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Ch. 16/17 "World War II" ALL

Total questions: 81

Worksheet time: 1hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of these factors were underlying causes of Word War II, except

a)

monarchy

b)

nationalism

c)

imperialism

d)

democracy

2.

All of these factors were underlying causes of World War II, except...

a)

fascism

b)

totalitarian dictatorships

c)

democracy

d)

German aggression in Europe

3.

What is a political philosophy that exalts nation and often race above the individual, stands for a centralized, autocratic government headed by a dictatorial leader, and supports severe economic and social regimentation and forcible suppression of opposition?

a)

imperialism

b)

militarism

c)

monarchy

d)

fascism

4.

Many totalitarian dictatorships took advantage of economic problems and came to power in Europe by:

a)

promising simple solutions to their nation’s problems.

b)

rebuilding national pride, often through propaganda.

c)

providing scapegoats, or targets for anger and blame.

d)

All the answer choices are correct

e)

None of the answer choices are correct

5.

Many totalitarian dictatorships took advantage of economic problems and came to power in Europe by:

a)

limiting the role of government and allowing big businesses to dictate the needs of the nation.

b)

absorbing power, taking away individual rights, and crushing the opposition (leading to one party and one ruler).

c)

agreeing to peace treaties with other nations and restricting the increase of militarism within the continent.

d)

holding free and fair political elections and giving citizens greater control over their governments.

6.

Which of the following includes the 4 hates that Adolf Hitler preached for vengeance against?

a)

democracies, communism, November criminals and Jews

b)

militarism, monarchies, minorities and Jews

c)

November criminals, Austria, racially pure Aryans and totalitarian dictatorships

d)

militarism, communism, Americans and Jews

7.

What does the German word ‘lebensraum’ mean (it is something that Adolf Hitler wanted for his German empire)?

a)

Lebensraum means an end to communism in Europe.

b)

Lebensraum means that the German military will become the best in the world.

c)

Labensraum means a desire for more living space.

d)

Lebensraum means the final solution; Hitler’s plan to eliminate all Jews from Germany.

8.

Which of the following was a way in which Adolf Hitler defied (or went against) the Treaty of Versailles (World War I / 1919)?

a)

He rebuilt the German military

b)

He held free and fair political elections.

c)

He cut off German trade from the rest of the world.

d)

He double-crossed the Soviet Union by invading that country through Poland.

9.

Which of the following was true about Benito Mussolini?

a)

He wished to rebuild the ancient Holy Roman Empire.

b)

He felt betrayed by the Allied Powers at the Treaty of Versailles Conference (World War I) due to a promise of land for joining the Allied forces that was not kept.

c)

He wanted to control the lands around the Mediterranean Sea (Mare Nostrum = Our Sea).

d)

All of the above statements about Benito Mussolini were true.

e)

None of the above statements about Benito Mussolini were true.

10.

What was the main goal of Emperor Hirohito and Hideki Tojo for Japan?

a)

Their main goal was to take over the United States.

b)

Their main goal was to take over China.

c)

Their main goal was to control international trade in the western hemisphere.

d)

Their main goal was to make Japan the #1 power in Asia

11.

What did Japan need in order to achieve dominance and control in Asia

a)

Japan needed to rebuild its military.

b)

Japan needed an alliance with China.

c)

Japan needed iron ore and other raw materials.

d)

Japan needed oil and other raw materials

12.

What was Japan’s motto (or creed) for its military soldiers?

a)

“Peace At Any Cost”

b)

“Victory At Any Cost”

c)

"Death before Dishonor"

d)

"Make Japan All of Asia"

13.

What did Adolf Hitler believe was his purpose in life?

a)

He believed his purpose in life was to save Germany.

b)

He believed his purpose in life was to co-rule the world with Benito Mussolini.

c)

He believed his purpose in life was to eliminate all Jews from the world.

d)

He believed his purpose in life was to be the most beloved leader in Germany’s history.

14.

What was true about how Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles (World War I / 1919)?

a)

Germany was blamed for starting World War I (the war guilt clause).

b)

Germany was forced to give up its territorial gains (loss of land).

c)

Germany was forced to disarm (get rid of its military).

d)

All of the above were true about how Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles (World War I/1919)

e)

None of the above were true about how Germany was punished by the Treaty of Versailles (World War I/1919)

15.

Why was Adolf Hitler arrested and imprisoned?

a)

He attempted to re-start Germany’s military program.

b)

He assassinated the President of Germany.

c)

He attempted to overthrow the German democracy (the Weimar Republic) in a beer hall in Munich, Germany (the Beer Hall Putsch).

d)

He formed the Rome-Berlin Alliance (Axis Alliance) with Benito Mussolini and Italy in 1936.

