Deck 24: World War Ii: Europe in Eclipse

Question 1

Which country provided military assistance to the Allies under the Lend-Lease Program?

A)United States
B)Britain
C)Norway
D)Italy
E)Germany

Answer 1

United States

Question 2

Which of the following was a decisive battle in North Africa in 1942?

A)Battle of El Alamein
B)Battle of Tunis
C)Battle of Cairo
D)Battle of the Bulge
E)Battle of Bengasi

Answer 2

Battle of El Alamein

Question 3

What country did Hitler invade in 1941 under the code name Operation Barbarossa?

A)Soviet Union
B)France
C)Poland
D)Norway
E)Czechoslovakia

Answer 3

Soviet Union

Question 4

World War II began in Asia in 1937 when Japan invaded

A)China .
B)Korea.
C)Australia.
D)the Philippines.
E)Hawaii.

Question 5

Which Pacific island was the site of a decisive air battle in June 1942 that turned the tide in the conflict between Japan and the United States?

A)Midway
B)Guadalcanal
C)Hawaii
D)Guam
E)New Guinea

Question 6

The Supreme Allied Commander who led the D-Day invasion of Normandy was

A)Eisenhower.
B)Montgomery.
C)Patton.
D)De Gaulle.
E)MacArthur.

Question 7

Approximately how many European Jews were killed during the Holocaust?

A)6 million
B)2 million
C)4 million
D)8 million
E)10 million

Question 8

What city was the location of the French government that agreed to collaborate with the Nazis during the German occupation?

A)Vichy
B)Verdun
C)Bordeaux
D)Paris
E)London

Question 9

During WW II,Charles de Gaulle was

A)the leader of the Free French in exile.
B)a puppet of Nazi Germany.
C)an outspoken antiwar writer.
D)a bold Resistance commander inside France.
E)the spy who broke the German army codes.

Question 10

After the outbreak of war in western Europe,which country became an ally of Germany and Italy and signed a treaty of neutrality with Russia?

A)Japan
B)Poland
C)China
D)Austria
E)Yugoslavia

Question 11

In which country is the Sudetenland?

A)Czechoslovakia
B)Israel
C)Poland
D)Hungary
E)Russia

Question 12

Which of the following men headed the SS for Hitler?

A)Heinrich Himmler
B)Hermann Goering
C)Joseph Goebbels
D)Ernst Roehm
E)Josip Broz

Question 13

Which two countries shared in dividing Poland under a secret 1939 "pact"?

A)Germany and the Soviet Union
B)Germany and Austria
C)Austria and the Soviet Union
D)Austria and Czechoslovakia
E)Germany and Czechoslovakia

Question 14

In which Japanese city did the United States drop the first atomic bomb?

A)Hiroshima
B)Tokyo
C)Nagasaki
D)Kyoto
E)Peiping

Question 15

In which country did the government insist that women stay at home instead of helping to fill in the depleted workforce?

A)Germany
B)Soviet Union
C)Britain
D)United States
E)France

Question 16

Which country signed a nonaggression pact with the Nazi regime in 1934?

A)Poland
B)France
C)Britain
D)Finland
E)the United States

Question 17

Which of the following was NOT part of the Allied coalition opposing the Axis powers after 1942?

A)Italy
B)Soviet Union
C)Nationalist China
D)United States
E)Britain

Question 18

The threat of attack by which country forced nationalist and communist forces in China to unite in the early 1930s?

A)Japan
B)Germany
C)United States
D)Britain
E)Russia

Question 19

What was the "Long March"?

A)the march of communist troops fleeing Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalist army
B)the march of Germans retreating from Stalingrad
C)the march of Nazis down the Champs Elysees after capturing Paris
D)the Nazi drive through the Soviet Union toward Moscow
E)the drive of Americans across France pushing the German front line back

Question 20

Which two nations were NOT invited to attend a four-power conference in Munich to discuss what to do with the Sudetenland?

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

Question 21

What did Stalin do to protect Russia's industry from the Germans?

