Unit 6 Exam -- World War II

  1. The economic crisis called ______led millions of people to lose faith in democratic governments:
  2. The Gigantic Loss
  3. Black Tuesday
  4. The Great Depression
  5. Kristallnacht
  1. Which of these was NOT a hardship or challenge German leaders faced after World War I?
  2. Germans were angry and humiliated that they had to take full responsibility for the first world war
  3. Germany gained too much land, leading the government to lose control of parts of the country
  4. The Germans were severely limited in how large their military could be
  5. The government printed too much money, drastically decreasing its value
  1. ______was a new, militant political movement in the 1930s that emphasized loyalty to the state and obedience to its leader.
  2. anti-Semitism
  3. monarchism
  4. fascism
  5. communism
  1. One reason that Britain and France agreed to appease Hitler at the Munich Conference was to
  2. prevent the start of another world war
  3. stop the Nazis from invading the Soviet Union
  4. obey an order from the League of Nations
  5. they wanted to spy on him
  1. What was one reason Nazi ideas of the early 1930s attracted many people in Germany?
  2. The people were frustrated with their current economic and political situation
  3. Germany was not allowed to be a member of a secret club of countries
  4. The Germans feared being taken over by the British and French
  5. They were ready to celebrate racial and cultural differences
  1. Which of the following treaties ended the First World War and eventually contributed to the Second World War?
  2. Treaty of Paris
  3. Treaty of Versailles
  4. Treaty of Appeasement
  5. Treaty of League of Nations
  1. Which totalitarian leader took charge of Germany in the years leading up to World War II?
  2. Stalin
  3. Hitler
  4. Lenin
  5. Mussolini
  1. Pick the letter below of the description that does NOT match Adolph Hitler:
  2. Supported the Treaty of Versailles
  3. Leader of the Nazi party
  4. Wanted a “master race” that did not include Jews and some other ethnic groups
  5. Wanted to expand Germany’s territory using military
  1. Which list correctly identifies the major Axis powers and Allied powers, as of the end of WW2?

Allied Powers / Axis Powers
A. / Italy, US, Germany, France / Japan, Soviet Union, Spain
B. / Britain, Soviet Union, Italy, Germany / France, US, Japan
C. / Japan, Britain, US, France / Germany, Italy, USSR,
D. / Britain, U.S., Soviet Union, France / Germany, Italy, Japan
  1. In 1939, before the U.S. entered the war, the main Allied Powers were:
  2. Britain and France
  3. France, Britain and Germany
  4. Germany, Japan and Italy
  5. Switzerland, France and Britain
  1. Which nation signed a nonaggression pact with Germany before the war started?
  2. Italy
  3. Spain
  4. France
  5. The Soviet Union
  1. In following a policy of appeasement, what did Britain and France do?
  2. Declared war on Germany
  3. Submitted to Hitler’s demands
  4. Entered into a formal defense alliance
  5. Pressured the U.S. to enter the war
  1. The actions of which country finally forced the U.S. to enter the war?
  2. Germany
  3. Japan
  4. Italy
  5. Soviet Union
  1. This event is considered the official beginning to World War II.
  2. The Nazi invasion of Poland
  3. The attack on Iwo Jima
  4. D-Day
  5. The dropping of the Atomic Bomb
  1. Which of the following people is NOT associated with the country they governed?
  2. Joseph Stalin - Soviet Union
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt -- France
  4. Adolf Hitler - Germany
  5. Winston Churchill - Great Britain
  1. On what did the German military strategy of blitzkrieg depend?
  2. A system of alliances
  3. “out waiting” the opponent
  4. Surprising and overwhelming force
  5. The ability to make a long, slow advance

“...—a date which will live in infamy—the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan…It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace.”

-Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  1. What is the overall message of this part of Roosevelt’s speech?
  2. The Japanese government wanted to make peace with the US.
  3. Many people died in the attack at Pearl Harbor by Japan
  4. Americans will always remember what happened at Pearl Harbor
  5. Japan planned the Pearl Harbor attack and lied to the US about their intentions
  1. What was one of the major effects of the attack on Pearl Harbor?
  2. The U.S. defeated the Japanese as they tried to pose a sneak attack
  3. It led to the U.S. declaring war on Japan and entering World War II
  4. FDR continued the U.S. policy of isolationism (staying out of the war)
  5. One day later, the United States dropped the atomic bomb on Japan
  1. On which date did the Japanese attack at Pearl Harbor occur?
  2. December 7, 1941
  3. December 12, 1941
  4. December 1, 1941
  5. November 1, 1941
  1. The events of Pearl Harbor led the US to declare war on ______, and the other members of the______.
  2. Germany; Allied Powers
  3. Japan; Axis Powers
  4. Italy; Allied Powers
  5. Great Britain; Axis Powers

  1. What cause-effect statement is best supported by the above timeline?
  2. Hitler invaded Poland in response to the U.S. entering North Africa
  3. The formation of the Axis powers led to Germany annexing Austria
  4. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor was a response to the Yalta conference
  5. Italy invaded France because Britain entered French North Africa
  1. What is the best title for the above timeline?
  2. The rise and fall of the Axis Powers
  3. Hitler: the man, the myth, the fascist
  4. Factors contributing to the US entering World War II
  5. Germany’s conquest of Europe
  1. Which of the following was the term used to describe Adolf Hitler’s plan to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe?
  2. Auschwitz
  3. The Holocaust
  4. The Berlin Plan
  5. The Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
  1. Which of these does NOT accurately describe events that happened during the Holocaust?
  2. Jews were forced into ghettos – segregated areas where they were forced to work
  3. Communists, homosexuals, Socialists, Jews and other groups were arrested and sent to concentration camps
  4. The United States accepted all Jewish immigrants who fled Europe to escape the Holocaust
  5. Nazis used gas chambers and huge ovens to kill Jews and destroy evidence at the death camps
  1. What was the main goal of the Nazis’ ‘Final Solution’?
  2. victory over the Allies in Europe and elsewhere around the world
  3. the complete extermination of people who didn’t fit Hitler’s idea of a “master race”
  4. to overwhelm opponents by throwing the entire force of the German military at a country
  5. a last push towards Moscow in the hopes of overrunning the Soviet Union
  1. Which of the following best describes the events of D-Day?
  1. Fighting stopped on June 6, 1944 because of a large group of dancers performing on the battlefield, hence the name D-Day
  2. Germany had invaded the USSR and was pushed back by Soviet defense
  3. The Allies invaded the beaches in Normandy, France to retake land from the Germans
  4. U.S. troops finally returned home after a long war overseas

27. The war in Europe ended when

  1. The Soviets successfully defended the city of Stalingrad against an attack by the Germans
  2. The Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day
  3. Atomic bombs were dropped on two cities in Japan
  4. Soviet troops surrounded Berlin, Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered

28. How did the Allies ultimately defeat the Japanese to end the Second World War?

  1. A huge invasion of the Japanese mainland that cost thousands of American lives
  2. The dropping of an atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  3. The falling of the Berlin Wall
  4. The signing of the Non-Aggression Pact between the Germans and the USSR

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