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Review: World War II

1939-1945

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League of Nations was weak b/c

a. had no president b. had no armed forces c. had no money d. had no organizationAnswer: B

League of Nations was weak b/c

a. had no president b. had no armed forces c. had no money d. had no organizationAnswer: B

True or False:

• All countries in Europe successfully adopted democracies After World War

• Answer: False

Weak Democratic Gov’t in GermanyA. Heftklammer

RepublicB. Filzstift RepublicC. Weimer RepublicD. Malkreide Republic

Answer: C

How did the Treaty of Versailles punish Germany? Which is INCORRECT

A. Downsize militaryB. Enslaved GermansC. Give up population,

resources, coloniesD. Guilt clause: take

blame and cost

Answer: B

What was Germany’s solution to hyperinflation, paying for WWI?

A. Print more moneyB. Borrow from banksC. Taking out loansD. All of the Above

Answer: A

Which is NOT a cause of the Great Depression?

A. US Stock market crash

B. World War IIC. Dust Bowl: farms

fail, factories closeD. Buying on Margin

Answer: B

Alliances?

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Fascists hate

A.democracy B. communism C. socialism D. all of the above

Answer: D

Who controls businesses, political parties, education, music, art?

A.consent of people B.Parliament C.government D. men only

Answer: C

Yes or No

Are there opportunities for freedom of expression, rights, individualism?

Answer: No

Which would NOT be an example of a totalitarian method of staying in power.

A.terror tacticsB. secret policeC. state-controlled media D.open elections

Answer: D

Il Duce

A. Benito MussoliniB. Adolf HitlerC. Emperor HirohitoD. Dolcho

Answer: A

Wanted an empire in Africa

A. Benito MussoliniB. Adolf HitlerC. Emperor HirohitoD. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Answer: A

Title of the book Hitler wrote in prison, outlining his beliefs. Means “My Struggle”

A. Zweites BuchB. Mein KampfC. SteppenwolfD. Erbarmen

Answer: B

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“Master Race”

A. AryansB. AlsatiansC. DobrujanD.BanatAnswer: A

Groups Hitler believed to be inferior or subhuman

A. JewsB. GypsiesC. SlavsD. All the Above

Answer: D25

True or False: One of Hitler’s rationale for conquering more land: believed Germany was overcrowded.

Needed more living space (lebensraum)

• Answer: True

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Hitler’s elite, back-uniformed unit. Murdered Hitler’s enemies

A. SSB. RAC. TARD.SUNY

Answer: A27

Hitler’s secret police

A. AbwehrB. MekurC. OtlagD.Gestapo

Answer: D28

Title for Hitler

A. HerzogB. Der FuhrerC. KonigD. ValkyrieAnswer: B

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Hatred for Jews

A. Anti - IsraeliB. Anti - JudaismC. Anti - nihlismD.Anti – semitism

Answer: D

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Driving force behind decisions, strategies during WWI in Japan

A. EmperorB. CitizensC. MilitaryD. Wealthy

Answer: C

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Japan wanted

A. OilB. Natural resourcesC. Pacific EmpireD. All above

Answer: D

Which would NOT be an example of a totalitarian method of staying in power.

A.terror tacticsB. secret policeC. state-controlled media D.open elections

Answer: D

Term for giving in to aggressor to keep peace.

A. surrenderB. isolationismC. appeasementD. bagration

Answer: C34

United States’ involvement in WWII

A. IsolationistsB. Involved since the

beginning of the warC. Boycotted selling

goodsD. All of the above

Answer: A35

Event that encouraged US to declare war, enter WWII

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Name of Hitler’s Empire

A. First ReichB. Second ReichC. Third ReichD. Fourth Reich

Answer: C

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Germany signed a Nonaggression Pact with – to avoid a two front war.

A. PolandB. FranceC. AustriaD. Soviet Union

Answer: D38

Rapid advance of planes, tanks, troops, air carriers into enemy territory.

A. wegtretenB.blitzkriegC.stillgestadanD. abretren

Answer: B

Battle of Britain: secret weapon

A. Hawker hurricaneB. messerschmidtC. missilesD.RadarAnswer: D

C. The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean

Great Britain Strikes Back b. Great Britain has

success against Italy and Hitler must send General Erwin Rommel, later known as the ‘Desert Fox’ to take over command in Northern Africa.