A)He dismantled and moved manufacturing plants to the east.
B)He fortified them with walls and wire.
C)He burned them and rebuilt elsewhere.
D)He abandoned them and developed other industry in the east.
E)He stationed soldiers at the factories for protection.

Question 22

In what way did World War II differ strikingly from World War I??

A)World War II became a moral conflict for the Allies.
B)World War II had far fewer casualties.
C)The Allies in World War II shared an ideological commitment that had been lacking in World War I.
D)While World War I was fought for ideological reasons,World War II was fought for economic reasons.
E)World War I prevented a Dark Age,while World War II merely restored the balance of powers.

Question 23

How did Hitler justify the Anschluss between Germany and Austria?

A)All Germans should be united in one state.
B)Austria needed German protection from Soviet aggression.
C)Austria was a strong state that would aid Germany
D)Most Austrians had demanded union with Germany.
E)Austria's government was too weak to rule effectively.

Question 24

The detention and relocation of 100,000 Japanese-Americans in 1942 is evidence that

A)in wartime civil liberties were violated even in democratic countries.
B)widespread Japanese sabotage had threatened the war effort.
C)they were needed for factory work and would not do it voluntarily.
D)the United States was more racist than Nazi Germany.
E)without military protection,Japanese-Americans would have been murdered by American civilians.

Question 25

Which leaders met at the Tehran Conference?

A)Stalin,Churchill,and Roosevelt
B)Churchill,Roosevelt,and de Gaulle
C)Truman,Churchill,and Stalin
D)Truman,Churchill,and de Gaulle
E)Tojo,Hitler,and Mussolini

Question 26

What country,with 20 million dead,suffered the greatest loss of life in World War II?

A)Russia
B)Germany
C)France
D)Japan
E)Britain

Question 27

What did Tito do to protect his homeland of Yugoslavia?

A)He fought a guerilla war against the German and Italian occupiers.
B)He sheltered Balkan Jews from the Germans.
C)He relocated much of the population to Macedonia.
D)He signed an alliance with Germany.
E)He recruited a successful,peaceful resistance movement within Yugoslavia.

Question 28

In March 1938,Hitler forced an Anschluss or union with Germany on what country?

A)Austria
B)Denmark
C)Poland
D)Hungary
E)Finland

Question 29

How would the capture of the Suez Canal support Hitler's objectives?

A)Capturing the Suez Canal would weaken Britain's control of her empire.
B)Capturing the Suez Canal would give Germany access to oil.
C)Capturing the Suez Canal would allow Germany to attack Russia from the south.
D)Capturing the Suez Canal would improve access to German and Italian colonies in Africa.
E)Capturing the Suez Canal would allow Germany to support Japan in the Pacific.

Question 30

Where did the Allied leaders meet in February 1945 to discuss postwar plans?

A)Yalta
B)London
C)Tehran
D)Paris
E)Moscow

Question 31

What was the purpose of the Free French government?

A)to struggle against German occupation of France
B)to support the Vichy government's resistance to Germany
C)to work toward a bond between Britain and France
D)to develop a freely elected government in France
E)to protect Jews and other victims of Germany's Final Solution

Question 32

Why was it risky for Hitler to send his troops into the Rhineland in 1936?

A)because it was a clear violation of the Treaty of Versailles
B)because it had been forbidden by the League of Nations
C)because he distrusted his own military commanders who planned it
D)because Mussolini opposed this move
E)because the French might act without English support

Question 33

Hitler first outlined his policy of racial purification in

A)his autobiography Mein Kampf.
B)a secret memo to Heinrich Himmler.
C)public propaganda pieces.
D)radio broadcasts.
E)a series of new laws passed when he came to power.

Question 34

How did the mounting the costs of war for Germany in 1943 and 1944 affect the carrying out of the "final solution"?

A)Genocide in the camps intensified.
B)Germany diverted resources from the camps to the military.
C)The camps were closed and remaining Jews freed.
D)The camps were turned into war factories rather than death camps.
E)Jews in the camps were asked to join the German army.

Question 35

Which two countries cooperated in bombing German cities continuously in 1943?

