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Global 1 WWII Test Name:______________________ 1. Operation Overlord 2. Battle of Britain 3. 4. Battle of Midway Battle of Stalingrad 5. Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa 6. R.A.F. 7. 8. Luftwaffe Neutrality Acts 9. Lend-Lease Act 10. Blitzkrieg 11. Mussolini 12. Hitler 13. Tojo and Hirohito 14. Chamberlain 15. Churchill 16. Isolationism 17. Totalitarianism 18. Appeasement 19. Fascism 20. Nazism Date:____________________ a. About 1000 German planes per day bombed London during this battle b. Important because the Allies had finally won back enough Pacific island territory to be close enough to attack Japan c. The turning point in the Pacific Theatre d. Over 1.2 million Russians lost their lives in this battle, but Germany was defeated; this battle began the slow Russian push toward Germany e. This was the plan that included D-Day; the Allies landed on 5 beaches in Normandy (northern France); troops rushed the beaches while paratroopers parachuted behind German lines a. The German warfare tactic that included air bombing, followed by tank and troops invasion; “lightning war” b. The German air force c. This law, passed under FDR’s administration, said that the U.S. would not sell arms to countries involved in war; the U.S. broke this after Japan invaded China in 1937 (that invasion was called the Rape of Nanjing) d. The British air force; bravely tried to fight the Germans during the Battle of Britain e. This act, passed under FDR’s administration, said that the U.S. would break neutrality and lend money and supplies to Britain, but would not make Britain repay until a later date a. Japanese leadership (emperor and army commander/prime minister); called for the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 b. Fascist leadership of Italy (dictator); was killed by Germans when found hiding from the Allies c. British leadership (prime minister); appeased Hitler; said that Europe would have “peace in our time” d. British leadership (prime minister); strong leader, led Britain to victory over Axis Powers e. Fascist dictator of Germany; committed suicide before the Allies caught him a. a type of governmental system in which a dictator tries to rule every aspect of the country, to have total control over the population b. This was the policy of many European nations until 1939; this policy allowed Hitler to take German-speaking regions of Europe without a fight c. This type of governmental system is rooted in nationalism, or extreme pride in one’s country; these types of leaders aim to reclaim past glory by promoting national identity d. A type of Fascism in which national identity and a strong military go hand-inhand; seen in Germany during WWII e. The policy of America prior (and during some parts of) to WWII; the U.S. had enough troubles of its own to worry about, so they did not want to get involved in a European war 21. Which of the following did not contribute to causing WWII? a. Germany’s treatment after WWI, due to the Treaty of Versailes b. Russia’s treatment after WWI, due to the Treaty of Versailles c. France was made to pay war damages d. The modernization and expansionist ideals of Japan 22. Which of the following was not a reason for German anger toward the rest of Europe after WWI? a. war reparations b. war guilt clause c. Russian occupation of Cologne d. Loss of land to create other countries 23. Japan modernized prior to WWII, which means it changed from a poor, primitive country to a modern, industrial one. Japan wanted to spread its borders beyond the Japanese islands around this time. Why? a. because the Japanese were bored with Japan b. because the Japanese islands are mountainous and have little farmland—expanding its territory to other countries could give it some space to grow more crops c. because the Japanese liked swimming in the South China Sea better d. because the Chinese dared the Japanese to “fight like men” 24. Japan attacked which country in 1931 and 1937? a. China (actually, Japan attacked Manchuria in 1931, which is a part of China) b. U.S. c. Russia d. Mongolia 25. The Japanese attack on China, in which many Japanese soldiers raped and killed millions of Chinese women, came to be called: a. the attack on Pearl Harbor b. Kamikaze raids c. Beer Hall Putsch d. Rape of Nanjing 26. Hitler’s rise to power began with holding the president of Germany hostage in the 1920s. He had taken his Nazi followers to a tavern and arrested the president. His plan failed and he was thrown in jail. What was this event called? a. Kristalnacht b. Nuremberg Trials c. Mein Kampf d. Beer Hall Putsch 27. While in prision