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Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Write the letter of the description that does NOT match the name or term.
____ 1. Joseph Stalin
A. totalitarian
B. Communist
C. launched a massive drive to collectivize agriculture
D. entered into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936
E. responsible for the execution of millions as he restructured Soviet society
____ 2. Benito Mussolini
A. fascist
B. nationalist
C. militaristic expansionist
D. launched an invasion of Ethiopia
E. supported government ownership of property
____ 3. Adolph Hitler
A. nationalist
B. wrote Mein Kampf
C. leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party
D. militaristic expansionist
E. supported the Treaty of Versailles
____ 4. Japan's militarists
A. expansionists
B. launched an invasion of Manchuria
C. forced Japan to become China's ally
D. came to power through acts of aggression
E. pulled Japan out of the League of Nations
____ 5. Francisco Franco
A. Spanish
B. socialist
C. totalitarian
D. aided by Hitler and Mussolini
E. came to power through a civil war
Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
____ 6. Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an
industrial power?
A. Stalin
B. Hitler
C. Lenin
D. Mussolini
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____ 7. What is genocide, as practiced by the Nazis?
A. the broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas
B. the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
C. the abuse of a nation's citizens by their own government
D. the killing of people for the purpose of creating terror
____ 8. On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
A. a system of fortifications
B. "out-waiting" the opponent
C. surprise and overwhelming force
D. the ability to make a long, steady advance
____ 9. When did Britain and France adopt a policy of appeasement toward Germany?
A. before the war began
B. when they declared war
C. when the United States declared war
D. after France was invaded and divided
____ 10. Which of the following correctly matches the politician with his nation?
A. Austria -- Joseph Stalin
B. Spain -- Francisco Franco
C. Britain -- Charles de Gaulle
D. France -- Neville Chamberlain
____ 11. Which of the following did Winston Churchill oppose?
A. the Munich Pact
B. the Atlantic Charter
C. the Lend-Lease Act
D. the Treaty of Versailles
____ 12. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
A. Nationalists
B. Aryans
C. Facists
D. Jews
____ 13. Which nation(s) signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and
division of Poland?
A. Italy
B. Spain
C. Italy and Japan
D. the Soviet Union
____ 14. In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
A. declared war on Germany
B. submitted to Hitler's demands
C. entered into a formal defense alliance
D. pressured the United States to enter the war
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____ 15. The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. the Soviet Union
____ 16. At the end of World War I, many new democracies were established in Europe. In the years
between the two world wars, what happened to most of these democracies?
A. They thrived.
B. They became Communist.
C. They were torn apart by civil wars.
D. They were replaced by dictatorships.
____ 17. Which of the following did Adolf Hitler oppose?
A. Kristallnacht
B. the Munich Pact
C. the Nuremberg Laws
D. the Treaty of Versailles
____ 18. How were Britain and France drawn into war with Germany?
A. Hitler had taken power in Germany.
B. Germany had attacked Poland.
C. Germany had attacked Czechoslovakia.
D. Germany had pulled out of the League of Nations.
____ 19. What happened during the Battle of Britain?
A. Germany joined the Axis powers.
B. Germany engaged in a three-front war.
C. Germany bombed Britain for two months.
D. Germany entered into a nonaggression pact with Britain.
____ 20. Who or what did President Roosevelt describe as "the rattlesnakes of the Atlantic"?
A. Axis nations and their leaders
B. U.S. Navy ships and their crews
C. German U-boats and their crews
D. Japanese warplanes and their pilots
____ 21. What caused militarist leaders to gain control of the Japanese government in the early 1930s?
A. a civil war in Japan
B. Hideki Tojo's appointment as prime minister
C. U.S. shipments of arms and supplies to China
D. their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
____ 22. On which of the following did Joseph Stalin and Benito Mussolini disagree?
A. nationalism
B. ownership of property
C. centralized government
D. militaristic expansionism
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____ 23. Which of the following matches a nation with another nation that it invaded in the 1930s?
A. Italy invaded Finland
B. Germany invaded Ethiopia
C. Soviet Union invaded Poland
D. Japan invaded the United States
____ 24. Which of the following statements most accurately reflects Roosevelt's feelings toward joining
the war?
A. He agreed with the isolationists and promoted an isolationist policy.
B. He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the
war.
