World War II Unit Test

How did civilians join the war effort?

• By helping gather materials needed for the war effort
• By rationing goods needed in the war effort
• By working in industries needed in the war effort
• All of the above

Great Britain and France entered World War II because of the invasion of

• Poland
• Finland
• Denmark and Norway
• the Soviet Union

A key American figure in the American war in the Pacific was _____ who promised he would someday return to free the people of ______ from Japan when he was forced to flee in 1942.

• Eisenhower; France
• MacArthur; Philippines
• Yamamoto; Hawaii
• Hirohito; China

Which of the following was the location of a Nazi extermination camp?

• Berlin
• Warsaw
• Auschwitz
• Moscow

What was the Maginot Line?

• The line of defenses that separated France from the threat of a German invasion, protecting industrialized areas of France.
• The furthest point that the Germans pushed south in France during World War II.
• The code name for the rescuing of troops from France into safety in England.
• the path of attack the Germans launched through Belgium before invading France.

What country's empire building began by invading Manchuria in 1931?

• Italy
• Japan
• Soviet Union
• Germany

Who won the Battle of Britain?

• Germany, because they destroyed much of the city of London through continuous bombing.
• Germany, because their bombing raid prompted the British to temporarily remove themselves from the war efforts while they rebuilt
• Great Britain, because they never surrendered to the Germans
• Great Britain, because the United States sent them submarines and tanks

Of the Allied powers, which country lost the fewest civilians and military?

• The Soviet Union
• France
• Great Britain
• The United States

Prior to World War II, the Sudetenland was part of the country of _______, and the Germans wanted it in part because of _______.

• Austria; the large number of Germanic people living there.
• Czechoslovakia; its industrial capabilities
• Poland; natural resources
• France; its proximity to Paris

Which of the following groups were not placed in concentration camps, labeled as "enemies" of the Nazis during the Holocaust?

• gypsies (Roma)
• communists
• Jehovah's Witnesses
• the handicapped
• All of the above were targeted during the Holocaust