World War II

Which of the following military alliances became known as the Axis Powers?

• England and France

• Germany, Italy, and Japan

• Czechoslovokia, Poland and Rhineland

• Germany and the Soviet Union

What event led to a decisive shift away from isolationism in the United States?

• the Battle of Britain

• the discovery of Auschwitz

• the sinking of American ships by German U-boats

• the attack on Pearl Harbor

What was the significance of the Battle of Midway?

• the opening a second front in Western Europe

• four aircraft carriers were lost for the Americans and one for the Japanese

• it marked a turning point in the Pacific theater of war

• it led to the use of atomic bombs

France and Great Britain declared war on Germany in 1939 as a direct result of

• Germany's annexation of Austria.

• Germany's attack on France.

• Germany's invasion of Poland.

• Germany's militarization of the Rhineland.

Why did Japan attack Pearl Harbor?

• Japan saw the US as a threat to Japanese expansion in Asia.

• Japan's leaders had promised Germany they would attack the U.S.

• Japan wanted to Pearl Harbor's natural resources.

• Japan wanted to oust the US military from China.

"We should seek by all means in our power to avoid war, by analyzing possible causes, by trying to remove them, by discussion in a spirit of collaboration and good will."

The quotation above by British prime minister Neville Chamberlain in 1938 is an example of what policy?

• isolationism

• appeasement

• aggression

• containment

The Great Depression helped lead to

• World War I.

• a rise in world trade.

• the growth of free trade associations.

• the rise of dictators in Europe.

What was the goal of the Nazis Final Solution?

• to take control of the Soviet Union

• to murder all European Jews

• to drop atomic bombs on Great Britain

• to invade the United States

Hitler's plan to rebuild German military violated the Treaty of Versailles.

• True

• False

American forces gained an advantage at the Battle of Iwo Jima because they broke the secret Japanese code.

• True

• False