True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true
or false. |
| | 1. | Germany and Italy sent troops to Spain to help the revolutionaries fight
France. |
| | 2. | Italy
sought Germany’s support after its invasion of Ethiopia. |
| | 3. | Hitler wanted to pursue Anschluss, or union with his own homeland,
Czechoslovakia. |
| | 4. | Britain, France and Hitler tried to secure an agreement with Joseph
Stalin. |
| | 5. | Britain and France declared war on Germany because Hitler invaded
Poland. |
| | 6. | Ninety percent of the Jewish populations of Poland, the Baltic countries, and Germany
were killed by Hitler. |
| | 7. | About
forty percent of all European Gypsies were killed in the death camps. |
| | 8. | Three
to four million Soviet prisoners of war were killed in captivity. |
| | 9. | Approximately four million Poles, Ukrainians, and Belo Russians died as slave laborers
under Hitler. |
| | 10. | Nearly two out of every three European Jews died as a result of the
Holocaust. |
| | 11. | The
ferocious bombing of Dresden may have killed as many as a hundred thousand Germans. |
| | 12. | Between 1942 and 1943, Allied bombing virtually destroyed German industrial
capacity. |
| | 13. | The
German bombing of London in 1940 destroyed British morale. |
| | 14. | To
maintain German morale during the war, Hitler refused to cut production of consumer
goods. |
| | 15. | African American soldiers were segregated from white soldiers in separate U.S. battle
units during World War II. |
Multiple Choice
Identify the
letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question. |
| | 16. | In 1940,
Japan was forced to decide which it needed more, a. | Indochina’s raw materials or U.S. oil and scrap
iron. | b. | Russian support or Indonesia’s
protection. | c. | U.S. raw materials or Saudi oil. | d. | industrialization or
more factories. | | |
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| | 17. | In December
1936, Chiang Kai-shek ended his military efforts against the Communists and a. | invaded French
Indochina. | b. | formed a front against Japan. | c. | taught Japan how to
industrialize. | d. | protested at the League of Nations. | | |
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| | 18. | Chamberlain’s Munich Conference with Hitler in 1938 resulted in
Britain a. | declaring war on
Germany. | b. | feeling that war was at hand. | c. | feeling that peace was
secured. | d. | invading Poland. | | |
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| | 19. | Hitler was
confident that the Western states who had signed the Treaty of Versailles would a. | not use force to
maintain it. | b. | mobilize their military to enforce it. | c. | be concerned about
Italy’s expansion in Africa. | d. | fear Germany more than Stalin. | | |
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| | 20. | Hitler
planned to conquer the Soviet Union in order to a. | secure an overland route to Japan. | b. | gain access to
Moscow’s art treasures. | c. | pursue Soviet Jews. | d. | secure land and Slavic
slaves to strengthen the Reich. | | |
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| | 21. | Truman
wanted to avoid an invasion of Japan because he believed that a. | Japan’s culture
would be ruined. | b. | Japanese losses would be heavy. | c. | Americans would suffer
heavy losses. | d. | the Japanese would use the atomic bomb. | | |
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| | 22. | Which
country was referred to as the “soft underbelly” of Europe by Winston
Churchill? a. | Spain | b. | Italy | c. | Turkey | d. | Poland | | |
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| | 23. | The turning
point of the war in Asia that established U.S. naval superiority over Japan in the Pacific was the
Battle of a. | Midway
Island. | b. | Halfway Island. | c. | the Coral
Sea. | d. | Pearl
Harbor. | | |
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| | 24. | At the
beginning of 1943, the Allies agreed to seek from the Axis Powers nothing short of a. | the return of
Poland. | b. | League of Nations mandates. | c. | an apology in
writing. | d. | unconditional surrender. | | |
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| | 25. | Japanese
leaders miscalculated American intent and thought that the United States would
accept a. | Japanese rule of
California. | b. | Japanese domination of the Pacific. | c. | German control of
Britain. | d. | Japanese control of Poland. | | |
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| | 26. | After 1941,
Germany ruled some areas like Poland through direct annexation, but most of occupied Europe was run
by German officials with a. | large offices. | b. | help from the
Allies. | c. | local collaborators. | d. | Italian
helpers. | | |
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| | 27. | Japan had
conquered Southeast Asia during World War II using the slogan a. | “Asia for the
Asiatics.” | b. | “Colonialism is God’s will.” | c. | “Rice for every
worker.” | d. | “Slavery is freedom.” | | |