A)Britain and the United States
B)Britain and the Soviet Union
C)Britain and France
D)France and the United States
E)France and the Soviet Union

Question 36

Why was Hitler interested in overtaking Romania?

A)He needed oil from the Romanian oil fields.
B)He wished to destroy the Romanian Jews.
C)He needed a port on the Black Sea.
D)He needed Romanian military equipment.
E)He wanted to unify Romanian Germans with the Fatherland.

Question 37

When Hitler began rearming Germany in 1933 he

A)expected the League of Nations to do nothing.
B)expected the League of Nations to impose harsh sanctions.
C)had the permission of the League of Nations.
D)feared the League of Nations would begin arming against him.
E)formed a military alliance with Poland and Russia to prevent League of Nations sanctions.

Question 38

Why did Russia allow the Germans to crush a rebellion in Warsaw in 1944?

A)to ensure a pro-Soviet postwar government in Poland
B)to rid Poland of the last vestiges of Nazism
C)to eradicate the Polish Jews
D)to save as many Polish lives as possible
E)to carry out promises Stalin had made to Churchill and Roosevelt

Question 39

Which of the following was an important long-term result of World War II?

A)The Soviet Union and the United States eclipsed Europe as world powers.
B)The Soviet Union and China eclipsed Europe as world powers.
C)No single nation would ever again be the great world power.
D)Europe recovered quickly while the United States took decades to rebuild.
E)The Allied Grand Alliance worked together to rebuild the postwar world.

Question 40

In Britain and elsewhere,which group was generally given priority access to raw materials during the war years?

A)the military
B)children
C)women
D)the elderly
E)the poor

Question 41

In China during World War II,

A)Chiang's Nationalists retreated west while Mao's communists resisted the Japanese.
B)Chiang's Nationalists were able to destroy Mao's communist forces.
C)Mao and Chiang worked together to defeat the Japanese.
D)The Chinese people saw Chiang as a true nationalist for his resistance against Japan.
E)Japanese forces withdrew after Pearl Harbor,leaving Mao to rule China.

Question 42

How did the United States react to Japanese aggression in French Indochina in 1941?

A)The United States imposed an economic embargo on Japan.
B)The United States did nothing for fear of provoking a Japanese attack on the states.
C)The United States increased exports to Japan in hopes of fending off an attack.
D)The United States signed a non-aggression pact with Japan.
E)The United States declared war on Japan.

Question 43

Which is the most convincing analysis of the conflict between Stalin and the other Allies over opening a Western Front in the war?

A)Stalin wished for relief from the German onslaught,but the other Allies wanted to wear Germany down in Africa and Italy before a direct attack.
B)Stalin asked for help against the Germans,but Western allies could see he didn't really need it.
C)Stalin pushed for the opening of a Western front,but the Allies wanted to defeat Japan first.
D)The Western allies believed Stalin was exaggerating the German threat so that they would be forced to do most of the fighting against Germany.
E)The Western allies were weakened from battle and were unable to open a Western front,although Stalin called for it actively.

Question 44

To what did the Russians agree in their nonaggression pact with Hitler?

A)They agreed to remain neutral while Hitler dismantled Poland.
B)They agreed to stay silent while Hitler occupied Prague.
C)They agreed to allow Hitler to attack France without interference.
D)They agreed to give Hitler a portion of Poland while they took over the remaining portion.
E)They agreed not to interfere in the Anschluss between Germany and Austria.

Question 45

At the Tehran Conference,Stalin

A)promised to join the war on Japan once Germany was defeated.
B)agreed to declare war on Japan immediately.
C)shared the design of the atomic bomb with Churchill and Stalin.
D)demanded a division of Africa among the Allies.
E)asked the Allies to delay an invasion of western Europe until he had defeated the Germans in eastern Europe.

Question 46

How did the Germans fill the jobs at industrial and agricultural jobs vacated by enlisted soldiers?