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C. The Eastern Front and the Mediterranean

The War in the Balkans• While Rommel was in Northern Africa, Hitler

was active in the Balkans preparing to attack the Soviet Union.– Bulgaria, Romania, and Hungary joined the Axis

powers in 1941.– Yugoslavia and Greece, with pro-British

governments, resisted but fell in 11 and 17 days respectively.

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Growing Axis Empire

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Operation Barbarossa: Hitler’s failed invasion of

A. Soviet UnionB. PolandC. FranceD. Greece

Answer: A44

True or False: USA sold arms to any country vital to US defense

Answer: TRUE

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In the Atlantic Charter, FDR and Churchill pledged to encourage

A. Right for people to choose own gov’t

B. Freedom of the seasC. Right for countries to

choose own banking system

D. All of the Above

Answer: A46

Battle turned the tables of the war on the Pacific, in favor of the Allies

A. Battle of TaifunB. Battle of MidwayC. Battle of BodenplatteD. Battle of Bayton

Answer: B

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U-boats are

A. torpedosB. warshipsC. submarinesD. Landrovers

Answer: C

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• Battle of the Coral Sea: new kind of naval warfare where ships are miles apart

• Aircraft carriers hold airplanes which do all the fighting

• Japan claimed victory in the battle but for the first time, Japan expansion southward was halted

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Strategy to win back Pacific islands from Axis Powers

A. Naval landingsB. Carrier actionC. Air assaultD. Island hopping

Answer: D50

• .” 3. The Allies Go on the Offensive

• After Midway victory, allies felt good and took the offensive in the Pacific under General Douglas Mac Arthur

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Mass slaughter of civilians, esp. Jews

A. HolocaustB. AnschlussC. B'richaD. Kapo

Answer: A

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Hitler’s plan to exterminate Jews

A. Final SolutionB. Mein KampfC. Blood LibelD.ChelmnoAnswer: A

Kristalnacht (“Night of the Broken Glass”) marked

A. End of the HolocaustB. Beginning of the

HolocaustC. Jewish night of

celebrationD. German invasion of

USSR

Answer: B

Initially Hitler favored purging Germany from Jews through

A. EmigrationB. Gas chamberC. ShootingD. Excommunication

Answer: A

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Segregated, holding areas where Jews lived til they were transported.

A.mitzvahB. napolasC. ghettosD. plaszow

Answer: C56

How many Jews were killed?

A. 100,000B. 1 millionC. 3 millionD. 6 million

Answer: D

Battle where Hitler tried to take over the Soviet Union

A. MoscowB. StalingradC. St. PetersburgD. Omsk

Answer: B

Germany lost the Battle of Stalingrad because

• . A. Winter set inB. Russians surrounded

city, trapping GermansC. Supplies were cut offD. All the above

Answer: D

After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Japanese Americans were sent to

A. JailB. JapanC. Relocation

campsD. Military

Answer: C

Allied Victory in Europe. Liberated France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands.

A. D-DayB. E- DayC. V- DayD. Ra – Day

Answer: A

Battle of the – was Germany’s unsuccessful attempt to divide the Allied forces and prevent

an invasion of Germany. A. Brandenburg

B. BerlinC. BavariaD. Bulge

Answer: D

How did Hitler die?

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Name of the project to develop the Atomic bomb

A.QueensB. BronxC. BrooklynD.Manhattan

Answer: D64

Which is NOT an atomic bomb

. A. Banana Joe B. Fat ManC. Little Boy

Answer: A

Atomic bomb was NOT dropped on

A.HiroshimaB.NagasakiC.TokyoD. All of the

above

Answer: D

The Nuremburg Trials and Tokyo War Crime Trials

A. B. C. tried Nazis for

warcrimes

F. Germany: Divided into -- Zones

A.1B. 2C.3D.4Answer: D

-- Created to promote world peace, human rights issues

A. League of Nations

B. United NationsC. European UnionD. United States of

the World

Country carved out of Palestine at end of WWII (Br. mandate)

A. LebanonB. JordanC. West BankD. Israel

Answer: D

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