World War II Test

Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini are both examples of

• Democratic Presidents

• Fascist Dictators

• Communist Revolutionaries

• Internationalists

What foreign policy did Britain and France pursue towards Germany to maintain peace in Europe from 1936-1939?

• Neutrality

• Annexation

• Isolationism

• Appeasement

Which term best describes Japan’s invasion of Manchuria and China in the 1930s?

• Appeasement

• Isolationism

• Communism

• Aggression

Which of the following best describes the German “Blitzkrieg”?

• The use of poison gas to deter invaders

• Trench warfare (just like World War I)

• “Lightening war” – quick, fast attacks

• Extensive use of horse cavalry to charge into battle

Which treaty did Hitler break when he invaded Russia in June 1941?

• The Munich Pact

• The Potsdam Declaration

• The Nazi-Soviet Pact

• The Atlantic Charter

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1940 Lend-Lease program was created to

• Expand New Deal programs

• Provide materials to the Allied powers

• Relocate Japanese Americans

• Establish the United Nations

FDR used these words to describe

• Nazi aggression in Europe

• Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

• The D-Day invasion of Normandy

• The use of the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Which of the following caused World War II?

• The problems of the Versailles Treaty

• The rise of Fascist dictators

• The weaknesses of the League of Nations

• All of the above

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CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

The relocation of Japanese-Americans into internment camps in the US during World War II could best be described as

• A reaction based on wartime fears

• An illegal way to recruit workers

• A voluntary action by Japanese-Americans

• Used courts to determine which Japanese were guilty

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CCSS.RL.8.9

During both World War I and World War II, American women

• Joined the infantry (army)

• Went to work in factories

• Gained the right to vote

• Returned to college