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WWII Test

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which goals are most closely associated with the Russian Revolution of 1917?

a)

peace, land, and bread

b)

liberty, equality, and fraternity

c)

science technology, and agriculture

d)

nationalism, democracy, and livelihood

2.

What type of government is characterized by extreme nationalism, censorship, militarism, and dictatorship?

a)

fascist state

b)

direct democracy

c)

constitutional confederation

d)

parliamentary democracy

3.

What was one major reason given by Adolf Hitler to justify his demand for additional territory between 1936 and 1939?

a)

All ethnic Germans needed to be united into one German nation

b)

Germany needed to reestablish its overseas empire.

c)

The German navy needed access to Mediterraneans seaports.

d)

Germany needed a buffer zone to protect it from foreign invasion.

4.

Based on the list below if put on a timeline what would be the best title?

1933-quitting the league of nations

1937-1938- occupation and massacre at Nanjing

1940-joining the Axis powers

1941-attacking Pearl Harbor

a)

Communist takeover of China

b)

Annexation of Korea

c)

Chinese Cultural Revolution

d)

Japanese Militarism

5.

Appeasement is

a)

political system based on strong centralized government

b)

execution of systematic genocide

c)

a policy of making concessions to an aggressor in the hopes of avoiding war.

d)

a trail for people of an entire nation

6.
During which revolution was Czar Nicholas II executed and a communist government created in the Soviet Union
a)
Bolshevik Revolution
b)
Russian Revolution
c)
Soviet Revolution
d)
Moscow Revolution
7.
In Communism, Society >___________
a)
The Individual
b)
Business
c)
Government
d)
Culture
8.
Which style of government do these characteristics describe:
-wealth is distributed equally
-private property and competition is abolished
-there is no religion or communal education
- Land is organized into communes
a)
Communism
b)
Fascism
c)
Nazism
d)
Democracy
9.
Who becomes leader of the Soviet Union after Lenin?
a)
Mussolini
b)
Stalin
c)
Putin
d)
Yeltsin
10.
Who takes control of Italy and turns it into a Fascist state?
a)
Mussolini
b)
Hitler
c)
Stalin
d)
Lenin
11.
During which event did Hitler attempt to overthrow the Weimar Republic?
a)
Beer Hall Putsch
b)
Coup d'etat
c)
Kristalnacht
12.
During the Great Depression, Which group takes over Japan's government?
a)
The military
b)
Extremists
c)
Conservatives
d)
Imperialists
13.
How does Japan solve its economic problems?
a)
Invades surrounding countries
b)
raises taxes on the wealthy
c)
changes its currency
d)
Creates more jobs
14.
What political party was created by Hitler?
a)
Nazi
b)
Fascist
c)
Communist
d)
Socialist
15.
Hitler wrote his ideas down in which book?
a)
Mein Kampf
b)
Mein Leben
c)
Mein Apfel
d)
Mein Hund
16.

How did the League of Nations respond when Japan invaded Manchuria in 1931?

a)

It insisted that the United States solve the problem.

b)

It sent arms and supplies to the Manchurians.

c)

It launched an assault against the invading forces.

d)

It condemned Japan's action but did nothing to stop it.

17.

Which statement is correct about the economy of the United States in the 1920s?

a)

The U.S. economy was hurt by an unstable political scene.

b)

The U.S. enjoyed the benefits of a command economy.

c)

The U.S. economy was hurt by crushing reparations payments.

d)

The U.S. became the wold's leading economic power.

18.
What was the League of Nation's (specifically Britain and France) stance towards Hitler's actions leading up to WWII?
a)
Aggressive action
b)
Isolationism
c)
Appeasement
d)
Containment
19.
What was the reason Japan invaded China in the period before World War II?
a)
The Japanese believed they were the Master Race
b)
The Japanese were in a depression and needed money
c)
The Japanese wanted to impose their culture on China
d)
The Japanese needed resources and labor to grow
20.
With whom did Hitler sign a Non-Aggression Pact in August of 1939?
a)
Churchill
b)
Stalin
c)
FDR
d)
Mussolini
21.

An ideology rooted in militarism, extreme nationalism, racism, and blind loyalty to the state.

a)

Totalitarianism

b)

Fascism

c)

Blitzkrieg

d)

Genocide

22.

Which was Spain's fascist dictator?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Franco Francisco

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hideko Tojo

23.
Which countries belonged to the Axis Powers?
a)
U.S., Italy, and Great Britain
b)
U.S., Great Britain, and France
c)
Germany, Italy, and Japan
d)
Germany, France, and Japan
24.
Why was Germany's economy struggling after WWI?
a)
The Treaty of Versailles punished Germany for WWI
b)
Other countries were using imperialism to take over the economies of other governments, including Germany's
c)
Hitler was keeping his own people in a state of poverty in order to control them
d)
America was punishing Germany for playing such a major role in WWI
25.
In 1939, France and Great Britain declared war on Germany as a direct result of the German...
a)
invasion of Poland
b)
seizure of the Sudetenland
c)
occupation of the Rhineland
d)
annexation of Austria
26.
Why was President Franklin Roosevelt hesitant to get involved in World War II?
a)
He considered Germany and Japan strong allies of the United States
b)
He wanted to maintain the U.S. foreign policy of isolationism
c)
He was opposed to the Lend-Lease Act
d)
He had supported the Japanese invasion of China in 1937
27.
What term is used to describe the quick military strike strength of the German Army? 
a)
Appeasement 
b)
Shock and Awe
c)
Kristallnacht
d)
Blitzkrieg
28.
Who was the Prime Minister of Great Britain during WWII?
a)
Adolf Hitler
b)
Benito Mussolini
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Winston Churchill
29.
Japan bombed Pearl Harbor on _______ which caused the U.S. to join WWII on the Allied side.
a)
December 7, 1914
b)
December 7, 1941
c)
December 7, 1943
d)
December 7, 1940
30.

