What delayed Hitler in his plan to invade the Soviet Union in 1941?

He had to go help Mussolini in his botched invasion of Greece

Hitlers failed attempt to overthrow the German Government

The Nazi Aryan racial state needed this to achieve its destiny

The active involvement of the entire German population

What was ONE major result of WWII?

a world-wide decolonization movement

Mussolini and Hitler joined forces in support of

Franco's fascist army in the Spanish Civil War

In the early& late 1920s, Hitler was able to gain followers for the Nazi party for all of the following reasons EXCEPT

His high position in the German government

Which of the following countries was NOT significantly affected by the Great Depression?

ALL these were significantly affected

The concept of a new "Monroe Doctrine for Asia" meant

Japan would protect Asia from outside interference.

What was the Enabling Act?

Gave Hitler dictatorial powers to make laws for 4 years without Reichstag

In 1936 Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by.

He sent troops into the Rhineland.

What made it nearly impossible for Hitler to divide the Allied Powers?

the principal of UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER

German attempt to take away Jews' rights/persecute them

2 reasons for the rise of totalitarian states in the 1930s

resentment of WW I and Great Depression

Why did Japan cooperate with Nazi Germany?

Japan believed they would receive parts of the Soviet Union

Which sort of art did Hitler despise?

modernist paintings and architecture

What was decided by the BIG THREE at Tehran?

the Allies agreed to partition postwar Germany

Which of the following was a result of the Munich Conference of 1938?

The British and French reps allowed Hitler to take over the Sudetenland

What was the purpose of the SS?

use terror to enforce the policies of the Nazi party

Which of Hitler's actions did NOT violate the Versailles Treaty?

the abolition of political parties

All were major German initiatives moving toward control of Europe BEFORE 1939 EXCEPT

German seizure of Libya in 1935

After Hitler & Stalin's nonagression pact of 1939, what action did Japan take?

It launched a surprise attack on American and European colonies in SE Asia

What did Japan promise to colonies in SE Asia during the war?

independent governments under Japanese guidance

Best characterizes the totalitarian states in the 1930s.

authoritarian dictatorship that subordinated individual needs to the state

What ended the war in the Far East?

the dropping of the bomb on Nagasaki

By collectivizing Russia's 26 million farms, the Russian state...

starved peasants to force them to comply

What was meant by the "phony war"?

Hitler stopped active tacts during winter of 1939-40

Which of the following surprised Japan after Pearl Harbor?

America's support for Roosevelt's policy of war on Japan

Stalin’s first two five-year plans...

Resulted in increase in industry and oil

Which is true of Japan after 1929?

right-wing extremists terrorized and murdered opponents

How did Hitler's change in strategy to bomb British cities instead of military targets change the war?

allowed the British to rebuild their air strength quickly

How did Mussolini come to power?

He was appointed Prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel

All are true of Mussolini's fascist rule in Italy EXCEPT...

