World War II Test Review

France & Britain engaged in a policy of appeasement during the 1930’s in hopes of avoiding war with what nation & its leader?

• USSR and Stalin

• Germany and Wilhelm II

• USSR and Lenin

• Germany and Hitler

Which President led the United States through the majority of WWII, including the attack on Pearl Harbor? 

• Eisenhower

• Truman

• FDR

• Kennedy

How were the United States and Soviet Union described after WWII?

• Allies

• Democracies

• Superpowers

• Imperialists

Victory over Japan was finally achieved as a result of. . .?

• The unconditional surrender of Germany

• Soviet agreement to enter the war against Japan

• The capture of Iwo Jima and Okinawa

• The dropping of atomic bombs on two Japanese cities

The systematic & purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious, or cultural group is called:

• Enslavement

• Annihilation

• Genocide

• Germ Warfare

The Treaty of Versailles worsened economic and political conditions in Europe and led to the rise of:

• Democracies in Britain and France

• Totalitarianism in Italy and Germany

• Communism in Poland the USSR

• Republicanism in Spain and Belgium

A communist dictatorship was established by Vladimir Lenin & continued by this man in the Soviet Union.

• Joseph Stalin

• Hideki Tojo

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

Which of the following is an incorrect match?

• Douglas MacArthur -US General

• Hirohito- Japanese General

• Winston Churchill - British Prime Minister

• Adolf Hitler - Nazi Dictator of Germant

The Great Depression would begin in the USA with what event?

• The invasion of Poland

• The stock market crash of 1987

• Japans attack on Pearl Harbor

• The stock market crash of 1929

What brought the United States into World War II?

• The sinking of the Lusitania

• The Zimmerman Telegram

• The Bombing of Pearl Harbor

• The Bombing of Nagasaki