in the 1920s, Hitler wrote a book that included all his theories on why the German people had failed in WWI. He blamed the Treaty of Versailles and the Jews. Its title translates as “My Struggles.” What was this book called? a. Kristalnacht b. Nuremberg Trials c. Mein Kampf d. Beer Hall Putsch 28. In 1938, Nazis stormed into Jewish houses all across Germany. The Nazis goal was to destroy as much Jewish property as possible. The Jews were then blamed for the damage, made to pay for it, and many were shipped to concentration camps. This was called the “night of broken glass.” What is another name for this night? a. Kristalnacht b. Nuremberg Trials c. Mein Kampf d. Beer Hall Putsch 29. After WWII was over, the Nazi commanders that could be found were tried at an international hearing. In these trials, the truth about the German treatment of the Jews was revealed. Many Nazi officials were sentenced to death or life in prison. These trials were called: a. Cologne Trials b. Nuremberg Trials c. Berlin Hearings d. Nazi War Crimes Trials 30. Propaganda was one way in which Hitler was able to get so many Germans on his side. What is propaganda? a. a form of advertising that spreads information widely and quickly, that is meant to rouse one’s emotions in order to favor something strongly or to hate something b. a form of radio broadcast that tells the latest sports news c. a form of advertising that tells both sides of the issue fairly d. a form of advertising that limits the amount of information one can send at a time 31. December 7, 1941 was a “day which shall live in infamy.” The U.S. was attacked on this day. A few months later, the U.S. got revenge on its attackers during the Doolittle Raid, which was the bombing of Tokyo. What happened on December 7, 1941? a. Battle of Britain began b. Battle of Stalingrad was officially over c. D-Day d. The attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese 32. J. Robert Oppenheimer led a project to create a nuclear weapon. He was hired by the U.S. to complete this project. The results of this project was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki with atomic weapons. What was the name of this project? a. The New York Project b. The Manhattan Project c. The Bronx Bomber Project d. The Fat Man Project 33. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were cities in Japan that were bombed with atomic weapons in 1945. Which president was responsible for ordering the bombs’ drop? a. FDR b. Truman c. Eisenhower d. Hoover 34. The Nazi regime killed over 6 million Jews in the Holocaust. The goal of Hitler and his henchmen were to commit genocide, which means killing off an entire race of people. What was Hitler’s plan called that was meant to kill the Jews? a. The Final Authority b. The Final Solution c. The Ultimate Sacrifice d. Lebensrom 35. When the Holocaust began, many Jews tried to leave Germany. Some tried to enter the United States. One group tried to enter Miami, Florida, but was denied entry and was sent back to Germany. In Germany, many of these same people were put in places that were very horrible. In these places, Jews were made to work extremely hard and were fed very little. The weak were sent to the gas chambers. The places where these horrible things occurred in Germany and Poland were called: a. internment camps b. concentration camps c. liberation museums d. ghettos 36. The tactic used by the Allies in the Pacific Theatre, in which one island was taken from Japan at a time, was called (this process ended at Okinawa, as the Allies had gotten close to the Japanese mainland): a. island hopping b. island cruising c. leap frogging d. beach heading 37. What was the biggest reason that the United States got out of the Great Depression, according to Mr. Beavers? a. Making alcohol legal to sell b. The New Deal programs c. Increased production due to WWII 38. Many women were able to get jobs when the American men went to war. These women worked in places that women had rarely worked before, such as ship building yards, steel factories, and other hard-labor industries. These women were known by the nickname of: a. G.I. Jane b. Admiral Girls c. Pink Collar Workers d. Rosie the Riveter 39. Which of the following was true of women who served in the military during WWII? a. they were paid the same as men b. they could achieve rankings as high as any man c. they were paid lower than men, usually d. they got similar benefits as male military personnel 40. Which of the following was true of African Americans who served in WWII? a. they served in segregated units b. they were paid similar to whites c. they never had to work at jobs requiring