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Final Exam Review Spring 2022

Total questions: 71

Worksheet time: 36mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an alliance?

a)

a type of tank

b)

a large trench

c)

a border in Europe

d)

an agreement between countries

2.

What is the Holocaust?

a)

the murder of six million Jews during World War 2 by the Nazis

b)

another name for World War 2

c)

the name of a battle

d)

a battle plan

3.
Who was assassinated which led to the outbreak of WWI?
a)
Wilhelm II
b)
Franz Ferdinand
c)
Nicolas II
d)
George V
4.
Extreme pride in one's nation is called....
a)
Militarism
b)
Imperialism
c)
Patriotism
d)
Nationalism
5.
An alliance between Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Italy; also known as the Central Powers.
a)
Triple Entente
b)
Triple Alliance
6.
An alliance between Great Britain, France, and France; also known as the Allied Powers.
a)
Triple Entente
b)
Triple Alliance
7.
Another cause of the war was an increase in military spending and a glorification of war. This idea was called
a)
militarism
b)
neutrality
c)
alliances
d)
war glory
8.
Imperialism caused
a)
increased efforts to solve problems between countries
b)
decreased competition between countries
c)
increased competition between countries
d)
decreased tension between countries
9.

All of these were technologies of World War 1 EXCEPT

a)

Tank

b)

Chemical Warfare

c)

Antibiotics

d)

Blood Banks

10.

Which of the following ended World War I for Europe?

a)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Treaty of Versailles

d)

Treaty of Vienna

11.

The main purpose of this poster was to encourage Americans to

a)

find work by learning new skills in agriculutre

b)

eat healthier diets to serve in the military

c)

recycle materials needed for the war

d)

prevent shortages by producing goods on their own

12.

D-Day, June 6, 1944 (The allied invasion of France, took place in the beaches of Normandy)

a)

Planning Operation Underlord

b)

Manhattan Project

c)

Planning Operation Overlord

d)

Nuremberg Operation

13.
What was the Manhattan Project? 
a)
radio beams used to determine location of objects
b)
the world's first computer 
c)
effort by the US to build the first atomic bomb
d)
a complicated code machine used by German military 
14.

Who are the characters in this cartoon?

a)

Hitler (Italy) Mussolini (Germany) Hideki Tojo (Japan)

b)

Hitler (Japan) Mussolini (Italy) Hideki Tojo (Germany)

c)

Hitler (Germany) Mussolini (Italy) Hideki Tojo (Japan)

d)

Hitler (Germany) Mussolini (Japan) Hideki Tojo (Italy)

15.

What is the term used for the events that involved Jews, gypsies, and those with mental disabilities being rounded up and placed in concentration camps where the Nazi regime orchestrated a bureaucratic system of state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews, political prisoners, and disabled?

a)

Euthanasia

b)

Holocaust

c)

Mayham

d)

Getto

16.

As President of the United States, during WWI, _______________ proposed and later implemented the Fourteen Points of Peace Plan in order to end the war. He attended the Paris Peace Conference.

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

c)

Gavrilo Princip

d)

Tsar Nicholas II

17.
Military tribunals bringing top Nazi officials to trial for war crimes/crimes against humanity
a)
The Treaty of Versailles
b)
The Yalta Conference
c)
The Nuremberg Trials
d)
The Potsdam Conference
18.

The Aircraft Warning Service... mission was to "observe the movement of aircraft and to collect and exhibit the information obtained" in order to protect the nation's coasts and adjacent territories and bases against enemy attack by land or by sea. -Justine Christianson, Historic American Engineering Record, National Park Service, 2005-


Which technological advance from World War II fulfilled this mission?

a)

Sonar

b)

Jet Engines

c)

Radar

d)

Cipher machines

19.
"Total War" meant that
a)
Only professional armies did the fighting
b)
The Civilian population was deeply involved both at home and in uniform
c)
Battles were fought in the air and on the ground
d)
Everyone paid attention to the latest war news
20.
What effect did the Treaty of Versailles have on the start of World War II?
a)
it rewarded the Italians with additional land and resources
b)

it allowed the Russians to receive financial aid and build their army.
c)
it led to an aggressive military dictatorship in France
d)

it punished Germany by making them pay reparations and led the Germans to seek revenge
21.

