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All of the following are causes of WWII EXCEPT:
Nationalism
Appeasement to keep peace
Germany’s invasion of Ethiopia
Isolationist and Pacifist attitudes
Prior to WWII, Japan pursued an aggressive Imperialist policy to:
reduce military spending
isolate
gather raw materials
seek racial inferiority
Another cause of WWII was the failure of what treaty and the weakness of what organization?
Treaty of Paris & NATO
Treaty of Versailles & League of Nations
Treaty of Paris & League of Nations
Treaty of Versailles & United 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?
Moscow
Leningrad
St. Petersburg
Stalingrad
The end of the war occurred when the Allies dropped atomic bombs on what two cities in Japan?
Okinawa & Nagasaki
Hiroshima & Tokyo
Nanking & Nagasaki
Hiroshima & Nagasaki
He was the commander of Allied forces in the Pacific Theatre:
Douglas MacArthur
Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
He was the commander of all Allied forces in the European Theatre:
George C. Marshall
Dwight Eisenhower
Douglas MacArthur
Harry S. Truman
He was president of the United States when the US joined the war:
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry S. Truman
George C. Marshall
Franklin Roosevelt
He was the British Prime Minister during WWII:
Winston Churchill
George C. Marshall
Arthur Kirkland
David Lloyd George
Who succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt as U.S. President during World War II?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Lyndon B. Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Harry S. Truman
What was the political ideology of Italian leader Benito Mussolini during the Interwar period?
Fascism
Democratic socialism
Monarchism
Communism
What treaty ended World War I but laid foundations for World War II?
Treaty of Paris
Treaty of Tordesillas
Peace of Westphalia
Treaty of Versailles
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
Appeasement
Isolationism
Communism
What significant event is recognized as the start of World War II?
Fall of Berlin Wall
France-Germany Armistice
Invasion of Poland by Germany
Bombing of Pearl Harbor
What ideologies were largely responsible for starting World War II?
Capitalism
Communism
Nazism
Fascism
Which of the following three events caused World War II in Europe?
Policy of Appeasement
Treaty of Versailles
Germany's invasion of Poland
Russian Revolution
Which three leaders paved the way for the war through their aggressive foreign policies?
Benito Mussolini
Hedeiki Tojo and HIrohito
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Adolf Hitler
Winston Churchill
Causes of the Worldwide Depression included all the following EXCEPT:
Stock Market crash
Low tariffs
High tariffs
Reparations
Another cause of the Worldwide Depression was expansion of production capacities & dominance of the US in global economy. This meant all the following EXCEPT:
Uneven distribution of wealth
Americans buying more
Overproduction
Americans buying less
The impact of the Worldwide Depression included all the following EXCEPT:
High unemployment in industrial countries
Overspeculation on stocks
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
Totalitarianism
Democracy
Capitalism
Who became the communist dictator of the Soviet Union?
Mussolini
Tojo
Hitler
Stalin
The communist dictator of the Soviet Union did all the following except?
Five Year Plans
Strengthened the Parliament
Collectivization of Farms
Created the Secret Police
Who became the leader of the Nazi Party in Germany?
Hitler
Stalin
Tojo
Mussolini
The Nazi Party believed in all the following EXCEPT:
Lebensraum
Nationalism
Anti - Semitism
Democracy
What type of government did Mussolini institute in Italy?
Nazism
Democracy
Fascism
Absolute monarchy
Who became the military dictator in Japan?
Mussolini
Hirohito
Tojo
Hitler
What was the major cause of World War II (Select two)?
Cold War
Treaty of Versailles
Hitler’s Invasion
Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand
Who were the Axis Powers in World War II (Select 2)?
Germany
Canada
United States
Italy
What two events caused the United States to enter World War II (Select 2)?
Pearl Harbor attack
German aggression in Europe
Invasion of Poland by Hitler
Declaration of war by Japan
Who were the two leaders of the Soviet Union and United States during the end of World War II?
Harry S. Truman
Winston Churchill
Josef Stalin
Franklin Roosevelt
Which 3 countries constituted the 'Big Three' of the Allies in WWII?
