During World War II, the alliance of Germany, Italy, and Japan was known as the

• Axis Powers.
• Alliance for Progress.
• Central Powers.
• Comintern.

The world was shocked in August 1939 when Hitler announced that Germany had signed a nonaggression pact with

• Britain.
• Italy.
• Japan.
• the Soviet Union.

Hitler’s militarizing the Rhineland violated which treaty?

• Versailles
• Warsaw
• Kellogg-Briand
• Potsdam

France and Britain declared war following his invasion of

• Austria.
• Belgium.
• Poland.
• Russia.

After which of the following did a sitzkrieg occur in military operations during World War II?

• attack on Pearl Harbor
• invasion of Poland
• invasion of Italy
• invasion of Russia

The Germans defeated France in 1940 because the French

• surrendered without a fight.
• had abandoned the Maginot Line.
• did not expect Hitler to come through the forests of the Ardennes.
• were surprised by Spain’s attack on France.

After Hitler conquered France, resistance continued through the Free French movement led by

• Édouard Daladier.
• Charles de Gaulle.
• Henri Pétain.
• Pierre Vichy.

Who followed Neville Chamberlain as prime minister of Britain?

• Clement Atlee
• Winston Churchill
• David Lloyd George
• Ramsay MacDonald

What was the turning point of the Pacific War for the Americans?

• the Battle of the Coral Sea
• the Battle of Midway
• the landing on Iwo Jima
• Pearl Harbor attack

What British prime minister believed he had achieved peace by yielding to Hitler’s expansionistic plans in Czechoslovakia?

• Neville Chamberlain
• Winston Churchill
• Bernard Montgomery
• Ramsay MacDonald