World War II and Holocaust Quiz

What is the fastest-growing religion in Europe?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

What is the most dominant religion in Europe?

• Christianity

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Buddhism

What treaty officially ended WWI?

• The Treaty of Versailles

• The Treaty of Paris

• The Treaty of London

• The Treaty of Berlin

What were reparations?

• Payments made for losses or damages

• Military occupation of a defeated country

• The creation of new countries

• The establishment of new international organizations

Who was the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany?

• Adolf Hitler

• Joseph Goebbels

• Hermann Göring

• Heinrich Himmler

What race of people did Hitler and the Nazi Party blame for many of the economic problems in Germany?

• Jews

• Roma

• Communists

• Social Democrats

What was the Holocaust?

• The murder of more than 6 million Jews by Hitler and the Nazis from 1933-1945

• The invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan in 1941

• The construction of the Berlin Wall by the Soviet Union in 1961

What were the major countries that made up the Allied Powers in WWII?

• Great Britain, France, US, and Soviet Union

• Germany, Italy, Japan, and Hungary

• Austria, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Romania

• Poland, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Belgium

What action by Hitler caused France and Great Britain to declare war on Germany and begin WWII?

• The invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1938

• The signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact with the Soviet Union in 1939

• The invasion of Poland in 1939

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan in 1941

What major event caused the United States to enter WWII?

• The invasion of Poland by Germany in 1939

• The bombing of Pearl Harbor by Japan in 1941

• The invasion of the Soviet Union by Germany in 1941

• The declaration of war on Germany by Japan in 1941