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Test Chapter 12: World War II

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This refers to competition between countries for more and better weapons.

a)

isolationism

b)

chauvinism

c)

fascism

d)

arms race

2.

This is a political system which is based on racism and nationalism and is ruled by a dictator.

a)

republic

b)

fascism

c)

socialism

d)

democracy

3.

This terms refers to a country staying out of foreign affairs.

a)

nationalism

b)

racism

c)

isolationism

d)

imperialism

4.

This term was given to Hitler's program of systematically killing the entire Jewish people.

a)

Hitlerism

b)

Final Solution

c)

Militarism

d)

Nativism

5.

This term refers to “giving in” to a nation's demands to keep the peace.

a)

chauvinism

b)

nationalism

c)

appeasement

d)

otalitarianism

6.

This was the name given to the German Empire under Adolph Hitler.

a)

Holy Roman Empire

b)

Ching Dynasty

c)

Persian Empire

d)

Third Reich

7.

This is the type of government which has complete control over the lives of its citizens.

a)

totalitarian

b)

democracy

c)

republican

d)

theocracy

8.

Name the agreement which was signed in 1928 in which 62 nations agreed to stay out of war except in the case of self-defense.

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

c)

Washington Naval Conference

d)

Lend-lease

9.

This was the name of the alliance between Germany, Italy and eventually Japan.

a)

Allies

b)

Triple Entente

c)

Axis

d)

Non-aggression pact

10.

On November 9th through the 10th, the Nazis carried out an organized attack on Jews throughout Germany. 200 synagogues and 7000 shops and homes were attacked. This night was called

a)

Glass Night

b)

Appeasement Night

c)

Axis Night

d)

Kristallnacht

11.

In this agreement between Germany and Great Britain, Hitler is given the Sudetenland in return for agreeing not to take any more territory.

a)

Potsdam Agreement

b)

Helsinki Accord

c)

Munich Agreement

d)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

12.

What was the name given to Hitler’s Lightning Warfare?

a)

Run and Stun

b)

Blitzkrieg

c)

Blitz

d)

Hit and Run

13.

What was the new technology which the British developed to identify and shoot down German/enemy aircraft?

a)

anti-aircraft missiles

b)

radar

c)

machine guns

d)

sonar

14.

This Act allowed America to give aid to Great Britain in 1940.

a)

Lend Lease Act

b)

Neutrality Act

c)

War Production Act

d)

Embargo Act

15.

Adolf Hitler signed a “Non-Aggression” Pact with this country in 1939.

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

16.

338,000 British, French and Belgium troops were rescued from this French city by various naval craft and taken across the English Channel .

a)

Paris

b)

Fredonia

c)

London

d)

Dunkirk

17.

President Roosevelt said that this day will live in infamy.

a)

uly 4, 1776

b)

October 29, 1929

c)

Nov. 11, 1918

d)

December 7, 1941

18.

This fascist leader seized control of Italy in 1922.

a)

Adolph Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Fransico Franco

d)

Sherlock Homes

19.

In 1931 the Japanese invaded this area located in Northern China.

a)

Manchuria

b)

Philippines

c)

Hawaii

d)

Korea

20.

What event brought the United States into World War II?

a)

Hitler’s invasion of Poland

b)

Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union

c)

he Holocaust

d)

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor

21.

This term refers to the series of German air attacks on Britain in preparation for its invasion.

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

blitz

c)

kamikaze

d)

panzer

22.

In 1936 Italy invaded and took over this African nation.

a)

Manchuria

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Mongolia

d)

Philippines

23.

Name the document which was a statement of the Allied goals, in which Roosevelt and Churchill said was not to gain land, but to preserve freedom.

a)

Potsdam Charter

b)

Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

Atlantic Charter

d)

Kellogg-Briand Pact

24.

This was set up by President Roosevelt to supervise the changeover from producing consumer goods to war materials.

a)

FDIC

b)

War Production Board

c)

Civilian Conservation Corps

d)

Fair Employment Practices Committee

25.

Name the American Indian tribe who helped to set up American military codes.

a)

Cherokee

b)

Apache

c)

Navajo

d)

Iroquois

26.

In 1941 A. Philip Randolph called for a march on Washington D.C. to protest the exclusion of this group from being hired for defense industries.

a)

Native Americans

b)

Japanese Americans

c)

African Americans

d)

immigrants

27.

During World War II, most American industrial workers had

a)

low wages

b)

no benefits

c)

good wages

d)

no overtime

28.

This term refers to limiting the amount of scarce goods that people could buy.

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

appeasement

c)

rationing

d)

mediation

29.

The Japanese were defeated in THIS major naval battle after the Americans discovered (by breaking their code) they were going to use the island to raid Hawaii. (turning point)

a)

Battle of Coral Sea

b)

Battle of Midway

c)

Battle of Bulge

d)

Battle of Saratoga

30.

What leaders were known as the “Big Three”?

a)

Hitler, Mussolini, Tojo

b)

Truman, MacArthur, Eisenhower

c)

Roosevelt, Stalin, Churchill

d)

Hoover, Wilson, Lenin

31.

This term mean divine wind, and referred to the Japanese suicide bombers used in WWII.

a)

seppuku

b)

shogun

c)

samurai

d)

kamikaze

32.

This term is used for the Nazi policy of exterminating Jews and people they considered as inferior.

a)

communism

b)

blitz

c)

holocaust

d)

discrimination

33.

This was the name given for the planned allied invasion of France.

a)

Operation Overlord

b)

Potsdam Conference

c)

VE Day

d)

Operation Normandy

34.

Which Axis country surrendered first?

a)

Russia

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Japan

35.

Because American experts believed the invasion of the Japanese Islands would cost over 250,000 American lives, President Truman ordered the use of this weapon.

a)

atomic bombs

b)

cruise missiles

c)

radar

d)

poison gas

36.

Which war was the deadliest in the history of the world?

a)

Civil War

b)

World War I

c)

World War II

d)

Iraqi War

37.

Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was stopped at the battle for this city.

a)

Stalingrad

b)

Leningrad

c)

St. Petersburg

d)

Moscow

38.

On June 6, 1944 the Allies opened up a third front by landing on the beaches of Normandy France. This invasion became known as

a)

VJ Day

b)

VE Day

c)

Victory Day

d)

D-Day

39.

Who became president after Franklin Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage?

a)

Herbert Hoover

b)

Harry S Truman

c)

Dwight D Eisenhower

d)

Theodore Roosevelt

40.

Name the Germany city were wartime trials were held in 1945-46.

a)

Nuremberg

b)

Berlin

c)

Potsdam

d)

New York

41.

Give the term which refers to the prejudice against Jews.

a)

discrimination

b)

segregation

c)

holocaust

d)

anti-Semitic