Canada
UK
France
USA
USSR
Which of the following nations were not invaded by Axis Powers (Select 2)?
Poland
United States
France
Switzerland
What were the 2 primary goals of the Nazis' 'Final Solution'?
End World War II
Create a 'racially pure' society
Transfer Jews to their own state
Exterminate Europe's Jewish population
Which of the 2 selections were concentration and extermination camps?
Berlin
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Warsaw
What factors (2 choices) led to the escalation of the Holocaust?
Adolf Hitler's rise to power
Formation of the League of Nations
Prejudices against certain racial/ethnic/religious groups
Collapse of the Weimar Republic
How did the rest of the world respond to the Holocaust during and post World War II (Select two)?
Established the League of Nations
Invaded Germany immediately
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 join European Union
To provide economic aid to Europe
Which nations benefited from the Marshall Plan (Select two)?
Soviet Union
China
France
United Kingdom
What impact did the Marshall Plan have on US foreign relations (Select two)?
Diminished US power globally
Intensified the Cold War with Soviet Union
Caused a war with France
Strengthened US-European relationships
The systematic & purposeful destruction of a racial, political, religious or cultural group is known as what?
Holocaust
Genocide
Suicide
Homicide
As a part of their vision for Europe, the Nazis proposed a new racial order where what race was superior?
Polish
Aryan
Jewish
Armenian
The systematic mass slaughter of Jews & other groups by the Nazi Government is called what?
Kristallnacht
Warsaw Uprising
Nuremberg Massacre
Holocaust
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
History of Anti-Semitism & desires to create a master race
Totalitarianism & Nationalism
The Nuremberg laws did all the following, EXCEPT:
Forced Jews into ghetto neighborhoods
Removed German citizenship from Jews
Limited the kind of work Jews could do
Forbade marriages between Jews and Non-Jews
What does Kristallnacht mean?
"Night of Murdering Jews"
"Night of the Final Solution"
"Night of Broken Glass"
"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"?
Ghettoization
Immigration
Emigration
Victimization
Hitler hoped that the Jews inside what would starve to death or die from disease?
Synagogues
Ghettos
Homes
Businesses
In order to protect racial purity, Nazis began to eliminate "sub-humans" in 1942 and it was called what?
Kristallnacht
Final Solution
Warsaw Uprising
Nuremberg Laws
What was the largest concentration camp where thousands were sent to gas chamber "showers"?
Sobibor
Auschwitz
Treblinka
Birkenau
Who were the primary victims of the Holocaust (Select two)?
Russians
Jews
Roma (Gypsies)
Scandinavians
What was the 'Final Solution' in the context of the Holocaust (Select two)?
Economic reform
Peace treaty
Program of genocide
Plan to exterminate the Jews
All of the following are outcomes of WWII, EXCEPT:
Establishment of the League of Nations
Loss of empires by European powers
Establishment of two major powers in the world
War crimes trials
What was the military tribunal that tried Nazi war criminals and sentenced 12 to death?
Iron Curtain Trials
Berlin Trials
Nuremberg Trials
United Nations Trials
What international peacekeeping body was established at the Yalta Conference and replaced the League of Nations?
United Nations
Second League of Nations
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Peace Tribunal
What is the international document that states the rights & freedoms to which all human beings are entitled?
Peace Declaration
United Nations Declaration
Universal Declaration of Suffrage
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
What divided the communist countries in Eastern Europe and the democratic countries in Western Europe?
Berlin Wall
Stalin Curtain
Communist Wall
Iron Curtain
What plan gave money to European nations to help prevent the spread of communism?
Churchill Plan
Marshall Plan
Stalin Plan
Truman Plan
What was the alliance between the US, Canada & ten western European nations called?
Warsaw Pact
United Nations
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
League of Nations
What was the alliance between the Soviet Union, East Germany, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria & Albania called?
Warsaw Pact
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
League of Nations
United Nations
Which side of Germany became democratic and an economic powerhouse after WWII?
North
West
South
East
What type of government did Japan have after WWII that helped them become the dominant power in Asia?
Totalitarianism
Absolute Monarchy
Dictatorship
Constitutional Monarchy