Question 1

In 1942 the German invasion of the Soviet Union ground to a halt and was reversed at the battle of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Moscow. 
B)  Leningrad. 
C)  Stalingrad. 
D)  Yekaterinburg. 
E)  Minsk. 
A)  Moscow. 
B)  Leningrad. 
C)  Stalingrad. 
D)  Yekaterinburg. 
E)  Minsk.

Question 2

Some of the most significant damage inflicted on the Japanese by the allies came with:

Accepted Answer

A)  the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo of 1942 in reprisal for the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
B)  the shelling of Japanese ports by the United States Navy. 
C)  the allied counter attacks against Japanese forces In China. 
D)  the mass firebombing of Japanese cities during the summer of 1945. 
E)  the naval blockade of the Japanese home island that led to widespread starvation. 
A)  the "Doolittle Raid" on Tokyo of 1942 in reprisal for the attack on Pearl Harbor. 
B)  the shelling of Japanese ports by the United States Navy. 
C)  the allied counter attacks against Japanese forces In China. 
D)  the mass firebombing of Japanese cities during the summer of 1945. 
E)  the naval blockade of the Japanese home island that led to widespread starvation.

Question 3

The Nazis had little trouble in carrying out their program of extermination of the Jews in Europe since most people in Europe at the time:

Accepted Answer

A)  believed that the Nazi propaganda was an exaggeration and they also simply did not truly believe that mass executions were actually being carried out. 
B)  knew absolutely nothing of the program as the Nazis had successfully concealed all evidence of the mass executions. 
C)  saw Jews, because of traditional anti-Semitism and modern, radicalized nationalism, as "foreign" and not as part of their national communities. 
D)  believed that it was well worth the trade-off of a few "undesirable" lives as opposed to obtaining Nazi protection from communism. 
E)  were more concerned with the war and their own survival to be concerned with the problems of any minority group. 
A)  believed that the Nazi propaganda was an exaggeration and they also simply did not truly believe that mass executions were actually being carried out. 
B)  knew absolutely nothing of the program as the Nazis had successfully concealed all evidence of the mass executions. 
C)  saw Jews, because of traditional anti-Semitism and modern, radicalized nationalism, as "foreign" and not as part of their national communities. 
D)  believed that it was well worth the trade-off of a few "undesirable" lives as opposed to obtaining Nazi protection from communism. 
E)  were more concerned with the war and their own survival to be concerned with the problems of any minority group.

Question 4

To support the Spanish republican government and to protest the German bombing of a Basque town in April 1937,Pablo Picasso painted:

Accepted Answer

A)  Valencia. 
B)  Andalusia. 
C)  Stuka. 
D)  Barcelona. 
E)  Guernica. 
A)  Valencia. 
B)  Andalusia. 
C)  Stuka. 
D)  Barcelona. 
E)  Guernica.

Question 5

What factors combined to change Russian fortunes in the war after 1941?

Accepted Answer

After the winter of 1941,Russian forces

Question 6

What description best characterizes the Vichy government's treatment of France's Jewish population?

Accepted Answer

A)  Passive resistance to German efforts at criminalization and deportation 
B)  Active resistance to deportation but enforcement of anti-Semitic laws 
C)  A conflict of interest between the revival of French patriotism and anti-Semitic laments in the regime 
D)  Selective enforcement of racial laws based on political affiliation 
E)  Selective support of deportation and the passage of sweeping anti-Semitic legislation 
A)  Passive resistance to German efforts at criminalization and deportation 
B)  Active resistance to deportation but enforcement of anti-Semitic laws 
C)  A conflict of interest between the revival of French patriotism and anti-Semitic laments in the regime 
D)  Selective enforcement of racial laws based on political affiliation 
E)  Selective support of deportation and the passage of sweeping anti-Semitic legislation

Question 7

The German forces in Europe began to retreat toward Germany in the summer of 1944,but in December 1944 they launched a counterattack,known as the battle of _________,which very nearly broke through Allied lines.

