MWH Q4 Exam Review

Which action best represents the policy of appeasement followed by Britain and France before the start of World War II?

• allowing Hitler to annex the Sudetenland as part of the Munich Agreement
• signing the Nazi-Soviet Pact binding Hitler and Stalin to peaceful relations
• sending troops to fight with the Liberals during the Spanish Civil War
• forbidding the sale of arms to any nation at war

How did World War I contribute to the events leading up to World War II?

• Germans wanted to expand their nation to regain territory in the Soviet Union.
• Britain and France wanted to force Germany to make reparation payments.
• Germans hated the Versailles Treaty and supported Hitler’s actions to defy it.
• The Soviet Union wanted to take over German territory in Eastern Europe.

Which was a cornerstone of Hitler’s anti-Semitic policies?

• He falsely blamed Jews for Germany’s defeat in World War I.
• He feared that Jews would soon outnumber Aryans in Germany.
• He was a strong supporter of German Christian churches.
• He resented Jewish opposition to the Weimar government.

When Eastern Europeans revolted in the 1950s and 1960s,

• the Soviets responded with military force.
• they were able to break away and form their own governments.
• the Soviets responded by sending political advisors.
• the Americans built a wall in Berlin.

Which of the following was a result of Germany’s involvement in the Spanish Civil War?

• Spain joined the Axis powers.
• Republican forces won the civil war.
• Western democracies took action to oppose Nazi aggression.
• Germany was able to test out the capabilities of its weapons.

How did the new technology of splitting the atom end World War II?

• Allied scientists used the technology to destroy Axis forces in Europe.
• The Allies developed a new energy supply to power aircraft.
• U.S. scientists created a new bomb that was used against Japan.
• The threat of nuclear warfare forced Germany to surrender.

The final defeat of the Nazis was due to the

• capture of Hitler and his top generals.
• German people turning against Hitler.
• weakening of the Nazi alliance with the Soviet Union.
• ability of Allied forces to surround Germany.

What was the purpose of the war crimes trials?

• to punish Germany and Japan for their participation in the war
• to hold Axis leaders accountable for their wartime actions
• to decide the future of Eastern Europe
• to reestablish Europe’s pre-war borders

The United Nations was formed primarily to

• prevent future wars.
• punish war criminals.
• end imperialism.
• create a single world government.

What is the primary reason that concentration camps were originally created in 1933?

• They were used as detention centers for political prisoners.
• They were created to exterminate Jewish people.
• They were used as housing for citizens displaced by the war.
• They were used as military bases for the German army.