Deck 28: World War Ii

Question 1

The majority of the Polish population before the war was ________.

A)Jewish
B)Roman Catholic
C)Muslim
D)Protestant

Answer 1

Roman Catholic

Question 2

The League of Nations condemned the Japanese use of force against Manchuria and ________.

A)did nothing else of substance
B)forced Japan to withdraw from the League
C)forced Japan to relinquish control of Manchuria
D)assembled an expeditionary force to confront the Japanese

Answer 2

did nothing else of substance

Question 3

By the end of 1941,________.

A)the British experienced heavy inflation
B)the British experienced heavy deflation
C)British unemployment disappeared
D)British banks collapsed

Answer 3

British unemployment disappeared

Question 4

The Holocaust claimed the greatest number of victims from ________.

A)Hungary
B)Yugoslavia
C)Poland
D)Lithuania

Question 5

The Battle of the Bulge ________.

A)was Germany's last major offensive on the western front
B)marked the Allied invasion of Europe
C)was a victory for the Soviet Union
D)was the Allies' greatest victory of the war

Question 6

What nation suffered the most during World War II?

A)the Soviet Union
B)Germany
C)Poland
D)Great Britain

Question 7

The French believed that ________.

A)France could do worse than be ruled by Hitler
B)the Maginot Line would protect them from a German assault
C)World War I had no relevance to contemporary military planning
D)they were ready for blitzkrieg

Question 8

Military deaths in World War II numbered approximately ________ million.

A)5
B)30
C)15
D)50

Question 9

Who wrote the Leningrad Symphony?

A)Sergei Eisenstein
B)Sergei Prokoviev
C)Leo Tolstoy
D)Dimitri Shostakovich

Question 10

What was the Atlantic Charter?

A)a broad set of principles modeled after the Fourteen Points that established the framework for the United Nations
B)a broad set of principles modeled after the Fourteen Points that specified the type of peace Great Britain and the United States sought
C)an agreement between Great Britain and the United States that the United States would enter the war
D)an agreement between Great Britain and the United States that they would ask the Soviet Union to form a military alliance with them

Question 11

By the time the war ended,how many European Jews remained alive in Europe?

A)approximately 6 million
B)between 6 and 10 million
C)about 1 million
D)between 100,000 and 500,000

Question 12

What country confiscated radios as a way of limiting access to other countries' propaganda?

A)Great Britain
B)Germany
C)the Soviet Union
D)France

Question 13

Hitler referred to the ________ as Untermenschen.

A)Slavs
B)French
C)English
D)Italians

Question 14

Blitzkrieg means ________.

A)war propaganda,which is how Hitler hoped to win
B)air war,which is how the Allies hoped to win
C)lightening warfare,which is how Hitler hoped to win
D)trench warfare,which is how the Allies hoped to win

Question 15

In a secret agreement,signed in August 1939,the nations of ________ agreed to divide Poland amongst themselves.

A)Germany and France
B)the Soviet Union and Germany
C)France and Italy
D)Hungary and the Soviet Union

Question 16

Concerning Jews in Poland,Marshal Pilsudski advocated ________.

A)inclusion
B)toleration
C)exile
D)extermination

Question 17

The term Anschluss refers to the ________.

A)German invasion of Poland
B)alliance of Germany,Japan,and Italy
C)union of Germany with Austria following the 1938 German invasion
D)shared tradition of anti-Semitism in Austria and Germany

Question 18

By 1943,the German economy ________.

A)produced enough goods to supply occupied Europe
B)met the everyday needs of the people while managing to produce war goods
C)faced serious labor shortages
D)thrived with the increase in military production

Question 19

Which of the following countries had the highest number of concentration camps?

A)Austria
B)Czechoslovakia
C)Germany
D)Romania

Question 20

By July 1940,the countries of ________ had become puppet republics within the Soviet Union.

A)Estonia,Poland,and Hungary
B)Estonia,Latvia,and Lithuania
C)Lithuania,Finland,and Poland
D)Finland,Romania,and Hungary

Question 21

The Anschluss was carried out by Germany because ________.

A)the people of Poland were going to hold a plebiscite to decide whether to unite with Germany
B)Hitler hoped to unite all ethnic Germans
C)the people of Czechoslovakia were going to hold a plebiscite to decide whether to unite with Germany
D)it had no other choice

Question 22

The League of Nations' first vote for economic sanctions,in the case of Ethiopia,resulted in ________.

A)Britain and France's refusal to embargo oil
B)Italy's retreat from Ethiopia
C)Mussolini's agreement to help Hitler annex Austria
D)Germany's announcement that it was renouncing the disarmament provisions of the Versailles treaty

Question 23

Compared to Jews in Western Europe,nineteenth-century Jews in Poland experienced ________.

A)similar forms of discrimination and emancipation
B)more discrimination and greater emancipation
C)no discrimination and none of the same forms of Jewish emancipation
D)more discrimination and none of the same forms of Jewish emancipation

Question 24

What proved that the appeasement of Hitler during the Munich Settlement was a failure?

A)Hitler occupied Prague,putting an end to the Czech state.
B)Riots broke out between the Germans of Sudetenland and the Czechoslovakians.
C)The Germans of Sudetenland rebelled against annexation by Czechoslovakia and demanded independence.
D)The economic sanctions imposed by the League of Nations weakened Hitler's military strength.

Question 25

Hitler decided on ________ as the "final solution of the Jewish problem."

A)enslavement
B)extermination
C)excommunication
D)banishment

Question 26

At Potsdam,the Allies agreed to ________.

A)ban the use of atomic weapons
B)organize elections in Germany once the war ended
C)divide Germany into occupation zones
D)withdraw from Germany by the end of 1946

Question 27

Germany's plan to expand met its first significant success with the ________.

A)Anschluss
B)invasion of Ethiopia
C)occupation of Poland
D)remilitarization of the Rhineland

Question 28

During the ________,the Russians lost more men than the Americans lost in combat during the entire war.

A)Battle of the Bulge
B)Battle of Moscow
C)Battle of Normandy
D)Battle of Stalingrad

Question 29

At the time of the Yalta Conference,Eastern Europe was occupied by ________.

A)Nazi Germany
B)Great Britain
C)the United States
D)the Soviet Union

Question 30

The German invasion of ________ was the immediate cause of World War II.

A)the Soviet Union
B)France
C)Poland
D)Czechoslovakia

Question 31

The Battle of Britain resulted in ________.

A)a victory for the Germans
B)a standoff
C)the abandonment of Hitler's plans to invade England
D)very few British causalities

Question 32

The Declaration on Liberated Europe promised ________.

A)a free Germany to be ruled by the Germans
B)freedom for the Soviet Union to dictate to governments in Eastern Europe
C)self-determination and free democratic elections in Eastern Europe
D)a sizable social safety net

Question 33

How did Heinrich Himmler plan to get rid of the Slavs in the Soviet Union?

A)deport them
B)force them to work in labor camps
C)transport them to concentration camps
D)kill them by extermination squads

Question 34

The Holocaust was driven by ________.

A)Polish anti-Semitism
B)Nazi policy
C)public opinion
D)the policies of Eastern European governments

Question 35

Residents of ________ paid with their lives for counting on Russia to liberate their city before turning south to the Balkans.

A)Warsaw
B)Dresden
C)Hamburg
D)Danzig

Question 36

________ did not sign peace treaties until 1947.

A)The Soviet Union and Germany
B)The Soviet Union,Romania,and Bulgaria
C)Romania,Hungary,and Bulgaria
D)Italy,Finland,Romania,Hungary,and Bulgaria

Question 37

The Western powers responded to Hitler's invasion of Austria in 1938 by ________.

A)appealing to the League of Nations
B)demanding Germany immediately withdraw from Austria
C)stationing troops in Czechoslovakia along its border with Austria
D)taking no action

Question 38

When the Germans moved west in 1940,________.

