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Multiple Choice: Choose the best answer for each question
1.
Why did Hitler blame the Jewish population for all of Germany’s troubles?
a. The Jewish people had aided Germany’s enemies in World War I
b. Hatred of Jews, or anti-Semitism, was a key part of Nazi ideology
c. The Jewish population in Germany outnumbered the Nazi party
d. Jewish people held most of the prominent roles in the German government
2. All of the following joined the Axis Powers EXCEPT
a. Italy
b. Japan
c. Germany
d. The Soviet Union
3. 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
4. The Munich Conference came to symbolize the dangers of what?
a. Communism
b. Appeasement
c. Negotiation
d. Militarism
5. How did the League of Nation’s respond to early acts of aggression from Italy?
a. They did nothing in hopes of keeping peace in Europe
b. They declared war on Italy to end these acts of aggression
c. They sought support from the United States to stop Italy
d. They invaded Italy to suppress further attacks
6. Many Americans supported ________ and believed that political ties to other countries should be avoided.
a. Nationalism
b. Isolationism
c. Imperialism
d. Fascism
7. What did Hitler call his German Empire he sought to create?
a. Axis Powers
b. Second Reich
c. Third Reich
d. Anschluss
8. Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of
a. Poland
b. Finland
c. Denmark and Norway
d. The Baltic States
9. Despite the successful rescue at _________ of 338,000 Allied soldiers, Germany was still able to force _________ to
surrender very early on in the war.
a. Leningrad; Great Britain
b. Dunkirk; Great Britain
c. Leningrad; France
d. Dunkirk; France
10. After the ________, Hitler finally gave up to focus on fighting the war in the Eastern Front against the Soviet Union.
a. Battle of Britain
b. Battle of Stalingrad
c. Battle of the Bulge
d. Invasion of Italy
11. The Nazis believed in a new racial order and declared the Germanic people, or ________, as the master race.
a. Caucasians
b. Aryans
c. Anschluss
d. Kristallnacht
12. The ______ was the systematic mass slaughter of Jews and other groups judged inferior by the Nazis.
a. Holocaust
b. Genocide
c. Ghetto
d. Kristallnacht
13. Jews were herded into overcrowded, segregated Jewish areas of cities known as ____.
a. Holocaust
b. Ghettos
c. Final Solution
d. Kristallnacht
14. 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 between the Americans entered
c. It was a way to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia
d. It was a genocide of people the Nazis considered inferior
15. The Allied victory in North Africa is significant as it led to
a. D-Day
b. V-E Day
c. The Invasion of Italy
d. The Japanese surrender
16. Why did Hitler want to capture Stalingrad?
a. It was named after Russia’s leader
b. It was the site of where the atomic bomb was developed
c. Hitler wanted to capture Stalin
d. It would stop the British troops from advancing onto France
17. Who was the commander of the Western Allied forces in Europe who led the attack of D-Day?
a. General George Patton
b. General Erwin Rommel
c. General Bernard Montgomery
d. General Dwight D. Eisenhower
18. Which of the following occurred on D-Day?
a. Allied invasion of Italy
b. Allied invasion of France
c. Allied bombing of Hiroshima
d. Allied bombing of Nagasaki
19. Operation Barbarossa was the Nazi invasion of…
a. France
b. Yugoslavia
c. Poland
d. Russia
20. The name of the secret plan to create an atomic bomb
a. Oppenheimer Plan
b. Brooklyn Project
c. Operation Torch
d. Manhattan Project
21. What happened as a result of Pearl Harbor?
a. The United States entered into World War II
b. Many Americans grew fearful of Japanese Americans and they were seen as the "enemy"
c. President Roosevelt issued an executive order for the internment of all Japanese Americans
d. All of the above
22. 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
23. What factors led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?
a. Russian and British reinforcements
b. Russian troops’ willingness to fight to the death and the Russian winter
c. Russian and German fuel shortages
d. Russian ground forces and American air strikes
24. “Desert Fox” or ________ led the German forces in North Africa and in the defense of Normandy.
a. Heinrich Himmler
b. Heinz Guderian
c. Erwin Rommel
d. Adolf Hitler
25. 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
26. 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
27. Where were atomic bombs dropped?
a. Tokyo and Hong Kong
b. Dresden and Berlin
c. Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d. Leyte Island and Midway
28. Hitler’s main reason for invading the USSR was to get…
a. Oil
b. Lebensraum
c. Winter clothing for his soldiers
d. Strategic bases
29. 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
30. Which of the following nations paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war?
a. Germany
b. Soviet Union
c. Japan
d. France
31. This battle convinced American leaders that Japan would not surrender without a bloody fight.
a. Iwo Jima
b. El Alamein
c. Pearl Harbor
d. Stalingrad
32. The end of World War II directly led into
a. World War III
b. The Syrian Refugee Crisis
c. The Cold War
d. The Russian Revolution
Matching: Match each leader to the county they ran during WWII
33. Shek
a.
34. Roosevelt
b.
35. Mussolini
c.
36. Churchill
d.
37. Tito
e.
Argument Analysis: REFUTE or SUPPORT each of the following arguments
Yugoslavia
Italy
China
Great Britain
United States
38. SUPPORT the argument that the use of the atomic bomb was morally correct in a utilitarian sense.
a. The Japanese needed to be punished for their surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
b. The bomb was an alternative to a very costly (over 1 million lives) invasion
c. The bomb was necessary to ensure America’s primacy after the war
d. The Japanese would not give up their emperor and needed to be taught a lesson
39. REFUTE the argument that Hitler was a good leader.
a. His racial prejudice and flawed world view caused him to make critical strategic errors, such as his brutal treatment
of the conquered Russians
b. His reorganization of the military failed to create a powerful army as he eliminated all competent commanders
during the Night of the Long Knives
c. He listed to commanders such as the idiotic Heinz Guderian who had erroneous views on modern warfare. He
should have listened to his generals less.
d. He gave great speeches and was able to amass support for wide-ranging policy changes in Germany.
40. REFUTE the argument that Jews did nothing to oppose the Holocaust.
a. With Allied help, the Jews were able to successfully defeat the German military
b. Jewish victims of the Holocaust did not consider their culture worth saving and went to the death camps willingly
c. Jews mounted armed resistance in places like Warsaw and Sobibor and resisted on a personal level by continuing
traditions in defiance of new Nazi laws
d. Jews were not significantly affected by the Holocaust and thus did not need to oppose it
Short Answer: Give a similarity and difference between WWI and WWII in each of the following 3 categories: causes, methods,
results. Consider the use of technology and ideologies. Must be complete sentences. Paragraph form.