Operation Overlord is most commonly known as what?

a)

The Ambush

b)

The Battle of the Bulge

c)

The Landing in Europe

d)

D-Day

22.
“We shall fight on the beaches. We shall fight on the landing grounds. We shall fight in the fields, and in the street, we shall fight in the hills. We shall never surrender!”—Winston Churchill, June 4, 1940  
Read the quote from Winston Churchill. Winston Churchill’s words inspired people during the…..
a)
Attack on Pearl Harbor
b)
Battle of the Atlantic 
c)
Battle of Guadalcanal 
d)
Battle of Britain
23.
What event led the United States to become invovled in World War 2 ?
a)
The Discovery of Auschwitz
b)
The Battle of Britain
c)
The Sinking of the Lusitania
d)
The Attack on Pearl Harbor
24.
This was a new type of warfare that the Germans used to run through France and Poland in the early parts of WWII. It is also known as Lightning War.
a)
Hitler bombing
b)
Blitzkrieg
c)
Ran-sacking
d)
Nuclear Warfare
25.
Britain and France declared war in response to what event?
a)
German invasion of Poland
b)
Soviet invasion of Finland
c)
German invasion of Czechoslovakia
d)
Italian Invasion of Ethiopia
26.
Where were atomic bombs dropped?
a)
Leyte Island and Midway
b)
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
c)
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
d)
Okinawa and Iwo Jima
27.
Which of the following strategies involved suicide bombing by Japanese airplanes?
a)
Manhattan Project 
b)
Island Hopping
c)
Battah Death March 
d)
Kamikaze
28.
What finally brought an end to World War II in the Pacific?
a)
a massive Soviet invasion of the Japanese islands
b)
the unconditional surrender of Germany
c)
U.S. naval blockade of Japan
d)
the dropping of atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
29.
Which of the following caused the Great Depression?
a)
Hitler invading Poland
b)
Stock market crash of 1929
c)
Storming of the Bastille
d)
Assassination of the Archduke
30.
Which of the following describes the "Final Solution"?
a)
dropping atomic bombs on Japan
b)
killing of the Jews
c)
secret plan to invade Poland
d)
the official end of World War 2
31.

the practice of Americans on the home front limiting their food to help with the war effort. Ration books were also given out to help conserve scarce items.

a)

indulging

b)

rationing

c)

collecting

d)

overspending

32.

Which battle was the turning point for the Allies in the war in the Pacific

a)

Midway

b)

Stalingrad

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Battle of Britain

33.

What battle was the turning point for the Allies on the Eastern European Front in the Soviet Union?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

The Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Invasion of Normandy

34.

What battle was the turning point for the Allies on the Western European Front and included heavy casualties on Omaha Beach?

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

The Battle of Stalingrad

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Invasion of Normandy

35.
Britian USA USSR France
a)
Allies of ww 1
b)
central powers
c)
Allies of ww2
d)
axis powers
36.

This leader of the Soviet Union created a totalitarian state and collective farms.

a)

Mikhail Gorbachev

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Vladimir Lennon

d)

Joseph Stalin

37.

Benito Mussolini was head of the Fascist Party and wanted to restore this country to greatness.

a)

Italy

b)

Antarctica

c)

France

d)

Wisconsin

38.

This German leader was head of the Nazi Party.

a)

Hirohito

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Benito Mussolini

d)

Angela Merkel

39.

All of these countries were part of the Allies EXCEPT:

a)

United States

b)

Britain

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Japan

40.

Which of the following countries were members of the Axis?

a)

Italy

b)

Germany

c)

Japan

d)

All of the above.

41.

This U.S. President was in office during WW II.

a)

Abraham Lincoln

b)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

c)

Barack Obama

d)

Andrew Johnson

42.

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on which date?

a)

July 4, 1776

b)

October 10, 1989

c)

April 29, 2017

d)

December 7, 1941

43.

Japanese pilots who carried out suicide missions on certain targets.

a)

Kamikaze

b)

Destroyer

c)

Commercial

d)

On-Target

44.

Allied strategy of capturing Japanese islands and going around others.

a)

Battle of Midway

b)

Island Hopscotch

c)

Hit-and-Run

d)

Island Hopping

45.