A)Forced laborers and prisoners filled the jobs.
B)German women filled the jobs.
C)Many jobs remained vacant and industrial production plummeted.
D)"Guest workers" were recruited from Germany's colonies.
E)Soldiers on leave filled the jobs in shifts.

Question 47

The German "final solution" involved primarily the extermination of

Question 48

What did the Queen and King do during the Nazi bombing raids on London?

A)They remained in their palace in London.
B)They left the city for the countryside.
C)They flew to New York to get out of danger.
D)They hid in the subway stations.
E)They escaped to Vichy France.

Question 49

The Germans left the French in control of the area called

Question 50

What did Japan's leaders think would happen if they attacked Pearl Harbor?

A)The United States would not be able to respond in time to prevent Japan's conquest of Southeast Asia.
B)The United States military capability in the Pacific would be destroyed.
C)The United States would realize there was no point in entering the war and would remain neutral.
D)The United States would surrender to Japan.
E)The United States would counterattack,forcing Asians to united against American aggression.

Question 51

What was the long-term result of Chiang and Mao's responses to the Japanese occupation of China?

A)Chinese peasants lost faith in Chiang and supported Mao in taking over China after the war.
B)Chiang won the respect of the Chinese people by his resistance to Japan,strengthening his postwar position.
C)Both Chiang and Mao were discredited by their failure to expel the Japanese,leading to an Allied division of China after the war.
D)The United States stopped supporting Chiang and encouraged Mao to take control of China.
E)Stalin recognized China's internal weakness and moved to occupy China.

Question 52

What conclusion can you draw to explain why Americans resisted the Lend-Lease Program?

A)Americans wanted to remain isolationist and not participate in the European war.
B)Americans did not want either side of the war to benefit from American power.
C)Americans believed that the Lend-Lease Program was too expensive.
D)Americans believed that Roosevelt was supporting the wrong side in the war.
E)Americans believed that England would lose and Lend-Lease would only provoke Hitler into attacking the United States.

Question 53

Which of the following best describes Mussolini's contributions to the Axis cause during World War II?

A)Italy's military performance left Mussolini discredited and a liability to Hitler.
B)His military genius nearly turned the tide of the war.
C)Mussolini provided much of the military strategy Hitler followed in the war.
D)Italians remained loyal to Mussolini even after Germany surrendered.
E)By signing a truce with the Allies,Mussolini betrayed Hitler but saved Italy from destructive fighting on its soil.

Question 54

America sold goods and services to any country whose defense was critical to American security under the

Question 55

Why was the Battle of Britain a serious mistake by Hitler?

A)The English not only resisted the attacks,but became more united against the Nazis.
B)The resources Hitler wasted attacking Britain delayed his attack on Russia for more than a year.
C)British resistance so impressed Americans that the United States declared war on Germany.
D)After Churchill was forced to resign,Atlee became Prime Minister and inspired England to resist.
E)The Luftwaffe was destroyed,leaving Germany open to Allied bomber attacks.

Question 56

America ended the war in Japan with

Question 57

Why did Truman authorize the use of the atomic bomb against Japan?

A)He believed it would shorten the war and save lives.
B)He didn't want to waste the billions spent on developing the bomb.
C)He wanted to punish the Japanese by killing as many of them as possible.
D)He had no idea it would yield such devastation.
E)He didn't believe the Japanese would surrender until their emperor was dead.

Question 58

Why was the battle of El Alamein an important turning point in the war?

A)The British defeated the Afrika Korps and forced the Italians and Germans in Africa to surrender.
B)The Germans finally defeated the British forces under General Montgomery.
C)The Italians had their first successful campaign against the British forces.
D)The Germans completed their invasion of Egypt under General Rommel.
E)The British were defeated and withdrew from Africa.

Question 59

The policy of ________ encouraged Hitler to acquire territory and power.

Question 60

Why did some Allied leaders object to bombing German cities?

A)They did not want to bomb civilians.
B)They wanted Germany to be able to rebuild easily after the war.
C)They wanted to save the bombs for other more important military targets.
D)They felt that the Germans would not conduct such a campaign on others.
E)The bombing raids were too dangerous for their pilots.