16.

What was the name of the book written by Adolf Hitler while in prison?

a)

Mein Kampf (My Struggle)

b)

Kristallnacht (The Night Of Broken Glass)

c)

Lebensraum (Living Space)

d)

Der Fuhrer (The Leader)

17.

Which of the following best describes how Adolf Hitler gained an official position within the German government (the Weimar Republic)?

a)

He was elected President of the Weimar Republic

b)

By 1932, the Nazi Party had become the largest political party in the Reichstag (the German Parliament) with 38% of the seats, and Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany in 1933 (2nd in Command)

c)

The Nazi Party secretly poisoned and killed German President Paul von Hindenburg, allowing Adolf Hitler to replace him as the President of Germany.

d)

Adolf Hitler never gained and official position within the German government (the Weimar Republic), and instead just installed himself as the dictator of Germany through the successful use of violence.

18.

What is anti-semitism?

a)

Anti-semitism is hatred of communism.

b)

Anti-semitism is hatred of democracy.

c)

Anti-semitism is hatred of minorities.

d)

Anti-semitism is hatred of Jews.

19.

What was true about the Nuremburg Laws?

a)

Jews were stripped of German citizenship (could no longer vote).

b)

Jews had curfews and had to wear a yellow star for public identification.

c)

Jews were excluded from public office, practicing law, medicine and teaching.

d)

All of the options are true statements about the Nuremburg Laws.

e)

None of the options are true statements about the Nuremburg Laws.

20.

Adolf Hitler’s Holocaust (The Final Solution) led to:

a)

The mass killing of over 6-million Jews.

b)

The military attack against the Soviet Union.

c)

The mass deportation of Jews to Israel.

d)

The 2nd Treaty of Versailles.

21.

What was true about ‘The Night of Broken Glass,’ or Kristallnacht?

a)

The Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

b)

The Germans attacked the Soviet Union at Stalingrad.

c)

The Nazis destroyed homes, businesses, synagogues and imprisoned 30,000+ Hews in concentration camps.

d)

Germany invaded Poland (1939)

22.

What was the name Adolf Hitler gave to the new German empire?

a)

Weimar Republic

b)

Lebensraum

c)

Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere

d)

Third Reich

23.

What was the goal of the Munich Conference (1938)?

a)

The goal of the Munich Conference (1938) was to form an alliance between Germany, Italy, Britain and France.

b)

The goal of the Munich Conference (1938) was to stop any further aggression by Germany in Europe.

c)

The goal of the Munich Conference (1938) was to sign the Rome-Berlin Axis (alliance).

d)

The goal of the Munich Conference (1938) was to force the unconditional surrender of Germany in World War II.

24.

Which of the following combinations includes the neutral nations that fell (surrendered) quickly to German Blitzkrieg attacks?

a)

Poland, France, Britain and Ethiopia

b)

Poland, Czechoslovakia, France and Britain

c)

Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium and Norway

d)

Austria, Denmark, Netherlands and Belgium

25.

Which of the following events is often referred to as the major cause of World War II?

a)

The Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

b)

The Germans attacked the Soviet Union at Stalingrad.

c)

The Nazis destroyed homes, businesses, synagogues and imprisoned 30,000+ Jews in concentration camps.

d)

Germany invaded Poland (1939)

26.

What is often referred to as Adolf Hitler’s greatest military mistake?

a)

Hitler’s greatest military mistake was attacking the United States.

b)

Hitler’s greatest military mistake was attacking Britain.

c)

Hitler's greatest military mistake was attacking the Soviet Union.

d)

Hitler’s greatest military mistake was forming an alliance with Italy.

27.

What is the name for a policy of granting concessions (or giving in) to a hostile power in order to keep the peace?

a)

Lend-Lease Act

b)

Enabling Act

c)

Non-Aggression Pact

d)

appeasement

28.

What action taken by the United States against Japan led to the attack on Pearl Harbor?

a)

The United States issued a full trade embargo against Japan where they refused to sell oil to Japan.

b)

The United States sided with China against a Japanese invasion.

c)

The United States declared war on Germany, which was an ally of Japan’s.

d)

The United States declared that it was and should be the #1, dominant power in Asia.

29.

What event took place on December 7, 1941 and was referred to by President Franklin Roosevelt as “a date that will live in infamy…”?

a)

Germany annexed Czechoslovakia.

b)

Germany annexed France.

c)

Japan bombed Pearl Harbor.

d)

The United States invaded France (D-Day).

30.

Which of the following combinations completes the list of the major Allied powers?

a)

United States, Poland, Britain and France

b)

United States, Britain, France and the Soviet Union.

c)

United States, China, Britain and France

d)

United States, Australia, Britain and the Soviet Union

31.

