Deck 9: 1941-1947: One World Into Two

Question 1

The Allies did not worry about planning for the postwar world until after the defeat of Germany.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Britain emerged from World War II with its empire largely intact.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

The Allies demanded Germany's "unconditional surrender."

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The Russians slaughtered 4,200 Polish soldiers in 1940.

Question 5

The Allied landing at Normandy was and remains the largest amphibious assault in human history.

Question 6

The League of Nations replaced the United Nations.

Question 7

The disagreements between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the war centered on the fate of postwar Germany.

Question 8

The Atlantic Charter served as an outline for the postwar world.

Question 9

The "final solution" referred to Hitler's last desperate offensive against Russia.

Question 10

The U.S. military was deeply concerned about the fate of European Jews.

Question 11

What was the "key issue" in establishing the Cold War?

Question 12

What was the "final solution"?

Question 13

In what ways was World War II decided on the basis of technological advancements?

Question 14

By 1945, the United States had pumped goods worth how much into Russia?

A) $6 billion
B) $11 billion
C) $19 billion
D) $22 billion

Question 15

Representatives of what countries signed the Atlantic Charter?

A) Britain and the U.S.
B) Britain, the U.S., and France
C) Germany and Italy
D) Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 16

Who wrote the book One World?

A) Henry A. Wallace
B) Franklin D. Roosevelt
C) Wendell Willkie
D) Cordell Hull

Question 17

Where did Japanese forces drive captured Americans on a "death march"?

A) Iwo Jima
B) Bataan Peninsula
C) Guadalcanal
D) Midway

Question 18

Who was the U.S. commander in the Pacific theater?

A) Dwight Eisenhower
B) George Patton
C) Cordell Hull
D) Douglas MacArthur

Question 19

Where in the European theater did U.S. forces first engage the Axis?

A) France
B) Spain
C) North Africa
D) Italy

Question 20

In what year was the Nazi advance into Russia permanently halted?

A) 1942
B) 1943
C) 1944
D) 1945

Question 21

In what city did Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin meet for the first time?

A) Casablanca
B) Potsdam
C) Yalta
D) Teheran

Question 22

What was the date of D-Day?

A) December 7, 1941
B) September 14, 1939
C) June 6, 1944
D) August 2, 1943

Question 23

How many months after the landing at Normandy did the Allies liberate Paris?

A) One month
B) Two months
C) Three months
D) Four months

Question 24

Who were the "Big Three"?

A) The United States, Britain, and the U.S.S.R.
B) The United States, Britain, and China
C) The United States, Britain, and France
D) Germany, Italy, and Japan

Question 25

Where was the Battle of the Bulge fought?

A) France
B) Germany
C) Belgium
D) Italy

Question 26

Who were the "Big Four"?

A) The United States, Britain, the U.S.S.R., and China
B) The United States, Britain, the U.S.S.R., and France
C) The United States, Britain, France, and China
D) The United States, Britain, the U.S.S.R., and Japan

Question 27

To what did the "Iron Curtain" refer?

A) The borders of Nazi-occupied Europe
B) The Allied front in Europe
C) The division of Europe into Soviet and Western spheres of influence
D) The division of Berlin into Western and communist sectors

Question 28

Where was the concentration camp at Auschwitz located?

A) Poland
B) Germany
C) Austria
D) Russia

Question 29

Which Allied countries failed to come to the assistance of European Jews who were being exterminated by the Nazis?

A) The United States
B) Britain
C) The U.S.S.R.
D) All of the above

Question 30

Forces from which Allied nation reached Berlin first?

A) The United States
B) Britain
C) The U.S.S.R.
D) All of the above

Question 31

Roughly how many Russians died in World War II?

A) 15 million
B) 20 million
C) 25 million
D) 30 million

Question 32

At least how many people were killed when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima?

A) 40,000
B) 80,000
C) 120,000
D) 140,000

Question 33

Talk About:
-Atlantic Charter

Question 34

Talk About:
-Chian Kai-she

Question 35

Talk About:
-cold war

Question 36

Talk About:
-Douglas MacArthur

Question 37

Talk About:
-Dwight Eisenhower

Question 38

Talk About:
-final solution

Question 39

Talk About:
-iron curtain

Question 40

Talk About:
-London Poles

Question 41

Talk About:
-Manhattan Project

Question 42

Talk About:
-Marshall Plan

Question 43

Talk About:
-Potsdam

Question 44

Talk About:
-Teheran

Question 45

Talk About:
-Truman Doctrine

Question 46

Talk About:
-United Nations

Question 47

Talk About:
-Winston Churchill

Question 48

Talk About:
-Yalta

Question 49

Was the United States justified in dropping nuclear weapons on Japan? Why or why not?

Question 50

Discuss the conflicts among the Allies during World War II. What were the most important points of contention? How were the issues addressed? In what ways did the negotiations and compromises among the Allies presage the Cold War?