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WorksheetsWorld Wars Final Exam Review Quiz
Total questions: 67
Worksheet time: 36mins
A political belief that rose to prominence in the 1930s where a strong leader promised to unite and strengthen a suffering country by eliminating those that made it weak.
Communism
Fascism
Democratic Socialism
Totalitarianism
Political and social system that bans all private ownership of property, but instead all share and contribute to a collective.
Communism
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Democratic Socialism
Political belief that rose to prominence in Western countries where a government provides helps to those who absolutely need it - usually through social welfare and public works.
Communism
Democratic Socialism
Fascism
Totalitarianism
Peace treaty following WWI which blamed Germany for the war and inflicted severe payments and punishments on Germany.
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Versailles
Munich Agreement
Central Powers
Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire in World War One.
Central Powers
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Potsdam Agreement
Germany, Italy, and Japan in World War Two
Axis Powers
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Soviet Union
France, Britain, Russia (Soviet Union), and the United States in both World War One and World War Two
Axis Powers
Central Powers
Allied Powers
Anschluss Agreement
International peacekeeping organization established after WWII that could enforce its own policies so it could prevent smaller conflicts from escalating into bigger ones potentially involving atomic weapons.
United Nations
League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles
Soviet Union
Military alliance formed during the Cold War to support capitalist democracies and to stop and contain communism with force if necessary.
NATO
SEATO
Warsaw Pact
Red Scare
Tense fighting where neither side gains much ground but all sides experience heavy losses; apparent along the Western Front in World War One
Stalemate
Appeasement
Containment
Aggression
The failed British policy before World War Two that gave into Hitler's demands to hoping to prevent war and keep peace.
Appeasement
Axis Agreement
Containment
Nuremberg Trials
The main reason the United States won World War Two and became a superpower after the war was?
Other countries wanted to experience U.S. democracy and rose up against their dictators
It had the best Generals and used superior tactics
Their industrial and military output outpaced every other country
It sent more troops than any other country because of the wartime draft
What event finally broke the stalemate in favor of the Allies on the Western Front in 1918?
the opening up of a second British front against Germany at Gallipoli
The Russian Revolution
The involvement of the United States
waging of total war by German factories
Which region was described as “the powder keg of Europe” prior to World War I as it was home to many ethnic groups under the control of old outdated empires?
The Ottoman Empire
The Balkans
The Soviet Union
The German Reich
Which statement is correct about the economy of the United States in the 1920s?
The U.S. economy was destroyed because of the war
The U.S. economy was propped up by other countries borrowing from it
The U.S. economy was weakened by isolationists who rose to power
The U.S. economy grew because the government began collectivizing private property
Winston Churchill's failed attempt to resupply the beleaguered Russians on the Eastern Front during World War I which, for the time being, turned the tide in favor of the Central Powers.
Battle of Gallipoli
Battle of Britain
Operation Torch
Operation Overlord
All rebuilding countries borrowed money from __________ following both World Wars
Great Britain
Soviet Union
The United States
Germany
What was the appeal of Mussolini's fascist government to the Italian people?
Fascists supported an equal and classless society
Fascists supported increased democracy and freedom
Fascists would strengthen Italy by banning private property
Fascists would unify and strengthen Italy by eliminating those that weakened it
Why did so many dictators rise to power in Europe during the 1930s?
desperate people in suffering countries turned to radical leaders who promised a return to strength
the League of Nations was too weak to stop violence from escalating in suffering countries
many of these dictators lead their nations to victory in World War One
No one really knows why
Why was the "roaring 20s" in the United States a time of false prosperity that eventually led to the Great Depression in the 1930s?
America elected Franklin Delano Roosevelt who spent all the money made on expensive social programs
America's booming economy was built on borrowed money
America's military expansion didn't last into the 1930s
America's colonies and protectorates gradually gained independence by the end of the 1920s
When the United States entered World War II, it first fought Hitler's forces where?
The Soviet Union
North Africa
Coasts of France
Italy
When the United States entered WWII, soldiers left in the middle of the night and ship zigzagged across the Atlantic to avoid?
U-boat attacks
Notice by the Gestapo
Reconnaissance by the Luftwaffe
Spying by the Soviet Union
Who was the President of the United States for most of WWII?
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
What strategy did the US use to drive Japanese forces back toward Japan in World War Two?
Blitzkrieg
Island Hopping
Atomic Bombs
No real strategy was needed
This was a German offer of an alliance with Mexico in 1917 in order to occupy American forces back home and leave them away from entering the war in Europe?