Which of the following combinations completes the list of the major Axis powers?

a)

Germany, Italy and Japan

b)

Germany, Italy and the Ottoman Empire

c)

Germany, China and Japan

d)

Italy, Japan and Spain

32.

Which of the following battles was often referred to as the turning point in World War II for the Allies (they began to start winning the war)? This is where Russians defeated Germany

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Normandy

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Calais

33.

What came to be known as the largest military invasion in world history?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Normandy

c)

Stalingrad

d)

Calais

34.

What was the goal of Japan by attacking the United States at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii?

a)

Japan's goal was to cripple the U.S. Pacific Fleet.

b)

Japan’s goal was to awaken a sleeping giant.

c)

Japan’s goal was to gain an unconditional American surrender.

d)

Japan’s goal was to forcibly take the raw materials and oil it needed from the United States.

35.

What was the military strategy of the United States in fighting against Japan in the Pacific?

a)

kamikaze

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

island hopping (leap frog)

d)

Kristallnacht (The Night Of Broken Glass)

36.

What was the name for suicide attacks carried out by Japanese fighter pilots against U. S. navy battleships (destroyers)?

a)

kamikaze

b)

blitzkrieg

c)

island hopping (leap frog)

d)

Kristallnacht (The Night Of Broken Glass)

37.

What was the name for the battle victory which put the United States within striking distance of the islands of Japan (the iconic symbol of U. S. soldiers posting the American flag into Japanese soil is associated with this victory)?

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Normandy

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Wake Island

38.

What was the name for the $2 billion atomic weapons program secretly created by President Franklin Roosevelt?

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Einstein Project

c)

Boston Project

d)

Atomic Project

39.

Why did Joseph Stalin not seem surprised when President Truman told him about America’s atomic weapons program?

a)

Stalin already knew about it somehow.

b)

Stalin was bluffing; pretending that he knew about the weapons program.

c)

Stalin did not understand what Truman was trying to tell him.

d)

Stalin was never told about America's atomic weapons program by Truman.

40.

How many atomic bombs were dropped on Japan until they surrendered unconditionally on September 2, 1945 (V-J Day / Victory In Japan Day)?

a)

10

b)

8

c)

2

d)

1

41.
The Nazi program of exterminating Jews under Hitler
a)
Holocaust
b)
Fascism
c)
Rationing
d)
Nazism
42.
Alliance of Great Britain, Soviet Union, United States, and France during World War II
a)
axis powers
b)
rationing
c)
Japanese internment
d)
allied powers
43.

Who was the leader of Italy?

a)

Churchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Mussolini

44.

Who was the leader of Great Britain?

a)

Chruchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

45.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union?

a)

Chruchhill

b)

Hitler

c)

Stalin

d)

Roosevelt

46.

Which of these was the most notorious concentration camp during World War II?

a)

Dachau

b)

Flossenburg

c)

Auschwitz

d)

Belzec

47.
What punished Germany harshly & became the basis for Hitler's European conquests?
a)
Treaty of Versailles
b)
Atlantic Charter
c)
Treaty of Paris
d)
Dawes & Young Plan
48.
What was the U.S. foreign policy from 1921 - 1941?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Expansionism
c)
Gunboat Diplomacy
d)
Moral Diplomacy
49.
The Tuskegee Airmen were a group of American pilots who flew many missions during World War II. They were good pilots who earned a great deal of recognition, but were also unique in the military because they were
a)
Japanese Americans
b)
Asian Americans
c)
African Americans
d)
Mexican Americans
50.

What is genocide

a)

The broadcasting of anti-Semitic ideas

b)

The deliberate extermination of a group of people

c)

The abuse of a nation’s citizens

d)

The killing of people to create terror

51.

On what did the German strategy of blitzkrieg depend?

a)

A system of fortifications and trenches

b)

Out-waiting the opponent

c)

Surprise and overwhelming force

d)

The ability to make a long, steady advance

52.

Which nation signed a nonaggression pact with Germany?

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Japan

53.

Which of the following leaders transformed the Soviet Union into an industrial power?

a)

Mussolini

b)

Hitler

c)

Lenin

d)

Stalin

54.

Which of the following nations practiced fascism?

a)

Italy and Soviet Union

b)

Italy and Germany

c)

Japan and Germany

d)

China and Japan

55.

Which of the following did Hitler oppose

a)

Kristallnacht

b)

The Night of the Long Knives

c)

The Treaty of Versailles

d)

Lebensraum

56.

When did France and Britain declare war on Germany?

a)

When Germany attacked Poland

b)

When Hitler took power in Germany

c)

When Germany took over Czechoslovakia

d)

When Hitler signed the non-aggression pact with Stalin

57.