Accepted Answer

A)  Waterloo 
B)  the Bulge 
C)  Stalingrad 
D)  the Meuse-Argonne 
E)  the Somme 
A)  Waterloo 
B)  the Bulge 
C)  Stalingrad 
D)  the Meuse-Argonne 
E)  the Somme

Question 8

Once Hitler had pieced together an empire that stretched across Europe,he declared:

Accepted Answer

A)  "We have forged the foundation for a new Greater German Empire which shall last until the end of time!" 
B)  "Germans were created to rule the world; we have finally begun to realize our birthright and destiny." 
C)  "We come as the vanguard of a new Germany which shall rule with fairness and justice." 
D)  "The world shall learn of the consequences of stabbing Germany in the back." 
E)  "We come as the heralds of a New Order and a new justice." 
A)  "We have forged the foundation for a new Greater German Empire which shall last until the end of time!" 
B)  "Germans were created to rule the world; we have finally begun to realize our birthright and destiny." 
C)  "We come as the vanguard of a new Germany which shall rule with fairness and justice." 
D)  "The world shall learn of the consequences of stabbing Germany in the back." 
E)  "We come as the heralds of a New Order and a new justice."

Question 9

The German panzers,enormous repeat-firing guns,were part of the wave of new technologies Germany brought to war.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What factors combined to save Britain from the same fate as the rest of Europe in 1941?

Accepted Answer

The British ability to stand firm in the

Question 11

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

Accepted Answer

A)  The eruption of conflict between Axis and Allied forces in French and German colonies in Africa 
B)  Germany's submarine campaign to starve out Great Britain 
C)  Japan's surprise attack on the Allies in the Pacific and its stunning early success 
D)  The fighting in North Africa, which threatened the Suez Canal and Allied access to Middle Eastern oil 
E)  The establishment of an alliance between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan 
A)  The eruption of conflict between Axis and Allied forces in French and German colonies in Africa 
B)  Germany's submarine campaign to starve out Great Britain 
C)  Japan's surprise attack on the Allies in the Pacific and its stunning early success 
D)  The fighting in North Africa, which threatened the Suez Canal and Allied access to Middle Eastern oil 
E)  The establishment of an alliance between Nazi Germany and the Empire of Japan

Question 12

During the mid-1930s,the Spanish Civil War provided a testing ground for opposing forces in Europe,with the Soviet Union backing the republican government and Nazi Germany backing:

Accepted Answer

A)  King Juan Carlos. 
B)  Francisco Franco. 
C)  Federico García Lorca. 
D)  Pablo Picasso. 
E)  Joan Miró. 
A)  King Juan Carlos. 
B)  Francisco Franco. 
C)  Federico García Lorca. 
D)  Pablo Picasso. 
E)  Joan Miró.

Question 13

How did Neville Chamberlain presume that the Munich agreement would satisfy Hitler's ambitions?

Accepted Answer

A)  By securing an informal agreement with Mussolini to resist Soviet expansion, which he hoped would moderate Hitler's stance 
B)  By demonstrating that the Western democracies were prepared to go to war to prevent further German aggression 
C)  By constructing a new system of financial and industrial agreements with Germany to produce economic recovery without rearmament 
D)  By allowing Hitler to unify all ethnic Germans in one state 
E)  By allying all of western Europe against the Soviet Union 
A)  By securing an informal agreement with Mussolini to resist Soviet expansion, which he hoped would moderate Hitler's stance 
B)  By demonstrating that the Western democracies were prepared to go to war to prevent further German aggression 
C)  By constructing a new system of financial and industrial agreements with Germany to produce economic recovery without rearmament 
D)  By allowing Hitler to unify all ethnic Germans in one state 
E)  By allying all of western Europe against the Soviet Union

Question 14

Although all of western Europe had fallen to German arms by the summer of 1941,Hitler's ultimate goal lay to the east where he next attacked under the code name "Operation:

Accepted Answer

A)  Nibelungenlied." 
B)  Nevsky." 
C)  Teuton." 
D)  Barbarossa." 
E)  Kasserine." 
A)  Nibelungenlied." 
B)  Nevsky." 
C)  Teuton." 
D)  Barbarossa." 
E)  Kasserine."

Question 15

How did Stalin respond to the settlement at Munich?

