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Chapter 17 WW II

Total questions: 86

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A government that controls every part of life and uses terror to force compliance:

a)

Democracy

b)

Theocracy

c)

Totalitarianism

d)

Utilitarianism

2.

This system stresses the importance of a nation and worship of a strong ruler

a)

Fascism

b)

Communism

c)

Theocracy

d)

Democracy

3.

The leader who rose to power in Germany in 1933:

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hidjecki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

4.

The leader who rose to power in Italy in 1922:

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hidjecki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

5.

The leader who became the military dictator of Japan in 1941:

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hidjecki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

6.

The leaderwho took over the Soviet Union and murdered many of his perceived enemies:

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Adolf Hitler

c)

Hidjecki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

7.

Meaning "My Struggle", this book was the blueprint for Adolf Hitler's takeover of power:

a)

Mein Kampf

b)

Shto Vi Delate

c)

While we Slept

d)

All Quiet on the Western Front

8.

This building was burned down by the Nazi Party which allowed Hitler to seize total power in Germany:

a)

Armory

b)

Brandenburg Gate

c)

Reichstag

d)

Gauleiter

9.

Germany, Italy and Japan formed this military alliance:

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Axis Powers

d)

Triple Entente

10.

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and later the U.S. formed this military alliance:

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

Axis Powers

d)

Triple Entente

11.

The United States philosophy of avoiding miltary conflict and staying out of European Affairs:

a)

Isolationism

b)

Appeasement

c)

Fascism

d)

Atlantic Charter

12.

European philosophy of giving into the aggressor to avoid military conflicts:

a)

Isolationism

b)

Appeasement

c)

Fascism

d)

Atlantic Charter

13.

A Civil War in this European nation was used by Germany to test it's military strategy of blitzkrieg

a)

France

b)

Russia

c)

Spain

d)

Yugoslavia

14.

The prime minister of Great Britain who practiced appeasement and tried to negotiate with Hilter:

a)

Neville Chamberlin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Anthony Eden

d)

Clement Atlee

15.

The prime minister of Great Britain who inspired his people to resist against relentless nightly air raids by Germany:

a)

Neville Chamberlin

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Anthony Eden

d)

Clement Atlee

16.

In this pact, Great Britain agreed to give Germany the Sudetenland in exchange for promises of no more aggression against it's neighbors:

a)

Berlin

b)

Munich

c)

Warsaw

d)

Paris

17.

Germany agreed to a non-aggression pact with this country in August, 1939:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

18.

Germany invaded this country in September, 1939 beginning World War II:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

19.

Germany invaded and conquered this country in six weeks time in May of I940:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

20.

This country resisted nightly bombing raids by Germany from 1940-41.:

a)

Soviet Union

b)

Poland

c)

France

d)

Great Britain

21.

Meaning lightening war, this German strategy emphasized rapid movement and using it's weapons to target the civilian population:

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Einsatzgruppen

c)

Kriegsmarine

d)

Unterseebooten

22.

France construted this giant military fortification to protect itself from German invasion:

a)

West Wall

b)

Maginot LIne

c)

Hindenberg Line

d)

Omega File

23.

The government that took over France after the Nazi takeover and collaborated with the Nazi regime:

a)

Vichy

b)

Free French

c)

America First Committee

d)

Ultra

24.

British forces were rescued from France by civilians using their own boats, preventing Britain from falling to Germany at this French port city

a)

Dunkirk

b)

Le Havre

c)

Normandy

d)

Pas de Calais

25.

The leader of Vichy France:

a)

Henri Petain

b)

Charles DeGaulle

c)

George Clemenceau

d)

Artois Daldier

26.

The leader of the Free French who resisted Nazi occupation:

a)

Henri Petain

b)

Charles DeGaulle

c)

George Clemenceau

d)

Artois Daldier

27.

City in China where Japanese troops murdered survivors and committed attrocities against civilians:

a)

Beijing

b)

Nanjing

c)

Shanghai

d)

Hong Kong

28.

When conquering powers controlled and installed a ruler who acted under their orders:

a)

Buffer state

b)

Puppet state

c)

Lend Lease

d)

Atlantic Charter

29.

