Chapter 12 Entry Test: World War II and the Holocaust

Hitler’s move to (a)   directly violated the Treaty of Versailles.

• expand the German military

• found the Nazi party

• become chancellor

• pose as a man of peace

Why did Hitler seek an alliance with the Soviet Union before starting World War II?

• He wanted to help spread socialism.

• He wanted to avoid a two-front war.

• He wanted to occupy eastern Poland.

• He wanted to strengthen the power of Stalin.

Into which country did Japan expand in the 1930s?

• China

• Germany

• Persia

• Saudi Arabia

What were Germany’s gains during the early years of the war?

• Poland, France, Czechoslovakia

• Spain, Britain, Ireland

• Turkey, Poland, Italy

• France, Austria, Sweden

With the invasion of Poland, (a)   launched World War II.

• Czechoslovakia

• Germany
• the Soviet Union

• France

The heavy bombardment of London by the Luftwaffe beginning in 1940 was part of the (a)   .

• Maginot Line

• Blitzkrieg

• Battle of Britain

• Spanish Civil War

Which political or military leader asked for a declaration of war on Japan after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?

• Adolf Hitler

• Emperor Hirohito

• Franklin Delano Roosevelt

• Benito Mussolini

In the interest of public safety after the start of WWII, tens of thousands of Japanese Americans were (a)   .

• removed to camps in the interior

• drafted into the military

• given important factory jobs

• invited to run for public office

What did President Truman decide to do in 1945 to end the war with Japan?

• to surrender

• to drop an atomic bomb

• to start a war with Russia

• to deport Japanese-Americans

Nazi propaganda referred to the lands to the east of Germany as ________.

• living space

• homeland

• mother land

• Aryan space