Causes of WWII Quiz 2

Who was the U.S. President in World War II?

• Mussolini

• Hitler

• Stalin

• Hideki Tojo

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

_________________________ invaded ________________________ on 9/1/1939 using the Blitzkrieg to start World War II.

• Germany; the Soviet Union

• Germany; Poland

• Germany; Switzerland

• The United States; France

• Germany; Great Britain

Why did Great Britain win the Battle of Britain (1940-1941)?

• because Winston Churchill hooked up his R.A.F. pilots with donuts

• because of a new technological device called sonar that detected incoming German airplanes

• because of a new technological device called radar that detected incoming German airplanes

• because Hitler launched a land invasion of Great Britain

• none of the above

Which countries were the Axis Powers in WWII?

• Germany, Italy, and the United States

• Germany, Poland, and Great Britain

• Germany, Austria, and France

• Germany, Italy, and Japan

• Great Britain, France, and the United States

Why did the United States join WWII on the side of the Allies in early December of 1941?

• in reaction to the Japanese bombing of the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on 12/7/1941

• because the U.S. was tired of the League of Nations using sanctions on the Axis Powers that didn't work

• because of Germany attacking ships in the Atlantic with U-Boats

• because Stalin and Hitler made the Non-Aggression Pact

• none of the above

One cause of British and French appeasement of Germany before WWII began was pacifism. What is pacifism?

• when people believe war is necessary; they support it

• when people are opposed to war

• when people want tax decreases

• when people want jobs from government

• none of the above

At the Munich Conference in 1938, what did Hitler (Germany) promise the British, French, and Czechoslovakians?

• that Germany would give back any land they forcefully took over

• that Hitler wouldn't kill any Jews

• that Mussolini and Hitler would eat some spaghetti

• that Germany would not take over any more land in Europe including the rest of Czechoslovakia

• none of the above

When a country gives in to the demands of an aggressor to keep the peace and prevent going to war, it is ______________________________.

• pacifism

• isolationism

• neutral

• appeasement

• none of the above

Which of the below did NOT happen before Germany invaded Poland on 9/1/1939 when WWII started?

• Germany sent troops into the Rhineland (a DMZ)

• Germany annexed Austria

• Germany took over the Sudetenland

• Germany took over all of Czechoslovakia

• none of the above