C. He wanted to avoid the war because he did not see it as a threat to the United States.
D. He did not understand the position of isolationists and was eager to join the war.
____ 25. What was the Lend-Lease Act?
A. a statement of war aims compiled by Roosevelt and Churchill
B. a nonaggression pact between Germany and the Soviet Union
C. a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
D. an order to shoot German U-boats on sight
____ 26. What was the Manhattan Project?
A. the plan to crash Japanese suicide planes into Allied ships
B. the plan to develop the atomic bomb
C. the historic meeting of the "Big Three"
D. the training of the Navajo code talkers
____ 27. Which nation was defeated at the Battle of Midway after its plans of an attack were
intercepted?
A. the Soviet Union
B. the United States
C. Japan
D. Great Britain
____ 28. Where did the United States drop the atomic bomb?
A. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B. Hiroshima and Okinawa
C. Okinawa and Iwo Jima
D. Iwo Jima and Guadalcanal
____ 29. Which of the following leaders did not attend the Yalta Conference?
A. Joseph Stalin
B. Winston Churchill
C. Harry S. Truman
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt
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____ 30. Who were the defendants at the Nuremberg trials?
A. Soviet occupants of Eastern European countries
B. the developers of the atomic bomb
C. Nazi leaders
D. Japanese war criminals
Select the letter of the term, name, or phrase that best completes the statement. (4 points each)
____ 31. The problem of ___ was targeted by the Office of Price Administration.
A. inflation
B. recession
C. depression
D. unemployment
____ 32. To protest discrimination, ___ organized a march on Washington on July 1, 1941.
A. Franklin D. Roosevelt
B. Harry S. Truman
C. General George Marshall
D. Phillip Randolph
____ 33. General ___ led the Third Army into Paris to liberate the city from German occupation.
A. George Patton
B. George Marshall
C. Douglas MacArthur
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower
____ 34. The Battle of the Bulge was significant because it marked the ___.
A. last German offensive
B. liberation of the death camps
C. Allies' first victory in a land battle
D. Axis powers' first loss in a land battle
____ 35. The Allied invasion of ___ was given the code name D-Day.
A. Japan
B. Italy
C. North Africa
D. Nazi-occupied Europe
____ 36. V-E Day, or May 8, 1945, was the day when ___.
A. the United States entered the war
B. Allied forces invaded France
C. Germany surrendered
D. the Soviets stopped the Germans at the Volga
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____ 37. When forced to abandon the Philippines, ___ made the vow, "I shall return."
A. Hideki Tojo
B. Chester Nimitz
C. Douglas MacArthur
D. Franklin D. Roosevelt
____ 38. Truman's aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to ___.
A. find out how destructive the bomb really was
B. teach Japanese military leaders a lesson
C. end the war and save American lives
D. show how powerful the United States was
____ 39. Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to ___ during the war.
A. interrogation
B. internment
C. torture
D. compensation
____ 40. With respect to finding better jobs, the war years marked a period of ___ for African
Americans.
A. decline
B. advance
C. stagnation
D. uncertainty
Choose the letter of the best answer. (4 points each)
____ 41. To combat wartime inflation, the U.S. government did all of the following except
A. raise and extend the income tax.
B. impose wage and price controls.
C. encourage the purchase of war bonds.
D. increase production of consumer goods.
____ 42. During the war, women in the WAACs served as
A. fighter pilots and foot soldiers.
B. shipbuilders and waitresses.
C. scientists and factory workers.
D. nurses and radio operators.
____ 43. Germany's goal in the Battle of the Atlantic was to
A. invade the coast of Great Britain and then take over the entire country.
B. keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
C. prevent Allied forces from landing in Normandy and liberating France.
D. prevent the invasion of North Africa.
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____ 44. The Supreme Commander of U.S. forces in Europe was
