World War II Begins for World History

In the Munich Pact, the Allies agreed that Germany could keep its newly conquered territories if...

• It paid $20 Million.
• It promised to take no more lands.
• It disbanded its military forces.
• It gave up the Western portion of its country.

What event brought America into World War II?

• NAZI Invasion of Poland
• Attack on Pearl Harbor
• Rape of Nanqing
• NAZI Bombing of England

Who was NOT a member of the Allied Powers during World War II?

• Soviet Union

• United Kingdom

• United States

• Japan

Who was NOT a member of the Axis Powers?

• Germany
• Russia
• Italy
• Japan

With whom did the NAZIs secretly and surprisingly ally in late August 1939?

• United States of America
• Soviet Union
• Japan
• United Kingdom

Who was the extreme militant Prime Minister of Japan ?

• Hideki Tojo
• HIrohito
• Yamamoto
• Ichiro Suzuki

These are examples of the Nuremberg Laws.

-Jews forbidden to marry non-Jews

-Jews must wear a yellow Star of David at all times

-Jewish doctors can not treat non-Jews

What was the purpose of laws such as these?

• To protect Jews from being harassed by other religious groups
• To encourage Jews to leave Germany and settle elsewhere
• To protect the Jewish population from the economic problems faced by the rest of Germany
• To promote hatred of the Jewish population and make it easier to control them

On the evening of November 9, 1938, 250 Jewish synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses destroyed, and many Jewish people killed. This event was known as _____.

• Holocaust

• Kristallnacht

• Anti-semitism

• Ghetto

In the political cartoon, which policy did the “nursemaids” use to keep the “baby” quiet?

• imperialism

• appeasement

• militarism

• isolationism

This World War II cartoon is showing the relationship between climate and the

• efforts by Allied troops to control Berlin

• casualties suffered by the Soviet Union

• success of Allied troops after D-day

• inability of Nazi forces to defeat the Soviet Union