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WH2: WW2 Test Review (2008)
WH2: WW2 Test Review (2008)
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1
What country did Hitler and Stalin divide in the 1939 Non-Aggression Pact?
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Poland
France
2
Any nation can join the United Nations.
False
True
3
In what country did D-Day take place?
Britain
Poland
France
Belguim
4
What WW2 battle is illustrated below?
Battle of Britain
Invasion of Poland
D-Day (Normandy)
Pearl Harbor
5
antisemitism refers specifically to discrimination against _______.
Aryans
Slavs
Poles
Jews
6
Which Allied country was the FIRST to fall to Germany?
Britain
USA
USSR
France
7
Which DEFENSIVE alliance did the USSR form after WW2?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
United Nations
League of Nations
8
Japanese aggression of the 1930’s and 1940’s was most directly linked to
U.S. threats to Japan.
opposition to British colonialism.
the need for raw materials.
fear of China.
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The German blitzkrieg was a military strategy that depended on what advantage?
ability to make a long, steady advance
surprise and overwhelming force
"out-waiting" the opponent
a system of fortifications
10
Any nation can join NATO.
True
False
11
Which of the following was an outcome of World War II?
Expansion of the British Empire.
Stronger ties between Eastern and Western Europe.
The emergence of the US and the USSR as superpowers.
The collapse of the United Nations.
12
Which international peacekeeping organization replaced the League of Nations after WW2?
International Agency for Peace
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
NATO
13
What was the goal of Hitler's "Final Solution"?
to amass more soldiers for the invasion of Russia.
to win the war before the Americans entered.
to divide up his territories among his generals.
to carry out a genocide of Jewish peoples.
14
What years did WW2 begin and end?
1939 / 1945
1933 / 1937
1941 / 1945
1914 / 1918
15
What event was addressed at the Nuremberg Trials?
Nazi-Soviet Non-Agression Pact
Holocaust
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What policy guided the Nuremberg trials?
Geneva Convention
NATO's guidelines
Warsaw Code
UN Declaration of Human Rights
17
Which DEFENSIVE alliance did the US form after WW2?
Warsaw Pact
NATO
League of Nations
United Nations
18
What was significant at the Battle of Britain
showed Hitler could be stopped
Hitler expanded his empire
set up the Battle of Stalingrad
U.S. broke its neutrality
19
What is the policy that GB, France & US followed when Hitler began militarizing Germany and invading territories
pacifism
nuetrality
isolationism
appeasement
20
Who led the post-war American occupation of Japan?
Douglas MacArthur
George Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
Hideki Tojo
21
Pol Pot attempted to return which country to an agricultural society by executing the educated and religious leaders?
Sri Lanka
Cambodia
Japan
Armenia
22
Why did the USSR win the Battle of Stalingrad against Germany?
Stalin had more tanks + soliders
Stalin threatened to kill cowards on site
It was too cold for the Nazi soldiers
Hitler invaded even though he knew he couldn't win
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This event sparked WW2
German invasion of Britain
fall of France
German invasion of Poland
Pearl Harbor
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All of the following were causes for World War II EXCEPT
weaknesses of the League of Nations
failures of the Treaty of Versailles
European desire for new colonies
nationalism
