World War II Quiz #1

The two alliances (sides) in World War II were

• Allied Powers and Central Powers

• Allied Powers and Axis Powers

• Axis Powers and Central Powers

• Allies and Allied Powers

All of the following were members of the Allied Powers EXCEPT

• Germany

• United Kingdom

• France

• United States

All of the following were members of the Axis Powers EXCEPT

• Germany

• Italy

• Japan

• United Kingdom

a leader who speaks and rules with total absolute power

• totalitarianism

• anti-semitism

• dictator

• appeasement

practice of giving in to aggression in order to avoid war

• totalitarianism

• anti-semitism

• dictator

• appeasement

Joseph Stalin was dictator of which country?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• Japan

Adolf Hitler was dictator of which country?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• Japan

Mussolini was dictator of which country?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• Japan

Hideki Tojo was the military dictator of what country?

• Soviet Union

• Japan

• Germany

• Italy

Which situation best illustrates a policy of appeasement?

• The United States sent troops to defend South Korea from invasion

• The United States blockaded Cuba to force the Soviet Union to remove its missiles

• Parts of Czechoslovakia were given to Nazi Germany to avoid war

• The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor