Deck 24: World War II

Question 1

Which of the following is the correct order for the  territories  Hitler seized prior to the start of World War II?

A)Austria, Sudetenland, Rhineland
B)Sudetenland, Rhineland, Anschluss
C)Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland
D)Rhineland, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Belgium
E)Poland, France, Austria, Rhineland

Answer 1

Rhineland, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland

Question 2

Anschluss refers to which of the following?

A)Italy beginning to gravitate toward Germany.
B)German aggressive actions toward the British.
C)German invasion of Norway.
D)Polish concentration camps.
E)Austria and Germany were joined together.

Answer 2

Austria and Germany were joined together.

Question 3

What issue led  to the most dramatic confrontation between the  Sovi et Union and the United States during the post-World War II era?

A)The United States introduced a new currency, the deutsche mark, into West Germany, thus financially separating East Germany from West Germany, to East Germany's detriment.
B)Stalin attempted to get the Allies to leave West Berlin in 1948 by imposing a blockade that denied ground access to the city, and the Americans had to carry out a long-running airlift of supplies.
C)The Soviet Union began in late 1945 to impose satellite governments throughout the countries of Eastern Europe.
D)The Soviets accused, with reason, the Allies of refusing to honor wartime commitments to share West German resources with them, to serve as war reparations.
E)The West chose to ignore earlier plans to hunt down Nazis and bring them to justice, choosing instead to build up German protections in hopes of keeping communism from spreading.

Answer 3

Stalin attempted to get the Allies to leave West Berlin in 1948 by imposing a blockade that denied ground access to the city, and the Americans had to carry out a long-running airlift of supplies.

Question 4

In maki ng the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan, the United States dealt with all of these considerations EXCEPT

A)The Japanese had throughout the war shown fierce resistance and determination.
B)Some analysts suggested American casualties during an invasion of Japan might rise to 200,000.
C)Some who were against dropping the bombs believed that the Japanese were on the verge of surrendering.
D)The Japanese had already fought very bloody battles trying to hang on to other islands.
E)The US was considering postwar issues and wanted to intimidate the Soviet Union.

Question 5

The German attack code named Operation Barbarossa was an offensive name against which country?

A)Fascist Italy
B)Soviet Russia
C)Great Britain
D)Poland
E)Czechoslovakia

Question 6

What was somewhat unique in warfare regarding the Battle of Britain?

A)It was fought entirely in the air and was a clear victory by the British.
B)It allowed the British to test secret jet aircraft against the Germans.
C)It was fought entirely underwater with German and British submarines.
D)The British were able to stop the German invaders on the shores of England.
E)The Germans kept the British from invading their homeland by use of armored vehicles.

Question 7

Why was World War II a watershed event in history?

A)Most countries in Western Europe were damaged heavily by the fighting and took decades to recover.
B)Even all of the war's winners felt like losers when the war was over.
C)A war was fought in two completely different parts of the world for the first time in history.
D)The United States agreed to a negotiated treaty with Japan after stating that there would be no negotiations.
E)More people died in World War II than had died in any other disaster in recorded history.

Question 8

Which countries comprised the alliance known as the Little Entente?

A)Spain, Germany, and France
B)China, Japan, and Germany
C)France, Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania
D)France, the United States, and England
E)France, Greece, Austria, and Germany

Question 9

Who are considered the "architects of victory in the Pacific"?

A)Generals George Patton and Dwight Eisenhower
B)Admirals Chester Nimitz and Bull Halsey
C)General Douglas MacArthur and Admiral Chester Nimitz
D)Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and Admiral Louis Mountbatten
E)Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Omar Bradley

Question 10

In order to revive his popularity in 1935, what action did Mussolini take?

A)He fabricated a coup d'état to demonstrate his strength.
B)He invaded Ethiopia to start a blatantly imperialist war.
C)He signed a collective security pact with Russia.
D)He wrote Il Popolo d'Italia and Diario di guerra to express his fascist views.
E)He supported the German nationalists who were in northern Italy.

Question 11

The German term blitzkrieg refers to what new method of aggressive warfare?

A)static defense
B)naval blockade
C)lightning war
D)aerial reconnaissance
E)guerrilla warfare

Question 12

The Nonaggression Pact of 1939 was signed between Hitler and what leader?

A)Neville Chamberlain
B)Josef Stalin
C)Edouard Daladier
D)Benito Mussolini
E)Francisco Franco

Question 13

Which of the following best describes the Popular Front?

A)Military aid sent by Mussolini and Hitler to support the rebels.
B)An international military force sent to aid Spanish loyalists.
C)An international campaign started by the Comintern to defeat fascism.
D)The US military force sent to aid the rebels in the Spanish Civil War.
E)The Catholic Church's support and funding for the rebels fighting the rebels.

Question 14

All of the following groups supported a military revolt in Spain to prevent a communist takeover EXCEPT

A)the Catholic Church
B)the peasantry
C)the middle class
D)the upper class
E)the loyalists

Question 15

During the Spanish Civil War, Hitler and Mussolini sent aid to assist the rebels led by which military commander?

A)Francisco Franco
B)Miguel Cabanellas
C)Antonio de Santa Anna
D)Simón Bolívar
E)José Miaja

Question 16

What was the fo cal point of the Yalta Conference?

A)The future of Japan at the end of the war.
B)The postwar political arrangements in Eastern Europe.
C)The details of a peace treaty with Germany.
D)The signing of a peace treaty with Italy.
E)A plan to liberate the Jews in occupied Poland.

Question 17

What event began the Second Front in World War II?

A)An evacuation from the beaches at Dunkirk.
B)The success of the Soviet Union in repelling Germany.
C)The bombing of Pearl Harbor.
D)The defeat of the Germans in Italy.
E)An invasion across the English Channel on D-Day.

Question 18

What was the c hief reason for Britain's prolonged appeasement of Hitler?

A)The British government wanted a counterweight to France on the Continent.
B)The British government and public were paralyzed by pacifism.
C)The British government of the late 1930s was strongly pro-German.
D)The British government saw Hitler as a way to tame the eastern European troublemakers.
E)The United States urged Britain to stay out of any dangerous situations.

Question 19

What were the main terms of the Nonaggression Pact of 1939?

A)The Pact allowed for an armistice between the Germans and the Soviets on the Eastern Front.
B)The Pact divided up Eastern Europe between the National Socialists and the Soviets.
C)The Pact allowed the Soviet Union to pursue a war against Japan without German interference.
D)The Pact gave parts of Denmark to Germany in exchange for friendship toward the Soviets.
E)The Pact allowed Hitler to annex Austria without getting prior approval from the Soviets.

Question 20

What is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific Theater?

A)Battle of Midway Island
B)Battle of Guadalcanal
C)Battle of Iwo Jima
D)Battle of Leyte Gulf
E)Battle of the Coral Sea

Question 21

What was the reaction of the British and French when Hitl er renounced the provisions of the Versailles Treaty?

A)The British and French made an attempt to get the League of Nations to halt Hitler's actions at any cost.
B)Leaders of the two countries exhausted all means to get the Soviet Union to enter into an alliance with them as they had done before the First World War.
C)Both France and Britain murmured through diplomatic channels that they heartily disapproved.
D)The events went almost unnoticed, since the Spanish Civil War was still raging.
E)The two countries demanded that he halt his military buildup, but since Hitler knew they planned to do nothing, he continued unopposed.

Question 22

The c ode name ____________________ denoted the German attack on Russia.

Question 23

The failure of Germany's air force in the ____________________ in 1940 prevented the invasion of what was, at the time, the last rema ining Allied Power.

Question 24

By 1940,  ____________________, who was said to personify the "English bulldog," had become prime minister of Britain.

Question 25

Which agreement made Italy and Germany allies in case of war?

A)The Popular Front
B)The Little Entente
C)The Munich Agreements
D)The Nonaggression Pact
E)The Axis Pact

Question 26

What was considered the most important and strategic city in Russia?

A)Moscow
B)Stalingrad
C)Leningrad
D)St. Petersburg
E)Port Arthur

Question 27

All of the following nations remained neutral during World War II EXCEPT

A)Sweden
B)Denmark
C)Switzerland
D)Portugal
E)Spain

Question 28

During the interwar years, France signed a military alliance with Poland, Czechoslovakia, and Romania called ____________________.

Question 29

All of the following were issues concerning Europe in the immediate postwar years EXCEPT​

A)​reparations in Germany
B)​denazification of Germany
C)​creation of the deutsche mark
D)​Soviet take-over of Eastern Europe
E)​creation of the United Nations

Question 30

Which of the following best describes Hitl er's invasion of Poland?

A)France and Britain declared war on Germany, and the two sides immediately gathered their forces and took the field, hoping to finish the other side off before Christmas.
B)The Soviet Union reluctantly joined with France and Britain, although Stalin had reservations about working with the two countries again.
C)Poland fell to the Germans very quickly, and Stalin's troops entered Poland from the east and occupied that part of the country.
D)The United States tried to broker a peace between France and Britain on one side, and the Germans on the other, but they were not successful.
E)Britain determined that it would try to stay neutral until and unless Hitler tried to invade England.

Question 31

Why was the B attle of the Coral Sea significant?

A)Led to the liberation of the Philippines from Japanese control, making it possible for General MacArthur to have a strategic location from which to command the Pacific fleet.
B)Stopped any thoughts the Japanese had of taking India, despite the fact that the Japanese government suggested that it would liberate India if Britain lost the war.
C)Led to Japan's capture of all of Southeast Asia.
D)Halted Japan's march southward through the Pacific toward Australia, effectively turning the tide of the war.
E)Was one of the deadliest Pacific conflicts for the United States, temporarily making Americans fear that the war there might not be won.

Question 32

In February 1945, the Allied participants at the ____________________ agreed that free elections would be held in liberated areas as soon as possible, but the Soviets refused to honor the agreement.

Question 33

During the 1920s, the French built huge defensive fortifications along the eastern borders called  ____________________.

Question 34

____________________ was the rebel leader who overthrew the  legitimate  Spanish government in 1936.

Question 35

In 1948-1949, the Western Allies defeated the Soviet blockade of ____________________ by airlifting food and vital supplies for eleven months.

Question 36

What was the one condition Japan requested as part of the surrender in 1945?

A)Japan would retain Korea as a satellite area.
B)Japan would retain the military to continue fighting the Chinese.
C)Emperor Hirohito would be allowed to remain on the throne.
D)Japan retained the rights to Manchuria.
E)The US would pay reparations to the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Question 37

At the ____________________, France and Britain joined with Italy in allowing Hitler to annex the Su detenland from Czechoslovakia.

Question 38

What action by Hitler did his General Staff strongly oppose?

A)reoccupation of the Rhineland
B)renouncing the provisions of the Versailles Treaty
C)the Anschluss
D)the Invasion of Poland
E)the Invasion of Russia

Question 39

What is considered the tu rning point of the war in the European Theater?

A)The Russians held the city of Stalingrad and pushed the Germans back.
B)The liberation of France in 1944 after the landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
C)The Germans and Italians were driven out of North Africa in mid-1943.
D)The Allies landed in southern Italy in 1943.
E)Mussolini fell from power in Italy, leaving Hitler to make decisions alone.

Question 40

To end World War II, the United States dropped bombs on ____________________ and ____________________, Japanese cities.

Question 41

Term for identification: Anschluss

Question 42

Term for identification: Operation Barbarossa

Question 43

Discuss the role of Japan in World War II. Was Japan secondary to Germany? Defend your reasoning with examples.

Question 44

Explain the significance of the atomic bomb and the reasons for the onset of the Cold War.

Question 45

Explain in detail the course of World War II from the German perspective.  How did they justify their actions and succeed initially?

Question 46

Term for identification: Munich Agreements

Question 47

Term for identification: D-Day

Question 48

Term for identification: Berlin Blockade

Question 49

​Compare and contrast the European Theater and the Pacific Theater in World War II including participants, strategies, significant battles, and outcomes.

Question 50

Describe the concept of collective security and the reasons for its failure in World War II.

Question 51

Term for identification: Yalta Conference

Question 52

Term for identification: Battle of Midway Island

Question 53

Describe the foreign policy and diplomatic decisions during and after World War II including agreements, alliances, and conferences.

Question 54

Term for identification: Popular Front

Question 55

Term for identification: Nonaggression Pact of 1939

Question 56

Term for identification: Axis Pact