it gave him total contro over all aspects of life

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1
Whose tactics did Hitler emulate when forming the Nazi Party?
America's
Charlemagne's
Alexander the Great's
Mussolini's
2
What delayed Hitler in his plan to invade the Soviet Union in 1941?
He was pre-occuppied negotiating a tri-partite Axis agreement with Japan
He had to go help Mussolini in his botched invasion of Greece
He met with unexpected resistance in Vichy, France
He waited to see if the US would enter the war
3
Allies landed in Normandy, France.
E-Day.
D-Day.
G-Day.
F-Day.
4
Greatest Naval invasion
Iwo Jima
Dunkirk
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
5
What percentage of Europe's Gypsy population was murdered in Nazi death camps?
60
90
40
30
6
The Beer Hall Putsch
Hitlers failed attempt to overthrow the German Government
When Hitler announces himself Chancelor
The biggest baddest party in Germany every year
When Hitler blames the Communists
7
What was Hitler's tactic to avoid a two-front war?
annexed western lands in Russia
declared war on France
declare war on the US
Non-agression pact with Stalin
8
Hitler said the country needed more land or "_____ ______".
more money
living space
war crimes
economic development
9
Adolf Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by
Refusing to annex Austria
dropping out of the League of Nations
Building up his military
Refusing to pay reparations
10
The Nazi Aryan racial state needed this to achieve its destiny
The active involvement of the entire German population
Many more political parties to form in Germany
Being isolated from the common German man
The rules enforced by the treaty of Versailles
11
Which of the following successor states was the only parliamentary (democratic) regime by 1939?
Austria
France
Poland
Great Britain
12
What was ONE major result of WWII?
Japan was forced to join NATO
a world-wide decolonization movement
the permanent partition of Germany
the restoration of European hegemony
13
Who changed admission policies in higher education in the Soviet Union?
Nikita Khrushchev
Leonid Brezhnev
Joseph Stalin
14
Mussolini and Hitler joined forces in support of
Franco's fascist army in the Spanish Civil War
occupying Belgium
Japan's invasion of Nanking
Hitler's occupation of Ethiopia
15
In the early& late 1920s, Hitler was able to gain followers for the Nazi party for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
his use of flags and mass spectacles
the German people's perceived threat of a Communist (Bolshevik) revolution
his oratorical skills
His high position in the German government
16
Which of the following countries was NOT significantly affected by the Great Depression?
Germany
ALL these were significantly affected
Japan
the United States
17
The concept of a new "Monroe Doctrine for Asia" meant
Japan would protect Asia from outside interference.
Europe would lower trade tarrifs with Japan
Japan would surrender in WW2
China would trade with the United States.
18
What was the Enabling Act?
gave Hitler control of the army, in order to invade Poland
Put Jews in concentration camps
Banned all German political parties
Gave Hitler dictatorial powers to make laws for 4 years without Reichstag
19
In 1936 Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by.
He annexed Austria.
He invaded Poland.
He sent troops into Czechoslovakia.
He sent troops into the Rhineland.
20
What made it nearly impossible for Hitler to divide the Allied Powers?
the Versailles Treaty
the complete trust between Great Britain and the US toward the USSR
the Holocaust
the principal of UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER
21
The Catholic Church was never absorbed into the fascit state in Italy, and maintained its indepence.
False
True
22
Nuremberg Laws
US laws designed to keep us out of WWII
US law designed to recruit soldiers in the event of war
Horrid, gruesome acts done on Jews
German attempt to take away Jews' rights/persecute them
23
2 reasons for the rise of totalitarian states in the 1930s
Inflation and Starvation
Propaganda and Starvation
resentment of WW I and Great Depression
Anti-Semitism and Treaty of Versailles
24
Adolf Hitler violated the Treaty of Versailles by
dropping out of the League of Nations
Building up his military
Refusing to pay reparations
Refusing to annex Austria
25
Why did Japan cooperate with Nazi Germany?
Japan and the United States sought to invade Great Britain
they agreed to divide Poland
Japan believed they would receive parts of the Soviet Union
Both countries had developed atomic weapons
26
Nazis considered all of THESE as "acceptable" for women EXCEPT?
nursing
factory workers
stay at home moms
social work
27
Which of the Nazi's anti-semitic actions took place FIRST?
Kristallnacht
the Nuremberg Laws
the partitioning of Poland
the blueprints for extermination of the Jews at the Wannsee Convention
28
Which sort of art did Hitler despise?
landscapes with still lifes
Romantic
portraits
modernist paintings and architecture
29
What was decided by the BIG THREE at Tehran?
Roosevelt & Churchill agreed to let Stalin take control of E. Europe
the Allies agreed to partition postwar Germany
All 3 agreed that the atomic bomb should be used on Japan
That only Americans should invade France on D-Day
30
Which of the following was a result of the Munich Conference of 1938?
The British and French reps allowed Hitler to take over the Sudetenland
appeasement put and end to German expansion in Europe
Churchill gave his support to the policy of appeasement
the British Prime Minister refused to give in to the demands of Hitler
31
What was the purpose of the SS?
