B. by taking over U.S., British, and French territories
C. by convincing native peoples to save "Asia for the Asians"
D. by sponsoring Communist overthrow of colonial governments
____ 14. How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?
A. Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.
B. A law passed on that day required Jews to wear yellow stars.
C. That was the day the Nazis began large deportations of Jews.
D. All of the above
____ 15. How did the Lend-Lease Act benefit the United States?
A. It enriched the U.S. economy through selling arms to the Allies.
B. It lent the Allies American troops in exchange for European goods.
C. It allowed the Allies to purchase food and medicine from the United States.
D. All of the above
____ 16. What was the U.S. response to Japanese aggression in Southeast Asia in mid-1941?
A. declare war on Japan
B. cut oil supplies to Japan
C. broke off peace talks with Japan
D. began a boycott of Japanese-made products
____ 17. What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?
A. attack on Pearl Harbor
B. Battle of Guadalcanal
C. bombing of Hiroshima
D. signing of the Atlantic Charter
____ 18. What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
A. It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
B. It marked the end of the war for the Japanese.
C. It destroyed the whole of the Japanese navy.
D. All of the above
____ 19. Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?
A. Berlin
B. Warsaw
C. Auschwitz
D. Dresden
____ 20. What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
A. It was a process to divide up his territories among his generals.
B. It was a system for winning the war before the Americans entered.
C. It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia.
D. It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior.
____ 21. What was the Allies' plan for victory over the Nazis?
A. The Allies focused their forces on North Africa to keep control of the oil.
B. The Allies would join forces on the Eastern Front and invade Germany.
C. The Allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it.
D. The Allies instigated Operation Torch to burn key points in Germany.
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____ 22. Which of the following battles marked the final German offensive?
A. Battle of the Bulge
B. Battle of Stalingrad
C. Battle of Leyte Gulf
D. Battle of El Alamein
____ 23. Where were atomic bombs dropped?
A. Tokyo and Hong Kong
B. Dresden and Berlin
C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
D. Leyte Island and Midway
____ 24. Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
A. the Holocaust
B. the use of nuclear bombs
C. the firebombing of Dresden
D. the internment of Japanese-American citizens
____ 25. Why were thousands of U.S. citizens put in internment camps during the war?
A. They were radioing helpful information to the Germans.
B. They were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies.
C. They were of German descent and falsely labeled as enemies.
D. They had known of the attack on Pearl Harbor in advance.
____ 26. Why did President Truman agree to use the atomic bomb?
A. to punish Japan for Pearl Harbor
B. to revenge those who died in the Bataan Death March
C. to destroy weapons plants in Japan
D. to bring the war to the quickest possible end
____ 27. What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
A. Russian and British troops
B. Russian troops and the Russian winter
C. Russian and German fuel shortages
D. Russian ground forces and American air strikes
____ 28. Under the postwar constitution of Japan, who was the head of government?
A. the emperor
B. the leader of the diet
C. a prime minister selected by the diet
D. a prime minister selected by the emperor
____ 29. What does the use of kamikaze pilots show about Japanese culture?
A. They hated Americans enough to die killing them.
B. They did not mind dying because they expected to lose the war.
C. They valued national honor more than individual life.
D. They were full of despair after the atomic bombs fell on Japan.
____ 30. Who led efforts to draw up the Japanese constitution?
A. Hideki Tojo
B. Harry Truman
C. Emperor Hirohito
D. Douglas MacArthur
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 31. Which of the following did NOT occur during the D-Day invasion?
A. The British Second Army landed at three beach sites, including Juno Beach.
B. The Twenty-First group commander of ground forces was Montgomery.
C. The U.S. First Army, under Dempsey, landed on two divided sites.
D. Planned drop zones were organized in advance.
____ 32. How many beaches were targeted landing sites for forces coming from the water?
A. one
B. two
C. four
D. five
____ 33. What made the D-Day invasion so hard to coordinate?
A. Two armies were both commanded by one central figure.
B. The attack areas were divided into two basic sections.
C. It used a combination of air and land assaults.
D. The base of operations was in Great Britain.
____ 34. Which of the following was NOT a departure point in Great Britain?
A. Torquay
B. Portland
C. London
D. Portsmouth
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 35. What was the direct war cost for the United States during World War II?
A. $93 billion
B. $150 billion
C. $288 billion
D. $312 billion
____ 36. During World War II, how many German military personnel were killed or reported missing?
A. 205, 707
B. 1, 140, 429
C. 2, 120, 000
D. 3, 300, 000
____ 37. In which of the following countries were the most civilians killed during World War II?
A. USSR
B. Germany
C. Japan
D. Great Britain
____ 38. Which of the following countries had the lowest direct war costs?
A. Japan
B. USSR
C. France
D. Great Britain
____ 39. Which of the countries listed in the chart had the second highest war costs?
A. Germany
B. Great Britain
C. France
D. Japan
____ 40. Which of the following countries had 115, 187 servicemen die from non-battle causes?
A. Great Britain
B. United States
C. Germany
D. Japan
REVIEW SECTION - Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 41. What form of government is based on the idea that people can govern themselves?
A. absolute rule
B. constitutional monarchy
C. democracy
D. dictatorship
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____ 42. How are powers divided in a federal system?