A. George Patton.
B. George Marshall.
C. Douglas MacArthur.
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
____ 45. In the Battle of Stalingrad, all of the following contributed to the Soviet victory except
A. a brutal winter.
B. a massive Allied invasion.
C. a massive Soviet counterattack.
D. Hitler's refusal to order a German retreat.
____ 46. The general who led Allied troops in battles on the islands of Bataan, Leyte, and Iwo Jima was
A. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
B. Chester Nimitz.
C. Charles Brown.
D. Douglas MacArthur.
____ 47. In deciding to use the atomic bomb against Japan, President Truman's main goal was to
A. end the war quickly.
B. weaken Japan for a long time.
C. get revenge for Pearl Harbor.
D. save Japanese lives.
____ 48. The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for
A. African Americans to serve in combat positions.
B. soldiers to take short leaves from fighting.
C. veterans to attend college for free.
D. enlisted men to receive officer training.
____ 49. Roosevelt's decision to remove people of Japanese ancestry to internment camps was a
response to
A. strong anti-Japanese sentiment.
B. verified reports of Japanese Americans acting as spies.
C. the lack of Japanese Americans serving in the armed forces.
D. rumors that the Japanese were developing an atomic bomb.
____ 50. An example of racial tensions during the war years is
A. sit-ins in the South staged by CORE.
B. the actions of the Tuskegee Airmen.
C. anti-Mexican demonstrations in Detroit.
D. the "zoot-suit" riots in Los Angeles.
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Answer Sheet
1. D. entered into a pact or alliance with Germany in 1936
2. E. supported government ownership of property
3. E. supported the Treaty of Versailles
4. C. forced Japan to become China's ally
5. B. socialist
6. A. Stalin
7. B. the deliberate extermination of a specific group of people
8. C. surprise and overwhelming force
9. A. before the war began
10.
B. Spain -- Francisco Franco
11.
A. the Munich Pact
12.
D. Jews
13.
D. the Soviet Union
14.
B. submitted to Hitler's demands
15.
B. Japan
16.
D. They were replaced by dictatorships.
17.
D. the Treaty of Versailles
18.
B. Germany had attacked Poland.
19.
C. Germany bombed Britain for two months.
20.
C. German U-boats and their crews
21.
D. their successful invasion of resource-rich Manchuria
22.
B. ownership of property
23.
C. Soviet Union invaded Poland
24.
B. He wanted to help the Allies but had to appease U.S. citizens who opposed entering the
war.
25.
C. a policy allowing the president to provide arms to certain foreign countries
26.
B. the plan to develop the atomic bomb
27.
C. Japan
28.
A. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
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29.
C. Harry S. Truman
30.
C. Nazi leaders
31.
A. inflation
32.
D. Phillip Randolph
33.
A. George Patton
34.
A. last German offensive
35.
D. Nazi-occupied Europe
36.
C. Germany surrendered
37.
C. Douglas MacArthur
38.
C. end the war and save American lives
39.
B. internment
40.
B. advance
41.
D. increase production of consumer goods.
42.
D. nurses and radio operators.
43.
B. keep food and war supplies from reaching Great Britain and the Soviet Union.
44.
D. Dwight D. Eisenhower.
45.
B. a massive Allied invasion.
46.
D. Douglas MacArthur.
47.
A. end the war quickly.
48.
C. veterans to attend college for free.
49.
A. strong anti-Japanese sentiment.
50.
D. the "zoot-suit" riots in Los Angeles.
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Standards Summary
CA 11.5.4
Analyze the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment and the
changing role of women in society
CA 11.7.1
Examine the origins of American involvement in the war, with an
emphasis on the events that precipitated the attack on Pearl
Harbor
CA 11.7.2
Explain U.S. and Allied wartime strategy, including the major
battles of Midway, Normandy, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Battle
of the Bulge
CA 11.7.3
Identify the roles and sacrifices of individual American soldiers, as
well as the unique contributions of the special fighting forces
(e.g., the Tuskegee Airmen, the 442nd Regimental Combat team,
the Navajo Code Talkers)
CA 11.7.5
Discuss the constitutional issues and impact of events on the U.S
home front, including the internment of Japanese Americans (e.g.,
Fred Korematsu v
United States of America) and the restrictions on German and
Italian resident aliens; the response of the administration to Hitler's
atrocities against Jews and other groups; the roles of women in
military production; and the roles and growing political demands of
African Americans
CA 11.7.6
Describe major developments in aviation, weaponry,
communication, and medicine and the war's impact on the
location of American industry and use of resources
CA 11.7.7
Discuss the decision to drop atomic bombs and the consequences
of the decision (Hiroshima and Nagasaki)
CA 11.7
Students analyze America's participation in World War II
CA 11.8.2
Describe the significance of Mexican immigration and its
relationship to the agricultural economy, especially in California
CA 12.9.1
Explain how the different philosophies and structures of feudalism,
mercantilism, socialism, fascism, communism, monarchies,
parliamentary systems, and constitutional liberal democracies
influence economic policies, social welfare policies, and human
rights practices
CA 12.9.7
Describe the ideologies that give rise to Communism, methods of
maintaining control, and the movements to overthrow such
governments in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland, including
the roles of individuals (e.g., Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Pope John
Paul II, Lech Walesa, Vaclav Havel)
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