menial tasks, such as cooking Match the best answer 41. August 6, 1945 42. August 9, 1945 43. July 6, 1944 44. December 7, 1941 45. May 8, 1945 a. b. c. d. e. a-bomb dropped on Nagasaki D-Day (Invasion of Normandy) V-E Day (Germany unconditionally surrenders) Pearl Harbor attack by Japanese on US a-bomb dropped on Hiroshima 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. a. b. c. d. e. the final scene of the European Theatre; Hitler commits suicide instead of surrendering Allies’ plan to first take North Africa and then take Italy; open second front against Axis first battle that the Japanese used kamikaze pilots last German offensive major turning point in Europe; battle fought in Russia’s cold winter; Germany eventually lose Battle of Stalingrad Operation Torch Battle of the Bulge Battle of Leyte Island Allies capture Berlin 51. What do Hitler, Hirohito, Mussolini, and Stalin all have in common? a. they all fought on the Allies side b. they all fought on the Axis side c. they all wanted to expand their countries’ boundaries, which was a cause of WWII d. they all were Fascists 52. The League of Nations and the Treaty of Versailles were effective in keeping international relations peaceful after WWI. a. the above is true, because both the League and the Treaty were liked by the whole world b. the above is false, because only Germany liked these two things c. the above is false, because the weaknesses of the League and Treaty allowed the dictators to rise, and WWII to start 53. Which of the following is false about the League of Nations? a. It successfully kept Hitler from invading the Rhineland b. It was ineffective in keeping Hitler from expanding his empire c. it was ineffective in keeping Japan from invading Manchuria 54. Hitler tried to take the Sudetenland in 1938. Neville Chamberlain signed a peace agreement with Hitler, giving Hitler the Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia in exchange for Hitler’s promise to not attack any more countries. Chamberlain basically was giving in to a bully in order to keep peace. What was this type of policy called that Chamberlain used? a. Peace in our time b. Sitzkrieg c. Appeasement d. Axis expansion 55. Which of the following shows the countries taken by Hitler in chronological order as he began expanding his empire? a. Sudetenland, Austria, Rhineland, Poland b. Poland, Sudetenland, Rhineland, Austria c. Rhineland, Poland, Sudetenland, Austria d. Rhineland, Austria, Sudetenland, Poland 56. Hitler’s Anschluss (German for “union”) was connected with his taking of: a. Rhineland b. Poland c. Sudetenland d. Austria 57. Hitler’s tactic of blitzkrieg (“lightning war”) was first discussed in class in relation to Hitler’s taking of: a. Rhineland b. Poland c. Sudetenland d. Austria 58. Hitler’s primary aim in expanding his empire, especially as related to the taking of Rhineland, Poland, and the Sudetenland, was to: a. Provide Lebensraum (“living space”) for his country b. To get back lands lost after WWI c. To unite the German speaking peoples under him d. All of the above 59. What was one reason that Mr. Beavers gave for Japanese expansion? a. Japanese people had been slaughtered by the Chinese in the 1920s b. Japan is an island nation, a mountainous island with little room for farmland—they simply needed more room to grow c. Japan felt racially inferior and therefore wanted to prove their importance in the world d. The Japanese wanted to get a new emperor from other Asian countries 60. Which of the following did Italy invade? a. Rhineland b. Sudetenland c. Great Britain d. Ethiopia 61. In which of the following ways did Hitler act like Napoleon? a. Hitler marched his troops through the Arc de Triomphe b. Hitler invaded Russia during the winter…and lost c. Hitler invaded Russia during the winter…and won d. Both A and C e. Both A and B 62. The Battle of Britain was a time when Germany attacked Great Britain from the air. The German Luftwaffe and the British RAF fought in the skies, and for two months the Germans bombed Britain’s capital city. What was another name for this battle? a. London Blitz b. Blitzkrieg c. V-E Day d. D-Day 63. What was the church that withstood the fires of the Battle of Britain, the church that Churchill would constantly remind his people was still standing despite the German bombing? a. St. Paul’s Basilica b. St. Paul’s Cathedral c. Sistine Chapel d. Westminster Abbey 64. What was one reason that the US did not want Japan to keep expanding into the Pacific Ocean? a. We wanted Chinese oil b. We wanted Vietnamese rice fields c. We wanted to protect our territory—the Philippines d. None of the above 65. Which of the following