WWII CATEGORY BALL

QUESTION 1

What phrase best completes the diagram?

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•A Farming boom

•B Over-speculation in the stock market

•C Spread of new consumer products such as the car

•D American loans to Germany

QUESTION 2

•What conclusion is drawn from the information in the graph?

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• A The Great Depression was an international event.

• B During the Great Depression, unemployment was higher in the United States than anywhere in Europe.

• C Britain was largely unaffected by the Great Depression.

• D World leaders generally agreed on the steps needed to combat the Great Depression.

QUESTION 3

•What should completes this chart?

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•A Companies were producing more goods than consumers could buy.

•B Prosperity was shared equally by all social groups.

•C Governments were actively pursuing policies that increased world trade.

•D War debts and reparations payments were forgiven.

QUESTION 4

•What was one likely reason for the emergence of totalitarian governments in Germany, Italy and Spain during the 1920s and 1930s?

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•A popular demand for a return to monarchical rule

•B severe economic and social problems following World War I

•C the rise of communism in the Northern Hemisphere

•D the failure of the United Nations to achieve peace in Europe

QUESTION 5

• Fascism and Nazism in Europe during the 1920s and 1930s may best be characterized as —

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• A forms of laissez-faire capitalism that promoted free enterprise

• B forms of totalitarianism that glorified the nation above the individual

• C types of economic systems that stressed a classless society

• D two sets of ideals that emphasized an individual’s worth and dignity

QUESTION 6

What identifies the type of political system shared by all three of these countries-

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•A fascists

•B communist

•C totalitarian

•D democratic

QUESTION 7

•Which form of government is characterized by a one-party state, extreme nationalism, a single all-powerful ruler, and belief in the use of war to achieve national goals?

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•A totalitarian

•B democratic

•C constitutional

•D oligarchic

QUESTION 8

•Make a title that would be most appropriate for the events listed below.

• the annexation of Korea in 1934

• the invasion of China in 1937

• the occupation of French Indochina

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•A The expansion of Japanese imperialism in Asia

•B Asian nations struggle for national liberation after World War II

•C The European establishment of “spheres of influence” in Asia

•D Russo-Japanese rivalry in East Asia

QUESTION 9

•What was the important motive behind Japanese imperialism in Asia

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•A to bring an end to reparation payments to Britain and France

•B to halt the spread of totalitarianism in Asia

•C to obtain natural resources for Japanese industry

•D to halt the threat of invasion from neighboring countries

QUESTION 10•What event belongs in the place of the question mark on this timeline?

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•A Japan turned Manchuria into a protectorate.

•B The U.S. fleet at Pearl Harbor was attacked.

•C Allied forces landed at Normandy, France.

•D Atomic bombs were dropped on two Japanese cities.

QUESTION 11

• What event best completes this timeline?

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•A German invasion of Belgium

•B Normandy landings

•C Surrender of Poland

•D Battle of the Bulge

QUESTION 12

• Put these events in chronological order

•Dropping of atomic bomb

•German invasion of Poland

•German invasion of the Soviet Union

• Attack on Pearl Harbor

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QUESTION 13

• “Germany must find the courage to gather our people and their strength for an advance along the road that will lead this people from its present restricted living space to new land and soil, and hence also free it from the danger of vanishing from the Earth or of serving others as a slave nation. The National Socialist [Nazi] Movement must strive to eliminate the disproportion between our population and our living space — viewing this space as a source of food as well as a basis for power politics . . . .”

• — Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf

The ideas expressed by Hitler in this excerpt most directly led to —

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•A the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor

•B Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union

•C Germany’s acquisition of the colonies in Africa

•D Germany’s invasion of France

QUESTION 14

•What impact did D-Day have on World War II?

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• A The Soviet Union defeated Nazi forces at Stalingrad.

• B The Allies were able to stop Nazi air attacks on London.

• C The Allies opened a second front in Western Europe.

• D The Western Allies could now send supplies to the Soviet army.

QUESTION 15

•What was the immediate impact of the end of World War II?

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• A The United States and Soviet Union both sank into economic depression.

• B The Allied Powers became focused on the need to regulate the uses of outer space.

• C The United States and the Soviet Union agreed to cooperate by sharing military and economic resources.

• D The wartime cooperation between the United States and the Soviet Union turned into a rivalry over the future of Europe.

QUESTION 16

• By the end of World War II, the American attitude toward the Soviet Union had turned from wartime friendship to a desire to —

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•A avoid any foreign entanglements

•B prevent the spread of communism

•C support the goals of the Warsaw Pact

•D provide aid to the ethnic minorities of the Soviet Union

QUESTION 17

•How did World War II contribute to the development of the Cold War?

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• A The war left the Soviet Union and the United States, with conflicting political and economic systems, as the world’s two superpowers.

• B Revolutionaries in Russia turned the Soviet Union into the world’s first Communist nation.

• C Immediately following the collapse of Germany, the Soviet Union built a wall dividing the former German capital city of Berlin in two.

• D As the war came to an end, the United States intervened in the Russian Civil War to prevent a communist victory.

QUESTION 18

•Which best completes the chart above?

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•A Belief in the glory of warfare

•B Belief in the international solidarity of the working class

•C Belief in the gradual evolution of society towards greater equality

•D Belief in the superiority of the rural farmer over the urban factory worker

QUESTION 19

•Which two leaders were most closely identified with the rise of fascism?

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•A Neville Chamberlain and Winston Churchill

•B Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini

•C Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin

•D Mohandas Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru

QUESTION 20

•Which word best completes the diagram above?

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•A socialism

•B democracy

•C fascism

•D communism

QUESTION 21

•During the Great Depression, one way the United States and Germany differed was that —

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• A unemployment soared in Germany, but not in the United States

• B Germany turned into a dictatorship, but the United States did not

• C Germany had public works projects, but the United States did not

• D immigration to Germany increased, but not to the United States

QUESTION 22

•What is the main way in which the government of the United States responded to the Great Depression?

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• A It joined the League of Nations to cooperate more closely with other nations.

• B It created large numbers of public works programs.

• C It eliminated the minimum wage for workers.

• D It bailed out major corporations affected by the Great Depression.

QUESTION 23

•What role did Winston Churchill play in World War II?

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• A As a politician, he introduced the policy of appeasement.

• B As Prime Minister, he led the British war effort against Hitler.

• C As an inventor, he developed the first effective radar system.

• D As a code-breaker, he led the group that deciphered the Nazi Enigma Code.

QUESTION 24

• “[W]e shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by [our] Fleet, would carry on the struggle ….” — June 4, 1940

This speech was delivered during World War II. Which world leader gave this speech?

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•A Franklin Delano Roosevelt

•B Neville Chamberlain

•C Winston Churchill

•D Adolf Hitler

QUESTION 25

•How are the League of Nations and the United Nations similar?

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•A supported the rise of fascist states in Europe

•B lacked a military force to settle disputes

•C provided a forum to discuss international conflicts

•D condemned the use of nuclear weapons

QUESTION 26

•What is one significant difference between the League of Nations and the United Nations?

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• A The League maintained a standing army, while the United Nations does not.

• B The League had the use of atomic weapons, while the United Nations does not.

• C The United States and Japan were not members of the League, while they are members of the United Nations

• D The League of Nations outlawed fascist governments, while the United Nations has not.

QUESTION 27

• “I do not know with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

• Attributed to Albert Einstein

What danger was identified in this statement?

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•A the risk of terrorism by non-state groups

•B the use of blitzkrieg tactivs to advance military forces rapidly

•C the destructiveness of using atomic weapons

•D the conflict involving control of the world’s oceans.