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WorksheetsUnit 9 Review (pages 24-100)
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Describe the problems in __________ that led to the rise of __________.
a)
Italy; Mussolini
b)
Germany; Hitler
c)
USSR (Russia); Stalin
d)
Japan; Tojo
2.
Recognize the difference between _______________ and _______________ states in terms of the importance of the state versus the importance of the people.
a)
totalitarian; democratic
b)
communist; totalitarian
c)
democratic; communist
d)
fascist; totalitarian
3.
Identify the nations that became _______________ during the 1930s and those who led them.
a)
a. dictatorships
b)
b. democracies
c)
c. totalitarian
d)
d. both a & c
4.
Recognize the history and persistence of _______________ (hatred of Jews) and Hitler's use of it.
a)
xenophobia
b)
anti-semitism
c)
concentration camps
d)
none of the above
5.
True or False - The term final solution refers to Hitler's plan to exterminate European Jews.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
True or False - Concentration camps were established by the Nazis with the purpose of confining and exterminating Jews.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Groups rounded up in addition to the Jews that Hitler deemed "undesirable" included
a)
Slavs
b)
gypsies
c)
people with physical or mental disabilities
d)
all of the above
8.
True or False - There wasn't a controversy over letting large numbers of Jewish refugees enter the United States.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Recognize the role of science and scientists in determining the outcome of _______________.
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
the Cold War
d)
none of the above
10.
Summarize the arguments of _______________, _______________, and _______________, and people like Billy Mitchell and FDR in the debate over U.S. policy in the 1930s.
a)
nationalists, militarists, and pacifists
b)
militarists, isolationists, and nationalists
c)
pacifists, isolationists, and nationalists
d)
isolationists, pacifists, and militarists
11.
Identify the __________ invasion of __________ in 1939 as the event that triggered World War II.
a)
Russian; Poland
b)
German; Poland
c)
Japanese; Poland
d)
United States; Poland
12.
Identify the Japanese attack on _______________ in _______________ as the cause of U.S. entry into World War II.
a)
Iwo Jima; 1941
b)
Guadalcanal; 1941
c)
Pearl Harbor; 1941
d)
Russia; 1941
13.
Describe the background to, and conduct of, the war prior to __________ (date of U.S. entry into World War II).
a)
December 5, 1941
b)
December 6, 1941
c)
December 7, 1941
d)
December 8, 1941
14.
Identify major nations involved in World War II, their capitals, and their leaders as Axis or Allied powers. Which of the following is correct?
a)
a. Axis Powers (Italy, Russia, and Germany)
b)
b. Axis Powers (Italy, Japan, and Germany)
c)
c. Allied Powers (Great Britain, The United States, and Russia)
d)
d. both b & c
15.
Explain the factors that led to an alliance between the __________ and the Soviet Union (Russia).
a)
Allies
b)
Axis
16.
True or False - Dictators were able to rise to power during the 1930s.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Describe ways in which the use of _______________changed warfare.
a)
airpower
b)
trench warfare
c)
submarine warfare
d)
tank warfare
18.
True or False - Codes and code breakers didn't play a pivotal role in outcome of World War II.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
True or False - There were many technological innovations and scientific discoveries that came about because of the challenges of World War II.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
True or False - Fighting a two-front war, a war in which fighting takes place on two geographical separate fronts, proved to be difficult.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Review the constitutional rights of _______________ and the _______________.
a)
Due process; Fifth Amendment
b)
Habeas Corpus; Fifth Amendment
c)
Equal Protection; Fifth Amendment
d)
Civil Rights; Fifth Amendment
22.
Describe the causes, results, and experiences of detained __________ Americans that began in 1942.
a)
Japanese
b)
Italian
c)
Irish
d)
Mexican
23.
Recognize the events of 1943 that would make an eventual __________ victory possible.
a)
Allied
b)
Axis
24.
Use maps to evaluate the options considered for invading Nazi __________.
a)
Japan
b)
Italy
c)
France
d)
Germany
25.
Recognize _______________ as a strategic island, and the Battle of _______________ as a turning point in terms of the Allies' move from defensive to offensive fighting.
a)
Midway Island; Guadalcancal
b)
The Coral Sea; Midway Island
c)
Guadalcanal; Guadalcanal
d)
The Coral Sea; Guadalcanal
26.
True or False - Dwight D. Eisenhower was the Supreme Allied Commander who was in charge of the D-Day invasion.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
True of False - The D-Day invasion required very little planning, strategy, and human sacrifice.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
True or False - The Atlantic Charter and the Yalta Conference were steps taken toward planning the post-war era.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
True of False - Franklin Roosevelt's goals for the end of war centered upon lasting peace. More than just an end to war - an end to the beginnings of all wars.
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Describe the characteristics and experience __________ brought to the presidency (the guy in office at the end of World War II).
a)
Franklin Roosevelt
b)
Harry Truman
31.
Give examples of FDR's accomplishments as president from _______________.
a)
1929-1945 (16 years)
b)
1933-1945 (12 years)
c)
1936-1950 (14 years)
d)
1939-1945 (6 years)
32.
Recognize concentration camps as examples of the evils of _______________ governments.
a)
Democratic
b)
Totalitarian
33.
Summarize the reasons for using _______________ to end the war.
a)
Little Boy
b)
Fat Man
c)
the atomic bomb
d)
all of the above
34.
Describe the destruction caused by the _______________ at _______________ and _______________.
a)
atomic bomb; Hiroshima
b)
atomic bomb; Nagasaki
c)
all of the above
35.
Recognize that the war in _______________ ended before the war in the _______________ ended and before the _______________ had been tested.
a)
Japan; Europe; atomic bomb
b)
Europe; Japan; atomic bomb
36.
True or False - At the conclusion of World War II, the American people were relieved that the war was over, and many had high hopes for the future.
a)
True
b)
False
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