best describes the US foreign policy (how we treat relations with foreign nations) between WWI and WWII? a. Appeasement b. Isolationism c. Expansion d. Totalitarianism 66. These laws outlawed arms sales to nations at war or involved in civil war in the time period in the US before WWII. a. Neutrality Acts b. Lend-Lease Act c. Atlantic Charter d. None of the above 67. This law(s) was (were) passed in order to help aid the Allies and basically violated the answer to # 66. a. Neutrality Acts b. Lend-Lease Act c. Atlantic Charter d. Clayton Antitrust Act 68. This leader led a civil war against the Spanish government prior to WWII. Hitler and Mussolini aided him. a. b. c. d. Stalin Churchill Hirohito Franco 69. Which is true of the US getting away from isolationism? a. We did it because Japan threatened innocent countries (China) and US territories (Hawaii and Philippines) b. We did it because Hitler invaded old American allies, like France and Britain c. We loaned up to $7 billion to enemies of the Axis Powers d. All of the above 70. What did the US do to Japan to make them feel the need to attack Pearl Harbor? a. Oil embargo (restrictions) b. A-bomb dropped on Hiroshima c. island hopping d. all of the above Match the best answer. 71. Selective Service 72. G.I. 73. Segregated units 74. WAAC 75. Minorities and women a. b. c. d. e. government issue; referred first to the uniforms and then to the soldiers of WWII the first women’s military unit Tuskegee Airmen and Buffaloes the system that drafted 10 million men for combat in WWII many did not have combat roles, received lower pay, and had little chance of a military career 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. a. b. c. d. e. a Japanese internment camp females that helped contribute to the war effort at home by working in factories were turned into places in the US to make tanks for the war effort posters in the US were used to show Japanese as evil, to make you want to buy war bonds average citizens did not buy as much gas, food, etc in order to help the war effort Automobile factories Rosie the Riveter Propaganda Rationing Manzanar 81. What did the US government say about the Japanese internment in the Korematsu v. US case in 1944? a. it was bad and Japanese Americans should be repaid $20,000 b. it was necessary since the government could not take chances with spies during wartime c. offered an official apology right away d. all of the above 82. What did the US government do in 1988 for Japanese Americans that had survived the internment and were still living? a. repaid them with 1 million dollars each b. repaid them with $20,000 each c. gave no apology d. referred to the Korematsu case for justification 83. How many Jews killed by the Holocaust? a. About 6000 b. About 60,000 c. About 6 million d. About 11 million 84. How many people were killed total by the Holocaust? a. About 6000 b. About 60,000 c. About 6 million d. About 11 million 85. Which of the following was a type of person that the Holocaust targeted? a. Gypsies b. Disabled persons c. Communists d. Slavic peoples e. All of the above 86. Which of the following is the term that means “purposefully destroying an entire group because of their ethnic/racial background?” a. Holocaust b. Internment c. Genocide d. Liberation Match the best answer. 87. Kristallnacht 88. Nuremburg Laws 89. Final Solution 90. Nuremburg Trials a. b. c. d. if Jews tried to escape Germany, they were stripped of civil rights and made to wear Star of David night of broken glass; Nazis destroy Jewish homes and synagogues and blame it on the Jews 12 Nazis sentenced to death for war crimes extermination was this for the German answer to the “Jewish problem” 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. a. b. c. d. e. the state of relations between the US and the USSR (Russia) was tense after WWII the international peacekeeping body after WWI and before WWII the international peacekeeping body after WWII a US general offered this idea; it would pay money to help rebuild war-torn Europe after WWII the atomic bomb was used as this after WWII; US and USSR built up arsenals to keep each other from attacking Cold War political devise United Nations League of Nations Marshall Plan 96. Dresden 97. Israel 98. Palestine 99. Security Council 100. Zionism a. Jewish movement to repopulate Palestine b. a nation created in 1948; Jewish leadership, Muslim opposition c. a colony under Britain after WWI; location of immigration of many Jews before, during, and after WWII d. a city in Germany that was bombed heavily by the US, despite having no military value e. a part of the UN; 5 permanent members, 15 members total