Question 1

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  True

Question 2

To what does the term Untermenschen refer?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is a derogatory term for French soldiers developed after France's rapid defeat in 1940. 
B)  It is the nickname given by German sailors to those who served on submarines during the war. 
C)  It refers to the leaders of Nazi Einsatzgruppen assigned to murder or deport Jewish communities or other targeted groups in eastern Europe. 
D)  It is the formal title for German governors of occupied territories created in the conquered regions of Europe. 
E)  It refers to the "subhuman" racial categories of Jews, Gypsies, and Slavs marked for murder by Nazi officials in occupied Europe. 
A)  It is a derogatory term for French soldiers developed after France's rapid defeat in 1940. 
B)  It is the nickname given by German sailors to those who served on submarines during the war. 
C)  It refers to the leaders of Nazi Einsatzgruppen assigned to murder or deport Jewish communities or other targeted groups in eastern Europe. 
D)  It is the formal title for German governors of occupied territories created in the conquered regions of Europe. 
E)  It refers to the "subhuman" racial categories of Jews, Gypsies, and Slavs marked for murder by Nazi officials in occupied Europe. E

Question 3

Which of the following was the first major effort by the Nazis to "cleanse" conquered territories of "undesirable" populations?

Accepted Answer

A)  the military occupation and punitive massacres in the Warsaw Ghetto 
B)  the use of carpet-bombing of civilian areas used to corral targeted populations 
C)  the use of Einsatzgruppen in eastern Europe to "pacify" conquered areas
By massacring the Jewish and Gypsy populations of entire towns and regions 
D)  the use of concentration camps specifically designed for the mass murder of
Prisoners they contained 
E)  the use of death squads in western Europe to eliminate communists and labor leaders after France surrendered 
A)  the military occupation and punitive massacres in the Warsaw Ghetto 
B)  the use of carpet-bombing of civilian areas used to corral targeted populations 
C)  the use of Einsatzgruppen in eastern Europe to "pacify" conquered areas
By massacring the Jewish and Gypsy populations of entire towns and regions 
D)  the use of concentration camps specifically designed for the mass murder of
Prisoners they contained 
E)  the use of death squads in western Europe to eliminate communists and labor leaders after France surrendered C

Question 4

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 5

Two naval battles of 1942 fought by aircraft operating from each side's carriers,marking the extent of Japanese expansion and the turning point of the war in the Pacific,were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Guadalcanal and Leyte Gulf. 
B)  Iwo Jima and Saipan. 
C)  Leyte Gulf and Pearl Harbor. 
D)  Guam and Manchukuo. 
E)  Coral Sea and Midway. 
A)  Guadalcanal and Leyte Gulf. 
B)  Iwo Jima and Saipan. 
C)  Leyte Gulf and Pearl Harbor. 
D)  Guam and Manchukuo. 
E)  Coral Sea and Midway.

Question 6

How did the war affect women?

Accepted Answer

The Second World War was total war,deman

Question 7

In the summer of 1943,the largest battle of the Second World War,and perhaps of all history,was fought at:

Accepted Answer

A)  Kasserine. 
B)  Kursk. 
C)  Kapek. 
D)  Dunkirk. 
E)  Moscow. 
A)  Kasserine. 
B)  Kursk. 
C)  Kapek. 
D)  Dunkirk. 
E)  Moscow.

Question 8

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 9

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 10

Early in the war,the British in North Africa,though outnumbered,not only resisted the Italian move against Egypt,but very nearly captured the Italian colony of Libya before being thrown back by the Germans,commanded by:

Accepted Answer

A)  Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. 
B)  Reichführer Heinrich Himmler. 
C)  Field Marshall Franz von Papen. 
D)  Field Marshall Hermann Göring. 
E)  Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus. 
A)  Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. 
B)  Reichführer Heinrich Himmler. 
C)  Field Marshall Franz von Papen. 
D)  Field Marshall Hermann Göring. 
E)  Field Marshall Friedrich Paulus.

