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All of the following are causes of WWII EXCEPT:
Isolationist and Pacifist attitudes
Nationalism
Germany’s invasion of Ethiopia
Appeasement to keep peace
Prior to WWII, Japan pursued an aggressive Imperialist policy to:
reduce military spending
gather raw materials
isolate
seek racial inferiority
Another cause of WWII was the failure of what treaty and the weakness of what organization?
Treaty of Versailles & United Nations
Treaty of Paris & League of Nations
Treaty of Paris & NATO
Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
The start of WWII on September 1, 1939 was when Germany & the Soviet Union invaded what country?
Poland
France
Austria
Czechoslovakia
The turning point on the eastern front was the battle for what city in the Soviet Union?
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Stalingrad
Moscow
The end of the war occurred when the Allies dropped atomic bombs on what two cities in Japan?
Nanking & Nagasaki
Hiroshima & Tokyo
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Okinawa & Nagasaki
He was the commander of Allied forces in the Pacific Theatre:
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
He was the commander of all Allied forces in the European Theatre:
Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall
Douglas MacArthur
Dwight Eisenhower
He was president of the United States when the US joined the war:
Harry S. Truman
Franklin Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
He was the British Prime Minister during WWII:
David Lloyd George
Arthur Kirkland
George C. Marshall
Winston Churchill
Who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President during World War II?
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
What was the political ideology of Italian leader Benito Mussolini during the Interwar period?
Monarchism
Democratic socialism
Communism
Fascism
What treaty ended World War I but laid foundations for World War II?
Treaty of Versailles
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
What 1938 agreement allowed Nazi Germany to annex Sudetenland of Czechoslovakia?
Non-Aggression Pact
Munich Agreement
Treaty of Versailles
Geneva Convention
Which doctrine entailed giving concessions to satisfy the demands of potential enemies?
Detente
Communism
Isolationism
Appeasement
What significant event is recognized as the start of World War II?
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
France-Germany Armistice
Fall of Berlin Wall
Invasion of Poland by Germany
What ideologies were largely responsible for starting World War II?
Capitalism
Fascism
Communism
Nazism
Which of the following three events caused World War II in Europe?
Germany's invasion of Poland
Russian Revolution
Treaty of Versailles
Policy of Appeasement
Which three leaders paved the way for the war through their aggressive foreign policies?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Hedeiki Tojo and HIrohito
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
Causes of the Worldwide Depression included all the following EXCEPT:
High tariffs
Reparations
Low tariffs
Stock Market crash
Another cause of the Worldwide Depression was expansion of production capacities & dominance of the US in global economy. This meant all the following EXCEPT:
Overproduction
Americans buying less
Americans buying more
Uneven distribution of wealth
The impact of the Worldwide Depression included all the following EXCEPT:
Overspeculation on stocks
High unemployment in industrial countries
Collapse of credit
Collapse of world trade
Another impact of the Worldwide Depression was that what type of government emerged in some countries of Europe?
Socialism
Capitalism
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Who became the communist dictator of the Soviet Union?
Hitler
Mussolini
Tojo
Stalin
The communist dictator of the Soviet Union did all the following except?
Strengthened the Parliament
Created the Secret Police
Collectivization of Farms
Five Year Plans
Who became the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany?
Hitler
Mussolini
Tojo
Stalin
The Nazi Party believed in all the following EXCEPT:
Lebensraum
Anti - Semitism
Nationalism
Democracy
What type of government did Mussolini institute in Italy?
Democracy
Absolute monarchy
Nazism
Fascism
Who became the military dictator in Japan?
Mussolini
Hitler
Hirohito
Tojo
What was the major cause of World War II (Select two)?
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Cold War
Hitler’s Invasion
Treaty of Versailles
Who were the Axis Powers in World War II (Select 2)?
United States
Italy
Germany
Canada
What two events caused the United States to enter World War II (Select 2)?
Pearl Harbor attack
Declaration of war by Japan
German aggression in Europe
Invasion of Poland by Hitler
Who were the two leaders of the Soviet Union and United States during the end of World War II?
Josef Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Harry S. Truman
Which 3 countries constituted the 'Big Three' of the Allies in WWII?
USSR
France
Canada
UK
USA
Which of the following nations were not invaded by Axis Powers (Select 2)?
Switzerland
France
Poland
United States
What were the 2 primary goals of the Nazis' 'Final Solution'?
