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Worksheets08-Unit 7 - The World at War (1900-1945) REVIEW
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 17mins
What year did WWI start on ?
1918
1914
1920
1945
Europe is divided into which two alliances?
Triple Entente (Allied Powers) & Triple Alliance (Central Powers)
Warsaw Pact & NATO
Axis Powers & Allied Powers
Roundheads & Cavilers
Which country was not a part of the Central Powers
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Who is the leader of Germany during WWI?
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Otto von Bismarck
Adolf Hitler
Johannes Gutenberg
Great Britain, France, the Soviet Union and the United States were called the _______________________ during WWII.
Axis Powers
Allied Powers
NATO Powers
Central Powers
Germany, Italy and Japan were the ____________ during WWII.
Central Powers
Allied Powers
NATO Powers
Axis Powers
The stretch of land from Belgium to France where most trench warfare was fought during WWI
The Western Front
The Rhineland
The Eastern Front
The Jutland
Explain what the Zimmerman Telegram was.
It was a secret message the U.S. intercepted from Germany telling Mexico to attack the U.S.
It was a message from Germany that admitted that they were losing the war.
It was a telegram that showed the Central Powers' war plans.
What was the significance of the Lusitania to the United States?
The Germans knew we were transporting artillery for the British on the ship and they took it.
The Germans sunk the British ship Lusitania with Americans on board which helped get us in the war.
It was carrying gold to help fund the Allies and the Germans sunk it.
Who was the leader of the United States during WWI?
Woodrow Wilson
Nicolas II
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Franklin Roosevelt
Poster were used as a part of the war machine. What does this World War I poster represent?
Imperialism
Prohibition
Neutrality
Propaganda
Which country leaves WWI in 1917?
Russia
United States
Austria-Hungary
Britain
What treaty is signed to end WWI?
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Paris
Geneva Convention
Paris Peace Accords
Which country takes the blame of WWI and has to pay reparations (war debt)?
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Russia
Ottoman Empire
Which organization did Woodrow Wilson, US president, wanted to establish to prevent future wars?
The United Nations
The League of Nations
the Fourteen Points
Which of the following is NOT a cause of the Russian Revolution?
High casualties/struggles during WWI
Nicholas II's incompetence
Landless/Starving peasantry
Segregation of minorities
Who leads the Bolsheviks during the Russian Revolution?
Vladimir Lenin
Karl Marx
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Friedrich Engels
In a Marxist Communist society who owns the means of production
the tsar
the workers
the government
the communist leaders
One major cause of the Russian Revolution of 1917 was the...
sharp economic differences between the social classes
appeal of communism to the Russian Nobles
the defeat of Germany in WWI
the marriage of the Czar to a German princess
In what ways was Russia was unprepared for WWI?
the tsar never thought Germany would attack
Germany was more militarized
Russia was not properly industrialized
All of the above
What does the "peace" in Peace, Land, & Bread stand for?
Russians wanting the tsar to stop shooting at them
the desire of Russians to have ownership of the factories
Russians wanting an end to the famine
the desire of Russians to end WWI
Communism
a political and economic theory or belief that the means of production should be controlled by the government.
Belief that there is no God
Stalin's economic policy to build industry and increase farm output
Russian Parliament; National legislature to make laws.
Who came up with communism?
Adam Smith
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Karl Marx
The Bolsheviks later renamed themselves what?
The Communist Party
The Fascist Party
The Socialist Party
The Democratic Party
What is the book that lays out communism?
The Communist Manifesto
The Wealth of Nations
The Encylopedia
Two Treatises on Government
What was the end result of the Russian Revolution?
Russia became a direct democracy
Russia would become a communist nation
Russia would become a theocracy
Russia would go back to an absolute monarchy
In Europe during the 1930s, economic instability led to the
rise of fascist dictatorships
development of nuclear arms
abandonment of colonial territories
establishment of the League of Nations
Who was the leader of Germany during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Joseph Stalin
Hidecki Tojo
Which situation is an example of totalitarianism in Germany in the 1930s?
frequent meetings of the German Reichstag
decline of the German economy
strict government control of the press
negotiation of a nonaggression pact with the Soviet Union
Which event started World War II?
Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor
Japan’s attack on San Francisco
Germany’s attack on Poland
Germany sinking the USS Essex
Who was the leader of Great Britain during WWII?
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Franklin D. Roosevelt
_________________ is the policy of making concessions to an aggressor.
Blitzkrieg
Communism
Dollar Diplomacy
Appeasement
Which newspaper headline illustrates a policy of appeasement?
"Dien Bien Phu Falls; French to Leave Vietnam"
"Chamberlain Agrees to German Demands: Sudetenland to Germany"
"Marshall Plan Proposes Economic Aid Program for Europe"
"Soviet Troops and Tanks Crush Hungarian Revolt"
One reason for the outbreak of World War II was the
ineffectiveness of the League of Nations
growing tension between the United States and the Soviet Union
conflict between the Hapsburg and the Romanov families
refusal of the German government to sign the Treaty of Versailles
Germany's use of tanks and planes to quickly takeover countries was called ___________________________.
U-boat war
trench war
blitzkrieg (lightening war)
nuclear war
__________________ is a type of government where the leader has total control and individual freedoms are denied.
Fascism
Democracy
Representative Democracy
Parliamentary Governement
The Nuremberg laws are best described as
efforts of the Roman Catholic Church to punish heresy
major articles in the Declaration of the Rights of Man
specific laws contained in Justinian’s Code
anti-Semitic laws of 20th-century Germany
Name the two U.S. presidents during WWII.
Woodrow Wilson and Herbert Hoover
George Bush and Barack Obama
Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman
Adolf Hiter and Joseph Stalin
Who was the leader of the Soviet Union during WWII?
Winston Churchill
Vladimar Putin
Joseph Stalin
Adolf Hitler
What was the name of the political party led by Adolf Hitler?
Republican Party
Communist Party
Democratic Party
Nazi Party
Who was the leader of Italy during WWII?
Benito Mussolini
Harry Truman
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
A ruler (leader) with total power over a country is called a (n) ___________________.
blitzkrieg
dictator
Congressional aide
Captain of Industry
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:
Bombing of Normandy
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
Bombing of England
Bombing of London.
On D-Day, General Dwight Eisenhower and the Allied Powers
invaded Japan to defeat the Japanese
attacked Pearl Harbor
invaded the beaches of Normandy to push the Germans out
Which phrase best defines the Holocast?
The U.S. plan to relocate Japanese Americans to internment camps
The Allied plan to liberate concentration camps in Eastern Europe
The Nazi campaign to use genocide to eliminate European Jews
The Japanese military strategy to destroy U.S. aircraft carriers
The Manhattan Project led by Robert Oppenheimer was part of the World War II effort to:
ban the use of chemical and biological warfare
develop the atomic bomb
coordinate troop movements between New York and Europe
supply the Allies with more fighter planes
Who was the president who decided to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
President Truman
President Roosevelt
President Eisenhower
Which of the following were reasons why President Truman decided to drop the atomic bombs?
Japan was going to surrender anyways.
Japan and Italy were fighting the allies
A land invasion would cause too many casualties.
Truman wanted to end the war quickly.
During the 1945 conference in Potsdam
Churchill replaced Clement Attlee as the Prime Minister of Britain
Stalin went back on his pledge to enter the war against Japan in the Pacific
the Big Three decided Poland, Bulgaria, and Romania would be independent
the Big Three formalized the plan to divide Germany into four zones of occupation
What was the result of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Nothing happened
It led to the surrender of Russia and Germany
It led to the surrender of Japan
None of the above
