World War II - Exam Review

Which policy did the "nursemaids" use to keep the "baby" quiet?

• militarism

• appeasement

• imperialism

• isolationism

One reason that Britain and France agreed to appease Hitler at the Munich Conference was to

• prevent the start of another world war

• stop the Nazis from invading the Soviet Union

• obey an order from the League of Nations

• obtain advanced German military weapons in exchange

Which of these World War II events happened first?

• D-Day invasion

• Battle of Britain

• invasion of Poland

• dropping of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

Which event is most closely associated with the start of World War II in Europe?

• invasion of Poland by Nazi forces

• signing of the Munich Agreement

• building of the Berlin Wall

• assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

One reason Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939 was successful is that Poland

• lacked natural barriers

• was located along the North Sea

• lacked natural resources

• was close to the Balkans

During the early 1940's, the United States aided the Soviet Union mainly in order to

• strengthen Soviet resistance to Nazi Germany

• persuade Josef Stalin not to become an ally of Japan

• encourage anti-Communist uprisings among the Russian people

• increase Soviet agricultural production

Why were the leaders of Western Europe surprised by the event addressed in this cartoon?

• The Soviet Union and Nazi Germany were both democratic regimes.

• The ideologies of these two nations were at opposite ends of the political spectrum.

• The Soviet Union had a long history of close relations with Great Britain

• Since 1935, the official government policy of the Soviet Union has supported isolationism.

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

• an official foreign policy of isolationism

• governmental control of the media

• public ownership of business and industry

• the absence of a written constitution

President Franklin D. Roosevelt referred to December 7, 1941, as "a date which will live in infamy" because on that day

• Germany invaded Poland

• Japan attacked Pearl Harbor

• Italy declared war on the United States

• the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima

During the 1930's and 1940's, Nazis in Germany and Fascists in Italy promoted policies that emphasized

• national and racial supremacy

• worldwide Communist revolutions

• international peacekeeping efforts

• economic cooperation in Europe