stud
bud
Sign up
Log in
Home
Library
Explore
SAT
More
WH Chapter 29 World War II Flashcards | StudBud
Explore
/
WH Chapter 29 World War II
WH Chapter 29 World War II
35 terms
·
StudBud Administration
·
122 plays
Imported from external platform
Flashcards
35 cards
F
Practice quiz
P
Host live
L
Questions
35
Answers
1
20. What was one reason given for dropping atomic bombs on Japan?
to end the war without invading Japan
to stop kamikaze attacks
to frighten the Germans
to eliminate Japanese army bases.
2
4. Which statement best describes the Munich Pact?
It saved Czechoslovakia.
Hitler broke his promises.
It was a success.
It resulted in peace.
3
23. What change had taken place throughout Eastern Europe by 1948?
Pro-Soviet governments were in place.
Pro-U.S. governments were in place.
Pre-war boundaries were confirmed.
Reconstruction from war damage was complete.
4
2. What was the result of the civil war in Spain?
The king of Spain was forced to leave the country.
Francisco Franco came into power and created a fascist dictatorship.
Germany gained control of Spain and made it a part of the Third Reich.
A republic was set up in Spain with a new constitution.
5
7. What was a result of Operation Sea Lion?
Hitler gave up his plan to invade Britain.
France was defeated arid forced out of the war.
Axis armies overran much of North Africa.
British forces rescued more than 300,000 troops from air attacks.
6
27. What was one reason why the Spanish Civil War was called a “dress rehearsal” for World War II?
The Nazis used the war to test their new weapons.
Supporters of the Spanish Loyalists supported the Axis powers.
The forces of democracy defeated the forces of fascism.
France, Britain, and the United States rallied to fight fascism.
7
25. Which statement best describes Germany in the late 1940s and 1950s?
Both parts were reunited, and Germany was a part of NATO.
Both parts remained separate and were members of the Warsaw Pact.
West Germany was democratic; East Germany was under Stalin.
East Germany was democratic and beginning to prosper.
8
10. The Atlantic Charter was an agreement between
the United States and Japan to hold peace talks.
the United States and Britain to defeat Japan.
the United States and Britain to destroy the Nazis.
Japan and Germany to divide up Eastern Europe.
9
31. What was important about the Battle of the Bulge?
It caused the Germans to sue for peace.
It caused the Allies to withdraw from Belgium.
It delayed the Soviet advance from the east.
It delayed the Allied advance from the west.
10
28. The Truman Doctrine was rooted in the idea of
pacifism
appeasement
containment
aggression
11
21. What important principle did the Nuremberg trials demonstrate?
that the United States and the Soviet Union were now superpowers
that national leaders could be held accountable for wartime actions
that Nazis were cruel and brutal
that ordinary people sometimes helped political leaders commit crimes
12
18. After intense battles on Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the Japanese
prepared to use atomic weapons.
rejected any suggestions of surrender.
tried to become an ally of the Soviet Union.
began negotiations with the United States.
13
6. Hitler’s blitzkrieg tactics
strained Germany’s resources.
had no effect on Norway and Denmark.
allowed Germany to take over much of Europe by 1940.
inspired Britain to establish an air force.
14
1. Which was one reason for the development of the policy of appeasement?
Britain could not confront Hitler without strong French support.
Japan, Germany, and Italy saw the desire for peace as weakness.
Fascism was considered less of a threat than communism.
Western democracies saw the desire for peace as weakness.
15
33. The U.S. strategy of “island-hopping” in the Pacific
quickly weakened the resolve of Japanese soldiers.
allowed the U.S. to gradually move north toward Japan.
pushed Japanese forces into the jungles of Burma and Malaya.
was a failure, forcing the U.S. to use atomic weapons.
16
15. The Yalta Conference was held in an atmosphere of
anger
fear
mistrust
triumph
17
32. The German air force was almost grounded by the time of the D-Day invasion because
the Germans feared their planes would be destroyed in the air.
so many German pilots had been killed in the war.
the Germans had little fuel due to Allied bombing.
so many German aircraft were in need of repair.
18
11. The concept of total war included
the regulation of wages and prices.
expanding the rights of citizens.
manufacturing whatever would bring the most profit.
encouraging freedom of the press.
19
8. Why did Germany invade the Soviet Union?
Hitler wanted to punish Stalin for breaking the Nazi-Soviet Pact.
Hitler was angry that Russian troops burned factories and crops.
Hitler wanted the country’s natural resources.
Russian Nazis asked for help.
20
24. The Truman Doctrine stated that the United States would
help rebuilds Western Europe.
takes an active role in NATO.
help resist communism.
defeat the Soviet Union.
21
3. Hitler justified Germany’s aggression by stating that
he wanted to preserve order in Czechoslovakia.
Germans had the right to conquer inferior peoples.
he wanted to spread communism to Austria and other countries.
he felt that other European leaders approved of his policies.
22
22. Members of which body of the United Nations were given veto rights over decisions?
the Security Council
the General Assembly
the World Health Organization
the Military Council
23
5. What event marked the beginning of World War II?
the German invasion of Poland
Germany’s annexation of the Sudetenland
the Anschluss
the Nazi-Soviet Pact
24
12. Midway and the Coral Sea were
sites of U.S. naval victories over Japan.
where the main Japanese prison camps were located.
the first American aircraft carriers.
sites of Japanese naval victories over the United States.
25
19. Who made the final decision to use the atomic bomb?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
President Harry Truman
General Dwight Eisenhower
General Douglas MacArthur
26
35. What was one of Stalin’s major goals in Eastern Europe after World War II?
to create a protective buffer zone of friendly governments
to improve education and protect refugees
to debate the proper course of socialism
to lead Eastern Europe to economic prosperity
27
26. What did the Nazi-Soviet Pact accomplish for Germany?
It gave Germany a free hand in the Sudetenland.
It allowed the union of Austria and Germany.
It gave Germany a free hand in Poland.
It allowed the union of Germany and Hungary
28
29. Hitler decided to invade the Soviet Union because
the Soviets had helped the British at Dunkirk.
the Soviets had betrayed him by seizing the Baltic states.
he wanted to protect the Germans living in Russia.
he wanted the Soviet Union’s vast natural resources.
29
14. The Battle of the Bulge was
a German attack on the Soviet Red Army outside Berlin.
a massive German counterattack against the Allies.
a successful Soviet encirclement of Berlin in 1945
the Allied invasion of southern France following D-Day.
30
30. In which French city did German forces set up a “puppet state” capital after conquering France?
Volta
Vichy
Paris
Lyon
31
16. One of the reasons the Allies won the war in Europe was
that Hitler underestimated the will of France to fight.
the huge productive capacity of the United States.
the development of the atomic bomb by the United States.
the execution of Mussolini.
32
17. How did Germany’s location affect its chances to win the war?
It was too far from the United States.
Troops had to cross several mountain ranges to fight.
It was too close to Great Britain.
It had to fight on several fronts.
33
9. Hitler’s “final solution” was his plan to
ruthlessly murder all European Jews.
form an alliance with Japan.
convince Britain to join the Axis powers.
invade the Soviet Union.
34
13. The Big Three were
Roosevelt, Eisenhower, and Stalin.
Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill.
Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini.
Stalin, Eisenhower, and Churchill.
35
34. How did Churchill and Roosevelt give in to Stalin at the conference in Tehran in 1943?
They sent troops to help Soviet forces on the Eastern Front.
They opened a second front against Germany in Western Europe.
They began a new naval campaign in the Mediterranean Sea.
They let the borders in the Nazi-Soviet Pact stand.
