QUIZ ww2

Which country became the world’s first communist state after a revolution in 1917?

• Soviet Union

• Germany

• Italy

• United States

Which country, who needed natural resources to restore its economy, invaded Austria and Czechoslavakia in an attempt to dominate Europe?

• Germany

• Soviet Union

• Italy

• United States

The League of Nations was created after World War I to prevent future conflicts. What is one reason it failed?

• The United States and the Soviet Union never joined.

• Germany withdrew from the organization in the 1930s.

• The United States and Germany never joined.

• The Soviet Union withdrew in the 1930s.

Appeasement is ...

• attacking any potential enemy before they can attack first.

• compromising with a potential enemy.

• totally crushing a potential enemy at the first sign of aggression.

• the policy of giving in to satisfy the demands of a potential enemy.

Which event marked the start of World War II?

• unrestricted submarine warfare

• The Zimmerman Note

• Japan bombs Pearl Harbor

• Germany invades Poland

Hitler not only ordered 6 million Jews killed, but also the _________________, elderly, homosexuals and gypsies.

• sick

• handicapped

• dwarfs

• Dutch

What race did the Nazi's proclaim as the "master race"?

• Americans
• Japanese
• Aryan
• Japanese

Which term means prejudice against or hatred of Jews?

• Semitism
• Anti-semitism
• ghetto 
• Holocaust

Certain sections of cities were set aside to imprison Jews, these sections were called

• apartments
• projects
• ghettos
• government housing

Which of the following best describes the “final solution?” 

• The implementation of the Balfour Declaration.
• The Nazi desire for complete destruction of the Jews.
• The conscription of German males into the military.
• The Jewish desire for a homeland within Germany.