The persons pictured were the World War II leaders of the

a)

Axis Powers

b)

League of Nations

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

31.

The persons in the pictures were World War II leaders of the

a)

League of Nations

b)

Axis Powers

c)

The Allies

d)

Central Powers

32.

What was the night of broken glass called?

a)

Luftwaffe

b)

Kristallnacht

c)

Aunchless

d)

Final Solution

33.
What does the term "Final Solution" mean?
a)
Germany's plan to send all the Jews to Israel
b)
Hitler's plan to commit suicide
c)
Hitler's plan to kill all the Jews in Germany
d)
Hitler's plan to move all Jews to the U.S.
34.
The battle where the Allies drove Rommel's forces out of Tunisia and out of North Africa.
a)
El Alamein
b)
Invasion of Sicily
c)
Invasion of Normandy
d)
Midway
35.
The turning point on the Eastern Front.
a)
Midway
b)
Invasion of Sicily
c)
El Alamein
d)
Stalingrad
36.
The invasion of Normandy is also known as ___.
a)
Battle of the Bulge
b)
Midway
c)
V-E Day
d)
D-Day
37.
This was Germany's last major attempt to stop the Allies' progress in the West.
a)
Invasion of Normandy
b)
El Alamein
c)
Kursk
d)
Battle of the Bulge
38.

Which battle brought the United States into World War II?

a)

D-Day

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Stalingrad

d)

Pearl Harbor

39.

What is a Japanese suicide pilot whose mission was to crash into his target?

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Kamikaze

c)

Island Hopping

d)

Genocide

40.

Name given to the sudden violen offensive attack the Germans used - "lightning war"

a)

Lend Lease

b)

Holocaust

c)

Internment

d)

Blitzkrieg

41.

What happened first?

a)

Invasion of France

b)

Battle of Stalingrad

c)

D-Day

d)

Invasion of Poland

42.
How did Stalin further entrench the Soviet Union in Communism?
a)
Five-Year Plans
b)
Free elections
c)
Privatization of industry 
d)
civil war
43.
What was the Great Purge?
a)
the Holocaust (genocide of Jews in Germany)
b)
Execution and imprisonment of political dissidents in Stalin's Soviet Union
c)
Transition from capitalism to communism in the USSR
d)
Bombing of Guernica in Spain
44.
What type of government did Germany, Italy, Spain, and Japan develop in the interwar period?
a)
Fascist
b)
Communist
c)
Socialist
d)
Democratic
45.

What battle is the pacific theater was vital to gain in order the bomb Japan

a)

Okinawa

b)

Iwo Jima

c)

Normandy

d)

Midway

46.
June 6, 1944—the day of the Normandy landings—initiating the Western Allied effort to liberate mainland Europe from Nazi Germany.
a)
V J Day
b)
V E Day
c)
D Day
47.
The time period in history in which genocide was performed on the Jewish population in Europe
a)
Exodus
b)
Massive Incarciration
c)
Holocaust
d)
Jewish Genocide
48.

What was the main purpose of the island-hopping strategy?

a)

to liberate every island between Hawaii and Japan

b)

to take over new territories for the United States

c)

To get close enough to bomb the Japanese home islands

d)

to cut the Japanese off from their supplies

49.

Which country was divided by the Allies after World War II?

a)

Austria

b)

Poland

c)

Yugoslavia

d)

Germany

50.

True or False: The US dropped 2 nuclear bombs that forced Japan to surrender and ended WWII.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Who was the American general who commanded the allied troops in the Pacific during WWII.

a)

Truman

b)

Eisenhower

c)

McArthur

d)

Rommel

52.
What Russian leader was at Yalta and Potsdam
a)
Lenin
b)
Putin
c)
Stalin
d)
Nicholas II
53.
Who was president at the end of the war?
a)
Roosevelt
b)
Eisenhower
c)
Truman
d)
Kennedy
54.
What were the trials called that tried Nazi war criminals?
a)
Potsdam
b)
Yalta
c)
Stalingrad
d)
Nuremberg
55.
What organization in New York was created after the war?
a)
girls scouts of america
b)
United Nations
c)
planned parenthood
d)
potsdam conference
56.

This first conference held in February of 1945 showed agreement and compromise with the "Big-Three"

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

57.

This conference held in the summer of 1945 showed growing tension between the U.S. and U.S.S.R.

a)

Yalta Conference

b)

Munich Conference

c)

Potsdam Conference

d)

WWII Conference

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