debilitate the development of Aryan supremacy
harrass French border guards in the Rhineland
use terror to enforce the policies of the Nazi party
motivate industrial workers to become more productive
32
Which of Hitler's actions did NOT violate the Versailles Treaty?
remilitarization of the Rhineland
The creation of the Luftwaffe ( German airforce )
the abolition of political parties
German rearmament
33
All were major German initiatives moving toward control of Europe BEFORE 1939 EXCEPT
union with Austria known as the Anschluss
Formation of the Rome-Berlin Axis and the Anti-Comintern Pact
German seizure of Libya in 1935
occupation of the Rhineland in 1935
34
What does "blitzkrieg" mean in German?
Lightning War
Lightning Military
Fast War
Lightning Fast
35
After Hitler & Stalin's nonagression pact of 1939, what action did Japan take?
ignored threats from the US to cut off oil and scrap iron
decided to declare war on the Soviet Union
renewed its attacks against China
It launched a surprise attack on American and European colonies in SE Asia
36
When did US Pres. Truman learn that the US had successfully tested the atomic bomb?
At the Potsdam Conference
At the Yalta Conference
When Poland was invaded in 1939
At the Munich Conference
37
Who was first to be purged by Stalin in his attempt to control all decision making in the USSR?
peasants
non-Communist doctors
Lenin
Old Bolsheviks
38
What did Japan promise to colonies in SE Asia during the war?
independent governments under Japanese guidance
colonization by Japan, with a Japanese military government
liberation from ANY rule or oversight from ANY country
economic help in exchange for military support
39
US President during Great Depression & WWII
LBJ
JFK
FDR
Herbert Hoover
40
Best characterizes the totalitarian states in the 1930s.
Depended upon the appeasement policies of the Eastern democracies
Multi-party system championing freedom and speech and human rights
authoritarian dictatorship that subordinated individual needs to the state
Democratic, championed individualism and democratic reedoms
41
What ended the war in the Far East?
Hitler's suicide
the dropping of the bomb on Nagasaki
the dropping of the bomb on Hiroshima
the capture of Singapore by the British navy
42
Death camps were also referred to as
work camps
extermination camps
labor camps
gas camps
43
By collectivizing Russia's 26 million farms, the Russian state...
took control of about half the farms
rewarded the wealthier peasants with large plots of land
starved peasants to force them to comply
ensured peasants could control of their own personal farmland
44
What was meant by the "phony war"?
blitzkrieg
Italian occupation of Egypt
Hitler stopped active tacts during winter of 1939-40
Japan's focus on SE Asia
45
Which of the following surprised Japan after Pearl Harbor?
The US sought a formal alliance with Japan following Pearl Harbor
America's support for Roosevelt's policy of war on Japan
America's self-indulgent propensity to avoid going to war
American acquiescent to Japanese hegemony in the Pacific
46
Stalin’s first two five-year plans...
reduced industrial cities
Resulted in increase in industry and oil
made Russia an Agricultural county
moved 60 million people from Europe to Asian Russia
47
Which is true of Japan after 1929?
the Great Depression increased both exports and wages
Prime Minister Tsuyoshi forced the emperor to declare war on Germany
a formal non-agression treaty was made with the United States
right-wing extremists terrorized and murdered opponents
48
How did Hitler's change in strategy to bomb British cities instead of military targets change the war?
allowed the British to rebuild their air strength quickly
led German allies to break with Hitler over his tactics
made Britain reach out to the US, asking for aid
demoralized the British people
49
The majority of death camps were located in ...
Poland
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Austria
50
How did Mussolini come to power?
A coup d'état
He was appointed Prime minister by King Victor Emmanuel
The Beer Hall Putcsh
He was elected
51
All are true of Mussolini's fascist rule in Italy EXCEPT...
maintained a program of traditional values in regard to women
tried to involve all Italian youth in a program of indoctrination
it was strongly supported by business and large landlords
it gave him total contro over all aspects of life
52
Which is TRUE of Blitzkrieg?
it was a coordinated sudden attack by land and air forces
was a methodical armed attack aimed at achieving eventual enemy weakening
was never able to achieve its specific military objectives
was a series of naval attacks aimed at blockading enemy ports
53
Mein Kampf
by Hitler, included darwinistic theories, nationalism, strong anti-Semitism
demanded that wives and mothers join the German military
reduced reparations and coordinated Germany's annual payments with its abil
a state in which the government aims to increase civil liberties
54
Almost immediately after the US mobilized for WWII
the Great Depression ended
the Great Depression began
Germany halted the rounding up of Jews
Japan surrendered
55
Storm Troopers
Hitler's bodyguards
Nazi's private army
SS
Protection during a snowstorm
56
All of the following brought Nazi advance in Russia to a halt, EXCEPT...
harsh winter temperatures
breakdown of German discipline
lack of supplies reaching the army
unexpected Russian resistance
57
What was agreed to at Yalta?
Stalin agreed to "free elections" in E. Europe
The Truman Doctrine would be binding to all nations
Japan would be forced to join NATO
Churchill would make his Iron Curtain speech

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