Sedition Act
Zimmerman Note
Sussex Pledge
Fourteen Point
What was behind Hitler's anti-Semitic (anti-Jewish) beliefs?
He feared that Jews would soon outnumber Aryans in Germany
He resented Jewish opposition to the Wiemar Government who kept him from consolidating power
He believed that Jews were to blame for Germany's defeat in WWI and its grim economic situation afterwards
He was a strong supporter of German Christian churches
What was significant about the Battle of Midway?
it stopped the Japanese advance in the Pacific
it caused Japan to surrender in World War II
It destroyed the entire Japanese navy
all options are true
Which of the following was addressed by the Nuremberg Trials?
punishing those responsible for the Holocaust
analyzing the use of nuclear bombs
punishing the allies who bombed of Dresden
apologizing for the internment of Japanese-American citizens
What was the result of Germany's invasion of Poland in 1939?
Soviet forces invaded Germany
Soviet forces came to Poland's defense
Britain and France declared war on Germany
Britain and France sued for peace with Germany
What are reparations?
money paid for war damage
money paid when you default on a loan
money paid to forgive ones sins
money paid for transportation to different locations
The death of archduke Franz Ferdinand Started World War I. What nation was he a leader of?
Serbia
German Empire
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Russian Empire
How did the U.S. government ensure that the US had enough troops to serve in World War I and World War II
Congress allowed women to assume combat duty in the armed forces
The Selective Service Act of 1917 required all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft
Congress forced African-Americans to serve in the armed forces
Congress offered a free education and free land to anyone willing to serve
The United States felt it needed act quicker to stop Communism from spreading after this large country fell to a Communist revolution in 1949 because it feared others would soon follow.
China
Korea
Poland
Germany
Harsh Soviet work camps in Siberia where thousands of political prisoners and other “undesirables” were sent to suffer in the Siberian cold.
Concentration Camps
Interment Camps
Gulags
Glasnosts
The reason the "Cold War" was "cold" - if either the Americans or Soviets attacked one another; the other would respond with greater nuclear force; and attacks would escalate until the whole world was destroyed.
Containment
Mutually Assured Destruction
Red Scare
Manhattan Project
Massive defensive fortifications along the German-French border built by the French since the 1800s in preparation for an eventual German invasion.
Maginot Line
Axis Line
38th Parallel
Normandy Beaches
During the Interwar period, the United States and Britain invested massive funds into?
military spending
public works projects
interstate highways
naval and coastal defenses
During the interwar period, Nazi Germany, Japan, and Italy invested heavily into?
military expansion
coastal defenses
public works projects
oil mining
How was Germany treated differently following World War Two as opposed to their treatment after World War One?
They were not blamed for damages or made to repay the allies
Instead of turning to fascism, they turned to communism to restore prosperity
The U.S. was more worried about the Soviet Union, so Germany was ignored
They were treated the same
The biggest technological discovery of World War Two was?
Jet propulsion
Atomic weapons
Tanks and Airplanes
Mustard Gas
Hitler's "final solution" to the Jewish question involved?
Exterminating the Jewish population to create a stronger German race
Separating Jewish men and women so they couldn't reproduce
Forcing Jewish people to do hard labor to repay the German people for the devastation they caused
Expelling Jewish populations out of Germany into Ghettos
How did Hitler intend to force Britain's surrender at the start of World War Two?
By bombing cities and killing innocent civilians with his Luftwaffe
By directly challenging the British navy with his U-boats
By combining forces with Russia
By attacking England's empire first so they couldn't respond to help when he invaded England itself
Why did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor?
To neutralize the U.S. Pacific fleet's ability to retaliate to an attack on the Philippines
To take over Hawaii as a first step to an eventual attack on the US mainland
To scare America enough to stay out of the war by showing off their immense power
To gain access to Pineapple plantations so their sailors wouldn't die of scurvy
Why did Harry Truman decide to drop Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
To end the war without risking potentially millions more American lives with an invasion of Japan
To eliminate communist threats in Japan by showing American force
To show how technologically advanced the United States was
To eliminate enemy civilians would would have eventually been called to serve in the Japanese army against the United States
What policy overshadowed every decision the United States made in the period following World War Two?
Containment of communism
Rebuilding Europe
Preventing war from happening again
Growing its economy
Why did Japan have an issue with the United States before World War Two?
