WWII Unit Test

How did the results of World War I cause World War II?

• President Wilson's peace plan called for the invasion of Germany if

  the country failed to pay its war debt.

• The war debt from World War I that Germany had to pay was one of the causes of the political and economic instability in Europe.

• The League of Nations declared war on Italy because World War I

  created problems between Germany and Italy.

• When Great Britain was blamed for World War I, Great Britain

  invaded France to demand payment for the war.

Which type of political philosophy gave rise to dictators with total power, who denied other individuals freedoms?

• Anarchism

• Socialism

• Fascism

• Communism

How did American policy gradually change with the

advancing of World War II?

• America became allies with Germany and stayed neutral.

• America became more isolated from world events.

• America was forced out of isolationism into direct involvement in the war.

• America refused economic aid to Allies.

Winston Churchill was to Great Britain as Joseph Stalin was

to —

• the Soviet Union

• Germany

• Japan

• Italy

Germany is to Adolf Hitler as Great Britain is to —

• Winston Churchill

• Hideki Tojo

• Joseph Stalin

• Benito Mussolini

Isolationism - Economic aid sent to Allies - Direct involvement in World War II

Which member of the World War II Allies is described by

these events?

• Canada

• France

• United States

• Great Britain

What caused the United States to enter World War II in

December, 1941?

• The dropping of an atomic bomb

• The German invasion of Poland

• Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

• Reports of the Holocaust in Germany

Which battle is considered the turning point for the war on

the eastern front in the Soviet Union?

• Second Battle of Kharkov

• Battle of Leningrad

• Battle of Stalingrad

• Battle of Moscow

The mass murder of Jews in Nazi gas chambers is known as

the —

• Internment camps

• D-Day

• Holocaust

• Iwo Jima

The tiny, Pacific island of Midway was important in

World War II because it was where —

• Japan halted the United States advance

• the Soviet Union lost several submarines

• the United States defeated the Japanese navy

• Germany invaded the Hawaiian Islands