What happened during the Battle of Britain?

a)

Germany joined the Axis powers

b)

Germany engaged in a three-front war

c)

Germany bombed Britain for two months

d)

Germany was soundly defeated by the United States Air Force

58.

When Great Britain and France allowed Germany to take the Sudetenland, they were practicing a policy of:

a)

isolationism

b)

appeasement

c)

labensraum

d)

nonaggression

59.

After France was defeated by Germany, it:

a)

was divided into an occupied and unoccupied zone.

b)

staged a huge underground movement.

c)

continued its efforts against Germany.

d)

all of these

e)

None of these

60.

The Allied invasion of _____________was given the code name D-Day

a)

Northern France

b)

Japan

c)

Pearl Harbor

d)

Northern Africa

61.

Elite military Force from Germany

a)

Nazi's

b)

Blackshirts

c)

Schutzstaffel

d)

Selective Service Act

62.

The drafting of eligible U.S. men for military service.

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Selective Service Agreement

c)

Munich Agreement

d)

Lebensraum

63.

Britain and France agreed to allow Hitler to take the Sudetenland.

a)

Manhattan Project

b)

Selective Service Agreement

c)

Munich Agreement

d)

Lebensraum

64.

Military leader of Japan

a)

Tojo

b)

MacAurthur

c)

Churchill

d)

FDR

65.

Led U.S. forces in the Philippines, and later helped Japan establish a democracy

a)

Tojo

b)

MacAurthur

c)

Churchill

d)

FDR

66.

Prime Minister of Great Britain

a)

Tojo

b)

MacAurthur

c)

Churchill

d)

FDR

67.

The turning point in the Pacific war

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Wake Island

68.

The last German offensive

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Wake Island

69.

Took place because the U.S. wanted a base for bombers to land on the way to Japan

a)

Battle of the Bulge

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Iwo Jima

d)

Wake Island

70.

Who became president after Roosevelt's death?

a)

Harry Truman

b)

Woodrow Wilson

c)

Dwight D. Eisenhower

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

71.

Atomic Bombs were dropped on... (Pick more than one)

a)

Hiroshima

b)

Nagasaki

c)

Okinawa

d)

Philippines

72.

The U.S. government did all of the following except for what during the war?

a)

Raised the income tax

b)

Imposed price controls

c)

Encouraged the purchase of war bonds

d)

Increased production of automobiles and consumer goods.

73.

During the war, the women of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) served as:

a)

shipbuilders and airplane manufacturers.

b)

fighter pilots and foot soldiers.

c)

nurses and radio operators

d)

scientists and factory workers.

74.

What was decided at the Yalta Conference?

a)

France and Great Britain agreed not to fight Germany over Czechoslovakia.

b)

Roosevelt and Churchill secretly agreed to defeat Germany.

c)

Stalin and Hitler agreed not to attack one another.

d)

Germany was divided amongst France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States

75.

Truman’s aim in deciding to drop the atomic bomb was to:

a)

To end the war and save American Lives

b)

find out how destructive the bomb was.

c)

teach Japanese military leaders a lesson.

d)

demonstrate to the world the power of the United States.

76.

Nisei who lived on the West Coast were subjected to  during the war.

a)

interrogation

b)

internment

c)

torture

d)

compensation

77.

Which of the following statements is true about the experiences of African Americans during the years of WWII?

a)

Racial tensions significantly decreased due to a united spirit against Germany.

b)

African Americans served in integrated combat units.

c)

All of these options

d)

Racial tensions increased resulting in race riotes in major cities.

e)

None of these options

78.

The GI Bill of Rights made it possible for:

a)

African Americans to serve in combat positions.

b)

soldiers to take short leaves from fighting.

c)

veterans to attend college for free.

d)

enlisted men to receive officer training.

79.

The precedent set forth by the Nuremberg trials was that:

a)

individuals would be held responsible for their own actions.

b)

Germans would be held responsible for starting the war. 

c)

the Japanese would be held responsible for the Pearl Harbor invasion.

d)

communism became widely distrusted.

80.

Which country’s actions forced the U. S. to enter the war?

a)

Japan

b)

Italy

c)

Germany

d)

The Soviet Union

81.

Why was the United States reluctant to enter World War II?

a)

The U.S. had just begun to rise from the Great Depression and did not get involved in any new interventional treaties and foreign entanglements

b)

The United States did not want to break its peace treaty with Germany.

c)

The military budget of the United States was cut by 95% and it would take 20+ years to rebuild the military for any war effort.

d)

President Roosevelt was a pacifist and was completely opposed to all forms of warfare.