Exterminate Europe's Jewish population
Create a 'racially pure' society
Transfer Jews to their own state
End World War II
Which of the 2 selections were concentration and extermination camps?
Treblinka
Warsaw
Berlin
Auschwitz
What factors (2 choices) led to the escalation of the Holocaust?
Collapse of the Weimar Republic
Adolf Hitler's rise to power
Prejudices against certain racial/ethnic/religious groups
Formation of the League of Nations
How did the rest of the world respond to the Holocaust during and post World War II (Select two)?
Invaded Germany immediately
Established the League of Nations
Established the United Nations
Nuremberg trials were held
What was the main purpose of the Marshall Plan during the interwar period (Select two)?
To increase US military presence
To prevent the spread of communism
To provide economic aid to Europe
To join European Union
Which nations benefited from the Marshall Plan (Select two)?
France
Soviet Union
United Kingdom
China
What impact did the Marshall Plan have on US foreign relations (Select two)?
Intensified the Cold War with Soviet Union
Caused a war with France
Diminished US power globally
Strengthened US-European relationships
The systematic & purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious or cultural group is known as what?
Suicide
Holocaust
Homicide
Genocide
As a part of their vision for Europe, the Nazis proposed a new racial order where what race was superior?
Polish
Armenian
Aryan
Jewish
The systematic mass slaughter of Jews & other groups by the Nazi Government is called what?
Holocaust
Nuremberg Massacre
Kristallnacht
Warsaw Uprising
All of the following are elements leading to the Holocaust, EXCEPT:
Increased power of the League of Nations & spread of democracy
Defeat in WWI & economic depression blamed on Jews
Totalitarianism & Nationalism
History of Anti-Semitism & desires to create a master race
The Nuremberg laws did all the following, EXCEPT:
Forced Jews into ghetto neighborhoods
Limited the kind of work Jews could do
Forbade marriages between Jews and Non-Jews
Removed German citizenship from Jews
What does Kristallnacht mean?
"Night of Broken Glass"
"Night of the Final Solution"
"Night of Murdering Jews"
"Night of Terror"
"We all want to get rid of our Jews. The difficulty is that no country wishes to receive them." This quote demonstrates which attempt to get rid of the "Jewish Problem"?
Emigration
Ghettoization
Immigration
Victimization
Hitler hoped that the Jews inside what would starve to death or die from disease?
Businesses
Homes
Ghettos
Synagogues
In order to protect racial purity, Nazis began to eliminate "sub-humans" in 1942 and it was called what?
Kristallnacht
Warsaw Uprising
Final Solution
Nuremberg Laws
What was the largest concentration camp where thousands were sent to gas chamber "showers"?
Birkenau
Auschwitz
Sobibor
Treblinka
Who were the primary victims of the Holocaust (Select two)?
Russians
Roma (Gypsies)
Jews
Scandinavians
What was the 'Final Solution' in the context of the Holocaust (Select two)?
Economic reform
Program of genocide
Plan to exterminate the Jews
Peace treaty
All of the following are outcomes of WWII, EXCEPT:
Establishment of the League of Nations
Establishment of two major powers in the world
War crimes trials
Loss of empires by European powers
What was the military tribunal that tried Nazi war criminals and sentenced 12 to death?
Berlin Trials
Nuremberg Trials
Iron Curtain Trials
United Nations Trials
What international peacekeeping body was established at the Yalta Conference and replaced the League of Nations?
Peace Tribunal
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Second League of Nations
United Nations
What is the international document that states the rights & freedoms to which all human beings are entitled?
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Suffrage
Peace Declaration
United Nations Declaration
What divided the communist countries in Eastern Europe and the democratic countries in Western Europe?
Iron Curtain
Communist Wall
Berlin Wall
Stalin Curtain
What plan gave money to European nations to help prevent the spread of communism?
Truman Plan
Stalin Plan
Marshall Plan
Churchill Plan
What was the alliance between the US, Canada & ten western European nations called?
League of Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
What was the alliance between the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria & Albania called?
League of Nations
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
United Nations
Which side of Germany became democratic and an economic powerhouse after WWII?
North
South
East
West
What type of government did Japan have after WWII that helped them become the dominant power in Asia?
Constitutional Monarchy
Dictatorship
Absolute Monarchy
Totalitarianism