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08-Unit 7 - The World at War (1900-1945) REVIEW

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What year did WWI start on ?

a)

1918

b)

1914

c)

1920

d)

1945

2.

Europe is divided into which two alliances?

a)

Triple Entente (Allied Powers) & Triple Alliance (Central Powers)

b)

Warsaw Pact & NATO

c)

Axis Powers & Allied Powers

d)

Roundheads & Cavilers

3.

Which country was not a part of the Central Powers

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Russia

d)

Ottoman Empire

4.

Who is the leader of Germany during WWI?

a)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

b)

Otto von Bismarck

c)

Adolf Hitler

d)

Johannes Gutenberg

5.

Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States were called the _______________________ during WWII.

a)

Axis Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Central Powers

6.

Germany, Italy and Japan were the ____________ during WWII.

a)

Central Powers

b)

Allied Powers

c)

NATO Powers

d)

Axis Powers

7.

The stretch of land from Belgium to France where most trench warfare was fought during WWI

a)

The Western Front

b)

The Rhineland

c)

The Eastern Front

d)

The Jutland

8.

Explain what the Zimmerman Telegram was.

a)

It was a secret message the U.S. intercepted from Germany telling Mexico to attack the U.S.

b)

It was a message from Germany that admitted that they were losing the war.

c)

It was a telegram that showed the Central Powers' war plans.

9.

What was the significance of the Lusitania to the United States?

a)

The Germans knew we were transporting artillery for the British on the ship and they took it.

b)

The Germans sunk the British ship Lusitania with Americans on board which helped get us in the war.

c)

It was carrying gold to help fund the Allies and the Germans sunk it.

10.

Who was the leader of the United States during WWI?

a)

Woodrow Wilson

b)

Nicolas II

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

d)

Franklin Roosevelt

11.

Poster were used as a part of the war machine. What does this World War I poster represent?

a)

Imperialism

b)

Prohibition

c)

Neutrality

d)

Propaganda

12.

Which country leaves WWI in 1917?

a)

Russia

b)

United States

c)

Austria-Hungary

d)

Britain

13.

What treaty is signed to end WWI?

a)

Treaty of Versailles

b)

Treaty of Paris

c)

Geneva Convention

d)

Paris Peace Accords

14.

Which country takes the blame of WWI and has to pay reparations (war debt)?

a)

Germany

b)

Austria-Hungary

c)

Russia

d)

Ottoman Empire

15.

Which organization did Woodrow Wilson, US president, wanted to establish to prevent future wars?

a)

The United Nations

b)

The League of Nations

c)

the Fourteen Points

16.

Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Russian Revolution?

a)

High casualties/struggles during WWI

b)

Nicholas II's incompetence

c)

Landless/Starving peasantry

d)

Segregation of minorities

17.

Who leads the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution?

a)

Vladimir Lenin

b)

Karl Marx

c)

Kaiser Wilhelm II

d)

Friedrich Engels

18.

In a Marxist Communist society who owns the means of production

a)

the tsar

b)

the workers

c)

the government

d)

the communist leaders

19.

One major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the...

a)

sharp economic differences between the social classes

b)

appeal of communism to the Russian Nobles

c)

the defeat of Germany in WWI

d)

the marriage of the Czar to a German princess

20.

In what ways was Russia was unprepared for WWI?

a)

the tsar never thought Germany would attack

b)

Germany was more militarized

c)

Russia was not properly industrialized

d)

All of the above

21.

What does the "peace" in Peace, Land, & Bread stand for?

a)

Russians wanting the tsar to stop shooting at them

b)

the desire of Russians to have ownership of the factories

c)

Russians wanting an end to the famine

d)

the desire of Russians to end WWI

22.

Communism

a)

a political and economic theory or belief that the means of production should be controlled by the government.

b)

Belief that there is no God

c)

Stalin's economic policy to build industry and increase farm output

d)

Russian Parliament; National legislature to make laws.

23.

Who came up with communism?

a)

Adam Smith

b)

John Locke

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Karl Marx

24.

The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?

a)

The Communist Party

b)

The Fascist Party

c)

The Socialist Party

d)

The Democratic Party

25.

What is the book that lays out communism?

a)

The Communist Manifesto

b)

The Wealth of Nations

c)

The Encylopedia

d)

Two Treatises on Government

26.