A. The power is divided between the House of Commons and House of Lords.
B. The power is divided among the judicial, legislative, and executive branches.
C. The power is divided between the monarchy and the Parliament.
D. The power is divided between the central and state governments.
____ 43. Which of the following reflects the correct sequence of steps used in the scientific process?
A. observation, question, experimentation, hypothesis, conclusion
B. question, experimentation, hypothesis, observation, conclusion
C. question, observation, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
D. observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
____ 44. The first national government of the 13 individual states in North America was created by the
A. Constitution.
B. Navigation Acts.
C. Articles of Confederation.
D. Declaration of Independence.
____ 45. Which group most strongly embraced the ideals and principles of the Enlightenment?
A. the nobility
B. the bourgeoisie
C. the peasant class
D. the urban class
____ 46. What was the Industrial Revolution?
A. increased purchases of land by wealthy landowners to cultivate larger fields
B. increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
C. a widespread use of teenagers as factory laborers who worked 14 hour days, 6 days a week
D. increased populations of urban areas during the 1800s
____ 47. Why was India called the "jewel in the crown"?
A. It was the most valuable of all of Britain's colonies.
B. It had a vast supply of diamonds, rubies, and sapphires.
C. The sepoys were a perfect model of successful imperialism.
D. The success of India's self-sufficient economy strengthened Britain.
____ 48. Who was forced to assume sole responsibility for the war under the Treaty of Versailles?
A. Germany
B. Austria-Hungary
C. Russia
D. Italy
____ 49. What is a totalitarian state?
A. a state in which the people have a direct say in their government
B. a state in which the people elect representatives to the legislature
C. a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
D. a state in which the working class is glorified and has the greatest voice in government
____ 50. After World War I, most European nations had what type of government, if only temporarily?
A. Fascist
B. Socialist
C. Communist
D. democratic
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Answer Sheet
1. C. Spain.
2. B. Japan
3. D. the Soviet Union.
4. B. Germany
5. A. Adolf Hitler
6. A. Spanish rebel troops.
7. D. Czechoslovakia.
8. B. German invasion of Poland
9. C. surprise and overwhelming force
10.
B. that Hitler's advances could be blocked
11.
C. It upheld rights of free trade and choice of government, and it became the plan for postwar peace.
12.
C. attacks only on islands that were not well-defended
13.
B. by taking over U.S., British, and French territories
14.
A. Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.
15.
A. It enriched the U.S. economy through selling arms to the Allies.
16.
B. cut oil supplies to Japan
17.
A. attack on Pearl Harbor
18.
A. It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.
19.
C. Auschwitz
20.
D. It was genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior.
21.
C. The Allies would fight Germany on two fronts to weaken it.
22.
A. Battle of the Bulge
23.
C. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
24.
A. the Holocaust
25.
B. They were of Japanese descent and falsely labeled as enemies.
26.
D. to bring the war to the quickest possible end
27.
B. Russian troops and the Russian winter
28.
C. a prime minister selected by the diet
29.
C. They valued national honor more than individual life.
30.
D. Douglas MacArthur
31.
C. The U.S. First Army, under Dempsey, landed on two divided sites.
32.
D. five
33.
C. It used a combination of air and land assaults.
34.
C. London
35.
C. $288 billion
36.
D. 3, 300, 000
37.
A. USSR
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A. Japan
39.
A. Germany
40.
B. United States
41.
C. democracy
42.
D. The power is divided between the central and state governments.
43.
D. observation, question, hypothesis, experimentation, conclusion
44.
C. Articles of Confederation.
45.
B. the bourgeoisie
46.
B. increased output of machine-made goods that began in England during the 18th-century
47.
A. It was the most valuable of all of Britain's colonies.
48.
A. Germany
49.
C. a state in which the government controls every aspect of public and private life
50.
D. democratic
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Standards Summary
CA 10.1.3
Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the
contemporary world.
CA 10.2.4
Explain how the ideology of the French Revolution led France to develop from
constitutional monarchy to democratic despotism to the Napoleonic empire.
CA 10.2.5
Discuss how nationalism spread across Europe with Napoleon but was
repressed for a generation under the Congress of Vienna and Concert of Europe
until the Revolutions of 1848
CA 10.2
Students compare and contrast the Glorious Revolution of England, the
American Revolution, and the French Revolution and their enduring effects
worldwide on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty.
CA 10.4.2
Discuss the locations of the colonial rule of such nations as England, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Russia, Spain, Portugal, and the United
States.
CA 10.4.3
Explain imperialism from the perspective of the colonizers and the colonized and
the varied immediate and long-term responses by the people under colonial rule.
CA 10.4
Students analyze patterns of global change in the era of New Imperialism in at
least two of the following regions or countries: Africa, Southeast Asia, China,
India, Latin America, and the Philippines.
CA 10.5
Students analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
CA 10.8.2
Understand the role of appeasement, nonintervention (isolationism), and the
domestic distractions in Europe and the United States prior to the outbreak of
World War II.
CA 10.8.3
Identify and locate the Allied and Axis powers on a map and discuss the major
turning points of the war, the principal theaters of conflict, key strategic decisions,
and the resulting war conferences and political resolutions, with emphasis on the
importance of geographic factors.
CA 10.8.5
Analyze the Nazi policy of pursuing racial purity, especially against the European
Jews; its transformation into the Final Solution; and the Holocaust that resulted in
the murder of six million Jewish civilians.
CA 10.8
Students analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
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