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World War II: Causes / Events leading to the Second World War
World War II: Causes / Events leading to the Second World War
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Events leading up to war, and early years of WWII
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1
Which country flips sides in the war in 1943, leaving the Axis Powers to join the Allied Forces?
Germany
Spain
Japan
Italy
2
________ million people die worldwide in WWII.
100
25
50
75
3
Because of these laws, by 1936, Jews found it impossible to ...
feed themselves in Germany
stay in Germany
leave Germany
earn a living in Germany
4
Cuba, USA, & Canada took none of the passengers. But, England, Belgium, France & this country did.
Norway
Austria-Hungary
The Netherlands
Switzerland
5
Legalized anti-Semitism resulted from the NAZI party passing the__________ in the 1930s.
The Nuremberg Laws
The NAZI laws
The Dictator Laws
Anti-Semitici Laws
6
World War II unofficially begins when Hitler invades this country on September 1, 1939
Czechoslovakia
Russia
Poland
France
7
The Axis Powers consist of these three countries:
Germany, Italy and Russia
Germany, Italy and France
Germany, Italy and Japan
Germany, Italy and Austria-Hungary
8
Nearly 75% of the passengers aboard the St. Louis eventually
become war time spies
died in battle
return to Germany
died in a Nazi concentration camp
9
This document, signed at the end of WWI in 1919, is a major cause of WWII
The Nuremberg Laws
The United Nations Peace Treaty
The Peace Treaty of Versailles
The Peace Treaty of Paris
10
Canada is not automatically in this war with Britain's declaration. We enter the war __________ days later.
11
15
25
35
11
Anti-Semitism means
widespread depression for Jewish people
widespread threatening of Jewish people
widespread persecution of Jewish people
widespread unhappiness for Jewish people
12
The Peace Treaty of Versailles punished Germany by...
taking German territories & gave to France Britain
making it pay for all damages in Europe caused by WWI
limiting its' army and navy
all of the previous answers
13
This Italian dictator says Italy will ally with Germany.
Benito Musolini
Angelo Piazza
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Napoleon Bonaparte
14
People who did not support the war were known as...
anti-Semitic
draft dodgers
pacifists
peace keepers
15
The Non-Aggression Pact between Germany and the Soviet Union said that they would
not.
..
declare war on the other
divide Poland between them
declare war on any country
fight against each other in a war
16
937 German Jews boarded this ship after buying visas to enter Cuba & eventually the USA
The Saint Juan Valdez
The Saint Louis
The Saint Margaret
The Saint Bonaventure
17
Adolph Hitler signed the Non-Aggression Pact for Germany. Who signed it for the Soviet Union?
Benito Mussolini
Josef Stalin
Joseph Goebbels
Sir Winston Churchill
18
This night in 1938, saw 20,000 Jews arrested and 7,000 Jewish shops were looted.
"Kristallnacht": The Night of AntiJewish Riots
"Kristallnacht": The Night of Broken Glass
"Kristallnacht": The Night of Broken Dreams
"Kristallnacht": The Night of Anti-Semitism
19
This major ally of Britain, France, Canada, & Russia doesn't enter the war until 1941.
Japan
Germany
USA
Italy
20
By 1940, Hitler's army has crushed Poland, Denmark, Norway, Belgium, and...
England
Switzerland
the Netherlands
France
21
Of these 75 million, __________ million were civillians.
40
10
30
20
22
Two days later, on September 3, 1939, war is declared on Germany by these 2 countries:
Britain and France
Britain and Canada
Britain and the USA
Britain and Russia
23
One in every ten Canadians served in WWI.
False
True
24
Which economic problems listed below were also major causes of WWII?
inflation, depression and unemploymnent
inflation, depression and employment
inflation, depression and militarism
inflation, depression and anti-Semitism
25
The Nuremberg Laws took away ___________ and ____________ rights of Jews.
civil and citizenship
civil and legal
property and land
employment and citizenship
