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January 29th, 2010 1 comment

Which best characterizes the League of Nations response to the invasion of Ethiopia, Manchuria, and the Rhineland?

swift and aggressive

slow, but very effective

mainly symbolic

excessive

Which of the following did not cause World War II?
the German invasion of Poland

Hitlers effort to acquire lebensraum for what he called the Aryan race

Nazi efforts to appease Britain and France

Hitlers violation of the Munich Agreement

What was the Holocaust?
Hitlers plan to acquire living space for Aryans

the Nazis systematic effort to kill Jews and others

the Japanese attack on Hawaii

the plan to oust Europeans from North Africa

The battle for which Soviet city is viewed as an Allied victory and a major turning point of the war?
Leningrad

Kiev

Stalingrad

Moscow

Which battle marked the turning point of the war in the Pacific? American forces succeeded in stopping the enemy advance there with a surprise air attack on the Japanese warships.
Battle of the Bulge

Battle of Britain

Battle of the Atlantic

Battle of Midway

What did Hitler call his program for dealing with Jewish people by sending them to death camps?
New Order

blitzkrieg

Final Solution

lebensraum

All of the following statements accurately describe the state of the world at the end of World War II except __________. (Points: 3)
many European and Asian civilians were left hungry and homeless

the United States was the richest, most powerful nation in the world

in the western part of the Soviet Union, thousands of towns and villages had been obliterated

Britain was battered and exhausted and its empire no longer existed

Which of the following would not be considered a primary source for World War II?
a picture depicting malnourished Jews at the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Germany

a non-fictional story written in the 1950s about a soldier that served in World War II

a World War II Navy captain?s diary describing explicit details about the Battle of Midway

a recording of President Roosevelt?s speech asking Congress to declare war on Germany

Which of the following statements accurately describes the Yalta and Potsdam conferences?

The same Allied leaders attended both conferences.

The conferences went well and all the participants shared the idea of spreading democracy throughout Europe.

The Big Three agreed without a doubt that Germany should pay heavy war reparations.

The conferences were held to discuss what should happen after the war.

At Dumbarton Oaks the delegates agreed that the United Nations should have two chambers. What are the two chambers called?
Senate and General Assembly

Security Council and General Assembly

Chamber of Delegates and Senate

Senate and Security Council

Which person was in the first U.S. delegation to the United Nations and was chosen to chair the Human Rights Commission?
J. Robert Oppenheimer

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Eleanor Roosevelt

Albert Einstein.

All of the following are goals of the United Nations except __________.
to prevent war

to prevent communism from spreading

to promote cooperation among countries

to help settle international disputes

Which of the following was a cause of World War II?
Britain and France took too strong a stand against Hitler’s aggressions.

The treaty ending World War I caused resentment and anger in Germany.

Hitler’s enthusiasm for communism worried the non-communist world.

The Munich Agreement was unfair to Germany because it took too much land away.

1. Use the information in the box and your knowledge to answer the question that follows.

The events listed in the box are examples of __________.

acts of aggression by the Axis Powers

2. Which best characterizes the League of Nation’s response to the invasion of Ethiopia, Manchuria, and the Rhineland?

slow, but very effective

3.

He was the brilliant statesman who served as prime minister of Britain through most of World War II.

winston churchill

4.

In his quest for lebensraum, he marched into the Rhineland, annexed Austria, and went on to claim Czechoslovakia for Germany. Britain and France finally declared war on Germany when he attacked Poland.

adolf hitler

5.

The day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, he addressed Congress. He asserted December 7, 1941 was “ a date which will live in infamy” and asked Congress to declare war on Japan.

franklin roosavelt

6. .

He was the Fascist dictator of Italy who formed an alliance with Hitler during World War II. His major military campaigns were in North Africa and Greece.

benito mussolini

7.

He was the communist leader of the Soviet Union. Before the war, he formed a Nazi-Soviet Nonaggression Pact with Hitler. He was forced to join the Allies after Hitler’s invasion of the Soviet Union.

joseph stalin

8. Which generals led the Allies to victory in North Africa?

Eisenhower and Montgomery

9. All of the following helped bring about World War II except __________.

Hitler’s appeasement policy toward France and Britain

10. What was the Holocaust?

the systematic Nazi slaughter of Jews and others

11. Which city was the site of the battle that was considered the major turning point in the war on the Eastern Front?
Stalingrad