World History- WWII- QUIZ Review

Blond haired, blue-eyed people typified the Nazi ideal of the “master race.”  What were these people called? 

• Slavic
• Roman
• Aryan
• Latino

When some European leaders agreed to Hitler’s demands concerning Czechoslovakia in 1938, they were supporting a policy of-

• détente

• appeasement

• collective security

• balance of power 

During World War II, which group of people were victims of genocide as Hitler’s “final solution”?

• Arabs in Egypt

• Jews in Germany

• Palestinians in Syria

• Armenians in the Ottoman Empire

"Lightning war" a form of warfare using airplanes, tanks, infantry to surprise and overwhelm the enemy before they could react.

• fascism

• kamikaze

• blitzkrieg

• nazism

What event occurred on the day described as "a date which will live in infamy"?

• attack on Pearl Harbor

• Battle of Guadalcanal

• Bombing of Hiroshima

• Signing of the Atlantic Charter

During World War II, which event occurred last?

• Russian defense of Stalingrad

• Japanese invasion of Manchuria

• United States bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• German invasion of Poland

How many Jewish were killed in the Holocaust-

• 4 hundred

• 6 thousand

• 6 million

• 6 hundred

The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931 and Hitler’s rebuilding of the German military in 1935 demonstrate the-

• support for the Treaty of Versailles

• failure of the League of Nations

• fear of communist expansion

• success of defensive alliances

What event occurred on June 6th, 1944 when the Allied forces attacked France to push back Germany?

• D Day

• V Day

• Kristinallacht

• Holocaust camp opened

The United Nations was created and housed in New York City primarily to-

• contain the spread of communism

• channel relief aid to war-torn nations

• prosecute persons accused of war crimes

• provide a means of solving international problems