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WorksheetsCh21 - A Threatening World
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Why did Hitler prohibit marriage between Jews and people of “German blood”?
to create a pure German “master race”
to create a pure Jewish “master race”
to ensure that enough unmarried men would be available for the army
to limit the number of marriages taking place in Germany
Why did Hitler launch Operation Barbarossa?
to control the oil supply in the Caucasus Mountains
to prevent the signing of the Atlantic Charter
to capture over 1 million Soviet troops and force them to fight for Germany
to punish the Soviet Union for accepting American support
What did President Roosevelt mean when he said peace-loving nations should “quarantine” countries that threaten world peace?
Peace-loving nations should isolate countries that threaten world peace.
Peace-loving nations should attack countries that threaten world peace.
Peace-loving nations should condemn countries that threaten world peace.
Peace-loving nations should befriend countries that threaten world peace.
Why did President Roosevelt oppose the Neutrality Acts passed in the 1930s?
He believed war would help lift the country out of the Great Depression.
He was a strong believer in isolationism.
He regarded Hitler as a threat and pushed for U.S. involvement in Europe.
He believed the acts did not go far enough to guarantee U.S. neutrality.
Who are refugees?
people seeking protection from persecution
people banned from a country
people traveling to a country for business purposes
people returning to their countries after a war
What was one result of the Spanish Civil War?
Communism spread throughout Spain and nearby nations.
Spain joined forces with the Allied Powers.
Spain became another country in Europe controlled by a dictator.
Left-wing groups took control of the government in Spain.
Which countries were eligible to receive defense materials under the terms of the Lend-Lease Act?
those that agreed to remain neutral during the war
those fighting on either side in Europe
those the president deemed necessary to defend the United States
those not in significant debt with the United States
Which nation did most Americans wish to support during World War II?
Great Britain
Germany
Spain
Japan
What country did Hitler invade first?
Czechoslovakia
Austria
the Soviet Union
France
What vessels did the Germans use to attack ships in the Atlantic?
destroyers
tanks
aircraft carriers
submarines
As Hitler invaded the nations around Germany beginning in 1936, what stance did France and Great Britain take?
agreement
surrender
appeasement
aggression
What did the Selective Service and Training Act of 1940 require?
that young men register for potential military service
that the United States remain neutral
that American factories switch to producing weaponry
that the United States not sell arms to warring nations
What would most likely have happened in China if the Japanese had not invaded Manchuria in 1931?
Chiang Kai-shek would have handed power over to Mao Zedong.
Warlords would have seized power from Chiang Kai-shek.
Chiang Kai-shek would have faced Mao Zedong in an election for president.
Chiang Kai-shek would have wiped out the remaining communists.
How did President Roosevelt wish to amend the Neutrality Act after the war began?
to allow the United States to declare war on Germany
to allow the United States to sell arms to Germany
to allow the United States to sell arms to Great Britain
to allow the United States to sell oil to Great Britain
Which nations formed the Axis Powers?
Germany, Italy, and Japan
China, Japan, Korea
Great Britain, France, and the United States
Germany, the Soviet Union, United Kingdom
What secret plan did Germany and the Soviet Union make?
to attack Pearl Harbor
to invade France
to conquer and divide Eastern Europe
to attack Great Britain by air
What similarity did Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin share?
They were all communists.
They were all fascists.
They all supported Franco in the Spanish Civil War.
They were all authoritarian dictators.
How did the 1940 presidential election campaign intensify the debate over U.S. neutrality?
The candidates held similar views on neutrality.
The press made it an important issue.
A growing anti-war movement pressured the candidates to discuss it.
The candidates held opposing views on neutrality.
What is fascism?
a form of government in which all the means of production and transportation are owned by the state
a political movement that involves extreme nationalism, militarism, and racism
a political theory that advocates that the community as a whole should control the production, distribution, and exchange of goods and services
an economic system in which private individuals or groups own the resources and produce goods for a profit
What prompted the Germans to sink the U.S.S. Reuben James?
U.S. Navy ships were escorting vessels carrying war materials.
The United States declared war on Germany.
President Roosevelt met with Winston Churchill to draft the Atlantic Charter.
The United States provided Lend-Lease support to the Soviet Union.
What caused Sun Yat-sen to overthrow the Qing Dynasty?
He wanted to establish his own dynasty.
He wanted to impose communist rule.
He was allied with the Japanese who had plans to take over.
China was poverty-stricken and underdeveloped.
