7-4 Review Part 2: World War II & the Holocaust

What is the best title of this list?

• participants in World War I

• absolute monarchies

• totalitarian states

• limited governments

How did economic depression lead to the rise of fascist dictatorships in Italy, Germany and Japan after WWI?

• Dictators came to power by promising reforms to fix the economy

• They joined the League of Nations for economic support

• They sold much of their lands to rival nations

• They passed progressive laws and increased deficit spending

How did Benito Mussolini gain popularity in Italy?

• He took part in a communist revolution and out maneuvered his rivals for power after Lenin died.

• He was elected overwhelmingly after promising a "New Deal" to fix the nation's economic problems.

• He created the Nazi Party and blamed Jews for the country's economic problems after World War I.

• He organized the Fascist Party, attacked communists and socialists and ended a general strike.

Which European leader of the 1930s is described by this chart?

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

• Adolf Hitler

• Anton Drexler

Which economic and political system, found in the Soviet Union, is described by this chart?

• capitalism

• imperialism

• communism

• democracy

Which foreign policy by Britain and France allowed Nazi Germany to expand its territory to avoid war, as seen in these maps?

• appeasement

• isolationism

• reparations

• socialism

Which British leader inspired his people to resist the Nazis with speeches such as this?

• Winston Churchill

• King George VI

• Oliver Cromwell

• King Charles I

What event, described in this quote by President Franklin Roosevelt, brought the United States into World War II?

• D-Day

• the atomic bombing of Japan

• the island-hopping campaign

• the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

What event opened a second front by the Allies against the Germans in Europe during World War II on June 6, 1944?

• the invasion of North Africa and Italy

• the island hopping campaign

• the Battle of the Bulge

• D-Day

What event, described in this quote by President Harry Truman, caused Japan to surrender to the United States in August 1945?

• the bombing of Pearl Harbor

• the island hopping campaign

• the battles of Coral Sea and Midway

• the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki