WW2 + Shoah

Question 1

The "Big Three" met at Yalta to discuss post-war Europe. Which of the following was NOT a member of the "Big Three?"

Accepted Answer

Italy

Question 2

Fearful of another German invasion in WW2, the French built this defensive structure on the German-French border:

Accepted Answer

Maginot Line

Question 3

The League of Nations was unsuccessful in preventing World War II because...

Accepted Answer

it had no way to enforce its policies or laws

Question 4

What was Hitler's secret weapon that gave him a huge advantage in the start of the war?

Accepted Answer

Blitzkrieg (lightning war)

Question 5

In this policy, people basically give the enemy some of what they want in order to try and maintain peace

Accepted Answer

appeasement

Question 6

Bonus - What do many Jews refer to the Holocaust as?

Accepted Answer

The Shoah (catastrophe)

Question 7

Which president authorized the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Japan?

Accepted Answer

Harry Truman

Question 8

What type of government took hold in Germany IMMEDIATELY after World War 1?

Accepted Answer

the Weimar republic

Question 9

What was the outcome of the Munich Conference?

Accepted Answer

Hitler could take part of Czechoslovakia if he promised to stop invading

Question 10

Nazis used all of the following EXCEPT ______ to justify their actions?

Accepted Answer

jk they used all of these excuses

Question 11

This was the code name given to the secret US program to develop the atomic bomb:

Accepted Answer

Manhattan Project

Question 12

What were the Nuremburg laws?

Accepted Answer

laws restricting the rights of Jews in Nazi territory

Question 13

What was D-Day?

Accepted Answer

the name given to the invasion of German-occupied France at Normandy

Question 14

The US adopted this strategy to defeat the Japanese in the War in the Pacific:

Accepted Answer

island hopping

Question 15

What are kamikaze pilots?

Accepted Answer

when the pilot intentionally crashes the plane into their target

Question 16

When did the attack on Pearl Harbor occur?

Accepted Answer

December 7, 1941

Question 17

In Mein Kampf, Hitler said that lebensraum was a reason the Germans needed to expand. What is lebensraum?

Accepted Answer

living space

Question 18

What triggered the attack on Pearl Harbor?

Accepted Answer

America cut off iron scrap supply to Japan

Question 19

What is Hitler's "Final Solution"?

Accepted Answer

The Holocaust

Question 20

What was secretly happening out in New Mexico during WW2?

Accepted Answer

the development of nuclear weapons

Question 21

Which was NOOOOOOT part of the Nazi-Soviet pact?

Accepted Answer

the Nazis and Soviets planned a dual invasion of America

Question 22

What were Stalin's 5 year plans?

Accepted Answer

a 5 year layout of the Soviet's goals, and how they would achieve them

Question 23

This document forced Germany to accept full responsibility for the events of World War I:

Accepted Answer

Treaty of Versailles

Question 24

Hitler's proclaimed superior race was known as the....

Accepted Answer

Aryan race

Question 25

When Hitler invaded Russia, how did the Russians respond?

Accepted Answer

with a scorched earth policy

Question 26

The day when Nazis and Germans attacked Jewish people, businesses, synagogues, and arrested many more is known as...

Accepted Answer

Kristallnacht (night of broken glass)

Question 27

this battle is a major turning point in the war because it forced the Germans to surrender on the Eastern front

Accepted Answer

Battle of Stalingrad

Question 28

At the Potsdam Conference, President Truman was unhappy about:

Accepted Answer

Stalin not allowing free elections in Eastern Europe

Question 29

Communism focused on class relations and sharing property/wealth. Fascism focused on

Accepted Answer

nationalism

Question 30

During WW2, the emperor did not really call the shots, but it was the military dictator ______

Accepted Answer

Hideki Tojo

Question 31

Which was NOT a topic at the Yalta conference?

Accepted Answer

Give the League of Nations an army

Question 32

Which of the following was an ultimatum to Japan that they either surrender or face "prompt and utter destruction"?

Accepted Answer

Potsdam declaration

Question 33

What was the Vichy government?

Accepted Answer

the Nazi-controlled puppet government set up in France

Question 34

Who created the political party/concept of fascism?

Accepted Answer

Benito Mussolini

Question 35

Mussolini invaded which country in an attempt to expand his "new Roman Empire"?

Accepted Answer

Ethiopia

Question 36

Which of the following choices shows German advances from the start of the war in the correct sequence?

Accepted Answer

Invasion of Poland, French occupation, Battle of Britain, attack on Russia

Question 37

When World War 2 ended, 2 superpowers remained and led into the:

Accepted Answer

Cold war homie

Question 38

In Mein Kampf, Hitler...

Accepted Answer

explained his ideas, and began building his "final solution"

Question 39

Bonus - what was the code name for D-Day?

Accepted Answer

Operation Overlord

Question 40

Who was the Nazi Angel of Death?

Accepted Answer

Dr. Josef Mengele

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