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WorksheetsWW2 Pt1
Total questions: 73
Worksheet time: 37mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What nation should share some of the blame for starting WW II but has managed to escape historical criticism for its role in the start of the conflict?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Japan
d)
Soviet Union (Russia)
2.
Which would a fascist believe is better?
a)
Soldier
b)
Civilian
3.
What was Hitler's expressed goal for starting a war with the Soviet Union (Russia) and Eastern Europe?
a)
to liberate oppressed Germanic peoples
b)
lebensraum
c)
farm land
d)
oil fields
4.
What group of people did the Japanese believe was at the bottom of their racial hierarchy?
a)
Russians
b)
Chinese
c)
Koreans
d)
Americans
5.
According to fascist doctrine, it is unacceptable to question the leader.
a)
true
b)
false
6.
Fascists reject irrational ideas that are based on repetition of emotion based ideas, group think, and the will of the elite.
a)
true
b)
false
7.
Why was Hitler surprised when Great Britain and France declared war in Nazi Germany following the invasion of Poland?
a)
Hitler was used to the appeasement movement by the Allies allowing him to do what he wanted.
b)
Hitler was convinced the secret treaty with the Soviet Union (Russia) and its joint invasion of Poland would protect him from any international reaction.
c)
Hitler was unaware of the fact Great Britain and France both wanted Poland as a colonial possession for themselves.
d)
Hitler gambled that FDR would stop Great Britain and France from declaring war because it would eventually involve the United States should a war in Europe start.
8.
Who did the German fascists believe was at the top of their racial hierarchy?
a)
Brits (citizens of Great Britain)
b)
Americans
c)
Slavs
d)
Aryans
9.
For fascism to successfully take root, it must have a modern, industrialized society with an effective means of distribution of mass media.
a)
true
b)
false
10.
What was the motivation behind the Night of Long Knives?
a)
It allowed Hitler to consolidate his hold on all of segments of German society and eliminate political enemies in a single event.
b)
It allowed Hitler to test the willingness of the German people to accept violence as a solution to national problems.
c)
Ernst Rohem had become a threat and needed to be eliminated.
d)
In return for eliminating the SA, the German military leadership would give its allegiance to Hitler.
11.
Fascists take away individual freedoms, requiring an outlet for suppressed anger and frustration. These outlets often take the form of concentration camps.
a)
true
b)
false
12.
What year did Japan go to war with China for the first time in the fascist era?
a)
1931
b)
1936
c)
1937
d)
1939
13.
What was the code name for the invasion of France and western Europe?
a)
Barbarossa
b)
Case Yellow
c)
Kursk
d)
Sea Lion
14.
What was the organization that ruthlessly carried out Hitler's orders and would grow to become a state within the German state?
a)
SA
b)
SS
c)
SD
d)
RhD
15.
What was the outcome of the Munich Conference?
a)
Nazi-Rome Agreement
b)
Nazi-Anglo Naval Agreement
c)
Nazi-Franco Territorial Agreement
d)
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
16.
What was the French defensive strategy built around in the 1930s?
a)
A weak German economy.
b)
The Maginot Line
c)
A rapid military response from its allies.
d)
It's rebuilt army and new, modern air force.
17.
What was the name given to Hitler's attempt to overthrow the government of Bavaria?
a)
Reichstag Moment
b)
Bavarian Beer Hall Putsch
c)
Night of Long Knives
d)
Kristallnacht
18.
What book vaguely outlines the principles of Nazi style fascism?
a)
Das Kapital
b)
What Must Be Done
c)
Rules for Radicals
d)
Mein Kompf
19.
What is the term used to describe hatred of people of the Jewish race?
a)
Racial profiling
b)
Anti-Israel
c)
Eugenics
d)
Anti-semitism
20.
Who was the fascist head of state of Germany?
a)
Otto von Bismarck
b)
Heinz Guderian
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolini
21.
What treaty hoped to prevent future wars by reducing the size of a nation's naval power?
a)
Washington Conference
b)
Neutrality Pact
c)
Isolation Agreement
d)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
22.
What was the code name for the invasion of the Soviet Union?
a)
Barbarossa
b)
Case Yellow
c)
Sea Lion
d)
Operation Dragoon
23.
What event allowed Hitler to suspend the constitution of the Wiemar Republic and declare himself Fuhrer?
a)
Anschluss
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Reichstag Fire
d)
Night of Long Knives
24.
The disastrous winter war was fought between which two nations?
a)
Poland and Finland
b)
Finland and the Soviet Union
c)
Germany and Finland
d)
Poland and the Soviet Union
25.