Road seized by Japan which led to a U.S. trade embargo against the Japanese

a)

Highway One

b)

Burma Road

c)

Silk Road

d)

Golden Triangle

30.

Japan's program to enslave it's neighbors:

a)

Burma Road

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Great East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere

d)

Good Neighbor Policy

31.

American hero who sympathized with Hitler and urged American neutrality in World War II

a)

Huey Long

b)

Charles Lindberg

c)

Henry Ford

d)

Babe Ruth

32.

This act banned the U.S. from providing weapons, aid or loans to warring European nations:

a)

Neutrality Acts

b)

Tydings Acts

c)

America First Committee

d)

Atlantic Charter

33.

Led by Charles Lindbergh, they tried to forbid U.S. aid to Great Britain

a)

America First Committee

b)

Atlantic Charter

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

Lend Lease

34.

This act allowed the U.S. to provide aid to any nation whose defense was vital to American security

a)

America First Committe

b)

Lend Lease

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

Cash and Carry Laws

35.

This act allowed the U.S. to provide non-military aid to any European nation as long as they paid for it and transported it:

a)

America First Committe

b)

Lend Lease

c)

Neutrality Acts

d)

Cash and Carry Laws

36.

This site was attacked on December 7, 1941:

a)

Pearl Harbor

b)

San Diego

c)

New York

d)

Manilla

37.

Stalin sent his enemies here:

a)

Poland

b)

Labor camps

c)

Ukraine

d)

State run factories

38.

Stalin's program to eliminate his enemies was done through a series of:

a)

Purges

b)

Lightening attacks

c)

Terror

d)

Radio broadcasts

39.

He called himself the Fuhrer or leader:

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hidjeki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

40.

He called himself the Il Duce or leader:

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hidjeki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

41.

The leader of the Nazi Party:

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hidjeki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

42.

The leader of the Fascist Party:

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hidjeki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

43.

The leader of the Communist Party:

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Hidjeki Tojo

d)

Josef Stalin

44.

Region of China taken over by Japan:

a)

Manchuria

b)

Korea

c)

Taiwan

d)

Hong Kong

45.

Country that Great Britain allowed Germany to take land from in 1936:

a)

Czechoslovakia

b)

Austria

c)

France

d)

Belgium

46.

Nation invaded and conquered by Germany in 1939 which started World War II:

a)

Austria

b)

Spain

c)

Poland

d)

Russia

47.

This nation fell in 1940 and Hitler forced them to surrender on their Independence Day.

a)

Poland

b)

France

c)

Great Britain

d)

Soviet Union

48.

On December 8,1941. Germany declared war on this nation:

a)

United States

b)

Soviet Union

c)

Japan

d)

Great Britain

49.

The Republican nominee for President in 1940:

a)

Charles Lindbergh

b)

Wendell Wilkie

c)

Thomas Dewey

d)

Herbert Hoover

50.

City targeted by the Germans for a war of annihilation during the battle of Britain:

a)

Covington

b)

Edinborough

c)

London

d)

Birmingham

51.

Italy launched a war against this nation in 1935:

a)

Austria

b)

Ethiopia

c)

Spain

d)

France

52.

This group tried to block aid and convince Americans to abandon it's alliance with Great Britain:

a)

Lend Lease

b)

New Deal

c)

America First Committee

d)

Atlantic Charter

53.

Pablo Picasso painted his masterpiece depicted the German blitzkrieg on this Spanish city:

a)

Madrid

b)

Barcelona

c)

Guernica

d)

Cordova

54.

Stalin took over this country and starved over half of it's population:

a)

Austria

b)

Ukraine

c)

Finland

d)

Germany

55.

This country fought bravely against the Soviets and it led Hitler to believe he could conquer the Soviet Union:

a)

Austria

b)

Ukraine

c)

Finland

d)

Germany

56.

This race was considered superior in Germany:

a)

Aryan

b)

Jewish

c)

Sudetan

d)

Amish

57.