A)the French initially had little trouble neutralizing the German attack
B)the Soviet Union declared war on Germany
C)Belgium rallied to the French cause
D)Britain and France's forces were quickly overcome

Question 39

The key reason why the Western powers adopted a policy of appeasement was their ________.

A)fear of Germany's growing military power
B)regret over the harsh terms of the peace settlement
C)fear of another general war
D)concern that Germany's goals were unreasonable

Question 40

How did the Spanish Civil War affect world politics?

A)It brought Germany and Italy closer together.
B)It ended the policy of appeasement.
C)It brought France and Spain closer together.
D)It resulted in an international ban on the sale of weapons to fascist regimes.

Question 41

The disappearance of unemployment in Britain was a natural result of _________.

A)class distinctions
B)total war
C)the defeat of France
D)German victories

Question 42

Which of the following statements about French resistance during World War II is correct?

A)Only after an Allied victory seemed possible did a large-scale,active resistance movement emerge in France.
B)The Nazis crushed a movement to resist the German occupation of France in 1940.
C)The Roman Catholic Church encouraged the development of a French resistance movement.
D)In France,General Charles de Gaulle helped form the largest resistance group.

Question 43

What decision allowed the Soviet Union to eventually gain control of Eastern Europe?

A)opening up a second front in France
B)dividing Germany into occupation zones
C)agreeing to the disarmament of Germany
D)using atomic weapons on Japan

Question 44

Hitler's vision for a new Germany included more living space,known as ________,which would be taken from the Slavs.

Question 45

The code name for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union is known as Operation ________.

Question 46

The Atlantic Charter can be seen as a continuation of the spirit of ________.

A)Potsdam
B)Munich
C)Versailles
D)Locarno

Question 47

The Soviet Union's response to Germany's attack against it led to ________.

A)the collapse of communism
B)the destruction of the Soviet military
C)the Soviet Union's establishment as a world power second to the United States
D)the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union

Question 48

The League of Nations demonstrated weakness in its response to Japan's occupation of ________.

Question 49

In 1943,the foreign ministers of Great Britain,the United States,and the Soviet Union reaffirmed the commitment to fight until _________.

A)the enemy stopped fighting
B)defeat was inevitable
C)the enemy surrendered
D)the enemy surrendered unconditionally

Question 50

Hitler often spoke of the "new order" that he meant to impose after he had established his ________ throughout Europe.

Question 51

During Churchill's 1944 meeting with Stalin in Moscow,it was agreed that the West would have predominance in ________ and the Soviet Union would have predominance in ________.

A)Greece;Yugoslavia
B)Greece;Romania and Bulgaria
C)Yugoslavia;Romania and Bulgaria
D)Romania and Bulgaria;Hungary

Question 52

Poland was a natural target for Hitler's aggression because it contained a combination of _________.

A)Jews,Slavs,and land
B)mineral resources and good agricultural land
C)Jews and other skilled laborers
D)industrial infrastructure and agricultural land

Question 53

Why did Roosevelt oppose the plans of Churchill and Stalin for the Balkans?

A)He believed they were against the spirit of Wilson's Fourteen Points.
B)He wanted to set up American spheres of influence in the same areas of Europe as Britain.
C)He feared British spheres of influence would hurt American trade and financial interests in Europe.
D)He had promised the Soviet Union that no nation would set up spheres of influence.

Question 54

What did Poland receive as compensation for losing part of its territory?

A)$5 billion in reparations
B)administration over part of East Prussia and part of Germany
C)administration over one of the partitioned zones of Germany
D)Allied forces stationed in a demilitarization zone between Poland and the Soviet Union

Question 55

The Council of Foreign Ministers was established to ________.

A)administer the occupied zones of Germany
B)draft peace treaties for Germany's allies
C)set borders for Poland and Germany
D)determine the partition of the Balkans

Question 56

Which of these meetings differed most from the others,and was most important for the future of Europe?

A)Potsdam
B)Yalta
C)Tehran
D)Moscow

Question 57

Hitler planned to bring the entire German ________,understood as a racial group,together in a single nation.