What did Roosevelt mean by calling the United States the “arsenal of democracy”?
that America should lead by peace, not war
that America is the cradle of democracy
that America should supply weapons to defend democracy in Europe
that America is the only democratic country in the world
Who served as U.S. president before and during World War II?
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
What was President Roosevelt’s response to Kristallnacht?
He declared war on Germany.
He maintained neutrality.
He eased immigration restrictions on Jewish refugees.
He recalled the U.S. ambassador to Germany.
How did the depression of the 1930s contribute to the causes of World War II?
People revolted against governments to protest the economic crisis.
Countries knew that war would boost their economies.
Militaries grew strong as unemployed men sought work as soldiers.
Authoritarian leaders took advantage of national instability and anxiety.
Why did many Americans dislike offering Lend-Lease support to the Soviet Union?
They did not want to aid a communist dictator.
They believed it was wasteful spending.
They believed the Soviet Union had sufficient resources.
They hoped Germany would conquer the Soviet Union.
What does Japan’s refusal to withdraw its troops from China as ordered by the League of Nations reveal about the League?
It had a long, hostile relationship with Japan.
It did not have enforcement measures.
It was more helpful to European nations than to those in Asia.
It did not have an economic understanding of the situation.
Name used by the Nazi party to describe the time when Adolph Hitler believed he was creating a third German empire.
Anchluss
Rome-Berlin Axis
Third Reich
blitzkrieg
Nazi secret police force
gestapo
volkspolizei
böse wächter
verrückte kinder
for a nation to rebuild a stockpile of weapons to replace those that are out-of-date or have been taken away.
rearmanment
restablishment
reinvigorate
reconstitute
fascist dictator of Spain.
Francisco Franco
Manuel Montoya
Enrique Inglesias
Pablo Picasso
Germany, Italy, and Japan, which formed an alliance together at the start of World War II.
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
Superfriends
Avengers
communist dictator of the Soviet Union during World War II.
Joseph Stalin
Boris Leningrad
Oleg Berishnikov
Miroslav Barnyashev
an agreement formed between Germany and Italy in 1936.
Rome-Berlin Axis
Snitzel-Linguini Agreement
Bevarian Wine Pact
Brown Shirt / Black Shirt Pact
fascist dictator of Italy.
Benito Mussolini
Alfredo Linguini
Michalangelo Corleone
Enricho Fermi
period in which Nazis destroyed Jewish homes, schools, and businesses, burned synagogues, and killed nearly 100 Jews and arrested 30,000 more sending them to concentration camps.
kristallnacht
glastag
zerschlagen kunstoff
beirfest
Several countries, including France and Great Britain, working together to oppose the Axis Powers during WWII.
Allied Powers
Superfriends
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Avengers
a person seeking shelter and protection from political persecution
refugee
ambassador
prisoner
inmate
a policy of making political compromises in order to avoid conflict.
appeasement
belligerence
rearmament
blitzkrieg
an agreement Hitler made with the rulers of Great Britain, France, and Italy, declaring that Germany had the right to seize the Sudetenland, a portion of Czechoslovakia
Munich Agreement
Atlantic Charter
Berlin Agreement
Pacific Charter
an agreement made in 1939 between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, declaring that they would not take military action against each other for the next 10 years.
nonaggression pact
appeasement pact
belligerence pact
defensive pact
characterized first by bombing—to cripple the target’s air capacity, railroads, and communication lines—followed by fast moving tanks, artillery, and waves of troops
blitzkrieg
zone defense
stunt defense
cover 2
removing or eliminating something.
purge
accept
receive
combine
a 6,000 mile journey by Chinese communists to relocate the communist revolutionary base from southeast China to central China.
The Long March
The Brief Journey
The Wall of Terror
The Trail of Tears
a country fighting in a war.
belligerent
isolationist
exponent
refugee
required able-bodied young men to register for potential military service.
Selective Service and Training act
Postal Workers Bill
Expeditionary Force Act
Empirical Training Bill
enabled countries to receive American military aid without immediately paying for it.
Lend-Lease act
Madison Act
Army Liquidation Act
Naval Pact Act
a charter that lists eight principles for a better world, composed during a meeting between President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
Pacific Charter
Atlantic Charter
Arctic Charter
Mediterranean Charter
a policy allowing U.S. warships to defend against attacks by German submarines on ships in shipping traffic lanes in the Atlantic Ocean.
active defense
sloth style
blitzkrieg
rearmanment
A group of several thousand Americans who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War
Reagan's Renegades
Roosevelts Roughriders
Abraham Lincoln Brigaide
Francos Fighters
