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World Wars Week 14 and Review
World Wars Week 14 and Review
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Review over key topics from a High School World Wars history course.
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1
What Allied leader was part of the Big Four, but was basically left out of peace negotiations?
Woodrow Wilson
Vittorio Orlando
David Lloyd George
Georges Clemenceau
2
Who was placed in charge of American forces moving through the S. Pacific to the Philippines?
Chester Nimitz
Omar Bradley
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
3
Who was the leader of the Bolsheviks and the first communist leader in world history?
Vladimir Lenin
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
Nicholas Romonov
4
Who executed millions of land owning farmers and then over a million of his own party members?
Joseph Stalin
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
5
Who convinced Arab tribes to rebel against the Ottoman Empire according to British strategy?
Douglas Haig
T.E. Lawrence
John Pershing
John French
6
Where were Allied movements slow because of surprising German resistance and difficult terrain?
Italy
Belgium
France
Sicily
7
In what battle did the Japanese first use kamikazes to destroy the American fleet?
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of Guadacanal
8
What group was nearly wiped out by the Ottoman Empire who questioned their allegiance?
Armenians
Serbians
Albanians
Slavs
9
What convinced Hitler that he could attack the Soviet Union without concern for a 2 front war?
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
Battle of the Atlantic
Operation Barbarossa
Battle of Britain
10
What city did the Germans and Finns lay siege to for nearly 900 days?
Leningrad
Moscow
Volgograd
Stalingrad
11
What treaty allowed Germany to move over 500,000 men to the Western Front?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Alsace-Lorraine
12
What was the largest tank battle in the history of the world?
Operation Bagration
Siege of Leningrad
Battle of Kursk
Battle of Stalingrad
13
What was basically the only good news for the U.S. regarding the attack on Pearl Harbor?
Most ships were only damaged
The U.S. shot down a significant number of planes
U.S. planes were left mostly unharmed
U.S. carriers were unaffected
14
What battle halted the German advance through North Africa, protecting the Suez Canal and oil?
Battle of Tobruk
Battle of Kasserine pass
Battle of Stalingrad
Battle of El Alamein
15
The Japanese defeat at what island caused the Prime Minister to resign in disgrace?
Tinian
Midway
Saipan
Philippines
16
Who mistakenly gave no retreat orders to his troops continually, leading to massive losses?
Friedrich Paulus
Joseph Stalin
Georgi Zhukov
Adolf Hitler
17
What battle gave Great Britain control of the North Sea throughout the remainder of WWI?
Battle of Tannenberg
Gallipoli Campaign
Battle of the Atlantic
Battle of Jutland
18
Where did U.S. forces first learn about the determination and sacrifice of Japanese soldiers?
Saipan
Tinian
Guadalcanal
Leyte Gulf
19
What battle was an attempt to pull pressure off the French & was the scene of the first tanks?
Battle of the Somme
Battle of Verdun
St. Mihiel Offensive
Battle of Belleau Woods
20
At what meeting did Chamberlain agree to an appeasement policy to halt Hitler's expansion?
Munich Conference
Yalta Conference
Tehran Conference
Potsdam Conference
21
What battle prevented the German capture of Paris in WWI and saw the first trenches of WWI?
Battle of the Somme
Third Battle of Ypres
First Battle of the Marne
Battle of Verdun
22
What form of gov't promotes extreme nationalism, militarism, expansion, and sometimes racism?
Communism
Fascism
Despotism
Totalitarianism
23
What nation did Japan invade after falsely accusing them of bombing a Japanese railway there?
Manchuria
Philippines
Soviet Union
China
24
What Soviet invasion of Eastern Europe was meant as a diversion from D-Day?
Operation Bagration
Operation Overlord
Operation Barbarossa
Operation Torch
25
What battle put Japan on the defensive and allowed U.S. industry to outproduce Japan?
Battle of Leyte Gulf
Battle of the Coral Sea
Marianas Turkey Shoot
Battle of Midway
26
Which of the following nations did
NOT
face the German blitzkrieg directly?
Soviet Union
France
Great Britain
Poland
27
What part of the Versailles Treaty prevented the U.S. Senate from ratifying the treaty?
Limits to the German military
League of Nations
Loss of German territory
Massive reparations
28
Which of the following killed the most soldiers?
Spanish Influenza
Poison Gas
Machine Gun
Tank
29
What was the name of the alliance consisting of France, Great Britain, and Russia in 1914?
The Triple Entente
The Central Powers
The Triple Alliance
The Allies
30
Who was commander of German forces in the East and became military leader of Germany in WWI?
Erich Ludendorff
Paul von Hindenburg
Helmuth von Moltke
Erich Falkenhayn
31
What convinced many Germans that the terms of peace would be forgiving to them during WWI?
Fourteen Points
League of Nations
Olive Branch Petition
Sussex Pledge
32
Where did the German's launch their last assault of World War II against the Western Allies?
Rhineland
Belgium
Ardennes
Alsace-Lorraine
33
Where did Hitler believe an Allied invasion into France would actually take place?
Picardy
Brittany
Normandy
Calais
34
According to Woodrow Wilson's war message, why was the U.S. going to war in World War I?
To establish free trade around the world
To create a League of Nations and establish peace
To make the world safe for democracy
To defeat the menace of the German Army
35
What weapon resulted in massive deaths for the attacker, contributing to the stalemate of WWI?
Plane
Machine Gun
Poison Gas
Tank
36
Who led Japanese forces through Manchuria and China but argued against attacking the U.S.?
Chiang Kai-Shek
Emperor Hirohito
Hideki Tojo
Mao Zedong
37
What battle illustrated the importance of carriers as neither navy fired at the other?
Battle of the Coral Sea
Battle of Midway
Marianas Turkey Shoot
Battle of Guadalcanal
38
What was the last battle of attrition of WWI and was attempt to clear sub bases in Belgium?
Battle of the Somme
Second Battle of the Marne
Battle of Verdun
Third Battle of Ypres
39
The invasion of which nation officially sparked war across all of Europe in 1939?
Belgium
France
Czechoslovakia
Poland
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What battle is considered the turning point of WWI because it put Germany on the defensive?
Battle of Verdun
Second Battle of the Marne
St. Mihiel Offensive
Third Battle of Ypres
41
What was the first American planned, mostly American, action of World War I?
Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Battle of Belleau Woods
Battle of Château-Thierry
St. Mihiel Offensive
42
What was the name for the U.S. strategy for defeating the Japanese?
Island Hopping
Strategic Bombing
Total War
Guerrilla War
43
What battle resulted in the Japanese losing 400 planes and 3 carriers to the U.S.'s 130 planes?
Marianas Turkey Shoot
Battle of Guadalcanal
Battle of Midway
Battle of the Coral Sea
44
What does kamikaze mean in Japanese?
Samurai warrior
Divine wind
Suicide bomber
Angelic savior
45
The assassination of Franz Ferdinand is an example of which major cause of World War I?
Alliances
Imperialism
Militarism
Nationalism