This U.S. athlete angered Hitler by winning 4 Gold Medals during the 1936 Summer Olympics:

a)

Jesse Owens

b)

Max Baer

c)

Max Schmelling

d)

Sam Stoller

58.

In 1936, German troops re-entered this province for the first time since 1919 in violation of the Versailles Treaty:

a)

Rhineland

b)

Palatinate

c)

Hanover

d)

Mecklenberg

59.

British and French policy of giving into German aggression in order to avoid conflict:

a)

Purges

b)

Appeasement

c)

Interventionism

d)

Internationalism

60.

The German panzer was another name for this weapon:

a)

Submarine

b)

Tank

c)

Airplane

d)

Helicopter

61.

Members of the Luftwaffe used this weapon:

a)

Tank

b)

Airplane

c)

Submarine

d)

Amphibious assault

62.

The name of the German code broken by Great Britain:

a)

Ultra

b)

Magic

c)

Radar

d)

Samson

63.

This new invention allowed the British to detect airplane movements over their country:

a)

Magic

b)

Radar

c)

Barbwire

d)

Submarines

64.

The name of the dive bomber used by Germany to terrorize civilians:

a)

Stukka

b)

Sturmer

c)

Panzerfaust

d)

Kreigensfelt

65.

Anti-semitism refers to prejudice against:

a)

Women

b)

Native-Americans

c)

Jews

d)

Catholics

66.

Propaganda tool used by Hitler to attract large audiences:

a)

Radio

b)

Kite

c)

Telegraph

d)

Television

67.

He led an air raid on Tokyo in retaliation for Pearl Harbor:

a)

James Doolittle

b)

Chester Nimitz

c)

Douglas McArthur

d)

George Marshall

68.

This term meant living space in German:

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Lebensrum

c)

Fuhrer

d)

Luftwaffe

69.

Francisco France was the Fascist leader of this nation:

a)

Germany

b)

Spain

c)

Italy

d)

Turkey

70.

The phony war referred to lack of action prior to the German invasion of this country:

a)

France

b)

Great Britain

c)

Poland

d)

United States

71.

This term means close cooperation. Countries in Europe did this in regards to the Holocaust against the Jews:

a)

Puppet state

b)

Manchuko

c)

Lebensrum

d)

Collaboration

72.

The Blitz, the RAF and Ultra refer to the German campaign against:

a)

France

b)

Poland

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Great Britain

73.

The rising sun is the symbol of this country. It is on their flag:

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

74.

The swaztika was the symbol of this country. It was on their flag:

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Russia

d)

Japan

75.

This country's flag was red with a gold hammer and sickle emblem:

a)

Germany

b)

Italy

c)

Soviet Union

d)

Japan

76.

Japan's vision of it's master race began during the era of:

a)

Progressives

b)

Imperialism

c)

Democracy

d)

Socialism

77.

World War II in Asia began when Japan invaded this nation:

a)

United Stetes

b)

China

c)

Russia

d)

Australia

78.

FDR's Day of Infamy speech asked Congress to declare war against:

a)

Japan

b)

Germany

c)

Italy

d)

Soviet Union

79.

Pearl Harbor is located in:

a)

Mexico

b)

California

c)

Hawaii

d)

Australia

80.

The Blitz against Great Britain changed when this city became the target of German bombers:

a)

Dublin

b)

Paris

c)

London

d)

New York

81.

This road was cut by Japan which led to a U.S. trade embargo:

a)

Burma

b)

Tokyo

c)

Silk

d)

Berlin

82.

This means to cease or cut off:

a)

Embargo

b)

Tariff

c)

Collaboration

d)

Amendment

83.

World War II started in this year:

a)

1939

b)

1941

c)

1943

d)

1945

84.

The United States involvement in World War II started in this year:

a)

1939

b)

1941

c)

1943

d)

1945

85.

The method of compliance used by dicators:

a)

Collaboration

b)

Cooperation

c)

Compromise

d)

Terror

86.

Tactic of mixing chemicals to create hot temperatures to create massive fires:

a)

Massive bombardment

b)

Firebombing

c)

Radar

d)

Guided missiles