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| | 28. | Some people
did not believe or acknowledge the full horrors of Hitler’s slaughter of civilians for all of
these reasons EXCEPT one. Which one? a. | World War I propaganda had exaggerated German
atrocities. | b. | Some people pretended not to notice. | c. | Allied forces chose to
focus on ending the war. | d. | Collaborators refused to help the Nazis hunt down
Jews. | | |
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| | 29. | The victims
of the Holocaust included large numbers of all of the following groups EXCEPT a. | Jews. | b. | Slavic people. | c. | Gypsies. | d. | Italians. | | |
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| | 30. | Foreign
diplomats tried to save Jews by a. | issuing work permits. | b. | issuing exit
visas. | c. | challenging Hitler. | d. | closing
consulates. | | |
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| | 31. | Churchill
called postwar Soviet policy in Eastern Europe the a. | “Soviet
Surprise.” | b. | “Red Retrenchment.” | c. | “Iron
Curtain.” | d. | “Steel Magnolia.” | | |
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| | 32. | Stalin
wanted to create a buffer to protect the Soviet Union from the West by creating a. | demilitarized
zones. | b. | satellite, pro-Soviet state governments. | c. | new
democracies. | d. | a no-man’s land corridor. | | |
|
| | 33. | At Yalta,
the Big Three—the USSR, the United States, and Great Britain—all insisted
that a. | Germany surrender
unconditionally. | b. | Germany rebuild its military. | c. | Russia give up
communism. | d. | Russia occupy all former German territories in Eastern
Europe. | | |
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| | 34. | The Tehran
Conference in 1943 set in motion a plan that would ultimately result in a. | Europe being divided
into North and South. | b. | warfare between the West and Russia. | c. | the League of
Nations. | d. | Germany being divided along a north-south line into East and
West. | | |
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| | 35. | The Yalta
Conference resulted in the Big Three powers agreeing to a. | disarm. | b. | form the United Nations. | c. | allow the USSR to run
Germany as a mandate. | d. | use the atomic bomb against Germany. | | |
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Completion
Complete each sentence or
statement. |
| 36. | The
entire German Sixth Army was lost to the Russian defenders of ____________________.
|
| 37. | In
the summer of 1942, British forces stopped German General ____________________’s Afrika Korps at
El Alamein.
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| 38. | Although ____________________ announced its intention to liberate Southeast Asian
lands from colonial rule, the countries under its control were treated as conquered
areas.
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| 39. | Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union was delayed by the failure of
Mussolini’s invasion of ____________________ in 1940.
|
| 40. | Hitler wanted to defeat the ____________________ in 1941 before winter set
in.
|
Matching |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Anti-Comintern Pact | b. | demilitarized | c. | Rome-Berlin Axis | d. | Nazi-Soviet
Nonaggression Pact | e. | appeasement | | |
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| | 41. | alliance
between Mussolini and Hitler |
| | 42. | alliance
between Germany and Japan |
| | 43. | no weapons
or fortifications permitted |
| | 44. | policy of
satisfying reasonable demands in exchange for peace |
| | 45. | agreement
between Hitler and Stalin |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | blitzkrieg | b. | Luftwaffe | c. | Normandy | d. | Maginot Line | e. | Pearl
Harbor | | |
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| | 46. | Hitler’s “lightning war,” using air-supported panzer
divisions |
| | 47. | series of
fortifications along France’s German border |
| | 48. | the German
air force |
| | 49. | target of
Japanese attack December 7, 1941 |
| | 50. | site of
Allies’ D-Day invasion |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | Auschwitz | b. | genocide | c. | Holocaust | d. | ghettos | e. | Ho Chi Minh | | |
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| | 51. | Hitler’s “Final Solution” for the Jews |
| | 52. | crowded,
designated containment or holding areas within cities for Jews |
| | 53. | Hitler’s largest extermination center in Poland |
| | 54. | the mass
slaughter of European civilians, especially Jews |
| | 55. | French
Indochinese Communist leader |
| | Match
each item with the correct statement below. a. | mobilization | b. | blitz | c. | Potsdam | d. | kamikaze | e. | Cold
War | | |
|
| | 56. | assembling
and preparing for war |
| | 57. | “divine
wind” |
| | 58. | British name
for German air raids |
| | 59. | postwar
ideological conflict between the United States and the USSR |
| | 60. | site of
Truman’s demands for free elections in Eastern Europe |