3 - OC - WH - World History Final Examination (Spring 2025)

Which accurately describes the March on Rome?

• Mussolini and the National Fascist Party marched to Rome, and King Victor Emmanuel III invited Mussolini to discuss his demands

• Communists and Socialists declared an ill-prepared general strike, which was stopped easily by fascists and government troops

• Civilians outraged by abolition of universal suffrage marched on Rome to take back their kingdom from Mussolini

• A parade held in Mussolini's honor was marched all the way to Rome

Who was considered the original "Big 3" during World War 2?

(Hint: they met at important WW2 conferences)

• Truman, Atlee, and Stalin

• FDR, Churchill, and Stalin

• Hitler, Mussolini, and Hirohito

Which of the quote shows how determined Churchill was to win WW2?

• "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor, and you will have war."

• "An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last." 

• "We shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender."

• "I am extending an olive branch to Mr. Hitler, hoping that he accepts our terms for peace."

A union of two or more groups

• Militarism

• Alliance

• Imperialism

• Nationalism

What type of government did Germany have right after World War I, in the Weimar years?

• a democracy

• a monarchy

• a dictatorship

Which battle was considered the "turning point" of the European campaign of World War 2 in which the Soviets lost over 1 million but still defeated the invading Nazi forces?

• D-Day (Normandy)

• Invasion of Sicily

• Siege of Moscow

• Battle of Stalingrad

Which of the following events concerning the Nazi's process of gaining autocratic control in Germany occurred FIRST?

• Forced evacuation of Jews into the "Ghettos"

• Kristallnacht

• Night of the Long Knives

• Anschluss - the conquest of Austria

Which of the following WW2 battles is considered the "turning point" in the Pacific Campaign because it was the first major American victory that continued that trend through the end of the war?

• Wake Island

• Bikini Island

• Iwo Jima

• Midway

In World War 1, what type of warfare contributed to the stalemate on the Western Front?

• guerilla

• conventional

• trench

• submarine

Which of the following was the most accurate depiction of how "The Fourteen Points" were written?

• Over time in the journals of President Wilson.

• During a famous speech of President Wilson's when he was President of Princeton University

• Wilson wrote it with help from a United Nations' delegation that was formed of world-renowned politicians.

• Wilson and the "best and brightest" of American Social Scientists, professors, authors, etc. spent months formulating it after the armistice of WW1