Question 58

The British experience of war differed from that of France and the Soviet Union,because both of these nations suffered __________.

A)food shortages
B)great loss of life
C)Nazi occupation
D)damage to infrastructure

Question 59

What concession did the Western powers make to the Soviet Union in order to gain its participation in the war against Japan?

A)They ceded Eastern Europe to the Soviet Union.
B)They ceded the Soviets Sakhalin and the Kurile Islands.
C)They agreed to Stalin's demand for $20 billion in reparations from Germany.
D)They agreed to Stalin's demand for forced German labor.

Question 60

The victory of Hitler over all of northwestern Europe can be attributed primarily to _________.

A)inferior British and French troops
B)superior German numbers
C)French lack of resolve
D)blitzkrieg

Question 61

Why did Hitler want to make Europe Judenrein? In your opinion,was the Holocaust a unique event of unprecedented and unparalleled evil or was it one specific instance of a more general human wickedness that has found expression throughout history? Explain.

Question 62

Before the war was over,perhaps six million Jews had died in what has come to be called the ________.

Question 63

Consider the strategic bombing of German cities by American and British aircraft.Did this policy shorten the war in Europe? Was it morally justified? Which was more effective,American daylight bombing or British nighttime area bombing?

Question 64

In 1942,President Roosevelt stated,"In some communities employers dislike to hire women.In others they are reluctant to hire Negroes.We can no longer afford to indulge such ________."

Question 65

How did the Treaty of Versailles contribute to the start of World War II? Why was Hitler allowed to break the treaty?

Question 66

The Japanese launched an air attack on the United States on December 7,1941 at the U.S.naval base of ________.

Question 67

What combination of factors resulted in the military defeat of Nazi Germany? In your opinion,what could Germany have done to win the war? Explain.

Question 68

Defense against Germany during World War II was known as "The ________" in the Soviet Union.

Question 69

Refer to the excerpt "Rosie the Riveter and the American Women in the War Effort." How did the onset of,and American involvement in,World War II change the place of women and minorities in American society? What prejudice did they need to overcome? In what ways did women contribute to the war effort?

Question 70

Even after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and ________,the Japanese would have continued fighting if Emperor Hirohito had not intervened.

Question 71

Why did the French people,at first,accept the Vichy government? Describe the initial resistance to the Vichy government.What event(s)changed their support? Who were the key political leaders involved? In your opinion,were the French truly on the side of the Allies? Explain.

Question 72

The Big Three for most of the war were _________.

Question 73

Despite their open hostility to communism,the United States and Great Britain felt the Soviet Union's cooperation in the war effort was essential to ending the war.Explain why the West wanted an alliance with the Soviet Union and how this single-minded desire eventually allowed the Soviet Union to dominate Eastern Europe.

Question 74

The ________ French government collaborated with the Nazis.

Question 75

In 1945,the French formed the ________ Republic.

Question 76

Who were the "Big Three"? What meetings and discussions occurred between the "Big Three?" What important decisions did they make together? What ideological and political differences occurred among them? In your opinion,which peace conference,agreed to by the "Big Three," had the most pronounced effect on postwar Europe?

Question 77

The British established their own ________ machine by using the British Broadcasting Company to send programs to every country in Europe in the local language to encourage resistance against the Nazis.

Question 78

Before the war was over,the Nazis killed perhaps ________ prisoners of war and civilians in the Soviet Union.

Question 79

According to your text,one of the factors that made possible the murder of six million Jews was the parochial nationalism that arose during and after the French Revolution.It states,"For many people,nationalism divided the world into one's fellow nationals and all others.It encouraged,excused,and even justified terrible and violent acts performed on behalf of one's homeland." In your opinion,does this type of nationalism exist today,and is it being used to justify terrible and violent acts performed on behalf of one's homeland? If so,give examples and explain what rationale is being used to justify such violence.

Question 80

What were Hitler's plans for Europe? How successful was he in implementing those plans?