Question 11

Use of the atomic bomb was considered necessary by both senior military and naval commanders who realized Japan would never surrender.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Although France had been defeated by the Germans,it was allowed to establish a subject government in the south of France under the leadership of First World War hero:

Accepted Answer

A)  General Charles de Gaulle. 
B)  Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain. 
C)  Marshal Dail Eireann. 
D)  General Louis Franchet d'Esperey. 
E)  Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. 
A)  General Charles de Gaulle. 
B)  Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain. 
C)  Marshal Dail Eireann. 
D)  General Louis Franchet d'Esperey. 
E)  Captain Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

Question 13

The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of the war were:

Accepted Answer

A)  Soviet. 
B)  British. 
C)  French. 
D)  American. 
E)  Belgian. 
A)  Soviet. 
B)  British. 
C)  French. 
D)  American. 
E)  Belgian.

Question 14

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 15

The Allies,unlike the Germans,did not target cultural or educational centers,but only bombed those areas of political or industrial power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following was NOT an important factor in the weakness of the League of Nations?

Accepted Answer

A)  the League's inability to coordinate coherent, international action to limit the effects of the Great Depression 
B)  the unwillingness of important members, like Britain and France, to enforce League sanctions against aggressors, by force if necessary 
C)  the ability of states to continue defending their own vital interests without a higher authority to impose disarmament treaties or peace agreements 
D)  the absence of crucial nations from its membership, including the Soviet Union and the United States 
E)  the moral and legal failure of the League to establish a lasting, binding peace 
A)  the League's inability to coordinate coherent, international action to limit the effects of the Great Depression 
B)  the unwillingness of important members, like Britain and France, to enforce League sanctions against aggressors, by force if necessary 
C)  the ability of states to continue defending their own vital interests without a higher authority to impose disarmament treaties or peace agreements 
D)  the absence of crucial nations from its membership, including the Soviet Union and the United States 
E)  the moral and legal failure of the League to establish a lasting, binding peace

Question 17

What role did other European countries play in the persecution of the Jews?

Accepted Answer

Germany was not alone in its anti-Semiti

Question 18

As part of their efforts to defeat Germany through "total war," the Allies relied on all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  propaganda campaigns. 
B)  food rationing. 
C)  the widespread use of poison gas in battles. 
D)  the use of female and elderly labor. 
E)  strident appeals to patriotism. 
A)  propaganda campaigns. 
B)  food rationing. 
C)  the widespread use of poison gas in battles. 
D)  the use of female and elderly labor. 
E)  strident appeals to patriotism.

Question 19

Hitler turned his attention to Russia in large part because fighting England's R.A.F.proved to be too costly and resulted not in quick victory,but a stalemate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Use of the bomb established a new relationship between science and political power.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 26: The Second World War

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

To what does the term Untermenschen refer?

Which of the following was the first major effort by the Nazis to "cleanse" conquered territories of "undesirable" populations?

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

Two naval battles of 1942 fought by aircraft operating from each side's carriers,marking the extent of Japanese expansion and the turning point of the war in the Pacific,were:

How did the war affect women?

In the summer of 1943,the largest battle of the Second World War,and perhaps of all history,was fought at:

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

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:

Early in the war,the British in North Africa,though outnumbered,not only resisted the Italian move against Egypt,but very nearly captured the Italian colony of Libya before being thrown back by the Germans,commanded by:

Use of the atomic bomb was considered necessary by both senior military and naval commanders who realized Japan would never surrender.

Although France had been defeated by the Germans,it was allowed to establish a subject government in the south of France under the leadership of First World War hero:

The first troops to enter and occupy Berlin at the end of the war were:

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

The Allies,unlike the Germans,did not target cultural or educational centers,but only bombed those areas of political or industrial power.

Which of the following was NOT an important factor in the weakness of the League of Nations?

What role did other European countries play in the persecution of the Jews?

As part of their efforts to defeat Germany through "total war," the Allies relied on all of the following EXCEPT:

Hitler turned his attention to Russia in large part because fighting England's R.A.F.proved to be too costly and resulted not in quick victory,but a stalemate.

Use of the bomb established a new relationship between science and political power.

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