Accepted Answer

A)  By walking out on a secret Soviet defense pact with France 
B)  By orchestrating an international organization of communist movements to resist further fascist aggression 
C)  By moving troops into Poland to guard against a German attack 
D)  By joining an informal alliance to prevent any further German actions against Czechoslovakia 
E)  By signing a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany 
A)  By walking out on a secret Soviet defense pact with France 
B)  By orchestrating an international organization of communist movements to resist further fascist aggression 
C)  By moving troops into Poland to guard against a German attack 
D)  By joining an informal alliance to prevent any further German actions against Czechoslovakia 
E)  By signing a nonaggression pact with Nazi Germany

Question 16

While the League of Nations was created as a means to eliminate power struggles,it did nothing of the sort.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Having defeated the French the previous year,in 1941,Hitler turned his attention to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Britain. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  the Balkans. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  Scandinavia. 
A)  Britain. 
B)  Poland. 
C)  the Balkans. 
D)  Spain. 
E)  Scandinavia.

Question 18

In 1943 the Americans helped relieve pressure on the Soviets by leading an attack on the Axis Powers by invading:

Accepted Answer

A)  Sicily. 
B)  Mallorca. 
C)  Crete. 
D)  the Balkan Peninsula. 
E)  southern France. 
A)  Sicily. 
B)  Mallorca. 
C)  Crete. 
D)  the Balkan Peninsula. 
E)  southern France.

Question 19

Hitler's stated objective in the 1930s was to reunite all ethnic Germans inside his "Third German Reich," and the first move to accomplish this objective was the:

Accepted Answer

A)  reoccupation of the Rhineland. 
B)  occupation of the "Polish Corridor." 
C)  annexation of Austria. 
D)  annexation of the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland. 
E)  annexation of Alsace-Lorraine. 
A)  reoccupation of the Rhineland. 
B)  occupation of the "Polish Corridor." 
C)  annexation of Austria. 
D)  annexation of the Czechoslovakian Sudetenland. 
E)  annexation of Alsace-Lorraine.

Question 20

Following the German army's rapid victory in its invasion of Poland,the war entered a stage of inaction,a stage some referred to as a:

Accepted Answer

A)  Phony War. 
B)  Total War. 
C)  Blitzkrieg. 
D)  Cold War. 
E)  Civil War. 
A)  Phony War. 
B)  Total War. 
C)  Blitzkrieg. 
D)  Cold War. 
E)  Civil War.

Exam 26: The Second World War

In 1942 the German invasion of the Soviet Union ground to a halt and was reversed at the battle of:

Some of the most significant damage inflicted on the Japanese by the allies came with:

The Nazis had little trouble in carrying out their program of extermination of the Jews in Europe since most people in Europe at the time:

To support the Spanish republican government and to protest the German bombing of a Basque town in April 1937,Pablo Picasso painted:

What factors combined to change Russian fortunes in the war after 1941?

What description best characterizes the Vichy government's treatment of France's Jewish population?

The German forces in Europe began to retreat toward Germany in the summer of 1944,but in December 1944 they launched a counterattack,known as the battle of _________,which very nearly broke through Allied lines.

Once Hitler had pieced together an empire that stretched across Europe,he declared:

The German panzers,enormous repeat-firing guns,were part of the wave of new technologies Germany brought to war.

What factors combined to save Britain from the same fate as the rest of Europe in 1941?

Which of the following was NOT a cause of the Second World War's expansion from a European war to a genuinely global conflict?

During the mid-1930s,the Spanish Civil War provided a testing ground for opposing forces in Europe,with the Soviet Union backing the republican government and Nazi Germany backing:

How did Neville Chamberlain presume that the Munich agreement would satisfy Hitler's ambitions?

Although all of western Europe had fallen to German arms by the summer of 1941,Hitler's ultimate goal lay to the east where he next attacked under the code name "Operation:

How did Stalin respond to the settlement at Munich?

While the League of Nations was created as a means to eliminate power struggles,it did nothing of the sort.

Having defeated the French the previous year,in 1941,Hitler turned his attention to:

In 1943 the Americans helped relieve pressure on the Soviets by leading an attack on the Axis Powers by invading:

Hitler's stated objective in the 1930s was to reunite all ethnic Germans inside his "Third German Reich," and the first move to accomplish this objective was the:

Following the German army's rapid victory in its invasion of Poland,the war entered a stage of inaction,a stage some referred to as a:

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