Unit 10 (WWII) Summative Assessment Review

What was the policy of appeasement?

• Giving in to an aggressor to keep peace.

• Mussolini's alliance that he formed with Hitler.

• America's desire to stay out of foreign affairs.

• Dedicating all of your country's resources on the war effort.

The Soviet Union signed a nonaggression pact with _____ in 1939

• United States

• Italy

• Germany

• France

The Axis Powers consisted of all of the following except _____.

• Japan

• the Soviet Union

• Italy

• Germany

The _____ were antisemitic and racist laws that were enacted in Nazi Germany in September of 1935.

• Munich Laws

• Nuremberg Laws

• Nazi Ideological Code

• None of the choices are correct

How did Kristallnacht demonstrate Nazi persecution of Jews?

• On this day, all Jews in Poland were moved to ghettos.

• A law passed on that day required Jews to wear yellow stars

• That was the day Nazis began large deportations of Jews.

• Nazi troops attacked Jewish homes, businesses, and synagogues.

What combination led to the German defeat in the Battle of Stalingrad?

• Russian and British troops

• Russian and German fuel shortages

• Russian troops and Russian winter

• Russian ground forces and American air strikes

What was significant about the Battle of Midway?

• It marked the end of the war for the Japanese.

• It destroyed the entire Japanese navy.

• It turned the war in the Pacific against the Japanese.

• It wiped out the American Pacific fleet.

Why were the Pacific islands attacked and seized by the Allied "island-hopping" campaign chosen?

• The were the least heavily defended by Japan.

• They were former territories of the United States.

• They were far away from Japan.

• They were isolated and uninhabitated.

Which of the following occurred on D-Day?

• Allied invasion of Italy

• Allied invasion of Africa

• Allied invasion of France

• Allied invasion of the Soviet Union

What was the significance of D-Day?

• It resulted in the arrest and execution of Mussolini.

• It pulled the United States out of WWII.

• It marked the first use of the atomic bomb in the war.

• It allowed the Allies to establish a foothold (secure position) in Europe.