WWII 2021

During World War II, Italy, Germany, and Japan were part of which of the following alliance?

• Allied Forces

• Axis Powers

The entrance of the United States into the war was prompted by

• Japanese attack on the U.S.

• An Austrian attack on the French.

• A German attack on the U.S.

• An Italian attack on the British.

Which was a characteristic of Germany under Adolf Hitler and the Soviet Union under Stalin?

• An official foreign policy of isolationism

• Governmental control of the media

• Public ownership of business and industry

• A written constitution containing individual rights and freedoms

The United Nations was created primarily to

• Prosecute persons accused of war crimes.

• Provide a means of solving international problems.

• Channel relief aid to war-torn nations.

• Contain the spread of communism.

Which alliance emerged victorious at the end of the war?

• Allies

• Axis Powers

• Central Powers

• Triple Entente

From 1939 to 1945, Hitler and the Nazis tried to get rid of all Jewish people. They forced Jews to live in concentration camps and killed at least 6 million people. This event in history is called the

• liberation

• the holocaust

• nationalism

• imperialism

Which action illustrated the concept of genocide?

• The British negotiating peace with Adolf Hitler during the 1938 Munich Conference

• Adolf Hitler and Josef Stalin signed a nonaggression pact in 1939

• The Nazi armies eliminating the Jews and other groups as part of Hitler's Final Solution

• German generals plotting against Adolf Hitler

The harsh conditions imposed by the Treaty of Versailles after World War I helped lay the foundation for the

• Rise of fascism in Germany.

• Uprisings during the French Revolution.

• Division of Korea along the 38th Parallel.

• Bolshevik Revolution in Russia.

In the 1920s and 1930s, the rise of fascist and totalitarian governments in Germany and Italy was largely the result of

• The success of the Communists in establishing a command economy in the Soviet Union.

• Severe economic and social problems that arose in Europe after WWI.

• The active support of the United States.

• Movements demanding the return of old monarchies.

What new strategy allowed the Germans to achieve remarkable military success at the beginning of WWII?

• Blitzkrieg

• Counterattack

• Kamikazes

• Submarine warfare