What was the primary weapon used by the Kriegsmarine (German Navy) in WW II?
a)
U-boats
b)
Surface raiders
c)
Dreadnoughts
d)
Air craft carriers
26.
Following WW I what diplomatic policy did both the United States and Great Britain follow in hopes of avoiding war?
a)
Mercantile Diplomacy
b)
Militarism
c)
Dollar Diplomacy
d)
Isolationism
27.
Whose writings and ideas did Hitler so admire he used them as a starting point for laws regarding sterilization and racial hygiene?
a)
Madison Grant
b)
Karl von Strauffenberg
c)
Margaret Sanger
d)
Josef Mengele
28.
What part of China did Japan invade in its first war in the fascist era?
a)
Singapore
b)
Manchuria
c)
Nanking
d)
Hong Kong
29.
The system of laws and beliefs advanced by the Nazi Party concerning human genetics and morality was known as?
a)
Polygenics
b)
Racial Oppositionalism
c)
Eugenics
d)
Racial hygiene
30.
What treaty foolishly believed it was possible to outlaw war?
a)
Kellogg-Briand Pact
b)
Nazi-Anglo Naval Agreement
c)
Neutrality Act
d)
Washington Conference treaty
31.
What book outlines the basic rules of communism?
a)
Mein Kompf
b)
Doctrines of Fascism
c)
Communist Manifesto
d)
Das Kapital
32.
What was the name of the 100,000 soldier German Army as mandated by Diktat of Versailles?
a)
Waffen SS
b)
Wehrmacht
c)
Imperial German Army
d)
Reichswehr
33.
What was the name given to the new German strategy for mobile warfare by a journalist who witnessed the invasion of Poland?
a)
sitzkrieg
b)
mobile armored warfare
c)
combined arms warfare
d)
blitzkrieg
34.
What battle nearly forced Great Britain out of the second world war?
a)
Battle of Britain
b)
Battle of Monte Cassino
c)
Battle of the Atlantic
d)
Battle of Jutland
35.
What was the event that triggered the second Sino-Japanese War? (Sino-Japanese means war between China and Japan)
a)
Panay Incident
b)
Incident at the Bridge
c)
Open Door Incident
d)
Trafalgar Incident
36.
When did the second world war in Europe breakout?
a)
September of 1939
b)
September of 1937
c)
January of 1941
d)
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37.
The Minister of Propaganda for the Third Reich was:
a)
Ernest Roehm
b)
Heinrich Himmler
c)
Josef Goebbels
d)
Herman Goering
38.
What was the term used to describe the overnight annexation of Austria in the Third Reich?
a)
Lebensuram
b)
Sudeten Crisis
c)
Munich Crisis
d)
Anschluss
39.
What decade and in what nation was ANTIFA founded?
a)
1920's - Soviet Union
b)
2020's - United States
c)
1940's - Germany
d)
1930's - Germany
40.
What event allowed the appeasers and the appeasement movement to give Hitler the Sudetenland that was part of Czechoslovakia?
a)
Tehran Conference
b)
Potsdam Conference
c)
Yalta Conference
d)
Munich Conference
41.
What political ideology believes in total control by the state and ownership of the means of goods and production by the state?
a)
capitalism
b)
fascism
c)
communism
d)
oligarchism
42.
Based on the color of their uniforms, what was the nickname given to the German fascists?
a)
green shirts
b)
black shirts
c)
brown shirts
d)
white shirts
43.
Based on the color of their uniforms, what was the nickname given to Italian fascists?
a)
black shirts
b)
brown shirts
c)
pink shirts
d)
white shirts
44.
What was the secret part of the Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact?
a)
The agreement that Germany and Russia would not go to war with each other.
b)
The agreement that Russia would be allowed to invade Turkey with no repercussions from Germany.
c)
The agreement both nations would invade Poland roughly at the same time and how the conquered nation would be divided.
d)
The agreement between Germany and Russia to invade Finland.
45.
Who is considered to be the father of communism?
a)
Vladimir Lenin
b)
Karl Marx
c)
Adolf Hitler
d)
Benito Mussolini
46.
Which would a fascist agree to?
a)
Rule by representative democracy
b)
Rule by elite
47.
What age group in Nazi Germany did not have propaganda directed at them?
a)
Age 5 to 18
b)
Age 19-40
c)
Age 41 to end of life
d)
Birth to age 4
48.
Of the four fascist nations in existence at the time the war in Europe started, which was the least violent and effective form of fascism?
a)
Italy
b)
Germany
c)
Spain
d)
Japan
49.
Fascists believe the average person is equal to a member of the elite class.
a)
true
b)
false
50.
