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Name: _______________________________________________
Date: __________
Choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 1. 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
____ 2. 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
____ 3. 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
____ 4. 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
____ 5. 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
____ 6. 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
____ 7. Which group of people suffered 6 million deaths during the Holocaust?
A. Nationalists
B. Aryans
C. Facists
D. Jews
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____ 8. 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
____ 9. 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
____ 10. The actions of which country finally forced the United States to enter the war?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Germany
D. the Soviet Union
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Using the exhibit, choose the letter of the best answer.
____ 11. According to the map, which of the following countries was among the neutral nations?
A. Finland
B. Greece
C. Sweden
D. Great Britain
____ 12. Which of the following countries was an Axis power?
A. Spain
B. Turkey
C. Soviet Union
D. Italy
____ 13. From which direction(s) did Germany attack Leningrad?
A. north and south
B. east and west
C. east
D. west
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____ 14. According to the map, who controlled the Soviet Union during this period?
A. the Allies
B. the Axis powers
C. both the Allies and the Axis powers
D. neither the Allies nor the Axis powers
____ 15. Which countries did Germany attack in 1938?
A. Belgium and France
B. Czechoslovakia and Austria
C. Poland and Austria
D. Austria and Yugoslavia
____ 16. In what year did the unemployment rate reach its peak?
A. 1930
B. 1933
C. 1938
D. 1944
____ 17. When did the unemployment rate reach its lowest?
A. 1930
B. 1933
C. 1938
D. 1944
____ 18. During which period did the unemployment rate drop most significantly?
A. 1930 to 1935
B. 1935 to 1940
C. 1940 to 1945
D. 1945 to 1950
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____ 19. During which period did defense expenditures increase the most?
A. 1930 to 1935
B. 1935 to 1940
C. 1940 to 1945
D. 1945 to 1950
____ 20. Between which of the following years did defense expenditures decrease the most?
A. 1930 and 1931
B. 1935 and 1936
C. 1940 and 1941
D. 1945 and 1946
Read each statement. If it is true, write "true" on the line. If it is false, write "false."
__________ 21. The purpose of the Office of Price Administration was to make sure that war
industries received needed resources.
__________ 22. African Americans who worked in noncombat positions during the war were
called WACs.
__________ 23. George Patton led the U.S. Third Army to free Paris from German occupation.
__________ 24. The Battle of Stalingrad marked a turning point in the war.
__________ 25. On May 8, 1945, or V-E Day, Americans celebrated the
liberation of the death camps.
__________ 26. The final decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan was made by J. Robert
Oppenheimer.
__________ 27. Atomic bombs were dropped on the Japanese cities of Nagasaki and Tokyo.
__________ 28. At the Yalta Conference, Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met to begin planning
for the postwar world.
__________ 29. The Selective Service System provided free education and loan guarantees to
veterans.
__________ 30. Nisei are Japanese Americans who were born during World War II.
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____ 31. Which country was one of the Allied powers?
A. Italy
B. Poland
C. Soviet Union
D. Spain
____ 32. Which country remained neutral during the war?
A. Bulgaria
B. Latvia
C. Denmark
D. Sweden
____ 33. Which Axis-controlled country did the Allies invade first?
A. France
B. Morocco
C. Italy
D. Germany
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____ 34. Which city marked the farthest advance of Axis powers into the Soviet Union?
A. Leningrad
B. Moscow
C. Stalingrad
D. Warsaw
____ 35. In which direction did Allied troops move after liberating Paris?
A. north
B. east
C. south
D. west
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