What can we infer that Bruno and Gretel see out the window in the beginning of the book?

a)

Children playing

b)

A field of animals

c)

A concentration camp

d)

A circus

46.
Which of the following is true about trench warfare?
a)
trenches provided protection to soldiers from gun fire
b)
trench warfare was uncommon in World War I
c)
People on the home front lived in trenches
47.
What was the time period where Adolf Hitler had 6 million Jews killed because he wanted a pure Aryan Race?
a)
Holocaust
b)
Reign of Terror
c)
Middle Passage
d)
Rwanda Genocide
48.
Trials used to convict criminals who were in charge of the Holocaust.
a)
Nuremberg Trials
b)
Scopes Trials
49.
Means prejudice and hatred of the Jews.
a)
Racism
b)
Anti-Semitism
50.
What happened September 11, 1938 when Adolf order the Jewish businesses and synagogues to be destroyed?
a)
Lieben
b)
Schmerzhaft
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Glucklich
51.
What was the plan that Adolf and his advisors came up with to get rid of the Jews or anyone who resisted?
a)
Final Solution
b)
Starve them
c)
Beat them
d)
Killed them
52.
What was the program where Adolf had all the handicapped killed during the holocaust?
a)
Deutsch Program
b)
T-4 program
c)
25-Point Program
d)
Austrian Party Program
53.
What was the British soldier's name that almost killed Hitler as gunpoint?
a)
William Addison
b)
Tom Adlam
c)
Henry Tandley
d)
Winston Churchill
54.
What was the police forces under Adolf Hitler called during WWII?
a)
Gestapo, SS, SA
b)
SWAT, Flying Squad
c)
Strike Force, Interpol
d)
Secret Police, Squad
55.
What was the event where Adolf Hitler killed 84 SA police because they were weak. He then put the SS killing squads incharge of Germany.
a)
Night of Broken Glass
b)
Night of the Long Knives
56.
How were the Jews transported to the different camps?
a)
Cattlecars
b)
Taxis
c)
Police vans
d)
Horse & buggy
57.
What was the name of Hitler's army.
a)
nazis
b)
the black hand
c)
bolshiviks
d)
german army
58.

biased or misleading information used to promote a particular political cause or point of view

a)

genocide

b)

ethnicity

c)

propaganda

d)

extermination

59.

How did the Japanese treat their prisoners in the Pacific?

a)

well

b)

brutally

c)

okay

60.

According to Order 9066, which people on the west coast were to be relocated?

a)

People of Japanese ancestry

b)

People of Hawaiian ancestry

c)

People of Native American ancestry

d)

People of French ancestry

61.

When Japanese Americans had to report to the camps what did most of the families have to do?

a)

Leave behind their homes, belongings, businesses, and pets.

b)

Find a neighbor or family member to leave their children with

c)

Give all of their money and property to the US government

d)

Enlist in the US Army

62.
The _________ was the secret project in the United States that developed the atomic bomb
a)
The New York Project
b)
The Manhattan Project
c)
The Atom Splitting Project
d)
The Nuclear Project
63.
During which war did the U.S. create the atomic bomb?
a)
World War I
b)
World War II
c)
Korean War
d)
Vietnam War
64.
What president made the decision to use the atomic bomb against Japan in World War II?      
a)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
b)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
c)
Harry S. Truman
d)
John F. Kennedy
65.
Why did the United States decide to drop the bomb rather than invade Japan with soldiers?
a)
wanted to see if the bomb worked
b)
 did not think they could defeat the Japanese
c)
did not have the soldiers or weapons left to attack Japan
d)
They estimated that 500,000 to 1 million Allied soldiers would die in an invasion
66.
What was the main purpose of the Manhattan Project _________?
a)
Forcing Japan to surrender and having control over postwar policy
b)
Just to spend a large amount of money
c)
To scare other Nations
67.
What scientist wrote a letter to President Roosevelt telling him of the potential of an atomic bomb? 
a)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Albert Einstein
d)
Henry Ford  
68.
What scientist and leader of the atomic bomb research team is considered the father of the atomic bomb?        
a)
J. Robert Oppenheimer
b)
Thomas Edison
c)
Isaac Newton
d)
Albert Einstein
69.

P1 The nickname for the day the Allies conquered Germany during WW ll is _________________ .

a)

Valentine's Day

b)

Veteran's Day

c)

V-E Day

70.

P4 The decision to use the atomic bomb was difficult because _____________ .

a)

many innocent people would be killed

b)

it was expensive

c)

it was untested

71.

P5 Because Japan did not surrender after the bombing of Hiroshima, the United States _______________ .

a)

surrendered to Japan

b)

dropped a second bomb on another Japanese city

c)

invaded Japan with soldiers

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