The key to the Big Lie Theory being successful is?
a)
The Big Lie Theory can only be successfully put into practice once.
b)
It can only be repeated to select groups of people.
c)
It must contain an element of factual truth.
d)
Once told, the Big Lie must never be repeated.
51.
What was the name given to Hitler's claim ethnic Germans in Czechoslovakia were being abused and he was prepared to invade to stop the mistreatment?
a)
Munich Crisis
b)
Sudeten Crisis
c)
Eastern Crisis
d)
Balkan Crisis
52.
The policy of allowing Hitler to have what he wanted in order to avoid war and right some of the wrongs of the Treaty of Versailles was known as?
a)
Righting the Great Injustice
b)
Peace through compromise
c)
Diplomacy
d)
Appeasement Doctrine
53.
What was the name given to the event where Hitler solidified his hold on the Nazi party and the German government?
a)
Anschluss
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Night of Long Knives
d)
Bluethane
54.
What event convinced the Japanese that the United States was too weak willed to engage in a war with fascist Japan?
a)
Incident at the Bridge
b)
Shanghai Incident
c)
Rape of Nanking
d)
Panay Incident
55.
What political ideology focuses on both control by the state and racial theory?
a)
Capitalism
b)
Socialism
c)
Fascism
d)
Communism
56.
What is the title of the book that describes the Italian form of fascism?
a)
Rules for Radicals
b)
Doctrines of Fascism
c)
Das Kapital
d)
Mein Kampf
57.
What event marked the official start legal persecution of the Jews who lived in the Third Reich?
a)
National Judenrein Day
b)
Kristallnacht
c)
Judenrein Reich
d)
Night of the Long Knives
58.
Who was the leader of the communist Soviet Union?
a)
Frederich Engels
b)
Mikhail Molotov
c)
Josef Stalin
d)
Vladimir Lenin
59.
What was the term used to describe the laws passed in Nazi Germany that made antisemitism official and legally required?
a)
Anti-Jew Laws
b)
racial hygiene laws
c)
eugenics laws
d)
progressive race laws
60.
What was the acronym used for the German fascist organization that grew to number millions of members and was a source of fear and resentment for the professional soldier class in Germany?
a)
SD
b)
SS
c)
RhD
d)
SA
61.
Who was the Italian fascist leader?
a)
Benito Mussolini
b)
Leon Trotski
c)
Francisco Franco
d)
Adolf Hitler
62.
What was the name given to the bands of mercenaries hired by German provinces to maintain order?
a)
Black Shirts
b)
Frei Korps
c)
ANTIFA
d)
Brown Shirts
63.
What was the name of the German version of fascism?
a)
Nazi
b)
Brownshirts
c)
Blackshirts
d)
Fascisiti
64.
The art and science of influencing people's thoughts and actions is known as:
a)
propaganda
b)
influence peddling
c)
media control
d)
social awareness
65.
The mythical man-gods the German people are supposedly descendants of are known as:
a)
the Valkyries
b)
Odinists
c)
Aryans
d)
the children of the Sun
66.
Who was the leader of the SA that was considering challenging Hitler for leadership of the Third Reich?
a)
Ernst Rohm
b)
Heinrich Himmler
c)
Rudolph Hess
d)
Reinhard Hydrich
67.
What year is considered to be the actual start of WW II in the Pacific?
a)
1931
b)
1936
c)
1937
d)
1939
68.
What was the name given to the event where Mussolini engineered the change of power and political leadership in Italy?
a)
Anschluss
b)
Sudeten Crisis
c)
March on Rome
d)
Munich Conference
69.
What even in the German invasion of Western Europe is considered to be Hitler's first major military blunder?
a)
Barbarossa
b)
Ardennes Offensive
c)
Operation Sea Lion
d)
Dunkirk
70.
What was the event that triggered the second Sino-Japanese War? (Sino-Japanese means war between China and Japan)
a)
Trafalgar Incident
b)
Open Door Incident
c)
Incident at the Bridge
d)
Panay Incident
71.
Following WW I what diplomatic policy did both the United States and Great Britain follow in hopes of avoiding war?
a)
Isolationism
b)
Militarism
c)
Mercantile Diplomacy
d)
Dollar Diplomacy
72.
Following WW I what diplomatic policy did both the United States and Great Britain follow in hopes of avoiding war?
a)
Mercantile Diplomacy
b)
Militarism
c)
Isolationism
d)
Dollar Diplomacy
73.
What was the name given to the bands of mercenaries hired by German provinces to maintain order?
a)
Frei Korps
b)
ANTIFA
c)
Brown Shirts
d)
Brown Shirts
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