World War II Entry Quiz

Italian Benito Mussolini exploited the public's fears by portraying fascism as a solution to which ideology that developed out of the Russian Revolution?

• Communism

• Democracy

• Economic depression

• Militaristic expansionism

How can Adolf Hitler be described? Select ALL that apply.

• anti-Semitic

• a Communist

• a Democratic leader

• a nationalist

In both Japan and Germany, __________ helped undermine their political systems.

• economic problems

• excessive industrial production

• new technology

• Soviet influence

One of the new political parties to rise during the political and economic chaos in Germany after WWI was the National Socialist German Workers' Party, also known as the

• Communist Party

• Fascist Party

• Nazi Party

• Socialist Party

How did many Americans feel about the rise of dictatorships in Europe?

• It caused them to reject any form of isolationism

• It did not worry them because Europe had paid back most war debts

• It discouraged them, but they did not want to get involved

• They wanted their military to invade Europe as soon as possible

President Franklin D. Roosevelt devised the idea of a hemispheric defense zone because the United States had trouble getting arms and supplies to Britain during the war due to

• a lack of support from Winston Churchill

• German submarines in the Atlantic Ocean

• Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union

• Russian bombers that patrolled the coast

What event was a leading cause to Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor?

• concerns about Germany attacking Japan

• Japan's conflict with the Axis Powers

• the sinking of a U.S. destroyer

• the U.S. embargo of Japan

What happened following the attack on Pearl Harbor?

• The United States began leasing weapons to China

• The United States declared war on Japan

• The United States refused to sell materials to Japan

• The United States sent forces to the Philippines

In addition to the Jews, whom did the Nazis persecute? Select ALL that apply.

• the Aryans

• homosexuals

• Roma ("gypsies")

• Slavic peoples

What was the "final solution"?

• a German-Russian war

• the invasion of countries by Germany

• a plan to kill all European Jews

• resistance efforts by European Jews