Japan badly needed oil, and the U.S. controlled access to it in the Pacific
Japan wanted respect and the U.S. didn't recognize them at the Versailles negotiations
Japan badly needed soldiers so it took U.S. sailors hostage in the Philippines
Japan attacked China sparking harsh criticism from the United States
Why did Hitler decide to invade the Soviet Union in 1941 after already signing a peace treaty with Stalin before the war began?
Hitler wanted to eliminate his biggest threat to power
Hitler's forces needed resources the Soviets controlled
Hitler wanted to show he was the most powerful of the two
All answers listed
World War One battle which prevented the France and Britain from resupplying the ailing Russians?
Gallipoli
Verdun
Operation Torch
Stalingrad
Turning point of World War Two in Europe where Soviet forces dug in a defended their country against German aggression? It lasted for 5 months and ended as bloodiest battle EVER.
Stalingrad
Midway
Guadalcanal
Gallipoli
Turning point in the Pacific Theater of World War Two where U.S. forces first went on the offensive against Japan?
Guadalcanal
Midway
Pearl Harbor
Gallipoli
A ___________ nationalist killed Archduke Ferdinand sparking the conflict that led to WWI.
Serbian
Russian
German
Bulgarian
How did the stock market crash of 1929 affect Europe?
Those suffering countries relying on the United States grew even more desperate for help
Those who relied on the United States for turned to the Soviet Union for help
It didn't affect them much because they had all pretty much rebuilt their economies by then
Many European countries were forced to sell off colonial possessions as a result of it
Hitler's last gasp defense of his country in the winter of 1944 -- he used all the resources he had left and called on young recruits to save Germany from allied invasion.
The Battle of the Bulge
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of Hamburg and Dresden
The one thing Germany was trying to avoid in World War I was a ___, so it's military leaders devised the ___ where it quickly attack France before Russia could mobilize their troops on the other side.
two-front war, Schlieffen Plan
blitzkrieg, luftwaffe
stalemate, Maginot Line
internal revolution, Zimmermann Plan
These two factors led to the U.S. getting involved in World War One.
Unrestricted Submarine Warfare and the Zimmermann Note
Bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Philippines
British Begging and the Russian Revolution
The Lend-Lease Act and the Battle of Britain
Hitler’s anti-Jewish laws that stripped German Jews of citizenship and basic rights
Nuremberg Laws
Zimmermann Telegram
Gulags
Munich Agreement
Ultra-secret U.S. government project during WWII to experiment with atomic technology and eventually develop atomic weapons
Manhattan Project
MK Ultra
Operation Enigma
Operation Overlord
Mussolini first tested the Allies willingness to enforce the Treaty of Versailles by invading?
Ethiopia
The Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Hitler first tested the Allies willingness to enforce the Treaty of Versailles by?
Rebuilding Germany's military and invading the Rhineland
Invading Ethiopia
Sending the Luftwaffe to Franco win in the Spanish Civil War
Annexing his home country of Austria
Kim Il-Sung, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh, and Fidel Castro were similar in what way?
They successful led communist revolutions in their countries after World War II
They helped the United States gain influence in former European colonies after World War II
They all helped the United States defeat the Japanese in World War II
They successfully led democratic revolutions in their countries after World War II
Why did the United States fight wars in Korea and Vietnam after World War II?
To contain communism from spreading any further than it already had
To help poor people regain control of their countries
To take them over as their own colonies
To help the people there win independence from their European colonizers
German scientists successfully developed technologies in these fields by end of World War II, and many were captured and further developed in the US and USSR after the war was over.
Rocketry and jet-propulsion
Nuclear fusion and fission
Genetics and Microbiology
Computers and code-breaking
Hitler’s massive air force used in blitzkrieg attacks in WWII.
luftwaffe
blitzkrieg
the SS
gestapo
Jews and other undesirables in German occupied territories were first deported to ______ where they had to live in seclusion from others in society.
ghettos
gulags
concentration camps
cattle cars
What was falsely promised to Jews and other 'undesirables' as they entered Auschwitz? (so they could "redeem themselves" for their "crimes against Germany" because they were blamed by the German people for all of Germany's suffering)
"work will set you free"
"only God can save you now"
"we know you did it"
"no one else will help you"
American citizens of Japanese ancestry (men, women, children, elderly) were taken from their homes and placed in desolate _______ during World War II because they were suspected of "aiding the enemy."
internment camps
concentration camps
gulags
jail cells
