Chapter 13: World War II

Following World War I, who rose to power and ruled as a dictator in Germany?

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Benito Mussolini

• Winston Churchill

Which event was known as the start of World War II for the United States?

• Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor

• Germany's attack on Poland

• Germany's sinking of the Lusitania

• Russia and Germany becoming alliances

Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union from a rural nation into an industrial power under communist regime?

• Benito Mussolini

• Joseph Stalin

• Adolf Hitler

• Winston Churchill

Benito Mussolini ruled as a fascist dictator over what country?

• Germany

• Spain

• Russia

• Italy

Which nation signed a nonaggression pact with Germany that led to the invasion and division in Poland?

• Russia

• Spain

• Italy

• Japan

Which of the following reflects "Fascist" philosophy?

• Rascism

• Militaristic

• Totalitarianism

• All of the Above

Which of the following did Adolf Hitler, and most of Germany, oppose?

• Kristallnacht

• Munich Pact

• Nuremberg Trials

• Treaty of Versailles

___________ is a government where the state has complete control over every part of public and private life; a society with no classes or private property.

• Totalitarianism

• Fascism

• Communism

• Democracy

What was the literature of "Mein Kampf?"

• The Communist Bible

• Action plan of the Nazis, written by Hitler

• Germany's economic recovery plan

• The Fascist Bible, banned in the United States

_______ means lightning war, was a new military tactic in WWII used by the Nazis, which relied on a combined fast land and air strike to take the enemy by surprise.

• Appeasement

• Kristallnacht

• Genocide

• Blitzkrieg