What was the end result of the Russian Revolution?

a)

Russia became a direct democracy

b)

Russia would become a communist nation

c)

Russia would become a theocracy

d)

Russia would go back to an absolute monarchy

27.

In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability led to the

a)

rise of fascist dictatorships

b)

development of nuclear arms

c)

abandonment of colonial territories

d)

establishment of the League of Nations

28.

Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Benito Mussolini

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Hidecki Tojo

29.

Which situation is an example of totalitarianism in Germany in the 1930s?

a)

frequent meetings of the German Reichstag

b)

decline of the German economy

c)

strict government control of the press

d)

negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union

30.

Which event started World War II?                                  

a)

Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor 

b)

Japan’s attack on San Francisco

c)

Germany’s attack on Poland

d)

Germany sinking the USS Essex

31.

Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?

a)

Adolf Hitler

b)

Winston Churchill

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Franklin D. Roosevelt

32.

_________________ is the policy of making concessions to an aggressor.

a)

Blitzkrieg

b)

Communism

c)

Dollar Diplomacy

d)

Appeasement

33.

Which newspaper headline illustrates a policy of appeasement?

a)

"Dien Bien Phu Falls; French to Leave Vietnam"

b)

"Chamberlain Agrees to German Demands: Sudetenland to Germany"

c)

"Marshall Plan Proposes Economic Aid Program for Europe"

d)

"Soviet Troops and Tanks Crush Hungarian Revolt"

34.

One reason for the outbreak of World War II was the

a)

ineffectiveness of the League of Nations

b)

growing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union

c)

conflict between the Hapsburg and the Romanov families

d)

refusal of the German government to sign the Treaty of Versailles

35.

Germany's use of tanks and planes to quickly takeover countries was called ___________________________.

a)

U-boat war

b)

trench war

c)

blitzkrieg (lightening war)

d)

nuclear war

36.

__________________ is a type of government where the leader has total control and individual freedoms are denied.

a)

Fascism

b)

Democracy

c)

Representative Democracy

d)

Parliamentary Governement

37.

The Nuremberg laws are best described as

a)

efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to punish heresy

b)

major articles in the Declaration of the Rights of Man

c)

specific laws contained in Justinian’s Code

d)

anti-Semitic laws of 20th-century Germany

38.

Name the two U.S. presidents during WWII.

a)

Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover

b)

George Bush and Barack Obama

c)

Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman

d)

Adolf Hiter and Joseph Stalin

39.

Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?

a)

Winston Churchill

b)

Vladimar Putin

c)

Joseph Stalin

d)

Adolf Hitler

40.

What was the name of the political party led by Adolf Hitler?

a)

Republican Party

b)

Communist Party

c)

Democratic Party

d)

Nazi Party

41.

Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?

a)

Benito Mussolini

b)

Harry Truman

c)

Winston Churchill

d)

Joseph Stalin

42.

A ruler (leader) with total power over a country is called a (n) ___________________.

a)

blitzkrieg

b)

dictator

c)

Congressional aide

d)

Captain of Industry

43.

In December of 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced that the United States had declared war on Japan. The event that led to this decision was Japan's:

a)

Bombing of Normandy

b)

Bombing of Pearl Harbor

c)

Bombing of England

d)

Bombing of London.

44.

On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powers

a)

invaded Japan to defeat the Japanese

b)

attacked Pearl Harbor

c)

invaded the beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out

45.

Which phrase best defines the Holocast?

a)

The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps

b)

The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe

c)

The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews

d)

The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers

46.

The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to:

a)

ban the use of chemical and biological warfare

b)

develop the atomic bomb

c)

coordinate troop movements between New York and Europe

d)

supply the Allies with more fighter planes    

47.

Who was the president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?

a)

President Truman

b)

President Roosevelt

c)

President Eisenhower

48.

Which of the following were reasons why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs?

a)

Japan was going to surrender anyways.

b)

Japan and Italy were fighting the allies

c)

A land invasion would cause too many casualties.

d)

Truman wanted to end the war quickly.

49.

During the 1945 conference in Potsdam

a)

Churchill replaced Clement Attlee as the Prime Minister of Britain

b)

Stalin went back on his pledge to enter the war against Japan in the Pacific

c)

the Big Three decided Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania would be independent

d)

the Big Three formalized the plan to divide Germany into four zones of occupation

50.

What was the result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

a)

Nothing happened

b)

It led to the surrender of Russia and Germany

c)

It led to the surrender of Japan

d)

None of the above